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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.

most leadership traits can be learned and sharpened with time and practice.

11 must-have traits

Self-managing means being able to prioritize your goals and being responsible for accomplishing those objectives.

other types of staff development, including modeling, co-teaching, conferencing, finding resources, and mentoring her teachers.

She focused her time on individual teachers and their needs using Vygotsky's theory of the Zone of Proximal Development and scaffolding.

collaborate with other teachers if they want to choose the same goal

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.

“Our goal was [to find out] not really which device was better, per se, but which device met the learning goals,” Handler said.

What do you want the device to do for your children?”

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Taking full advantage of technology to transform learning requires strong leadership capable of creating a shared vision of which all members of the community feel a part. Leaders who believe they can delegate the articulation of a vision for how technology can support their learning goals to a chief information officer or chief technology officer fundamentally misunderstand how technology can impact learning. Technology alone does not transform learning; rather, technology helps enable transformative learning. The vision begins with a discussion of how and why a community wants to transform learning. Once these goals are clear, technology can be used to open new possibilities for accomplishing the vision that would otherwise be out of reach. Moving to learning enabled by technology can mean a shift in the specific skills and competencies required of leaders. Education leaders need personal experience with learning technologies, an understanding of how to deploy these resources effectively, and a community-wide vision for how technology can improve learning. 1

The website becomes the tool by which to tell their "learning story." We'll end our year by reflecting and setting new goals for high school.

The website becomes the tool by which to tell their "learning story." We'll end our year by reflecting and setting new goals for high school.

Leadership Styles

inspire employees and motivate them towards achieving their collective goal. 

Constant motivation is required to see teams through tough times, and even then, a transformational leader could unintentionally cause too much competitiveness among their team. 

Be realistic about your design and expectations. • Make use of relevant models. • Instill a sense of ownership in the students creating the portfolios. • Communicate implementation strategies and timelines clearly. • Be selective in design and strategy. • Allow for continuous improvement and growth. • Incorporate assessment stakeholders in all phases and components of your efforts; that is, make sure portfolio content meets the needs of those assessing the work.

purposeful collection

. Over time, a student selects items from the working portfolio and uses them to create a display portfolio. Finally, the student develops an assessment portfolio, containing examples of his or her best work, as well as an explanation of why each work is significant.

Students use the class webpage to connect to the classroom from home.

Maintaining contact between classrooms and homes is an important goal but can be difficult to achieve.

here’s a mismatch between the logic of participatory media and the still-reigning 20th-century model of management and organizations, with its emphasis on linear processes and control. Social media encourages horizontal collaboration

The dynamics of social media amplify the need for qualities that have long been a staple of effective leadership

Leaders need to excel at cocreation and collaboration—the currencies of the social-media world

research has shown that schools that incorporate portfolios as a teaching and learning initiative typically have more success than those that view them primarily as a technology project.

Students must understand the standards.

Students must understand what it means to reflect

Another nice feature is that you can make as many assignments as you want and your students won’t see them. They won’t see them until you “Give” the assignment

I agree that Edmodo might be a little simpler to set up a single class, but of course that’s not scalable in a school with more than one class since the goal is to have a single account per student that allows them to access all their classes, not one account per class