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Volume 6 | Issue 10
What it mean to be librarian in the digital age? Notes & does Reminders
Notes & Reminders Final Due Date Set The final due date for library materials has been set. Students: Library books May 13th Textbooks: May 9th Faculty: Library books May 27th End of the Year Meeting & Narrative The end of the year meeting will be at South Middle from 4:30pm until 6:00 pm on Wednesday, May 1st. Now is also the time to finish up thinking about what information you want to include in the end of the year narrative. Remember that we made goals in relation to the Future Ready Librarian framework, ISTE and AASL standards, and program evaluation guidelines. Submit your end of the year narrative HERE Advocacy: A Long-term, Ongoing Process As we think about our EOY narrative, this seems to be a timely reminder about the importance of building advocacy into our daily practice. When advocacy becomes a regular part of a school librarian’s daily practice, then the long-term, ongoing nature this work becomes clear. School librarians must always serve all users in such a way as to create their support for the practice and leadership of the school librarian and the role of the library program in student learning. Looking for support while stepping out of one’s comfort zone and developing persuasive messages can also use the American Library Association’s Library Advocate’s Handbook (2008), which includes guidelines for telling the library story, successful speaking tips, including a speaker’s checklist, and tips for talking with the media and dealing with tough questions. Librarians must advocate for their own positions based on research, on their own practice, and on locally collected student learning data. Read this entire post at schoollibrarianleadership.com Parkway Summer Reading Lists The Parkway summer reading brochures are usually available Sometime during the second week of May. We are waiting to include the official lists from AASL.
Curates Digital Resources & Tools
Add Audio to Google Slides In April Google released a new feature allowing users to insert MP3 and WAV files into their slide presentations. It’s very new and very simple to use. While it may take time to show up on consumer accounts and education domains, be patient because it is well worth waiting for. Here’s how to add audio: 1. Open a slideshow from Google Drive or navigate to slides.new 2. Click Insert 3. Choose Audio 4. Locate your MP3 or WAV file and Select 5. While selected, click Format Options to set up your audio file’s desired settings 6. Present Watch the tutorial and see the entire blog post at techycoach.com to learn more...
25 Ways to Use Audio in Google Slides - Kasey Bell What could audio do for Slide presentation? It could offer a way to: Reflect, narrate, play background music, simulate a podcast, tell a story, insert historical audio clips, build interactivity, ask questions, provide voice comments, practice fluency, add audio to a created eBook project, create a soundtrack and much more. Go to shakeuplearning.com to see the entire list with explanations.
From Student Voice to Student Agency: Creating Library Spaces For Kids By Kids This article by Jennifer LaGarde discusses the differences (with examples) and how they are reflected in our library practice between the two phrase, student voice and student agency.
Empowers Students as Creators
She goes on to say, if we want the people who make decisions about libraries to see that our work matters, we must do work that matters. It's not enough to just be busy. We also have to go to work each day determined to: ● Provide opportunity for student agency ● transform not-yet readers into forever readers ● grow an information (in all its forms) literate populace. ● build bridges of understanding between different cultures, beliefs and ways of life ● make everyone we meet feel safe, represented and valued (in our spaces, collections, displays, etc) The examples of why student agency matters and how some librarians are putting it to use in the library are powerful in defining program purpose. Check on the resource collection at www.pearltrees.com. Her challenge to librarians is: 1. Identify one way that you are already giving students a voice in how the library works. 2. Find a partner in crime, maybe a MSPLC group. Together, brainstorm some ways that you can nudge this practice towards agency. 3. Spend some time identifying potential challenges that stand between current practice and a future in which kids have ownership of the library. 4. Conduct a strengths inventory wherein you think about the assets your kids/community bring to the table. Intentionally focus on ways you can leverage the awesomeness of your community to make the learning in the library even better. 5. Go back to your brainstormed list of ideas and prioritize and sort until one or two rise to the top. 6. Then... do what you do best: plan, implement, iterate and reflect. Read Jennifer LaGardes full blog post at www.librarygirl.net
Workbench Teach & Learn Workbench is a project-based learning platform where students can complete STEAM tasks in class or individually, using everything from basic art supplies and recyclable materials to innovative technologies such as Sphero, Makey Makey, Raspberry Pi, and more. The site houses K12 lessons that can be adapted to a variety of grade levels and curricular goals and is free to use. See more digital tools for school libraries at commonsense.org
Maker Challenges with TechEngineering TeachEngineering is a free, web-based digital library collection of hands-on K-12 engineering curricula created for educators to make science and math come alive through engineering design and habits of mind. In addition to the curricula offered, it also has maker challenges.
Empowers Students as Creators This colorful, informational infographic can be found on the edsurge.com or download it here.
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Designing Flexible Seating With Students A veteran elementary teacher shares what he’s learned from eight years of building a student-centered environment. Things learned: ● Ask students to help with the design process and brainstorm new ideas to transform the space and furniture. ● Think about a new types of seating arrangement that could be added one year at a time (tables with wheels, wobble stools, lap desks, scoop rockers, ball chairs, office chairs, or standing station spots). ● Ask students to help create guidelines and expectations for flexible seating. ● If you are interested in experimenting with flexible seating, go slow, pick one thing to add to the library space, and continue to add items slowly. ● Always think about return on investment and buying quality over quantity. ● Storage and signage is necessary and needs a set location so students know where they can get supplies no matter where they choose to sit. ● Every type of seating option has pros and cons. It is necessary to think through how you're going to manage, store, and use flexible seating. ● For flexible seating to work, you have to know your students and what they can and can’t handle. ● Make the focus on student-centered, student friendly learning options. ● Flexible seating is always in beta and will take years of trial and error. See the entire article by Tom Deris at www.edutopia.org
10 Ways Teacher Librarians Improve Literacy in Schools
Leads Beyond the Library
All of you support literacy in some way, but for some of you it is the foundation of programing and instructional partnerships because of building goals. In this article Australian schools share many strategies that support your unique role of being able to help struggling readers enjoy and improve their reading life. Librarians are able to: ● Identify of struggling readers ● Provide age and skill-appropriate materials ● Teach students how to choose books they like ● Support students with special needs and readers at risk. ● Match readers to appropriate books for their skill level ● Promote equitable access to books ● Make books and reading socially acceptable ● Read to students beyond the early years ● Facilitate silent reading time ● Prepare students for literacy testing Read the full description of the above strategies at theconversation.com Bonus articles include: ● Six things you should do when reading with your kids ● Research shows the importance of parents reading with children – even after children can read ● Six things you can do to get boys reading more When you share your role with administrators and instructional partners, listing these types of strategies in the end-of-the-year narrative, newsletters, or informational offerings (menus/flyers) are great for advocacy. Here is another fun idea from Dr. Kristen Mattson in the Future Ready Librarian group on FB which promotes reading and writing.
#ParkwayReads Each summer Parkway circulates new summer reading lists in a brochure format for grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and high school. The lists were adopted from ALSC (Association for Library Service to Children), MASL (Missouri Association of School Librarians), and YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association).The criteria for many of the books on these lists were based on overall appeal, exposure to authors, diversity, genre variety, and relevance. The brochure format creates a manageable list with adequate choice to encourage students to read for fun. Summer reading is a chance for students to learn to read for pleasure. The lists and additional resources can be found below. Also be sure to use the hashtag #parkwayreads to organize social media posts about reading in Parkway. New lists will be available soon at tinyurl.com/ParkwayReads
#ParkwayReads - Literacy
2019 Award Winners sponsored by NCTE
Global Read Aloud Books Announced The 2019 Global Read Aloud (GRA) selections were announced at the end of March. It is the 10th year for the six-week event that fosters global connections through shared reading, from picture books through young adult. The event begins September 30. Each educator decides how much time they would like to dedicate to it and what they would like to do with their students. Anyone interested, can sign up to receive updates and information. See this story from www.slj.com
This year's choices are: Picture books (weeks 1 through 5 are by Yuyi Morales) Week 1: Dreamers, in English or Spanish Week 2: Just A Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book Week 3: Nino Wrestles the World Week 4: Viva Frida Week 5: Little Night/Nochecita Week 6, voter’s choice: Stella Diaz Has Something to Say by Angela Dominguez Middle Grade Front Desk by Kelly Yang Middle School The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman YA The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
Bonus: Reading is for Everyone! A printable Capstone graphic to celebrate reading and community
District Summer Learning Catalog
Personalized Professional Learning
SLCL Exploration for Librarians Wednesday, July 17th Thornhill Library 9:00 - Noon
Personalized Professional Learning
Come learn about the resources that St. Louis County Library offers to educators and students. Participants will have the opportunity to experience some of SLCL most popular education databases, such as Culturegrams and Scholastic Teachables, as well as some hidden gems like A to Z World Food. We will also discuss some of the special services offered by the Reference Department.
Library Curriculum Revision Thursday, July 18th Library Services Conference Rm 8:30 - 3:00 Parkway libraries are responsive to the community, support classroom instruction, and provide relevant, timely programming to meet the needs and interest of each individual community. In this session we will review the Parkway curriculum in terms of the Domains of Learning (Digital Literacy, Research, Creativity, Discovery and Exploration) created through the Library Media Program Evaluation process. We will also look at alignment to the foundational documents, Future Ready Librarian Framework and ISTE Standards in terms of stage three lessons.
Connecting Practice to the Future Ready Librarian Framework Virtual - Online Course The course is setup to delve into each of the principle components (wedges) in relation to student learning, professional practice, and program guidelines. The idea is to bring awareness around each component in order to inform our decisions as we support schools in the digital transformation of learning and create programming goals unique to our community. Each of the components will provide you with an opportunity to engage, explore, share, apply and reflect on your library program.
Approaches to the Library Makerspace Library Services Conference Rm Wednesday, July 10th Makerspace comes in many packages, in this course participants will learn about approaches, purpose, and strategies while collaborating with peers to collect and share ideas District Summer Learning Catalog
Personalized Professional Learning
Design Models That Guide Innovative Thinking Wednesday, May 15 at 5 p.m. Eastern Time REGISTER Use Google Tools to Make Any Curriculum Collaborative and Dynamic Monday, May 6 at 3 p.m. Eastern Time REGISTER Measuring and Sustaining Professional Learning Through Micro-Credentials Monday, May 6 at 5 p.m. Eastern Time REGISTER Closing the Gap: Digital Equity Strategies for Educators Tuesday, May 14 at 4 p.m. Eastern Time REGISTER Maximizing Literacy Acceleration in K-12 Schools Thursday, May 16 at 4 p.m. Eastern Time REGISTER Students’ Use of Google Docs: Managing Inappropriate Communications Tuesday, May 21 at 5 p.m. Eastern Time REGISTER Lower Student Stress, Higher Student Outcomes for Struggling Readers Tuesday, May 28 at 1 p.m. Eastern Time REGISTER
Parkway Credit One option for earning Parkway credits is to participate in webinars and events, such as Edcamps, SLAA events, makerspace open houses etc. In order to earn participation credits watch the webinar or go to an event, then record your participation at tinyurl.com/webinars-events. Remember that district credit is based on the number of clock hours that you participate. Credit is issued as follows: six clock hours will get you .5 credit and 12 clock hours will get you 1 credit.
Program Evaluation Guidelines Topic 1: Advocacy Parkway libraries will strive for clear communication of the role of school librarians. Topic 2: Responsiveness to Community Parkway libraries will be responsive to the community and have a finger on the pulse of each individual building.
Personalized Professional Learning
Podcast for Personalized Professional Learning While podcasts are not new, they are gaining in popularity and a great way to earn Parkway credit. Podcasts support the idea of learning on the go. Well-conceived podcasts are an effective, portable, convenient and intimate way to receive and consume content. Through this on-demand technology users have an easy way to personalize information to their needs. Check out a podcast and earn credit by recording your learning at tinyurl.com/webinars-events. Example places to find podcasts include: ● Player.FM/podcasts/Libraries ● PodcastBrunchClub.com/libraries ● GoogleTeacherTribe.com ● 16-Fantastic-Podcasts-for-Teachers
Topic 3: Instructional & Programming Parkway libraries will support classroom instruction and provide relevant, timely programming to meet the needs and interests of each individual community. Topic 4: Educational Leadership & PD Parkway librarians will strive to be seen as leaders in buildings and will have access to just in time, targeted professional learning for librarians. Topic 5: Library Physical Spaces Parkway libraries are multi-use spaces that are inviting and available for learners of all ages.
Parkway Credit One option for earning Parkway credits is to participate in webinars and events, such as Edcamps, SLAA events, makerspace open houses etc. In order to earn participation credits watch the webinar or go to an event, then record your participation at tinyurl.com/webinars-events. Remember that district credit is based on the number of clock hours that you participate. Credit is issued as follows: six clock hours will get you .5 credit and 12 clock hours will get you 1 credit.
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