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Session Four & Day Two of Summer Institute
Jun 29th
I unfortunately had to leave the Summer Institute after the third session yesterday, and missed session four of Buffy’s talk on Tools for Transparency, Advocacy, and Instructional Leadership. Check out her LibGuide resources for Part Four to see what she covered. I will post a link to her slides here when they are posted online.
I left the Institute, because I went and picked up author and illustrator Mark Crilley from the airport. He was to speak today to the Summer Institute group about his books and his career as an author and illustrator. I had a great time visiting with him on More >
Session Two: Tools for Content Creation and Networked Learning
Jun 23rd
Wrapup comments from last session: Building tribe (Seth Godin’s book Tribes) — getting buy-in. That’s part of participatory librarianship. Helps students see that research in the library isn’t just for school work and homework that stops when you’re out of school.
Look at the resources on the pathfinder — lots of real-life examples are there, at different grade levels.
Part 2: Tools for Student Content Creation and Networked Learning: Media 21 Project
- “learning is the process of creating connections and developing a network.”
- connectivism learning theory (how do we help students connect the dots of learning
- Michael Wesch at K-State was an inspiration for this. More >
Summer Institute: Session One
Jun 23rd
Overall Theme of the Institute: New Tools for New Generations: Viable Tools for Effective Student Learning
- creation of a library with fluid boundaries
- focus on a flexible learning environment influenced by the interactive global community
- respond to diverse learning needs
- teaching multiple literacies
Featured books, a focus on Standards:
- Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs (also available in the NExpress Catalog)
- Standards for the 21st Century Learner in Action (also available in NExpress Catalog)
Dr. Jackie Lakin from the Kansas State Department of Education (Education Program Consultant — Information Management; Advocate for Kansas School Libraries & School Librarians), briefly talked about standards and the coming common core standards. More >
Pivot Points for Change Session
Apr 12th
Connecting the dots of information literacy with social media.
-Buffy Hamilton, Internet & Schools East, April 2010.
Rethinking ways we can instruct our students with information literacy.
- How do we support and scaffold students’ ability to read and write an ever-growing world of information?
- How do we adapt our pracitce as librarians to effectively cultivate informationally fluent students who will thrive in today’s society? — help them learn to analyze/evaluate information.
-Seth Godin: “when industry norms start to die, people panic. it’s difficult to change when you think that you must change everything in order to succeed. Changing everything is too More >
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