21st+Century+Implications

Taken from Action Research completed by J. Shay 6/5/10 “For the first time in history, we are preparing our students for a future we cannot clearly describe.
 * 21st CENTURY SCHOOL LIBRARY TRENDS/IMPLICATIONS **

… the best thing we can be teaching our children today is how to teach themselves (how to learn what they need to know, to do what they need to do), that the literacy habits we want them to develop are actually //learning literacies.”// (Warlick, pg. xii)


 * Purchase or create resources that are available 24/7, including ebooks, online databases, and use Web 2.0 tools.


 * Maintain a web site with connections to sites and sources that reflect the curriculum.


 * Create a library space that is inviting and comfortable: Think Barnes and Noble. (Warlick, pg. 63)


 * Create spaces in the library for team work, for individual research, for small and large group work, and comfortable places for consultations to occur. (Warlick, pg. 171)


 * Find a way to collaborate with teachers on curriculum, projects, standards. Librarians have the “big picture” view and therefore play a role in team discussions of integrating content area in projects. They “promote connections across the disciplines.” (Harada, pg. 16)


 * Be an information coach (Champlin pg. 53) Find a way to share expertise in search strategies and evaluating information sources with both staff and students. (Warlick, pg. 171) Librarians should be “instructional partners” as they have special background knowledge in informational literacy, search strategies, knowledge of sources. (Harada, pg. 16)

 · Maintain the dignity of the library while providing more digital resources. Books are part of that dignity and still necessary. "Electronics are perfect for journals if you are looking for a tiny piece of information, like a paragraph or a few pages," said Bill Crumlish, library director at [|Hobart and William Smith Colleges]. "But when you have a topic that requires 300 pages to develop an argument or provide a history, books are the perfect container for something that requires that depth of exposition.” (Dean)


 * Create an environment where reading is still cool. Be the reading guru, providing alternate sources for students struggling to read, English Language learners. Celebrate and encourage recreational reading. (Champlin, pg. 55) (Erickson)

Additional Reading for Curriculum Rewrite:
 * "The are many divides - economic, cultural, digital, etc. - that must continue to be bridged to provide an equitable education for all students. Ensuring continuous access to a wide variety of learning tools and resources in school, at home, and everywhere in between must remain a primary reponsibility for future libratories." (Trilling)


 * "From a shortsighted, cost-cutting perspective, we’ve all heard one disturbing response, “With everything online, why do we even need physical libraries and librarians?” ( //<span style="font-family: 'AGaramondPro-Italic','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">New York Times //<span style="font-family: 'AGaramondPro-Regular','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">2010). From the perspective of the 21st-century learning movement, however, there is a very different and much more encouraging answer: School libraries are essential learning resources and librarians are the essential “guides inside” our schools, leading everyday teaching and learning toward methods and outcomes that best prepare our students for the challenges of the 21st-century. "(Trilling)
 * "Twenty-first century libratorians will need to provide project management and communication design expertise to both teachers and students involved in these collaborative projects and to guide project teams to the appropriate informational, community, and human resources needed for successful project outcomes." (Trilling)
 * "Twenty-first century libratorians will need to provide project management and communication design expertise to both teachers and students involved in these collaborative projects and to guide project teams to the appropriate informational, community, and human resources needed for successful project outcomes." (Trilling)

Manifesto for 21st Century School Librarians By Joyce Kasman Valenza October 2010 A few highlights:
 * You promote reading using all of the new technologies: ebooks, social networks, like GoodReads, Kindles, iPaad, Nooks, wikis, blogs, book trailers, etc.
 * You are the information expert in your building.
 * You approach the library not just as a grocery store, but as a kitchen, with an expanded definition of collection.
 * You understand that the walls of the library must come down and the hours must be expanded through the use of digital resources.
 * You are concerned about the digital divide. Access to the new tools is an intellectual freedom issue.
 * You encourage the use of Skype, blogs, Animoto and other Web 2.0 tools as a way to publish student work, collaborate and bring the outside world into the school building.
 * You insist that students care about their own digital footprint and collect and use information in ethical ways.
 * You consider yourself an info-technology scout.
 * You use social networks and other digital ways to enhance your professional development.
 * You figure out how to be present for your teachers and students 24/7.
 * You see the big picture and let others see you seeing it. It’s about learning and teaching. It’s about engagement. If you are seen only as the one who closes up for inventory, as the book chaser, and NOT as the CIO, the inventor, the creative force, you won’t be seen as a big picture person.
 * Think outside the box.

AAASL. Standards for the 21st-Century Learner In Action. 2009 (Malena has it in her collection - PRO 379.1 STA) From page 11: Common Beliefs:
 * 1) Reading is a window to the world.
 * 2) Inquiry provides a framework for learning.
 * 3) Technology skills are crucial for future employment needs.
 * 4) Equitable access is a key component for education.
 * 5) The definition of information literacy has become more complex as resources and technologies have changed.
 * 6) The continuing expansion of information demands that all individuals acquire the thinking skills that will enable them to learn on their own.
 * 7) Learning has a social context.
 * 8) Ethical behavior in the use of information must be taught.
 * 9) School libraries are essential to the development of learning skills.

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