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A hot linked list of resources from AASL for pre-service, new, or returning school librarians to use in developing implementation strategies for the AASL standards developed by the ALA Emerging Leaders Team A  which is at the bottom of the L4L Resources for Implementation page.

Supports the implementation of the New Curriculum for Information Literacy in HE. Contained on the wiki are case studies, teaching resources, training materials for librarians who will deliver, skills audit tool and much more. The curriculum and supporting documentation can be found here: http://ccfil.pbworks.com/f/ANCIL_final.pdf

Below are some resources to facilitate exploration of strategies to improve reading/decoding/comprehension of texts. Great article about a school implementing a method to assist students with strat...

Below are some resources to facilitate exploration of strategies to improve reading/decoding/comprehension of texts. Great article about a school implementing a method to assist students with strat...

Resources to support schools in implementing project-based learning.

VocabularySpellingCity provides the following sets of correlations to standards: U.S. Standards by State Common Core Standards for each States' Implementation Australian Standards by State Canadian Standards by Province English National Curriculum Standards

Need some direction with implementing CCSS. Try this live binder.

This is a research model for teaching information literacy through research projects at school.  We need to consider adopting a research model for our school and implementing across 7-13.

This is a research model for teaching information literacy through research projects at school.  We need to consider adopting a research model for our school and implementing across 7-13.

Dr. Lodge McCammon is a Specialist in Curriculum and Contemporary Media at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation (www.fi.ncsu.edu). His work in education began in 2003 at Wakefield High School in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he taught Civics and AP Economics. He finished a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University in 2008 where his work at The Friday Institute continues to bring innovative practices to students, teachers and schools. He developed a teaching and professional development process called FIZZ which encourages and models best practices in implementing user-generated video and online publishing in the classroom to enhance standards-based lessons. He is also a studio composer who writes standards-based songs, with supporting materials, about advanced curriculum for K-12 classrooms. More information, user-generated videos, and songs can be found at Lodge's website (www.iamlodge.com).

Mobilary is a project of the Chicago Public Schools Department of Libraries & Information Services. Its purpose is to provide recommendation for the implementation of mobile technologies in our district's school library programs to successfully impact teaching and learning. Through the collective experiences of our librarians combined with action research and data collection, we will develop a body of best practices and knowledge related to these technologies.

Wow! This wiki houses information on one district's iPad program. Excellent resources here including implementation, app purchasing, managing the program, lessons using the iPads, and more.

"Much has been written about the role of Teacher Librarians in our schools.   Sadly though, much of it is lamentations about the decreasing numbers of Teacher Librarians manning our school libraries.  Every so often though, I come across inspiring words that do much to remind us of the incredible skill and value held by this professional group."

"Teacher librarians are involved in the process of change whether they are implementing a program for the first time, making changes to an established program, or participating in some aspect of ongoing school improvement" (Oberg, 1990). The very essence of the work of teacher librarians - improving teaching and learning - requires that they work within the culture of the school and that they also work to change the culture of the school.

EdTech professionals will be challenged to become a change agent within their profession by implementing education and social media marketing tools within their daily practice.

Resources for implementing social bookmarking in the classroom; includes handouts and rubrics

The purpose of the template is for use as a starting point to help teachers plan and implement technology driven learning experiences that are fueled by Essential Questions and aligned to Common Core Standards. The template includes built in screencast tutorials to help students learn to use the technology. This allows teachers to focus on the content instead of being consumed by student questions about using the tech

"Looking for some new ideas about using Web 2.0 to implement AASL's Standards for the 21st Century Learner? Check out these resources developed by students in FRIT 7090b offered during Summer, 2010 at Georgia Southern University. "

"This 275-page free downloadable resource contains dozens of lesson plans that implement AASL's Standards for the 21st-Century Learner in the context of the curriculum. Contributing authors include more than 30 teacher-librarians. "

Recently debuted Building Level Toolkit for Implementing AASL's L4L that Kristin Fontichiaro and Melissa Johnston developed.