Transcript GOTEAMLMSANDTEACHERS

LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER
THE LIBRARY MEDIA PROGRAM
AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT
FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
EDUCATED PERSON
INFORMATION LITERATE
CONTENT
TEACHER
PROCESS
INTEGRATION
COLLABORATION
LIBRARY M.S.
#1 INDEPENDENT LEARNERS
#2 INFORMATION SKILLS
LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER
ACCESS TO BOOKS AND
OTHERS MATERIALS
LIBRARY PROJECTS,
VOLUNTARY READING
LITERACY DEVELOPMENT
FUNCTIONS OF THE LIBRARY
MEDIA PROGRAM
PROVIDING
INFORMATION
SKILLS
HELPING
TEACHERS
TEACH
PROMOTING
READING
What is important
about the
relationship of
libraries to learning
and teaching?
INTERDISCIPLINARY
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Library & Media are sources of
complexity in learning
Connections of knowledge; between
and beyond “subjects”
Drawing conclusions
INFORMATION LITERACY
processes of critical thinking
 reading in all formats
 learning how to learn
 action research: begin with a
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problem, question
RESOURCE-BASED LEARNING
Learners need opportunities:
 to select the best information
 to put facts into construction
 to work together to solve problems
 to create
PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
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Project-based learning is natural to
resource-based activities in the
school library.
School library projects give students
opportunities for active learning and
lend themselves to cooperative
group work.
LEARNING
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Studying is the students’ “work.”
Learning in the social experience is the
definition of collaboration.
COLLABORATION
COLLABORATIVE PLANNING
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focus on student learning
“our resources”
acceptance as equals
GO TEAM !!!
Teachers and
Library Media
Specialist
together
Stepping up to
information
literacy
Working together …
Educators and Library
Media Specialists
For the students’ success.
RESOURSES
1. American Association of School Libraries and Association for
Educational Communication and Technology. Information Powe
Guidelines for School Library Media Programs. Chicago, IL:American
Association of School Libraries. Washington,DC : Association for
Educational Communication and Technology,1988
2. Sykes, Judith A. Action Research: A Practical Guide For
Transforming Your School Library. Colorado, Library Unlimited,
2002
Library Media Center
JANETTE GONZALEZ
LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS
DIC./2003