ALA's Emerging Leaders program included a variety of projects from
librarians of all backgrounds, including one school library-focused project
sponsored by AASL. This project promoted the Learning 4 Life initiative
to teach 21st Century information literacy skills to K-12students. Original
media projects were created from a survey of school librarians across the
nation in order to clarify and promote information literacy instruction. This
workshop will be very helpful to attendees who are not sure how to teach
information literacy skills or need a set of standards to follow.
Think, Create, Share, Grow: Promoting the Learning 4 Life Initiative
1. Think, Create, Share, Grow
Promoting the Learning 4 Life Initiative
Melissa Corey, LMS, Benton High School
Saturday, November 5, 2011
2. What is Learning 4 Life?
National
implementation plan
Two components -
Standards for the 21st
Century Learner and
Empowering Learners:
Guidelines for School
Library Media
Programs
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3. What are the Standards?
Standards for the 21st
Century Learning
enhance library
instruction
Focus on skills for use
across the curriculum
and in all walks of life
Assist in integrating
technology
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4. What are the Standards?
Think - research,
inquire, think critically
Create - draw
conclusions, create
new knowledge
Share - share and
produce knowledge
Grow - develop,
pursue interests
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5. What are the Strands?
Skills
Dispositions in Action
Responsibilities
Self-Assessment
Strategies
Each strand has
multiple indicators
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6. Where is Implementation?
Who is using standards and how?
Developed a survey using Google Forms
Questions - using standards, describe how you empower
students to THINK, CREATE, SHARE, GROW in your
library
Distributed it to librarians via list servs, message boards,
Twitter, conferences, etc.
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7. Results?
66 responses, many including images
Most school librarians are using the Standards for the
21st Century Learner in some way
Many were using the Standards but felt they were not
using them correctly or not at all
Very few response indicated no use, only no knowledge
that Standards existed
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8. Solutions?
Use survey content to promote the L4L initiative,
particularly the Standards for the 21st Century Learner
Produce original media explaining the Standards and
how to use them in the library setting
Also provide Web 2.0 tools that can be used in
implementing the standards via technology
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9. Final Products
L4L Resources Compiled by 2011 Emerging Leaders
Group A
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10. Continuing the Learning
2011 Emerging Leaders Group A Diigo Group
AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner Lesson
Plan Database
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11. Using the Standards in MO
Correlate instructional sessions to ICTL GLEs/CLEs
Correlate to the Standards for the 21st Century Learning
- broken down by Skills, Dispositions, Responsibilities,
Self-Assessment Strategies Indicators
Correlate to the appropriate Common Core State
Standards (using AASL/Common Core Crosswalk)
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12. Think
Research and inquiry process
Information evaluation
Gathering and finding resources
Copyright, citation, and plagiarism
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13. Create
Synthesis and organization of information
Analysis and decision-making
Creation of knowledge
Application of knowledge
Use of technology and digital media
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14. Share
Participate in networks, discussions, groups
Ethical use of information
Presentation of ideas
Respect for ideas and opinions of others
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15. Grow
Digital citizenship
Reading for pleasure and information
Personalization of research
Use of social networks to learn
Exchange ideas, electronically or in person
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16. Bottom Line
Design information literacy instruction based on needed
student outcomes (Skills, Dispositions, Responsibilities,
and Self-Assessment Strategies indicators) as identified
in the Standards for the 21st Century Learner (similar to
the Backwards Design Model)
OR
Correlate existing information literacy instruction to the
Standards for the 21st Century Learner to increase
accountability
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17. Example
Objective: Students will evaluate websites for currency,
reliability, authority, and purpose prior to using in formal
research
Lesson: Hands-on practice using Wikipedia articles vs
article from library databases, highlight using Awesome
Highlighter from awesomehighlighter.com
Assessment: Pre- and post-tests using Google Forms
Indicators: Skills - 1.1.5, 1.1.8, 2.1.4; Dispositions -
1.2.6, 2.2.1; Responsibilities - 1.3.2; 3.3.1, Self-
Assessment - 2.4.1
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18. Thanks and How to Contact
melissa.corey@sjsd.k12.mo.us
melissacorey@gmail.com
http://twitter.com/melissacorey
http://bentonlibrary.org
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