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marciapeterson

School Library Thrives After Ditching Print Collection - The Digital Shift - 0 views

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    A high school library in Minnesota eliminated most of its books when the school went one-to-one. The librarian describes the new bookless library as "a vital educational space where students still research, investigate and-above all-learn. . . ."
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    A high school library in Minnesota eliminated most of its books when the school went one-to-one. The librarian describes the new bookless library as "a vital educational space where students still research, investigate and-above all-learn. . . ."
marciapeterson

21st-Century Libraries: The Learning Commons | Edutopia - 0 views

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    Transforming the library into a learning commons, with details about a school library in Chicago.
marciapeterson

Brletic Elementary - Library to Learning Commons - YouTube - 0 views

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    Many school libraries are moving to a Learning Commons model, which emphasizes group work, use of electronic devices, and critical thinking to support the Common Core. This video shows the transformation of an elementary school library in California.
nickyforest

Conducting Research-based Projects in Elementary Grades with Safety in Mind -- THE Journal - 1 views

  • elementary school students choose to conduct research for school projects.
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      How elementary school students choose to conduct research is a big question mark.
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      A great article on elementary school student research.
  • Fortunately, there are best practices for teachers to adopt and safe websites for learners to visit, which she shares here with THE Journal.
  • Did the students have a list of safe sites to use for their research, appropriate for their grade level
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      Students did not have a list of approved websites that were appropriate for their use.
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  • She and her mom were proud that she had done her own research. When she said that she got her information from Wikipedia, I suggested that she might wish to include her source on the project, but she did not want to. She did not know if she would be presenting the project to her classmates.
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      Research from a 3rd grader was done using only Wikipedia and that was not cited on her research project.
  • My concern was not just about the credibility of using Wikipedia for academic purposes. The reading level was too advanced for a typical third-grader. Researchers (Anderson, 2012) have found the overall readability of numerous Wikipedia articles too difficult for many readers.
    • nickyforest
       
      Wikipedia is not written at a 3rd grade level, or for any elementary student for that matter.
  • How is the research process introduced to elementary students, particularly for using the internet? Are learners provided an age-appropriate online tutorial? Is there a standards document indicating skills that students should be developing in elementary grades for using technology to conduct research?  What guidelines/templates are students provided for developing their projects? Are they provided a checklist/rubric for how projects would be graded? Who sees their projects?  How do you make parents aware that their children will be doing internet research and that their children’s “online safety” has been considered?
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      What are the guidelines for elementary school student research. These six questions were asked of teachers in two different states.
  • elementary learners can hop on the Research Rocket at the online portal Kentucky Virtual Library: How to Do Research and find an interactive and engaging tutorial designed just for them. Content might also benefit classroom lessons and discussions, particularly in K–2 when
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      School districts in Kentucky have a virtual library where students can learn about how to do research.
  • ibrary media specialists in the School District of New Berlin (WI) developed a series of research guides and templates, organized by grade-bands. Templates for grades 4 to 6 combine a checklist or rubric.  Lankau, Parrish, Quillin and Schilling (2004) developed the Research Project Guide: A Handbook for Teachers and Studentsfor Humble Independent School District in Texas.
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      LMS staff in Wisconsin and Texas have organized templates, rubrics and checklists to help students with their research.
  • Symbaloo, a social bookmarking tool, for this purpose. The Elementary Research Guide focuses on the Super 3 and Big 6 research models for grades K–2 and 3 to 5, respectively. Presentations on the Super 3 and Big 6 models, posted on Slideshare.net, illustrate that educators value both models.  
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      Resources for research projects also include Symbaloo, Super 3 and Big 6 which are readily available to students and teachers.
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    Some real examples of research done wrong while highlighting how much research skills need to be taught, starting in elementary school.
seantheoret

10 Digital Resources That Will Improve Your School Library - 1 views

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    As the role of the library is changing in our technology driven times, this is a good resource for empowering the librarian to embrace those changes and help our students become more technologically and informationally literate.
marciapeterson

SLJ Survey: Ebook Usage in School Libraries Expected to Rise Incrementally - The Digita... - 0 views

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    Annual survey by SLJ and Follett
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    Annual survey by SLJ and Follett
pwarmack

Print Plus: UDL and the School Library - 1 views

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    UDL and the Library (Print Plus)
Eric Telfer

Radical Curriculum Sharing at the Open High School of Utah | Edutopia - 0 views

  • integrating Web 2.0 technologies, like those that follow, would help her students succeed in the 21st centur
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      I think we have to do this and PLPs will reinforce the necessity for teachers to be equipped with the skills and dispositions to teach them to all students.
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      Color-coded lesson plans are "the best"- peer reviewed?
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      Virtual Library of Instruction- access to curricular plans that align with CCSS and you can quickly create a scope and sequence with the essential questions and broad, overarching themes for the academic year- paperless.
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  • The age of comprehensive drag-and-drop curriculum planning is here
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      More than one department from one school? Curriculum sharing between different schools in different districts? This is the true target of authentic collaboration and PLNs.
  • The Virtual Library of Instruction (11) hosts many excellent unit plans designed at the University of Georgia's by Dr. Peter Smagorinsky's secondary English majors. Scroll down to see units listed by grade. Titles listed in pink are the best.
  • At Teaching That Makes Sense (TTMS.org) (12), Steve Peha has created a ridiculous amount of materials useful for writing instructors
    • Eric Telfer
       
      Personal interest in improving strategies surrounding writing instruction (CLAs, expository writing, SBAC constructed responses).
  • Some of the sites I discovered were created by college professors and might be too difficult for students who are not academically gifted. Nonetheless, there are treasures here
  • Technology still hasn't solved the biggest time crunch: reading, responding, and grading essays. "And let me tell you," she laughs, "My grading inbox is frightening." Nor does technology alleviate the need for her presence "They want me there, commenting. But I can't always be there as much as I want to be."
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      WriteToLearn and similar grading software (Intelligent Essay Assessor, Criterion) will become an option for teachers to grade elements of an essay that can be "counted".
rballardvt

Schools and Libraries Program - USAC.org - 0 views

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    About the e rate for schools and internet access
marciapeterson

Joyce Valenza | School Library Journal - 1 views

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    Tech-savvy librarian, her blog covers libraries & technology.  Joyce has long been recognized as a tech leader among librarians.  Heard her speak at Dynamic Landscapes conference and was impressed by her insights and energy.  Blog is attractive and well laid out.  Her SLJ blog seems to be her most current, others have not been updated recently.
Hannah Fjeld

Expect the Miraculous | Barrow Media Center - 0 views

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    One of my favorite librarian blogs to follow, Andy Plemmons does creative, innovative, fascinating things in his elementary library. I never fail to be inspired by reading about his work.
putnamc

Ebooks are actually not books-schools among first to realizing this fact | Digital Book... - 0 views

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      The model FollettShelf uses is also attractive to libraries. We buy one copy that can be accessed by as many students as we want. We own the copy of the book
  • Ebooks are actually software.
  • Books are objects. They are limited by their physicality. Only one person can sit comfortably and read a book.
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  • purchase one of them for each student
  • Ebooks, however, have practically no physical limitations
  • Ebooks are not books at all—they are software and they should be sold the way software is sold
Hannah Fjeld

ISTE 3: Teaching Research Using the Big6 Model - techy becky librarian - 1 views

  • surprisingly few number of schools have a comprehensive information literacy program. They found that many programs are “irregular, partial, and arbitrary” (Eisenberg, 2011, pg. 10)
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      Here's the problem.
  • incorporating the skills into the students’ classroom curriculum
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      Collaboration and a cohesive approach is key.
  • super-speed lesson
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      This is often the problem---when the model comes from the library and isn't the norm in all classrooms, it has to be presented super quickly and is not reinforced regularly.
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  • they will be lacking the ability to keep track of what they’ve found and (the hugely important task of) determining if the information is reliable
    • Hannah Fjeld
       
      scaffold these skills / have standard worksheets that students can use
  • Providing students will print handouts that help walk them through the final stages of Big6™.
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    Research paper/lesson plan from school librarian on a collaborative project to introduce the Big6 research process model to 6th grade. Reinforces the importance of 1. Teacher buy-in and 2. a comprehensive approach
Emily Wood

Best 1-to-1 iPad Apps for Elementary School | Common Sense Education - 0 views

  • highly rated
  • keep students engaged and learning
  • teachers to assess and manage classes, and opportunities for students to think, create, and share.
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  • this game maker can be a classroom game changer
  • provide specific feedback, and encourage collaboration among students
  • multimedia learning and communication tool
  • offers both teacher- and student-paced learning.
  • self-assessment among their students.
  • making meditation a daily practice for both students and teachers.
  • allows students to share work and reflect on their artistic process
  • rich platform for getting kids into programming and digital creation.
  • ersatile storytelling tool.
  • inspire kids to embark on learning adventures that get them to explore, create, and share safely
  • From cardboarding to cooking, this app helps kids find the fun in DIY
  • lets students of many ages and abilities publish their own digital books.
  • easy-to-use whiteboard tool
  • sketch and note-taking
  • offering a one-stop shop for creative learning of foundational skills.
  • fun gameplay while internalizing fundamental number concepts.
  • get kids excited about learning and reading
  • storytelling, illustrating, and publishing.
  • : This large collection of books and videos on a wide variety of topics is an easy -- and free -- enhancement to any classroom library.
  • Engaging, high-quality news stories
  • an excellent interactive science resource
  • grammar
  • makes science relevant with lots of classroom potential.
  • innovative, community-based platform that helps students plan, strategize, and collaborate.
nickyforest

Doing Internet Research at the Elementary Level | Edutopia - 0 views

  • Doing Internet Research at the Elementary Level
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      Great article on doing internet research with elementary school students.
    • nickyforest
       
      A great article about doing internet research with elementary school students.
  • eaching research skills in third grade -- just at the time where my students' reading skills are such that they can feel successful and just at the time when they have mounds and mounds of natural curiosity. In the
    • nickyforest
       
      Third grade seems to be the most common grade to start some authentic research skills. I know 2nd grade teachers that start with an animal project in a limited way to get students thinking about how to look at information.
  • Your parents said you can have any pet you want. What will you need to keep the pet?")
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      This teacher of 3rd graders changed up the project her students did to this fun question.
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  • SweetSearch search engine, which weeds out the junk they usually find on Google or Bing and which highlights their keywords and pulls text from the website into the list of search results.
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      Good search engine to use with elementary students
  • My older students will be using EasyBib to organize their links and their notes. While my third graders will not be doing true citation yet, I will be teaching citation to my seventh graders and requiring all of their projects to be accompanied by a bibliography, which they will create in EasyBib.
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      Older students will use EasyBib to do citations, but 3rd grade will not.
  • The SweetSearch Tutorial: Not only is SweetSearch an amazing search tool for kids, but they have some great resources here for helping digest what research is and how to approach it. Copyright Confusion Wiki: A one-stop shop for all things copyright and fair use. How to Do Research Another take on the research process from the Kentucky Virtual Library. Diigo for Educators A robust social bookmarking tool through which students can bookmark sites, highlight right on the site, share bookmarks with their peers and take notes on webpages. Teachers can create student accounts without needing emails. SweetSearch A kid-friendly search engine. EasyBib A robust online citation and organizing tool. Flickr Find copyright-free images with Creative Commons licenses. Search Creative Commons Find Creative Commons content on popular sites.Filed Under
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      more resources
    • nickyforest
       
      Some other great resources from the article.
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    Story of lessons learned from one tech teacher's annual research unit, done exclusively online. Uses a variety of tech tools for research.
kellyenterline

The Promise of Schools as Digital Citizenship Hubs - Connected Learning Alliance - 0 views

  • Surveys from over a thousand K-12 teachers suggest that 60% of teachers used a digital citizenship resource or curriculum in 2019, but this statistic does not speak to how often teachers were able to talk about digital citizenship over the course of the year (once a week, once a month, once a year?).
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      Though I do some digital citizenship lessons in my library class, I am realizing that I am not even aware of which teachers also cover some of this in their classrooms. I am realizing that I need to make this more of a partnership between what I am doing and what the teachers are doing by starting this conversation.
  • Surveys from over a thousand K-12 teachers suggest that 60% of teachers used a digital citizenship resource or curriculum in 2019, but this statistic does not speak to how often teachers were able to talk about digital citizenship over the course of the year (once a week, once a month, once a year?).
Cally Flickinger

Inventors, Innovators, and Inspirers | Great Picture Book Biographies | School Library ... - 1 views

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    Picture books about inventions
Cally Flickinger

Twitter | Boston Public Schools Library & Media Services - 0 views

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    Easy cheat sheet for Twitter in Education
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