Educational Gaming has become an increasingly popular resource in education. This issue explores how lessons based on games are currently contributing to school learning standards, what effect educational games have on students, and the ways in which school librarians are helping to develop games as educational tools. This issue is guest edited by Terri Kirk and Chris Harris.
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Cushing Academy Library eliminated its huge book collection over the last year, turning that library into an all digital facility. Other independent schools have chosen different ways to meld cutting edge technology into traditional book collections, including the Learning Commons model. Speakers will discuss how administration was involved in these changes on their campuses, and consider broader questions for the school libraries: how can schools best consider the balance of digital and print resources for the most successful student achievement.
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Presented by the author of Copyright for Teachers and Librarians in the 21st Century (2011), this presentation addresses copyright and new formats and equipment which may be available in school libraries: hand-held devices, such as iPads and playaways; blogs; wikis; Pod-casts; Nings; Second Life; special interest networking (e.g. Shelfari, GoodReads); Moodle, Skype, and similar digital communication tools; social bookmarking; web syndication; video streaming; digital gaming; and open-sourcing. Flow charts are used to demonstrate copyright compliance.
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Explore how school libraries can support students transliterate practices in an inquiry driven, participatory learning environment that scaffolds students’ abilities to navigate traditional and emerging information landscapes as networked learners who engage in collaboration, content creation, and conversations for learning through multiple mediums. Explore how transliteracy is an umbrella for how people are using multiple literacies — traditional (text, information) and emerging (digital, new media, privacy) — to access, share information, and create new meaning.
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As education funding is being cut throughout the country, many school librarians are being asked to do “more with less.” Guest edited by Audrey Church and Frances Reeve, this issue features the stories of librarians from rural, suburban, urban, and different regions of the country, and address what resources might be available to assist the solo librarian in tough economic times.
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Audrey Church, Guest Co-Editor of the Nov/Dec 2011 Knowledge Quest issue on “The Solo Librarian,” discusses the challenges and opportunities available to school librarians when operating a library, or multiple libraries, on their own.
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Futurecasting focuses on how predicting and preparing the future helps to ensure school libraries will be ready to accept the challenges of the 21st century. The issue anticipates how librarians will need to adapt library programs and stay relevant in this era of rapid change. The issue is guest edited by Wendy DeGroat and Steven Yates.
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Coteaching focuses on building and teaching courses in tandem with subject area teachers. This issue explores the exciting ways in which school librarians and teachers work together, and what effect teaching collaboration has on school library programs and students. The issue is guest edited by Judi Moreillon and Susan Ballard.
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Participants will leave the webinar with a set of materials and resources on social networking and cybersafety that can be adapted to fit the needs of their school communities. The webinar will cover the importance of cultivating administrative and district office support by building a network of experts along with a familiarity of online resources. Attendees will also be guided through targeting needs of the community and creating successful parent information nights.
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Presenter Susan Kowalski discusses how to create a schedule of programs to support personal interests, talents, and expertise.
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