63 Things Every Student Should Know In A Digital World. 63 Things Every Student Should Know In A Digital World by Terry Heick ed note: this has been updated from a previous post It could be argued—and probably argued well—that what a student fundamentally needs to know today isn’t much different than what Tom Sawyer or Joan of Arc or Alexander the Great needed to know.
Communication. Resourcefulness. Creativity. Persistence. Thompson Library SMART Goals: 2016-2017 by Elizabeth Weaver on Prezi. As Information Landscape Changes, School Librarians Take on New Roles. School librarian Michelle Luhtala co-teaches a lesson on news analysis to 11th and 12th grade students at New Canaan High School in Connecticut.
She and fellow librarian Jacqueline Whiting frequently partner with classroom teachers at the school to teach media-literacy skills. —Christopher Capozziello for Education Week Digital-literacy instruction key to evolving job portfolio New Canaan, Conn. The school librarians entered the civics classroom with authority, calling the students by name, cracking jokes, and quickly pulling up their presentation. Draw a Friend // Portraits by Kids for the Classroom. I am a picture book lover and collector, and my favorite ones are about friendship.
When my children were little and September came around, there were certain books I would always pull out and read with them prior to the first day or school and throughout those first few weeks. These books were like old friends, calming their nerves and preparing them for new experiences. (See my list of favorite friendship books at the end of this post.) What We Believe Matters Most When Selecting Books.
Future Ready Librarians - Future Ready Schools. We are super excited that you are registering to join us at the Denver Future Ready School Institute.
Complete the registration below to make it official! The Future Ready Librarians (FRL) strand of the Institute will provide opportunities to explore how librarians can support FRS via the FRL framework;learn how to develop teacher librarians as educational and instructional leaders;create conversations about the role of librarians supporting strategic work of schools; anddevelop networks and cross-functional teams to support and sustain FRL in districts.
An Open Letter to BOEs Everywhere. Dear Board of Education members, It is budget season across the country.
LMS Grand Monthly To-Do List. Open eBooks. Home Page. Bookroom All Read Levels. Booksource. Home Page. James Patterson is Donating Another $1.75 Million to U.S. School Libraries. From Scholastic: James Patterson will personally donate another $1.75 million to school libraries this year, in the second installment of his School Library Campaign.In partnership with Scholastic Reading Club, the program was launched in 2015 as part of an ongoing effort to keep books and reading a priority for children in the United States.
Makerspaces Lead to School and Community Successes. While the Maker Movement continues to grow, it hasn't yet gained its greatest traction, which currently sits untapped in the minds of the students in front of us.
Through forming partnerships with community makerspaces or building a school makerspace, educators and decision makers everywhere have the rare chance to help bring this truly all-inclusive learning experience into their schools, districts, and communities in order to help all students. Here are four ways that the "new industrial revolution" will help your students succeed and help breathe life back into your craft. Fail Better! Spend some time as an educator on social networks like Twitter, and you will quickly come across memes, quotes, and countless links to evidence that failure is a necessary milestone in the learning process.
For all the talk of how this sometimes-painful process is vital to growth, people rarely share examples of how to facilitate room for healthy failure in the classroom. Bridging The Gap. Bright Ideas Teacher Grants. Bright Ideas, a grant program sponsored by the Flint Energies Foundation and Flint Energies, your Touchstone Energy Cooperative, awards teachers money for innovative lessons and projects to energize learning in their students.
In 2014, a total of $20,000 was awarded using participating Flint members’ small change through Operation Round Up. Since 2006, nearly $115,000 has been awarded to fund 135 projects reaching more than 4,050 students in Middle Georgia. The Bright Ideas program distributes money as grants of up to $1,000 for teachers who teach grades K-12 at public or private schools located in the co-op’s 17-county service territory. The grants are not for professional development or Smart Board purchases. The deadline for 2016 applications is September 2, 2016. The School Library Media Specialist: Program Administration. "Fundraising and grant writing skills are becoming more and more important as budgets are being cut and materials more expensive to obtain.
With cuts to education increasing . . . locating resources for alternative funding is very crucial to school librarians. " Nadelbach, S. Make It @ Your Library. Model Curriculum » Pennsylvania School Librarians Association. The Model Curriculum for Pennsylvania School Library Programs provides a curricular framework in information literacy for school librarians to partner with teachers to help students achieve 44 of the PA Core Standards in English Language Arts, Reading and Writing in Science and Technology/Technical Subjects, Reading and Writing in History and Social Studies, and in the Academic Standards for Business, Computer, and Information Technology.
The Model Curriculum follows the model used by the SAS Quality Review Team of the PDE, which is the Understanding by Design framework of developing curriculum, instruction, and student assessment designed for ASCD by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe. The Model Curriculum for PA School Library Programs. Untitled. The focus of the Highly Effective Schools Through Libraries is two-fold: To provide guidance for K-12 educators as they facilitate student achievement and preparation for 21st century success, and, To recognize outstanding school library programs and librarians.
Our goal is that all schools will have highly-qualified teacher librarians and communities (parents, students, administrators, and fellow educators) who value an exemplary teacher-librarian and library program to facilitate student achievement in the 21st century. To earn highly effective status principals and teacher librarians complete applications for five exemplars, using the rubric as a guide. Untitled. Black History Month 2016 - Facts. Facts February 1 - The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery, was adopted by the 38th Congress. Ratification was completed December 6, 1865. Also in 1870, Jonathan Jasper Wright was elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court. February 2 - Today in 1914, artist William Ellisworth is born in Washington, North Carolina. Metis Innovations. Welcome to the site for Metis: Library Classification for Children Metis puts children first. Metis is a flexible, intuitive and child-friendly system of library categorization. It uses whole language, visual cues, and logic that reflects children's own experiences.
It puts the child in the center of his or her own search. SLMR InstructionalRole V11. Organizing Your Library. Skip to main content Get your Wikispaces Classroom now: the easiest way to manage your class. guest. Best Nonfiction Kids Books. ANIMALSBugs and Bugsicles: Insects in the Winter by Amy S. HansenWhat happens to insects in winter? Introduce your students to seven different insects: a praying mantis, a field cricket, a ladybug, a honeybee, a pavement ant, a monarch butterfly, and an Arctic woolly bear caterpillar, and discover how they survive and thrive in freezing temperatures.Bubble Homes and Fish Farts by Fiona BayrockBubbles may seem delicate and fragile, but they play a key role in animal survival. Discover how 16 animals, from juniper spittlebugs to whales, use bubbles in a variety of ways. Mock Caldecott 2016. How to Make an Amelia Bedelia Costume. New Media Specialist Evaluation Training by Jennifer Helfrich on Prezi.
Kindergarten Library Lesson Plans Using Mr. Wiggles Library Story. S.O.S. for Information Literacy. Curriculum. Lesson Ideas. Media Center. Library Media Connection. What Every New Media Specialist Needs to Know. Media Center Websites/Blogs. Lesson Plans. The Principal's Guide to a Powerful Library Media Program: A School Library ... - Marla W. McGhee, Barbara A. Jansen. Flexible Scheduling: Making the Transition. Www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/slr/vol11/SLMR_InstructionalRole_V11.pdf. How the Big6 Took Me from Lazy Language Arts Teacher to Motivated Media Specialist. This article is dedicated to my colleague, Cathlee Gallup, 6th grade teacher at East Hills Middle School, for her part in making the “Big6 Research Project” what it is today.
Her creativity, teamwork, professionalism, commitment to education and friendship are invaluable.) ABLE. 8 Reasons This Is An Ideal Résumé For Someone With A Lot Of Work Experience. The role your résumé plays in your job search will change as you ascend the ranks. "Once you're at the executive level, your reputation within your industry and the strong network you've presumably built over the course of your career will hold increasingly more weight with hiring managers," says Amanda Augustine, a career expert at TheLadders , a mobile career network for professionals .
Librarian as Innovator: Best Websites. ImpactStudy.pdf. Elementary Librarian Interview Questions - Elementary Librarian. Librarians and Archivists: Commitment to Excellence and Leadership. Featured Links. Understanding MARC Bibliographic: Machine-Readable Cataloging. Dewey Services Overview. Career Strategies for Librarians. 650.14 RESUME - LaDawna Harrington: Library Media Specialist. Resume - Emily Gibson, Library Media Specialist. Why I Quit My Library Job and Why I No Longer Want One.
Www.winpublib.org/documents/Free Access to Libraries for Minors.pdf. Weeding Library Collections: A Selected Annotated Bibliography for Library Collection Evaluation.