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Information Literacy: �forging connections between the library and the classroom

ICE 2014

Katie Aquino

English Teacher

@edukatiehshs

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Allison Bava

Library Media Specialist

@allisonbava

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Ellen Lawrence

Library Director

@LawrenceEllen

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Jim Bondi

Health Teacher

jbondi@hinsdale86.org

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http://goo.gl/68SSo6

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Who we ARE...

About Us

Ellen & Allison: library media specialists� Katie & Jim: teachers & technology integration coaches

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About Our School

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Hinsdale South High School ~ South-Suburban Chicago

1700 students ~ 23% low-income ~ 12% IEPs �Average class size: 23 students ~ Average ACT score: 23

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  • Technology-rich school
  • Tablet PC computers & wireless LCD projectors
  • Mobile devices allowed during the day
  • YouTube blocked for students but opened upon teacher request
  • AASL's 2012 National School Library Program of the Year

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Who we are not...

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Why?

Changing Role of Libraries

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Restructuring of Teacher Evaluations

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Need for an integrated information literacy curriculum

What we’ll share with you today

  • Student samples, curriculum maps, standards, assessments
  • Successes & Challenges
  • Future plans
  • Tips for starting your own program

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“The library is no longer simply a quiet place to connect to physical content. It is instead a place, physical and virtual, to learn how to connect and use resources of all types…”(Braun The Future of Library Services)

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Our road map

Foundation: Librarians are teaching partners with classroom teachers

  • 2006:
    • Teachers given tablet computers
    • Library rebranding begins
  • 2012:
    • LMC-2-Go launches librarian instruction in the classroom
    • Ellen & Katie begin team teaching sophomore English
  • 2013: Jim & Allison begin team teaching Health

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In action

  • Curriculum Overview & Objectives
    • Focused on 21st century skills
    • Alignment to standards-CCSS, AASL, and ISTE
    • The best of all: I-SAILS
    • Curriculum maps
      • Health
      • English
  • Team-teaching Strategies
    • Getting to Know the Class
    • Beginning and Ending Class

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Examples

  • Lessons and Student Samples
    • Information Literacy
      • A better Google search--Ellen
      • Research tips (AKA Google “like a ninja”)--Allison
    • Lit circles
      • Rubric--weekly observations by classroom teachers & librarians
      • Mural.ly--4 week lesson as part of lit circles
    • Health Portfolios
  • Assessment Tool
    • TRAILS
    • Survey Monkey

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Where we’re headed

  • Partnership between technology coaches and library
  • Professional development: Polar vorTECH, Hinsdale Academy
  • Assessment data as part of teacher evaluation measuring student growth
  • Scaffolded information literacy curriculum
  • Student focus groups

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Challenges & successes

Benefits

  • More Hands =

More Differentiation

  • Librarians recognizable to more students
  • Information literacy integration

Challenges

  • Lack of common prep time
  • Administrator buy in essential for success
  • Limited staff = limited flexibility�

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Tips for success

  • Set clear goals & objectives
  • Start small: one teacher, one lesson, one unit, one class at a time
  • Take risks; try new things
  • Reach out to your PLN
  • Be your own best advocate

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Thank you!

Questions?

Please fill out the online evaluation for this session.

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Contact us: library@hinsdale86.org

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For more information about breaking through physical and virtual library walls look for Ellen’s article, “Librarians on the Loose,” in the March/April issue of Knowledge Quest the journal of the American Association of School Librarians.

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Works Cited

photo credits

Braun, Linda W., Maureen L. Hartman, Sandra Hughes-Hassell, and Kafi Kumasi. The Future of Library Services for and with Teens: A Call to Action. National Forum on Libraries & Teens: Project Report. Young Adult Library Services Association, 13 Dec. 2013. Web. 4 Feb. 2014. <http://www.ala.org/yaforum/project-report>.

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