Tag: Librarianship
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In support of Libraries for Academic Success & Equity
Libraries are essential in building academic success and equity in our schools and learning environments. This is very easy when staff and students come from similar backgrounds and share similar languages, experiences and expectations. But what about the ‘others’? The one’s who do not share similar experiences, expectations, languages, and backgrounds? First, what does it…
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Holistic Tech Integration in the Library Learning Commoms
Holistic Tech Integration in the Library Learning Commons
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The Collaboration Contemplation
We are hearing so much about collaboration. We hear about all of the benefits, why we should do it, how it improves our practice and student achievement. I have had wonderful success with amazing collaborations through inquiries, projects, conferences, leadership opportunities, and with students, parents an amazing colleagues! In this way, it has solved…
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Holistically integrating ICT with the help of the Library
Originally created and shared by Deborah McCallum on https://sites.google.com/site/guidetoholisticeducation/librarianship: The purpose of this post is to provide examples of holistic instructional strategies involving information technology in any learning environment. Rather than solely focusing on objectives, assessment outcomes and a heirarchy of subject matter, which are important, the role of the Teacher-Librarian is to help learners…
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Knowledge Building in the Learning Commons
Knowledge Building in the Learning Commons Knowledge Building in the Learning Commons By Deborah McCallum “Knowledge building is perhaps the most important skill of the 21st Century” McCallum aligns the knowledge building process to major ideas and the standards from the new document Leading Learning: Standards of Practice for School Library Learning Commons published…
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Acquire, Manipulate, Process, Present: My 4 Steps for Knowledge Building
The education sector essentially uses a variety of programs and strategies to add significant value to the lives of all learners. Each one depends upon unique interactions of both the educator and the learner. We are confronting the new challenges that schools are facing in the 21st century. These include, but not limited to, technology…