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From Isolation to Inclusion: Empowering Teacher Librarians Through Online Collaboration

From Isolation to Inclusion: Empowering Teacher Librarians Through Online Collaboration. Christine Voelker, Teacher Librarian voelkerc@calvertnet.k12.md.us. Background. Background. Background. Background. AT&T Grant.

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From Isolation to Inclusion: Empowering Teacher Librarians Through Online Collaboration

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  1. From Isolation to Inclusion: Empowering Teacher Librarians Through Online Collaboration Christine Voelker, Teacher Librarian voelkerc@calvertnet.k12.md.us

  2. Background

  3. Background

  4. Background

  5. Background

  6. AT&T Grant • The Education Development Center (EDC), as part of “Building Capacity for Teachers to Use New Web Tools with Online Professional Development” grant provided online facilitator training. • 24 CCPS employees would have the opportunity to participate in the ETLO online workshop entitled, Learning and Teaching with Web 2.0 Tools.

  7. AT&T Grant2 Components • Facilitating & Teaching Online Professional Development • Learning & Teaching with Web 2.0 Tools

  8. OPD…Online Prof. Dev.

  9. Decision Time • Only CCPS School Library Media Specialists • Technology Literacy Grant funds… • 1 MSDE credit • stipends • MASL Conference registration • Timing

  10. Inservice Kick-off • F2F • 21st Century Librarian buy-in… • Introduction to the Read/Write Web • Orientation activities

  11. “Facilitator of the information available-databases,etc. We should be taking courses and learning about new technology to assist our students in this new technological age!” Survey: 21st Century Librarians “Our role should be to teach, model, and inform students about technology resources. We should be able to show them how to decide if the info is valid and use it to meet their needs.” “To teach students to be effective and critical thinkers, to think globally, and to inquire and share their knowledge ethically.” “Make an effort to continue learning all that I can related to the field of technology and be a leader and role model for the staff and students that I encounter everyday.”

  12. Learning &Teaching with Web 2.0 Tools

  13. Orientation Survey

  14. Orientation Survey

  15. Orientation Survey

  16. Orientation Survey

  17. Learning &Teaching with Web 2.0 Tools

  18. Concerns “Will I be able to keep up and comprehend everything without a warm-blooded body to demonstrate and walk me through the procedures and processes that I will be expected to grasp in the next 6 weeks? I also have concerns with the time required to complete this course. I worry that it will take me a lot longer than what is expected for the \\\"normal\\\" participant and I already have a lot of outside responsibilities on my schedule.” • Concerns from the orientation survey “I am expecting to learn some fresh,innovative ideas allowing me to pass this knowledge on to other colleagues.” “budgeting time effectively... “

  19. CBAM Stages Model Based Adoption Concerns Hall, G. and Hord, S. (2001) Implementing Change: Patterns, Principles and Potholes. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

  20. Learning & Teaching with Web 2.0 Tools

  21. Discussions

  22. Surprises…

  23. The Water Cooler Challenged book, new school, assistant issues,

  24. Final Survey

  25. Final Survey

  26. The Power of Collaborative Groups Picture courtesy: American Council on Education http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=11811

  27. Collaboration

  28. Wiki

  29. Wiki

  30. Wiki

  31. Wiki

  32. Next Steps… • Our teacher librarians are spreading the word… • Ways to make our online collaborative center second nature… • CyberSafety • Share

  33. Change • A PROCESS, not an event • Made by INDIVIDUALS first, then institutions • A highly PERSONAL experience • Entails DEVELOPMENTAL growth in feelings and skills Hall, G. and Hord, S. (2001). Implementing Change. Patterns, Principles and Potholes. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

  34. This is real…this is now. “Given the realities of our modern age and the demands of our children’s future, is it really okay to allow teachers to choose whether or not they incorporate modern technologies into their curriculum?” ~ Scott McCleod… Dangerously Irrelevant

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