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pwarmack

Information Literacy and Librarian-Faculty Collaboration in Academic Library for Sustai... - 0 views

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  • The ultimate goal is to make information literacy an integral part of the academic curriculum, thus helping students to succeed not only during their years in college but also for their lifelong career choices.
  • discussion about librarian-faculty collaboration for developing information literacy skills among the students are considered briefly.
  • ACRL further describes information literacy as abilities to: a. Determine the extent of information needed b. Access the needed information effectively and efficiently c. Evaluate information and its sources critically d. Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base e. Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose f. Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legally.
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  • That solution has two fundamental underpinnings: the first is that information literacy is an issue for every college and university; and the second is that librarians should occupy a position in attempts to define and achieve campus-wide information literacy.
  • While it is legitimate to use some of the information available on the web, students need to learn how to evaluate that information.
  • A study conducted by two researchers at the Manchester Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom found that 75% of the students surveyed used Google as their first port of call when locating information, with the university library catalogue used by only 10%.
  • In general, faculty members involved in the process were willing to collaborate with librarians who served as consultants, as instructors, and as team players in designing, teaching and implementing course assignmen
  • One particular model which has proven to be effective is course integrated instruction. With this model, librarians and teaching faculty co-design a course, and make sure that information literacy is incorporated in the course.
  • They not only sought to build short-term programmatic partnerships but more importantly, formal long-term working relationships with campus units, groups, departments and administrators.
  • “Integrating Literacy into the Liberal Arts College Curriculum.
  • launched a campaign to recruit faculty as partners in the process
  • took advantage of the liaison system already in place
  • Symposiums were organized for faculty and librarians to focus on assessment and science disciplines.
  • offered a workshop
  • More and more course-related or integrated instruction sessions have come to play a bigger role in making students more information literate.
  • Changing fee structures, student experience and access to digitized information on the internet, librarians have had to rethink their approach to teaching IL skills
  • McGuinness (2007) argues that librarians tend to act in a reactive manner to the needs of academics, rather than proactively to promote IL skills.
  • eads to ad hoc, short-term solutions designed only to address one or two issues.
  • dds that librarians should align their own goals of incorporating IL skills into the curriculum with the goals of academics and institutions to influence the power structures within institutions and help shape educational content.
  • highlights both the ambiguity around how IL should be taught, and the important role faculty awareness of IL and integration of library staff plays in integrating IL
  • unpack the “culture clash” between librarians and academics
  • cGuinness (2006) found that academics expected students to “learn by doing” through collaborative projects with peers and dissertation reports with occasional support from staff, without a clear sense of how students would develop critical and analytical IL skills
  • aculty also tended to believe that a student’s ability to gain IL skills were driven by the student’s own motivation, interests and innate abilities, rather than the quality and format of the available instructional opportunities
  • Multiple literacies, including digital, visual, textual, and technological, have now joined information literacy as crucial skills for this century”
  • These collaborative efforts have enabled librarians to encourage and support faculty in establishing learning priorities which will ensure that students be equipped with the competencies to become effective lifelong learners.
  • Only by establishing a successful partnership between librarians and faculty, can the goal of mastery of information literacy by students be accomplished.
  • The goal of librarian-faculty collaboration in integrating information literacy into the curriculum is to enable students to learn the skills and competencies needed for success during their life time
  • To make sure that everyone is able to become an educated, skilled, and information-literate person, librarians and faculty at institutions of higher education throughout the world will need to work together as partners to provide the education
mjheald

Educational Leadership:Teachers as Leaders:The Many Faces of Leadership - 4 views

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  • School districts that want to improve make a wise investment when they cultivate and encourage teacher leaders, because they are in a position to take the long view and carry out long-range projects.
  • emerge spontaneously and organically from the teacher ranks. Instead of being selected, they take the initiative to address a problem or institute a new program
  • effective teacher leaders exhibit important skills, values, and dispositions.
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  • Teacher leaders must enlist colleagues to support their vision, build consensus among diverse groups of educators, and convince others of the importance of what they are proposing and the feasibility of their general plan for improvement
  • On the other hand, they are flexible and willing to try a different approach if the first effort runs into roadblocks
  • Ensuring that students have full access to such opportunities involves a collective effort, requiring discussion and consideration of alternatives.
  • Teachers must be confident that administrators and other teachers will not criticize them for expressing ideas that might seem unusual at first. Some of the most effective approaches to solving difficult issues in schools may not be intuitively obvious but may require that educators think creatively, which can only happen in a safe environment.
  • mjheald on 26 Jan 17
     
    This article discusses the importance of leadership among teachers and how effective teacher leaders influence the improvement of schools.
Edith Fogarty

Six Paths to Effective Leadership - 0 views

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  • Edith Fogarty on 20 Jul 13
     
    Ties in to our readings about effective leadership.
Adam Deyo

Educational Leadership:Supporting English Language Learners:From the Ballot Box to the ... - 0 views

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  • Opponents of the anti-bilingual-education measures see bilingualism as a social, economic, cultural, and academic advantage for first- and second-generation immigrants. They do not see bilingualism as an obstacle to societal integration of new immigrant populations; on the contrary, they believe that students who study and learn in two languages and become fully proficient and literate in their home language and in English can enjoy the richness and values of two linguistic systems and two cultural traditions that complement and enhance each other.
  • In fact, sociological and educational research supports the notion that immigrant students who retain their bilingual skills and their ties to their parents' culture of origin are more academically successful and socially well-adapted in the long term than their peers who become English monolinguals (Portes & Rumbaut, 2001). These researchers concluded that "forced march assimilation" policies for educating immigrant youth are counterproductive.
  • It is left up to educators to sort out myth from reality.
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  • School administrators and teachers grappling with the often confusing and contradictory premises of these popular initiatives can draw on three useful sources of information: (1) meta-analyses of research studies regarding program effectiveness and instructional practices that support and enhance achievement, (2) studies of the initiatives' effect on English language learners' English language acquisition and academic achievement, and (3) databases that compile language assessments administered to large populations of English language learners over time and across grade levels. Several myths about the instruction of English language learners do not stand up to scrutiny when examined through the lens of this research base.
  • The "One-Size-Fits-All" Myth
  • Schools throughout the United States use a variety and range of theoretically sound programs to meet the needs of their specific populations of English language learners, who vary in demographic and linguistic characteristics.
  • For instance, bilingual programs are appropriate and effective in schools that serve concentrations of students who use a common native language
  • In many schools, however, English language learners speak a number of different native languages; such schools often use English as the common language of content-area instruction. Therefore, some state agencies and language-minority educators advocate a mix of services and program types in response to each school district's demographic mix—an approach that contradicts the state laws requiring a default model of sheltered English immersion
  • The "Language of Instruction" Myth
  • But according to Education Week, cumulative and comparative studies based on National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) scores suggest that statewide mandates limiting bilingual education in California, Arizona, and Massachusetts have produced "less-than-stellar" results (Zehr, 2008, p. 10).
  • Proponents of the ballot initiatives mandating sheltered English immersion argue that bilingual education is the reason for low levels of English proficiency among immigrant students—especially Latinos, the group served by the vast majority of the bilingual programs.
  • (Parrish, Pérez, Merickel, & Linquanti, 2006). The study found that students participating in English-only education programs had no statistically significant advantage in terms of academic achievement over those in bilingual education programs that parents chose through the waiver process under the law.
  • Thus, ballot initiatives have not realized their goal of improving English language learners' academic achievement.
  • In denying the injunction against the implementation of Proposition 227, the U.S. District Court in Valeria G. v. Wilson (1998) ruled that structured English immersion was based on delivery of English language and content instruction that was "sequential" rather than "simultaneous."
  • This focus is based on the belief that the "problem" facing these students is essentially a "language problem.
  • K-12 Program Continuity and Coherence Programs for English language learners must be proven models with a demonstrated track record. Programs must have long-term goals and continuity in the curriculum as students move up through the grade levels. As students' listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in English grow, the focus of instruction should shift, and instruction should be differentiated according to students' language levels (Mora, 2006). Differentiating the curriculum in this way requires monitoring students' progress toward performance benchmarks in English language proficiency, literacy, and content-area learning (Gottlieb & Nguyen, 2007)
  • Targeted Professional Development Educators must view the education of language-minority students as a shared responsibility. Teachers must have ample professional preparation in how to use appropriate curricular materials and teaching strategies to promote English language learners' achievement. Both new and experienced teachers need intensive professional development above and beyond the teacher education coursework required by the state credential and certificate programs. For example, teachers should be knowledgeable about second-language acquisition and cross-linguistic transfer so that students learning in their second language can capitalize on the commonalities in literacy with their native language, regardless of whether their instruction is in dual languages.
  • Local school districts must have the freedom and support to establish sheltered English immersion programs and/or bilingual education programs depending on community values, parental choice, and available resources. Policies must allow flexibility in use of students' native languages—especially for development of literacy skills. In states with anti-bilingual mandates, local jurisdictions should apply liberal and open interpretation of petition and waiver requirements to support parent empowerment and involvement in program selection.
  • Research-Based Policies to Replace Politically Based Policies
stephanie karabaic

School Leadership: Resource Roundup | Edutopia - 2 views

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  • slangevin on 16 Jul 13
     
    Whether you're an administrator or a teacher leader, you will find some great advice and tips in this list of videos, blogs, and articles on school leadership.
  • stephanie karabaic on 15 Jul 14
     
    For principals and other school administrators, this list of videos, blogs, and articles includes advice and tips on effective leadership strategies, partnering with teachers, and cultivating and retaining strong leaders.
  • stephanie karabaic on 15 Jul 14
     
    For principals and other school administrators, this list of videos, blogs, and articles includes advice and tips on effective leadership strategies, partnering with teachers, and cultivating and retaining strong leaders.
Leah Starr

6 Great Platforms Where Students Share Book Reviews and Reading Recommendations ~ Educa... - 0 views

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Book recommendation technology tool change-project EDCI325 daily5 readersworkshop

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  • Once you are registered you can then connect to people who read what you post and also interact with what they publish.
  • Once you are registered you can then connect to people who read what you post and also interact with what they publish.
  • also provides books with different reading levels and has a great and intuitive reading logs.
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  • Once you are registered you can then connect to people who read what you post and also interact with what they publish.
    • Leah Starr
      Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
       
      Audience = engagement!
  • It lets you create a virtual bookshelf, discover new books, connect with friends and learn more about your favourite books for free.
  • It lets you create a virtual bookshelf, discover new books, connect with friends and learn more about your favourite books for free.
  • ne of the best ways to get your students motivated about reading is to provide them with online platforms where they can meet other student readers and share their recommendations, reads, and book reviews.
  • you decide upon titles and genres you like and Good Reads gives you insightful recommendations and right into your inbox.
    • Leah Starr
      Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
       
      This platform for recommendations keeps reading logs and provides books by reading level!
  • This is a platform where kids connect to their teachers, friends  and parents to share and recommend their favourite books and good reads. It
  • also provides books with different reading levels and has a great and intuitive reading logs. 5- Figment Figment is a community where you can share your writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors. 6- Scholastic Scholastic has a section in which teachers and students can share what they are reading and discover new books based on their friends recommendations. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); You might also like: 4 Important New Gmail Updates You Should not Miss Excellent Classroom Poster Featuring 10 iPad Usage Rules New Handy Chart on The Difference Between Projects and ...
  • Leah Starr on 09 Jul 14
     
    Book Recommendation Platforms.
jessvanorman

Empowering teachers to implement technology-driven educational programs | ISTE - 1 views

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edci325 Edtech changeproject Technology

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  • that everyone is working at the appropriate level of understanding, allowing students to construct learning and providing learning in easy-to-digest nuggets. Those principles will also help build effective professional development.
  • Start by assessing the basic technology and technology integration skills of the entire teaching staff. Include open-ended questions in your assessment tools to get richer responses than multiple choice would. Try to ascertain which members of your teaching staff need training on specific technology tools or techniques and determine which are comfortable using technology but need more help integrating it into instruction.
  • Make sure your in-person training sessions include ample time for teachers to use the technology
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  • Even more than selecting the right devices for the classroom, professional development is the key ingredient in successful 1:1 computing programs in K-12 classrooms.
  • that everyone is working at the appropriate level of understanding, allowing students to construct learning and providing learning in easy-to-digest nuggets. Those principles will also help build effective professional development.
    • jessvanorman
      jessvanorman on 24 Mar 19
       
      Differentiate for your teachers!
  • wever, the nationwide survey of K-12 teachers revealed that while schools are putting more technology into classrooms, not enough is being done to ensure that teachers know how to integrate it into their lessons. Six in 10 teachers feel they are inadequately prepared to use technology in classrooms, according to the survey, and those over 43 express less confidence in their ability to harness technology effectively.
  • Next, design training to fill in gaps and give teachers what they want. Ensure that each session is designed to be self-contained so that teachers can choose to attend workshops only in the areas where they need extra learning.
    • jessvanorman
      jessvanorman on 24 Mar 19
       
      This happens too often- where only a few need the training, but all need to attend. So important to make sure teachers get what the NEED not what is being forced.
  • This will help your teachers process information without overwhelming them. Follow-up materials, such as online tutorials, help sheets or short videos will allow them to review the training on their own if they do forget how to do something.
Wendy Chaffee

To Teach Digital Citizenship Effectively, Educators Say It's Time to Unblock Social Med... - 0 views

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  • schools have an obligation to teach students how to use social media responsibly.
  • hen you are filtering out legitimate websites and some of the social media sites, you’re taking away the chance to build capacity for students to use them effectively and responsibly,”
  • f you remove the chance for those websites to be used in school, then where are we developing those responsible habits for our students? How can we have an impact on developing digital citizenship skills?”
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  • Social media is already a part of their frameworks as teens. They are all into it. If we block it, we have no chance to educate them on it
  • We run personalized learning over here, and a part of the norms our kids have created for themselves is listening one earbud in one earbud out, but still focusing on what our content is,
    • Wendy Chaffee
      Wendy Chaffee on 17 Mar 19
       
      Teaching/using social media and digital citizenship to tie in personal learning... research, discuss and report out.. this can be SO powerful!
  • When I was growing up, I had a textbook, and we still got off track. The medium doesn’t change what a middle-schooler does or doesn’t do. We have to be ready as educators to redirect as needed and support students throughout the learning process,
    • Wendy Chaffee
      Wendy Chaffee on 17 Mar 19
       
      a good point, but also needed, is teaching them how to use it appropriately
sfauver

A Review of Leadership Theories, Principles and Styles and Their Relevance to Education... - 3 views

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#leadership #styles #traits #edleadership #theory

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  • This study was motivated by the premise that no nation grows further than the quality of its educational leaders.
  • The
  • purpose of this theoretical debate is to examine the wider context of leadership and its effectiveness towards improving school management.
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  • To many, leaders are not born, but made. It is increasingly accepted, however, that in order to be a good leader, one must have the experience, knowledge, commitment, patience, and most importantly the skill to negotiate and work with others to achieve goals.
  • Good leaders are thus made, not born
  • Great man theories assume that the capacity for leadership is inherent, that great leaders are born, not made
  • the trait theory assumes that people inherit certain qualities or traits make them better suited to leadership.
  • Contingency theories of leadership focus on particular variables related to the environment that might determine which style of leadership is best suited for a particular work situation.
  • Situational theory proposes that leaders choose the best course of action based upon situational conditions or circumstances.
  • Behavioural theories of leadership are based on the belief that great leaders are made, not born.
  • articipative leadership theories suggest that the ideal leadership style is one that takes the input of others into account.
  • P
  • Transactional theories, also known as management theories, focus on the role of supervision, organization and group performance and the exchanges that take place between leaders and followers. These theories base leadership on a system of rewards and punishments (Charry, 2012).
  • Relationship theories, also known as transformational theories, focus on the connections formed between leaders and followers. In these theories, leadership is the process by which a person engages with others and is able to “create a connection” that results in increased motivationand morality in both followers and leaders. 
  • This theory states that learned knowledge and acquired skills/abilities are significant factors in the practice of effective leadership. Skills theory by no means refuses to acknowledge the connection between inherited traits and the capacity to lead effectively, but argues that learned skills, a developed style, and acquired knowledge, are the real keys to leadership performance.
  • Autocratic leadership is an extreme form of transactional leadership, where leaders have complete power over staff. Staff and team members have little opportunity to make suggestions, even if these are in the best interest of the team or organization
  • Bureaucratic leaders follow rules rigorously, and ensure that their staff also follow procedures precisely.
  • Charismatic leadership theory describes what to expect from both leaders and followers. Charismatic leadership i
  • a leadership style that is identifiable bu
  • may be perceived with less tangibility than other leadership styles
  • Democratic leaders make the final decisions, but include team members in the decision-making process. They encourage creativity, and team members are often highly engaged in projects and decisions.
  • Laissez-faire leadership may be the best or the worst of leadership styles (Goodnight, 2011). Laissez-faire, this French phrase for “let it be,” when applied to leadership describes leaders who allow people to work on their own. Laissez-faire leaders abdicate responsibilities and avoid making decisions, they may give teams complete freedom to do their work and set their own deadlines.
  • This leadership style starts with the idea that team members agree to obey their leader when they accept a job.
  • sfauver on 27 Jan 18
     
    This really lays it all out. Leadership traits versus styles and how they all relate.
kharoot

Using Technology Vs Technology Integration- An Excellent Chart for Teachers ~ Education... - 1 views

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  • kharoot on 24 Jan 17
     
    How tech leaders can be more effective in helping teachers implement new technologies - do's and don'ts
kaliasnow

The Eight Characteristics of Effective School Leaders - 6 views

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  • ability to balance strategic and operational roles, and the ability to manage change and understand how it works
  • making the right appointments and in getting people in the right roles
  • is whether it is reasonable to expect to find them all in one person, and whether the increasingly onerous requirements of the job are off-putting for people who are eminently suitable to lead our schools
Eric Telfer

App Spotlight: Pearson "Write To Learn" (@Write_To_Learn) | TeacherCast Broadcasting Ne... - 0 views

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  • Eric Telfer on 06 Aug 13
     
    Podcast on the merits of this web-based tool to help students with reading and writing comprehension and teachers' ability to correct student writing efficiently and effectively.
Nathan Gingras

Why PBL? | Project Based Learning | BIE - 2 views

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pbl Projectbasedlearning EDCI325 Change-Project

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  • In the 21st century workplace, success requires more than basic knowledge and skills. In PBL, students not only understand content more deeply but also learn how to take responsibility and build confidence, solve problems, work collaboratively, communicate ideas, and be creative innovators.
  • The Common Core and other present-day standards emphasize real-world application of knowledge and skills, and the development of the 21st century competencies such as critical thinking, communication in a variety of media, and collaboration. PBL provides an effective way to address such standards.
  • Modern technology – which students use so much in their lives – is a perfect fit with PBL. With technology, teachers and students can connect with experts, partners, and audiences around the world, and use tech tools to find resources and information, create products, and collaborate more effectively.
  • Nathan Gingras on 12 Jul 14
     
    "In the 21st century workplace, success requires more than basic knowledge and skills. In PBL, students not only understand content more deeply but also learn how to take responsibility and build confidence, solve problems, work collaboratively, communicate ideas, and be creative innovators."
Nathan Gingras

4 Characteristics Of Learning Leaders - 1 views

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  • 1. Ability to deal with ambiguity Low need for control Openness to Experience (one of the Big 5 personality traits) Moderate perfectionism High Stability (low anxiety) Project management skills Ability to use social media Optimism
  • 2. The capacity to foster engagement An understanding of how to motivate others Ability to foster a shared purpose and vision An understanding of human needs Interpersonal effectiveness Ability to self-regulate Empathy
  • 3. The capacity to learn Ability to research and learn Being thoroughly on top of one’s subject area Wide and accessible networks Able to share with others Knowledge management skills The ability to foster collaborative learning
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  • 4. The ability to use open systems thinking The capacity to scan the external environment Able to foster participative democracy/collaboration decision-making and process Able to actively diffuse power Capacity to work in a team Ongoing internal and external analysis of effectiveness (continuous improvement)
  • Nathan Gingras on 19 Jul 14
     
    Possessing and developing these traits will benefit us as leaders in education.
Cally Flickinger

8 Top Tips for Highly Effective PD | Edutopia - 0 views

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  • Cally Flickinger on 17 Apr 15
     
    Tips for technology pd 
Jill Abair

The Secret of Effective Motivation - 2 views

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  • Jill Abair on 15 Jul 14
     
    THERE are two kinds of motive for engaging in any activity: internal and instrumental. If a scientist conducts research because she wants to discover important facts about the world, that's an internal motive, since discovering facts is inherently related to the activity of research.
Becky Seymour

What is Cyberbullying | StopBullying.gov - 0 views

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  • Becky Seymour on 29 Jul 14
     
    Discusses why cyberbullying is different that bullying and the potential effects of cyberbullying.
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