Have you done 10 minutes of professional reading this week (not book reviews)? If not here is an article that may be of interest- “Next Year’s Model” Sarah Ludwig left the library, became a tech coordinator, and forged a path to the future.
Professional development and Professional learning communities are something that we need to do as an ongoing goal.
Have you done 10 minutes of professional reading this week (not book reviews)? If not here is a blog post of interest:
The Adventures of Library Girl: Snapshot of a 21st Century Library Program: Redux. I particularly liked the Prezi, and my fav part of that were the videos from the Colorado State Library. Enjoy!
Professional development and Professional learning communities are something that we need to do on an ongoing basis – classes, meetings, reading, responding, sharing – let’s all take a minimum of 10 minutes a week to do this. Remember the NING is a great way to connect with your peers and form community. Take the time to use it.
Have you done 10 minutes of professional reading this week (not book reviews)? If not here is an article that may be of interest –
All Aboard! Implementing Common Core offers school librarians an opportunity to take the lead (SLJ April 2012)
Also, you may find this blog of interest, The Tempered Radical by Bill Ferriter. He has some very interesting points of view that make me think about what I do as a teacher and professional. I subscribe via RSS feed on my Google Reader. One of his recent posts was about putting together “digital kits” for students to use in projects and is something I would like to work on in the fall for staff at my school: Using Google Docs to Create Digital Kits for Student Projects
Professional development and Professional learning communities are something that we need to do on an ongoing basis – classes, meetings, reading, responding, sharing – let’s all take a minimum of 10 minutes a week to do this. Remember the NING is a great way to connect with your peers and form community. Take the time to use it.
Have you done 10 minutes of professional reading this week (not book reviews)? If not here are two related but short articles that may be of interest –
Ryan Tate’s article: No One Can Correctly Google Any More, Basically at http://gawker.com/5902386/no-one-can-correctly-google-any-more-basically
and
A PSRA report: Survey Finds Majority of Wikipedia Entries Contain Factual Errors at http://media.prsa.org/article_display.cfm?article_id=2575
Taking account the information in both articles we should be even more vigilant in teaching students about evaluating web resources. You could even send out tidbits of information from the articles to your school’s teachers and remind them that you can do lessons on website evaluation. 
Professional development and Professional learning communities are something that we need to do on an ongoing basis – classes, meetings, reading, responding, sharing – let’s all take a minimum of 10 minutes a week to do this. Remember the NING is a great way to connect with your peers and form community. Take the time to use it.
Have you done your 10 minutes of professional reading this week (not book reviews)? If not, here is another article on school librarians’ role in the common core standards (CSS). It’s by David Loertscher and Elizabeth Marcoux and titled “The Common Core Standards: Opportunities For Teacher-Librarians To Move To The Center Of Teaching And Learning.” persistent link: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=57391540&site=ehost-live
As ASD moves to incorporate the CCS into our curriculum, we have another opportunity for librarians to get involved, demonstrate our knowledge, show our leadership skills and advocate for our programs. Here’s the blurb from EBSCO:
The article discusses the implications of the adoption of the Common Core Standards (CCS), a national education standards initiative in the U.S., for teacher-librarians. The authors present information for teacher-librarians on how to incorporate the standards program into their teaching methods and how to improve instruction techniques in the library and classroom. The potential impact of the CCS on changes to school libraries and learning commons is examined. Topics include language arts and mathematics education, the role of school goals in improving students’ college and career readiness, and a debate in education about the importance of content acquisition versus instruction regarding the learning of skills.
Have you done 10 minutes of professional reading this week (not book reviews)? If not here is an article that may be of interest -survey shows the hard times aren’t over, and bet”Brace Yourself, SLJ’s school library spending survey shows the hard times aren’t over, and better advocay is needed”, March 2012 SLJ. Professional development and Professional learning communities are something that we need to do on an ongoing basis – classes, meetings, reading, responding, sharing – let’s all take a minimum of 10 minutes a week to do this. Remember the NING is a great way to connect with your peers and form a community. Take the time to use it.
Have you done 10 minutes of professional reading this week (not book reviews)? If not here is an article that may be of interest – Comic Books’ Latest Plot Twist: Enhancing literacy instruction, by David N. Rapp.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=69601156&site=ehost-live
The link should take you into Ebsco to the abstract of this article. There is a link to the .pdf full-text version on the left side.
Professional development and Professional learning communities are something that we need to do on an ongoing basis – classes, meetings, reading, responding, sharing – let’s all take a minimum of 10 minutes a week to do this. Remember the NING is a great way to connect with your peers and form community. Take the time to use it.
Have you done 10 minutes of professional reading this week (not book reviews)? If not here is an article that may be of interest –
The End of Nonfiction – CC Standards force us to rethink categorization Interesting and thoughtful editorial about common core standards and collection development. Seems timely in light of the ASD School Board promoting adoption of these standards.
Professional development and Professional learning communities are something that we need to do on an ongoing basis – classes, meetings, reading, responding, sharing – let’s all take a minimum of 10 minutes a week to do this. Remember the NING is a great way to connect with your peers and form community. Take the time to use it.
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