Digital Literacy @ Your School Library

Abel Summer Institute 2008Pat Whitehouse and Heather Friend

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My school is a learning community that works together to foster the development of the whole child.

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In my school there is collaboration between teachers and the teacher-

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In a collaborative school, the journey is guided by the instructional partnership

between classroom teachers and teacher-librarians, each contributing unique expertise

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I use on-line tools to manage and create projects on a regular basis.

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I encourage higher order thinking in my classroom on a regular basis.

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I design interactive assignments that are available 24/7.

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Creating a school-wide culture for inquiry requires building learning

teams amongst staff.

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There is a strong connection between student achievement and the presence of school libraries with qualified school

library media specialists.

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Stage 1 : Preparing for Research

Stage 2 : Accessing Resources

Stage 3 : Processing Information

Stage 4 : Transferring Learning

OSLA Information Studies K - 12, 1999.

A Newer Model for InquiryTogether For Learning, Draft 2008

Where has the focus been?• Exploring:

– Initiating Inquiry, Choosing the topic, Developing questions

• Investigating:– Designing the plan, selecting information, formulating the

focus

• Processing:– Analyzing information, Evaluating ideas, organizing and

synthesizing findings

• Creating: – Making and presenting product, Assessing product and

process, Extending transferring and learning

Exploring: Initiating Inquiry, Choosing the topic, Developing

questions

• Brainstorming:– Smart Ideas (OSAPAC licenced)

• RAN Chart, (Tony Stead) KWL

– Imagination– Brainstorming online http://bubbl.us/

Investigating:Designing a Plan, Selecting Information,

Formulating the Focus

• Knowledge Ontario: http://knowledgeontario.ca/ – Databases: Gale, Canadian Reference (Ebsco)– Primary sources– Ask A Librarian

• Grolier Encyclopedia (OSAPAC Licensed) http://go-kids.grolier.com

• Canadian Encyclopedia www.canadianencyclopedia.ca• Encyclopaedia Universalis http://www.universalis-edu.com/

• Museums, Galleries, Primary source websites• Search engines, effective searches• Flickr (16 ways to use Flickr in your library)• Google Earth, Yes, even Wikipedia…

Processing:Analyzing information, Evaluating Ideas, Organizing and Synthesizing Findings

• Effective evaluation of information: CRITICAL THINKING!!

– Alan November Learning http://novemberlearning.com/ – Jot note tools, Smart Ideas templates, 3 column organizer

• Concept mapping tools:– Smart ideas, Imagination, www.mindomo.com, http:bubbl.us/,

www.gliffy.com

• Collaborative Learning: Google docs, thinkfree.com, blogs (edublogs.org), wikis, Moodles

CreatingMaking and Presenting products, Assessing, Extending and

Transferring Learning

• Podcasting: Garageband, Audacity• Video sharing: www.jumpcut.com

– Considering issues of online environment• You Tube, Teacher Tube• Blogs, zines, graphic novels• Geospatial tools: www.googlelittrips.com• (Beyond the book report ),

http://www.aardvarkmap.net/• Flickr: How-to’s to demonstrate understanding

• Second Life

Our obligation to students…

• Safety/privacy

• Ethical use, Copyright

• Ownership

Burning Issues/Bumps in the Road

• Does your school ban the tools?• How do we integrate the tools to move students

from information to participation?• How do we use Web 2.0 tools as they are meant

and not as Web 1.0 tools; e.g. podcast as a way to deliver notes.

• What is preventing us from moving forward?

Resources for teachers

• Apple Learning Interchange http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/

• www.curriki.org• www.edu20.org• www.mangolanguages.com• Annette Lamb: www.eduscapes.com• Kathy Schrock: www.discoveryeducation.com• Meg Ormiston http://techteachers.com/• Smart Educators www.smarttech.com• Global Connections: IEarn, Taking It Global

Thomas Friedman The World is Flat

The first and most important ability you can develop in a flat world is the ability to “learn how to learn”—to constantly absorb, and teach yourself new ways of doing old things or new ways of doing new things. That is an ability every worker should cultivate in an age when parts or all of many jobs are constantly going to be exposed to digitization, automation, and outsourcing, and where new jobs, and whole new industries, will be churned up faster and faster. In such a world, it is not only what you know but how you learn that will set you apart.