l4l: empowering learners in your school library casl annual conference november 8, 2010

L4L: Empowering Learners in YOUR School Library

CASL Annual ConferenceNovember 8, 2010

AASL L4L Coordinators


2010 CASL conference

Connecticut:Mary Ellen Minichiello, Library Media Coordinator, Milford Public Schools, [email protected]

Katrina Palazzolo, Library Media Specialist, Sage Park Middle School, Windsor, [email protected]

New England:Irene Kwidzinski, Library Media Specialist, CASL Professional Development Team and CASL Ning, LM Student-Teacher Supervisor, Southern Connecticut State University, [email protected]

A Survey



We are going to do a quick mobile survey using Poll Everywhere.

Text a Keyword to 22333.

A Survey



What grade level do you teach?200109 Elementary

200110 Middle/Junior High

200116 High School

A Survey



What is your schedule?200317 Fixed

200318 Flexible

200319 Fixed/Flex

A Survey



Have you attended a session on the new AASL Standards & Guidelines prior to today?

200387 Yes

200388 No

A Survey



What standards do you use to guide you?200405 ISTE Nets200406 Partnership for 21st Century Skills200407 AASL200408 Connecticut Frameworks200409 Local curriculum200410 Other200411 All of the above

A Survey



Are you integrating the AASL Standards & Guidelines into your district curricula?

200416 Yes

200417 No

A Survey



Which of these ALA publications do you own?200365 Standards for the 21st-Century Learner

200366 Standards for the 21st-Century Learner IN ACTION

200367 Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs

200424 All of the above

A Survey



How do you see your role?200437 Leader200438 Instructional Partner200439 Information Specialist200440 Teacher200441 Program Administrator200442 All of the above

AASL Standards andGuidelines



What was the mission in Information Power c1988 vs The Standards for the 21st-Century Learner c2007?

The Mission: Revolution or Evolution?



Information Power 1988 vs Standards for 21st- Century Learner 2007

The mission of the library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. By …

The mission of the school library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. The school library media specialist (SLMS) empowers students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information by:

The Focus: The Learner!



Learning4Life: The 4 Standards!


2010 Fairfield workshop

1. Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge.2. Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply

knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge.

3. Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society.

4. Pursue personal and aesthetic growth.

Excerpted from Standards for the 21st-Century Learner by the American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association, copyright ｩ 2007 American Library Association. Used with permission.

Learning4Life: The 4 Strands!



Graphic designed by Louis Henry Mitchell for Standards for the 21st-Century Learner in Action by the American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association, copyright ｩ 2009 American Library Association. Used with permission.

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Skills - “Proficiency, facility, or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training or experience. Synonym, ability.”

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Dispositions are “Ongoing beliefs and attitudes that guide thinking and intellectual behavior. Often referred to as habits of mind or tendencies to respond to situations in a certain way.”

Standards for the 21st-Century Learner IN ACTION







Responsibilities - “Common behaviors used by independent learners in researching, investigating, and problem solving.”








Self-assessment - “Assessment technique in which learners develop internal standards, compare their performance, behaviors, or thought to those standards, and then use their observations to improve learning…. requires students to engage in reflection of their own learning and to focus not just on the task or the product, but also on the process.


Learning4Life: The 4 Step Lesson Plan!



1. Direct instruction of the specific skill to be learned

2. Modeling and guided practice: learners have an opportunity to see the skill as it is applied successfully

3. Independent practice: learners apply the skill to their own topics

4. Sharing and reflection: learners look at their own application of the skill and determine how well it worked

Standards for the 21st Century Learner in Action, p. 18

Empowering Learners Collaborating with 21st Century Library Media Specialists

Think, Create, Share, Grow

Collaborative PartnershipsLibrary media specialists have always collaborated with teachers and other members of the school community.The difference now is the emphasis on expanding the collaboration to include students, parents, public libraries, the outside community,and other groups that would enhance the projects that the students are creating.

What do these images tell us about working and learning in the 21st century?

(courtesy of Dr. Carol Gordon) Learning Environment

School libraries are essential to the development of learning skills.

Do they want to be there?

Have we lost our ability to concentrate? Are we more social or more isolated as a result of our constantly interconnected lives? How is the Internet affecting our brains?

And what about our students?

WHOM ARE WE TEACHING?

Is Google Making Us Stupid?

The 21st century learner: How is the s/he different?

What is the information behavior of today’s teens?Preference for natural rather than controlled language;

Tendency to use simple search strategies;

Unsophisticated mental map of the Internet;

They do not review information retrieved from online databases for relevance; did unnecessary searches when they had already obtained the information required;

Very little evidence that the Google generation is fundamentally different;

Little improvement in information literacy capabilities, evaluating & authority of sources.

Rowlands, I. & Nicholas, D. (2008). Information behaviour of the research of the future. A CIBER Briefing Paper. Commissioned by British Library & Joint Information Systems Committee. Centre for Information Behaviour & the Evaluation of Research (CIBER), University College of London (UCL), 11 January, Retrieved 2 February 2008, http://www.bl.uk/news/pdf/googlegen.pdf

• Younger than the microcomputer;• More comfortable working on a keyboard than writing in a notebook;• 89% of college students start their search with a search engine; (2% start from a library site)• 93% are satisfied/very satisfied with the results;• Library users demand 24/7 access, instant gratification at a

click, and are looking for THE answer.

Rowlands, I. & Nicholas, D. (2008). Information behaviour of the research of the future. A CIBER Briefing Paper. Commissioned by British Library & Joint Information Systems Committee. Centre for Information Behaviour & the Evaluation of Research (CIBER), University College of London (UCL), 11 January, Retrieved 2 February 2008, http://www.bl.uk/news/pdf/googlegen.pdf

Whom are we teaching?Whom are we teaching?

Are they information literate?

But…

• More than half of American teens online have produced media content

• About one-third have circulated media that they have produced beyond their immediate friends and family.

• Online youth are content providers

What does literacy mean in the 21st century?

Pre-21st Century, literacy was the ability to read and write.

What does literacy mean in the 21st Century ?

“We are living in a new economy-powered by technology, fueled by information, and driven by

knowledge. The influence of technology will go beyond new equipment and faster communications, as work and skills will be redefined and reorganized.”

U.S. Department of Labor. (1999). Futurework. Trends and challenges

for Work in the 21st Century

Multiple literaciesMultiple literacies

Visual Digital Textual TechnologicalThe ability to “understand and use images, including the ability to think, learn, and express oneself in terms of images.”(Braden and Hortin 1982,41)

The ability to understand, evaluate, create, and integrate information in multiple digital formats via the computer and Internet. (Gilster 1997)

The ability to read, write, analyze, and evaluate textual works of literature and personal and professional documents.

The ability to responsibly use appropriate technology to communicate, solve problems, and access, manage, integrate, evaluate, and create information to improve learning in all subject areas and to acquire lifelong knowledge and skills in the 21 century. (SETDA n.d.)

Source:Standards for the 21st-Century Learner in Action. AASL, pp. 18-19.

Role in 20th Century: Recreational Reading

• Library collection centered• Reading motivation• Broadening reading interests• Sustained Silent Reading…• Free Voluntary Reading (FVR)

Role in 21st Century: Reading for Understanding

• Digital reading environments• Unmediated reading materials• Reading in the content areas• Strategic Reading• Critical thinking skills

21st Century SkillsWhat do learners need to know and be able to do?

• Core subjects;

• 21st century themes;

• Learning and innovation skills;

• Information, media, and technology skills;

• Life and career skills.

Inquiry provides a framework for learning

Walt Whitman (Camden) Considered by many to be the most influential poets in U.S. history

20th Century learning outcome

A student who has not been interested in doing this project conferences with the librarian.

The librarian finds out that the students likes jazz and suggests Ella Fitzgerald as a topic.

The student listens to Ella Fitzgerald’s music on Bearshare.

The student decides to write a poem rather than a report about Ella Fitzgerald.

21ST CENTURY MENTORING

Inquiry provides a framework for learningInquiry provides a framework for learning

Lonely, Nervous, Brave, Determined, SassyDaughter of parents who filled their house with musicMusic must have filled her loneliness when her father diedMoved to New York for a better life.Who loved the night magic of Harlem, Who loved the celebrities and begging for autographs with her friendsWho really loved singing and scatting Who loved her Aunt that took care of her as a child.Who felt loss, when her mother died Who felt anger when she was put in an orphanageWho felt trapped in those walls but they couldn’t keep her down because she felt the pull of her song and the night magic of Harlem.Who felt nervous and fear at auditionsWho feared not being able to sing because she had no one to care for her Who feared dying from diabetes and possibly going blind, Who feared whom she would pass her singing crown down toWho wanted to see someone take over her singing crownWho would have liked to have spent more time with her late parentsWho wanted to work with the best bandsWho changed the world of jazz and swingWho was very proud of her awards and achievementsShe was “The First Lady Of Song”; she was “Sassy” and a Legend of JazzBorn in Virginia, grew up in New York, adopted by the world.Ella was greatFitzgerald

Ella

21st Century Learning Outcome

Resources I wish to thank Dr. Carol Gordon of Rutgers University for allowing me to use portions of her presentation at the AASL Conference in Charlotte in November, 2009.

Thank you, Foran High Students, for letting me use pictures of you.

Empowering Learners: A Planning Guide!



Introduction• Online, interactive planning

and advocacy tool

• Supports implementation of the AASL program guidelines

• Ensures school library program planners go beyond the basics

• Saves time and delivers data



Planning Process

• evaluate the existing program• involve stakeholders in planning process• align the mission with the school or district• develop action plans with measurable goals and

objectives• chart implementation progress



Planning Process

Assessment Rubric

• Reflects principles in AASL program guidelines• Assess programs on 16 different sets of criteria• Identify strengths and weaknesses• Easily share results with stakeholders• Advocate for the information literacy needs of

school community



Assessment Rubric

Benefits Recap

• Access module online from any computer• Sequential steps are intuitive for users of all

technology levels• Save and edit plans• Monitor progress charts • Evaluate your program health using the rubric• Output and share worksheets, charts and graphs



Planning Guide: free trialGo to: http://www.aasl.eb.com

Username: nov10

Password: preview

(Good through Wed., Nov. 10, 2010)

More time? To request an individual one-week free trial, call 1-800-621-3900.



New AASL ToolkitLaunched 10/26/10



Explore the toolkit.

Learning4Life:A Lifelong Process!



What's the take-away?

Learning4Life:A Lifelong Evolution!



Do we need to change everything

that we do?

Learning4Life:Resources!



L4L home page and new Building Level Toolkit

L4L resources compiled by 2010 Emerging Leaders Group A

Knowledge Quest: Developing a Vision: An L4L Job Description and Enhancing Your Professional Practice; and Sowing the Seeds fo the New AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner

Sample Evaluation System

AASL Standards Interactive Graphic

Effective Practice wiki

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/learning4life/index.cfm

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/toolkits/bldnglvl/building.cfm

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/learning4life/resources/el10.cfm

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/toolkits/bldnglvl/09_NovDec_Ballard.pdf

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/toolkits/bldnglvl/10_JanFeb_Ballard.pdf

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslissues/toolkits/bldnglvl/08_SeptOct_TF.pdf



http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/learning4life/resources/LMS-DANIELSON.pdf

https://remc12.wikispaces.com/file/view/StandardsREMC12MediaCouncil.pdf

http://schoollibrarywebsites.wikispaces.com/

http://schoollibrarywebsites.wikispaces.com/




Webinars: School Library Month 2010 (no log in information needed)

Developing a Vision for Learning presented by Dr. Carol Gordon

Teaching for Learning - Teaching at the Intersection of Reading, Information and Technology presented by LaDawna Harrington

Building the Learning Envorionment: Engage, Interact, Immerse, Learn presented by Marcia Mardis, Eileen McIlvain, Gail Long, and Jennifer Pleszkoch

Empowering Learning through Leadership: Building a Strong Leadership Foundation through Transformation Leadership Practices presented by Daniella Smith




School Library Monthly: The End of an Era…Falling Off a Cliff by Allison Zmuda

L4L School Librarian Job Description

AASL, P21 & ISTE Nets Skills Comparison Chart by Cassandra Barnett

CT 2009 Common Core of Leading

CASL website and ning

NESLA Implementing the Standards wiki




Common Core Standards

Illinois Standards Aligned Instruction for Libraries

Connecticut Information Technology Frameworks c2006

CT Common Core State Standards Initiative c2010

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