Toward a 21st-Century School Library Media Program

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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This collection of enlightening and stimulating articles, written by some of the most important figures in school librarianship, demonstrates how teacher-librarians, classroom teachers, and administrators can work together to create a 21st century school library media program. With topics that emphasize student success, leadership, partnerships, curriculum design, collaborative planning and teaching, literacy, 21st century skills, emerging technologies, and so much more, this compendium brings together the best of the best discussions.The practicing teacher-librarian, as well as the student seeking to expand his or her knowledge of the field, will find this compilation especially beneficial in providing an overview of the most critical issues related to the role the teacher-librarian plays in their school. The articles, previously published in the peer-reviewed Teacher Librarian: The Journal for School Library Professionals with several included from the magazine VOYA: Voice of Youth Advocates, reveal how school libraries and teacher-librarians are moving forward to meet the challenges of this new century.

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Utgivningsdatum:2007-10-15
Mått:220 x 280 x 27 mm
Vikt:1 218 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:442
Förlag:Scarecrow Press
ISBN:9780810860315

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Esther Rosenfeld is the former district-wide coordinator of Library and Learning Resources for the Toronto District School Board and past president of the Ontario School Library Association (OSLA). After years of overseeing program support for Toronto's 570 elementary and secondary school libraries as well as a professional library, media library, and technical services, Esther Rosenfeld is now an educational and school library consultant.David Loertscher is professor at the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. A past president of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), David Loertscher is a respected expert in library and information science.

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Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 Part I: Learning Leadership: CollaborationChapter 3 1. Building Teaching Partnerships: The Art of CollaborationChapter 4 2. America's Most Wanted: Teachers Who CollaborateChapter 5 3. Teacher and Teacher-Librarian Collaboration: Moving Toward IntegrationChapter 6 4. From Fixed to Flexible: Making the JourneyChapter 7 5. What Works: Gauging the Impact of Teacher and Teacher-Librarian CollaborationChapter 8 6. Do Your Collaboration HomeworkChapter 9 7. What Works: Collaborative Program Planning and TeachingChapter 10 8. What Works: Collaboration Among School SpecialistsChapter 11 9. What Works: Building Collaborative Learning CommunitiesPart 12 Part II: Learning LeadershipL Curriculum Design and AssessmentChapter 13 10. What Flavor Is Your School Library? The Teacher-Librarian as Learning LeaderChapter 14 11. Assignments Worth the Effort: Questions Are KeyChapter 15 12. Beyond the Bird UnitChapter 16 13. Focus on UnderstandingChapter 17 14. Working Smarter: Being Strategic About Assessment and AccountabilityChapter 18 15. Demystifying the Evaluation Process for Parents: Rubrics for Marking Student Research ProjectsPart 19 Part III: Learning Leadership: Technology IntegrationChapter 20 16. You Know You're a 21st-Century Teacher-Librarian If...Chapter 21 17. The Digital School Library: A Worldwide Development and a Fascinating ChallengeChapter 22 18. The Components of Successful TechnologiesChapter 23 19. The End of the Teacher-LibrarianChapter 24 20. Something Wiki This Way Comes...Are You Ready?Chapter 25 21. InfoTech: An Info-Skills Workout: Wikis and CollaborativeWritingChapter 26 22. Literacy Links: Wikis and Student WritingChapter 27 23. Literacy Links: Wikis and Literacy DevelopmentChapter 28 24. Beyond WikipediaChapter 29 25. Literacy Links: School Library BloggingChapter 30 26. Literacy Links: New Online Technologies for New Literacy InstructionChapter 31 27. InfoTech: Podcasting in the School Library, Part 1: Integrating Podcasts and Vodcasts Into Teaching and LearningChapter 32 28. InfoTech: Podcasting in the School Library, Part 2: Creating Powerful Podcasts With Your StudentsChapter 33 29. InfoTech: Want to Be My Friend? What You Need to Know About Social TechnologiesChapter 34 30. Open the Door and Let 'Em InChapter 35 31. InfoTech: Flash: Engaging Learners Through Animation, Interaction, and MultimediaChapter 36 32. Personal Computing: Keeping Up With RSSChapter 37 33. InfoTech: Turn Up the Music With Digital TechnologiesChapter 38 34. InfoTech: Open-Source Software in School LibrariesPart 39 Part IV: Learning Leadership: 21st-Century SkillsChapter 40 35. Graduating Students Who Are Not Only Learned But Also LearnersChapter 41 36. Skills for the Knowledge WorkerChapter 42 37. They Might Be GurusChapter 43 38. The Generation Z Connection: Teaching Information Literacy to the Newest Net GenerationChapter 44 39. Analyzing Student Search Strategies: Making a Case for Integrating Information Literacy Skills Into the CurriculumChapter 45 40. Critical Literacy: A Building Block Toward the Information Literate School CommunityChapter 46 41. Literacy Links: Supporting Comprehensive Literacy Instruction in Your School: Guiding the Inclusion of Information LiteracyChapter 47 42. Literacy Links: Online Information Literacy: Moving From the Familiar to the NewPart 48 Part V: Learning Leadership: Literacy and ReadingChapter 49 43. Teacher-Librarian as Literacy LeaderChapter 50 44. Literacy Links: Harry Potter and the Goblet of MotivationChapter 51 45. Mrs. Travis's Traveling Library: A Teacher-Librarian's Attempt to Gather Data About Reading Aloud to StudentsChapter 52 46. Challenging the Gender Divide: Improving Literacy for AllChapter 53 47. Overcoming the Obstacle Course: A Look at Teenage Boys and ReadingChapter 54 48. Where the Boys AreChapter 55 49. Boy Books, Girl Books: Should We Reorganize Our School Library Collections?Chapter 56 50. Going Beyond the Debate: Using Technology and Instruction for a Balanced Reading ProgramChapter 57 51. Technology Meets Literature: Meeting Authors Through Their BlogsChapter 58 52. Literacy Links: New Literacies: Toward a Renewed Role of School LibrariesChapter 59 53. Literacy LInks: Dramatic School Library Literacy ProgramsChapter 60 54. Literacy Links: Visual Literacy and School LibrariesPart 61 Part VI: Learning Leadership: PartnershipsChapter 62 55. Why Should Principals Promote School Libraries?Chapter 63 56. Moving the Fence: Engaging Your Principal in Your School Library ProgramChapter 64 57. Administrator's Perspective: Helping Leaders to Learn: Teaching Principals About School LibrariesChapter 65 58. Developing the Respect and Support of School AdminstratorsChapter 66 59. Beyond the Frontline: Activating New Partnerships in Support of School LibrariesChapter 67 60. Strategy: Working With Your School Board MembersChapter 68 61. Catch Them (Preservice Teachers) While You Can!Part 69 Part VII: Learning Leadership: Issues and ManagementChapter 70 62. The Seven Most Critical Challenges That Face Our ProfessionChapter 71 63. Using Data in the School LibraryChapter 72 64. Using Focus Group Interviews to Improve Library Services for YouthChapter 73 65. Marketing Reflections: Advocacy in ActionChapter 74 66. Are Libraries (and Librarians) Heading Toward Extinction?Chapter 75 67. How One Child Learns: The Teacher-Librarian as Evidence-Based PractitionerChapter 76 68. Bringing Vision to Practice: Planning and Provisioning the New Library Resource CenterChapter 77 69. School Library Accessibility: The Role of Assistive TechnologyChapter 78 70. Corey's StoryChapter 79 71. The School Library as SanctuaryChapter 80 72. Safe Haven: Libraries as Safe Havens for TeensPart 81 IndexPart 82 About the Editors and Contributors