The Whole School Library Learning Commons
An Educator's Guide
1st Edition
Published on 29. August 2016
176 pages
978-1-4408-4421-8 (ISBN)
Description
Introduce your teachers, librarians, and administrators to the roles and responsibilities of educators in advocating a whole school library learning commons using this step-by-step guide for creating shared learning space in your school.
It is no surprise that technology has shifted the way we educate-bearing on how, what, and where we learn. This guide lays the framework for helping turn your school library into a whole school library learning commons (WSLLC)-a space where traditional academics merge with the latest technologies to engage learners in a way never before realized.
Author Judith Anne Sykes contends that since the WSLLC philosophy allows staff and students to co-create knowledge in a shared space, it is more effective than the traditional approach. Sykes addresses the differences between a school library and a WSLLC, provides reasons to champion its creation in your institution, and discusses how to use mentoring as a means to sustain its survival. The book explores the roles and responsibilities of educators in developing WSLLC goals and presents strategies for using typical assessment tools-including standardized tests, report cards, and anecdotal assessments-to help support its philosophy.
It is no surprise that technology has shifted the way we educate-bearing on how, what, and where we learn. This guide lays the framework for helping turn your school library into a whole school library learning commons (WSLLC)-a space where traditional academics merge with the latest technologies to engage learners in a way never before realized.
Author Judith Anne Sykes contends that since the WSLLC philosophy allows staff and students to co-create knowledge in a shared space, it is more effective than the traditional approach. Sykes addresses the differences between a school library and a WSLLC, provides reasons to champion its creation in your institution, and discusses how to use mentoring as a means to sustain its survival. The book explores the roles and responsibilities of educators in developing WSLLC goals and presents strategies for using typical assessment tools-including standardized tests, report cards, and anecdotal assessments-to help support its philosophy.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
ISBN-13
978-1-4408-4421-8 (9781440844218)
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Persons
Judith Anne Sykes is an educational consultant as well as an advocate for the whole school library learning commons. She formerly served as a teacher librarian, district school library specialist, principal, and school library services manager for the Ministry of Education in Alberta, Canada.
Content
Foreword
David V. Loertscher
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Mentoring the WSLLC
Chapter 1: Mentoring for Implementation and Sustainability
Chapter 2: Selected Mentoring Resources with Strategies
Chapter 3: Mentoring Case Studies
Part II: Accountability for Learning and WSLLC
Chapter 4: Authentic Accountability, Standards, and Policies
Chapter 5: Selected Accountability Resources with Strategies
Part III: Reading and Research on WSLLC
Chapter 6: School Library to Learning Commons Literature and Research
Chapter 7: Selected Learning Commons Literature and Research with Strategies
Part IV: Community and WSLLC
Chapter 8: Engaging Community
Chapter 9: Selected Resources with Strategies for Community Engagement
Bibliography
Index
David V. Loertscher
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Mentoring the WSLLC
Chapter 1: Mentoring for Implementation and Sustainability
Chapter 2: Selected Mentoring Resources with Strategies
Chapter 3: Mentoring Case Studies
Part II: Accountability for Learning and WSLLC
Chapter 4: Authentic Accountability, Standards, and Policies
Chapter 5: Selected Accountability Resources with Strategies
Part III: Reading and Research on WSLLC
Chapter 6: School Library to Learning Commons Literature and Research
Chapter 7: Selected Learning Commons Literature and Research with Strategies
Part IV: Community and WSLLC
Chapter 8: Engaging Community
Chapter 9: Selected Resources with Strategies for Community Engagement
Bibliography
Index
