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What does it mean to be a librarian in the digital age?
Volume 5 | Issue 4
Notes & Reminders Answers to FAQs
Digital Tool Consent for Students Under 13 Last week at IAT one of the topics discussed was around students under 13 (or sometimes 18) needing parental consent to use digital tools in for digital experiences. I know this can seem overwhelming to teachers. Recently several people met to think through how to be responsible with student data privacy without discouraging teachers from using tools that are beneficial to student learning. Some best practices to frame this type of consent with teachers would be: ● Sharing with parents what specific digital tools teachers are using for student learning necessitates being transparent. ● Naming specific tools gives parents the opportunity to research the tool for themselves. ● There is a shared, sample opt-in letter that teachers can also put that letter into Google Forms to share electronically. ● If you prefer, you can also have parents opt-out by sending an email that says... ○ This year, in this unit, or next week we’re going to be using this/these digital tool(s) to _________. We are excited about these digital learning experiences! Please reply to this email if you have concerns. ○ As part of a beginning of the year email...Periodically throughout the year I will be updating you with the tools I’ll be using this year for student learning. I will keep you updated as we plan to use new digital tools. ○ Note that if parents opt-out of using the tool you need to record it somewhere, in a spreadsheet for example. ● With any of these options, the teacher does need to keep a record of the parents response (physically, in a file or electronically). A phone call doesn’t keep a record of the parents consent or concern. I hope this helps you think through this with teachers and makes it a manageable task. Please let us know if you have questions.Sample letter
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#Future Ready Resources
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Library Services Policies (Schoolwires login required)
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Librarians List 2017-2018
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Who To Call
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Makerspace Ordering Sheet
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Ordering procedures
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Building budget Sub librarian list
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Sub Training Videos
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Destiny FAQ
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Free Lib Books @ Lib Serv
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District Surplus Property Procedures
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Record a PD event
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Travel & Reimbursement (BOE) Guidelines