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The American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has revealed a list of the best apps for teaching and learning.
The list includes lists of apps in five different categories that are aimed at learning. The categories include: books; science, technology, engineering and math (STEM); organization & management; social sciences; and content creation. The apps include: David Wiesner’s Spot by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Loose Strands by Darned Socks Production; iBiome: Wetland by Spring Bay Studio; Remind by Remind 101 Inc.; and Amazing World Atlas by Lonely Planet, among others.
Here is more about the list from AASL’s site:
The apps recognized as Best Apps for Teaching & Learning are of exceptional value to inquiry-based teaching and learning as embodied in the AASL’s Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. The apps foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration and are user friendly to encourage a community of learners to explore and discover.
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Collaboration. You know it’s good; you’re probably doing it. But are you taking the time to talk about it? In the holiday spirit of sharing, the AASL/ALSC/YALSA Interdivisional Committee on School-Public Library Cooperation encourages you to share the results and impact of your collaborations with your administration, stakeholders, and community, and with your professional peers as well.
Most of us may feel too busy to take the time – and we may think our experiences are no big deal, that they won’t be interesting or instructive to others. And certainly, we tend to keep our experiences to ourselves when they don’t meet our own high expectations.
But you may be surprised at who else would benefit, and how they will respond!
My colleague, author and educational consultant Cherie Pandora, and I surveyed Ohio public and school librarians in spring 2014 to learn about their collaborations, and how and with whom they share their results.
Our respondents offered up a fabulous array of collaborative projects and practices, including book clubs, Skype author visits, storytimes for kindergarten students, help with research assignments, sharing book collections and online research resources, and working together on summer reading lists. Some public libraries lend books via interlibrary loan, while others provide Book Looks for teachers, or share the 3D printer from their tech center or Makerspace, or host out-of-school social events for students.
We asked our survey respondents what groups and individuals they told about their collaborations:
• 92% of those who collaborated told their colleagues at their workplace.
• 64% told their direct supervisor.
• 45% told their school superintendent or library director.
• 45% shared with the local community (parents and students; library patrons)
Far fewer communicated with the school or library board, or with the professional library community. And very few reached out to local media, organizations or businesses, current or prospective funders, or elected officials.
Most librarians didn’t share the results of their collaborations beyond the network of their immediate coworkers and supervisors. Several respondents commented they wouldn’t get much more out of it than a “pat on the back.” But others who did share more widely gained significant benefits, from increased program attendance to enhanced community awareness of the library’s services. Annie Ruefle at St. Joseph Montessori School noted that “Parents always seem to like [it] when they discover their children are engaging with a wider community, and school administrators love [it] when their school extends beyond the school walls.” According to Becky Sloan at E.H. Greene Intermediate School, sharing the results of collaboration “convinces people that we are making the most of all our resources and informs them as to what is available outside of our school.”
Collaboration can even result in significant, high-level notice or additional funding when librarians make powerful stakeholders aware of their collaborations. Connie Pottle at Delaware County District Library reported that “the Library Board was surprised and pleased to hear about the ways we work with the schools. The Superintendent for the city schools is more aware of what the library offers and thinks of us for grant possibilities.” Kristi J. Hale at Washington-Centerburg Public Library wrote: “I was invited to work on an OELMA (state school library association) conference workshop; we have used this close relationship in support of a grant proposal; we have been able to show Ohio legislators that we are working closely together.”
The benefits are two-way – both sharing your own experiences, and learning from others. According to Elaine Betting at the Lorain Public Library System, “Reading about how other libraries make [school visits] work with staffing issues and difficult school schedules gives us ideas for new approaches or variations in offered programs.”
If you’re collaborating, please tell your local community and fellow librarians about it. Some ideas:
• Write a guest post for the ALSC blog or another library blog, or an article for a local newspaper or a professional journal.
• Propose a presentation to a local or national conference.
• Consider taking video at your collaborative events and posting to YouTube or TeacherTube.
• Easier yet, leverage Tumblr, Twitter or Facebook to spread the word about your projects. Post a status about the joint school/public library book discussion group. Snap a photo of the librarian-to-librarian booktalk session. Talk about the enthusiastic students who gathered for the pet care seminar at the public library.
Strategic communication about collaborations benefits advocacy efforts, creates positive PR opportunities, and contributes to the library and education professions. In addition, it allows you to shine; you deserve to brag about your efforts and to reap the rewards of “talking ’bout collaboration.”
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Today’s guest blogger is Janet Ingraham Dwyer, posting on behalf of the AASL/ALSC/YALSA Interdivisional Committee on School-Public Library Cooperation (SPLC), of which she is a member. Janet is youth services consultant at the State Library of Ohio. This post is based on “Talking ’bout Collaboration,” an article written by Janet Ingraham Dwyer and Cherie Pandora for Ohio Media Spectrum: Journal of the Ohio Educational Library Media Association, Vol. 66, no. 1, Fall
The post Talkin’ ’bout Collaboration appeared first on ALSC Blog.
Remember the credit card ad campaign that asked TV viewers, “What’s in your wallet?” It had a bunch of Viking-types doing all sorts of bold and daring stuff, empowered by a piece of plastic that put the world at their fingertips. Oh, the adventure! Oh, the intrigue!
Oh, I can do you one better:
Imagine those Vikings are the kids and teens we see every day at our libraries. When we shout out, “What’s in your wallet?” to their sea of smiling faces, and each and every one of them proudly exclaims, “My library card!”
Awesome, right? Now that’s an ad I’d watch the Super Bowl to see.
As public library professionals, we know we’re handing kids the world when we hand them library cards. The best part? Our school library colleagues know that, too. That makes September the perfect time to collaborate with the schools in your community. It’s more than just back-to-school business. It’s Library Card Sign-Up Month!
The AASL/ALSC/YALSA Interdivisional Committee on School-Public Library Collaboration (SPLC Committee for short) presents this Top Ten list of ways you can work with your school library colleagues this September to make sure it’s all in the cards for kids:
- Schedule classroom visits at local schools to give kids the low-down on library card ownership. They’ll love seeing you in person on their turf!
- Arrange to send a library card application and welcome letter from the public library in every student’s take-home folder or backpack in early September.
- Coordinate library card sign-up events at schools, and make them a Big Deal. Think open houses, back-to-school nights, and book fairs where you’ll see lots of families as well as students.
- Create Library Card Walls of Fame at both school and public libraries. Incentivize sign-ups by posting the names of new library cardholders on dedicated “I Got My Library Card!” bulletin boards.
- Organize a library card photo shoot, snapping shots of students holding their brand-new library cards. Arrange to have the photos displayed in their school libraries. (Get signed photo release forms from parents if you want to use the photos at your public library.)
- Hold “How Many Ways?” contests in both school and public libraries, challenging kids to list as many ways as they can to use their library cards. See which library can come up with the most ideas!
- Arrange library card issue through elementary-grade teachers. Ask them to collect completed library card applications for you and verify students’ addresses through school records to make issuing cards a breeze.
- Target middle and high school students at lunchtime by passing out library card applications in the cafeteria or other areas where students gather during free periods.
- Invite students, teachers, and school staff members to share their “My First Library Card” stories at all-school assemblies or Family Reading Nights. Ask school librarians or even principals to emcee the events with you.
- Throw a Library Card Sign-Up Month celebration at the end of September, inviting all new library cardholders—and your local school librarians—to attend the festivities at the public library.
We bet you’ve got lots more creative ways to celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month with your local schools. Let us know what we missed by leaving your comments below!
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Today’s guest contributor is Jenna Nemec-Loise, Member Content Editor of the ALSC Everyday Advocacy website and Chairperson of the AASL/ALSC/YALSA Interdivisional Committee on School-Public Library Collaboration (SPLC). E-mail her at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter (@ALAJenna).
In conjunction with School Library Month 2012 and it’s theme “You Belong @ your library,” AASL is proud to present the “You Belong @ Your School Library” Student Video Contest.
School libraries are no longer just places to go check out a book. They are the centers of the school where learning, research and collaboration happen, and technologies and information resources are available 24/7. Students are encouraged to submit videos via Schooltube.com focusing on the great reasons to visit their school library. Each video should visually illustrate why the school library is (either physically or virtually) the place to be. Contestants might want to focus on one or more of the messages of the School Library Month “Ten Reasons” poster or they may prefer to come up with their own reasons.
Entries must be submitted to SchoolTube.com by March 29, 2012 by 11:59 P.M. CST to be eligible to win. One student winner will be chosen from each grade level – elementary, middle, and high school – and the student will receive a $100 Amazon.com gift card.
For full contest rules and how to enter, visit www.ala.org/aasl/slmvideocontest.
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Last week, the 2011 AASL conference (American Association of School Librarians) came to Minneapolis.What a crazy week it was! I worked at the Capstone booth the last day of the show during our book giveaway, and oh my, librarians really love our books — the line was roughly 150 people long!
But the real highlight for me was meeting the author of the Kylie Jean books, Marci Peschke. She came up from Texas for the show, and it's always so fun to meet the author of a series that I've worked on. I love to hear about their process and find out more details about the books (like there really is a Kylie Jean and a dog named Ugly Brother!). Check out Marci's jean jacket and pink cowboy boots. Aren't they fabulous?! So nice to meet you, Marci!
At the FLUX booth at AASL (American Association of School Librarians) this past Friday. So much going on, I can't quite get it all posted and do everything else I'm supposed to be doing (including WRITING!!). Here I am with Marissa and Bethany (in the back), from FLUX, and fellow FLUX author Lisa Albert, and with Steven Pomije from FLUX. Maggie Stiefvater came a bit later (see the FLUX blog post).
This is so freaking awesome I have no words. Just enjoy.
(Video was made by students and faculty at the University of Washington's Information School. One of the students is the daughter of a friend. LIBRARIANS RULE THE WORLD!)
Happy bookday!
Run, don't walk, to your nearest bookseller and pick up your copy of WINTERGIRLS in paperback!! If it is icy in your neighborhood, or you don't feel like going outside, order your copy from an independent bookseller via Indiebound.
Do you want to order a copy that will arrived already personalized and signed by me?
Call my local independent bookseller, Bill at the river's end bookstore, and he will make it happen. (You can do this for any of my books at any time, btw.)
The
Australian version of WINTERGIRLS goes on sale March 1st, which is very exciting!!!
Congratulations to everyone, but especially my friends Deb Heiligman and Elizabeth Partridge for being named
finalists for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize!! Don't forget your sunscreen!
Are you a school librarian? Make a video and change the world! The AASL is sponsoring a video contest "in conjunction with School Library Month (SLM) for members and their students to share how their school library program helps their community thrive."
Details here! My self-imposed limited-blogging month is almost at an end. Am looking forward to hearing what, if anything, you got out of this month. While we're waiting for March 1st, check out a
new interview with me over at Birth of a Novel.
Following AASL’s recent vote to adopt the professional title of school librarians, I’ve been thinking a lot about identities and labels and what they mean for us as librarians.
And as media specialists.
And as library teachers.
And as facilitators of learning commons.
And as information overlords.
Okay, so maybe no one’s putting “Information Overlord” on their business cards (though I wouldn’t discourage it, personally)–but you get the point: we call ourselves, and our spaces, by a variety of names. During a job interview last summer, a principal asked me at one point what the difference was between a librarian and a library media specialist.
So what is the difference?
Your title, mission statement and the name of your physical space can say a lot about you and your program. Does it reflect your philosophy about teens and learning? Does it convey all you do?
Personally, I’m a school librarian. I’m certified as a library media specialist, but I don’t use that language to describe myself because I believe “librarian” is what I make it. I wouldn’t look down on anyone’s decision to use a different label for themselves–maybe you feel the same way about “library media specialist” or “library teacher”!
So what do you call yourself? How do you make sure the language you use supports the work you do, and vice versa?
Like many high and middle school librarians, I am a member of both YALSA and AASL. For this year’s Midwinter Conference, I was fortunate to attend the AASL Pre-Institute Bringing ‘Em On: 21st Century Skills Aligning with Standards. Led by Pam Berger, the hands-on workshop taught participants about both the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) and the new AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner.
Whether you’re in a school or public library, you may be interested in checking out the standards, which focus on giving our patrons the skills they will need to thrive in the world that awaits them.
Briefly, for P21 a number of educational groups and corporations got together and created a vision for what the skills they think future employees will need, summarized in this model:
The AASL was one of the members of the group, with AASL’s Executive Director Julie Walker on the board, so it should come as no surprise that “Information, Media, and Technology Skills” are one of the broad categories At the same time, AASL was developing its new standards which focus on the learner and can be used to flesh out the Information, Media, and Technology skills strand. The two programs work together rather than in competition.
Familiarizing yourself with P21 and the AASL standards can help you to secure funding, enlist community support, and encourage collaboaration. They can be used to provide support for programs at your library, such as gaming. They also provide a common framework for public and school library collaborations. For example, many public libraries provide multiple copies of school summer reading lists. If on top of this, the public library offered a program on creating book trailers of these books, they’d be meeting the skill of creating media projects from P21 and “Use the writing process, media and visual literacy, and technology skills to create products that express new understandings” from the AASL standards.
Take the time to look through both the P21 Skills and the AASL Standards and see how you can incorporate them into your programming. If you have the opportunity to do professional development around these programs, especially with Pam Berger, I’d highly recommend it.
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