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Sonoma Library to Host Minecraft Camp - The Digital Shift - 0 views

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game competition technology instruction minecraft

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    • Katie Gordon
      Katie Gordon on 04 Feb 14
       
      This game is a huge hit with kids of all ages, this would be a great idea to incorporate technology instruction in an interesting manner for kids who love the game. 
    • Merrily Sproat
      Merrily Sproat on 04 Feb 14
       
      Wow! This is a grand idea! I know LOTS of children who would thrive at being able to design instead of just play Minecraft. They would truly be happy campers!
  • aught how to work mods: modifications that allow players to alter Minecraft, from making new blocks to creating new pieces
  • A professional coder in the community will be working with students during the first session using Eclipse
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  • Students will use laptops already in the library and connect to a server set up just for the program
  • the ability to personalize a video game is something most children don’t feel equipped to undertake. And that’s something Forth hopes to change
  • We want to take them from consumption to creation
  • We want to emphasize problem solving and teamwork
  • Libraries across the country have latched onto the game, using it to attract students to the library
  • Forth has already fielded calls from parents interested in the program for their children
    • Katie Gordon
      Katie Gordon on 04 Feb 14
       
      This is a huge win. Having parents call to sign their kids up for the program, amazing.
  • The idea is to create a turnkey program so all the documents are there, as well as curriculum and resources, so they can have what they need.
Katie Gordon

How to Assess School Librarians | ALA Midwinter 2014 | School Library Journal - 0 views

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  • Because of Race to the Top, evaluation has become a difficult little game,
  • NY. Librarians now “have to be contractually evaluated by their principal
  • evidence and it must be observable
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  • evidence of efficacy in the students that leads to documentation of the efficacy
  • planning and preparation, library environment, student instruction, and professional obligations
  • Librarians should document student growth and evidence of their outreach efforts to teachers as well as any collaborative projects that followed, suggested the panelists
Katie Gordon

Georgia Teacher Librarians Aim to Strengthen Role as State Revamps Public Schools | Sch... - 0 views

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  • Georgia is pursuing a major revamp of its public schools system that could allow local communities greater control over school budgets in exchange for meeting higher standards.
  • ome schools (like charters) will opt out of maintaining their library programs,
  • We have to take time to write down all that we do, why we’re valuable, what events we’re hosting, who we’re connecting with, and how that’s impacting the students. I think the best form of self-advocacy is visibility,
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  • moving into working more and more with Bring Your Own Device [programs],
  • we need to be able to bridge that gap
  • the time is now for Georgia’s media specialists—certified teachers in their own right—to focus on expanding their services to other teachers, marketing their media services, instruction, and programs to school and district stakeholders, and encouraging their colleagues to do the same
  • he restructuring actually presents an ideal opportunity to get their feet on the ground, strengthen the skills of their colleagues, and build grassroots support for their changing role in student learning
  • to support the schools, support the students, and support the teachers
  • he first thing is you’ve got to have a good program that students and teachers love, so that when it’s threatened, they will stand up and fight for it
  • most teacher librarians are leaders in their schools when it comes to professional development and the use of instructional technology
  • helping to buck the librarian-as-book-clerk-only stereotype
  • You have people that are masters level and higher—that’s not who you want replacing toner cartridges, especially when, if they have a strong collaborative instruction program, they will raise student achievement
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