A Prescription for Healthier School Librarianship: Transforming Our Practice for the 21st Century

a prescription for healthier school librarianship: transforming our practice for the 21st century
presented by buffy j. hamiltonhall county media specialists’ luncheonmay 2010

challenges that threaten to reroute our mission

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lack of full funding and budget cuts

a climate that values standardized test scores over inquiry

filtering fears are debilitating to our growth
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A shift in who counts as experts and the decision making model has met some hostile environments

we can decide which approach we will take to these challenges

we can choose to accept the lemons we’ve been handed

or we can make lemonade
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“innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity - not a threat” william pollard
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Make our practice transparent to the world
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web-based mindmap

flickr

youtube

twitter

facebook

transparency and data

share your practice via social media

embrace instructional leadership

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Create and nurture a participatory culture that invites conversations for learning, multiple forms of literacy, and multiple modes of learning
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inviting and engaging participation
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sparking conversations
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knowledge construction and creation
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libraries are in the change business

rethinking what “collection” means
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ebooks and mobile readers

mobile computing

gaming
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digital equipment
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information evaluation and social scholarship via research pathfinders

inquiry, engagement, and collective intelligence

1.2.5 Demonstrate adaptability by changing the inquiry focus, questions, resources, or strategies when necessary to achieve success.
1.1.9 Collaborate with others to broaden and deepen understanding.
active reflection and metacognition

digital citizenship and ethical use of information

scaffold alternate ways of representing learning and knowledge

research portfolio with Google Sites

multigenre elements

netvibes personal learning environments and learning artifacts

collaboration, leadership, and social responsibility for shared knowledge construction

cloud computing: google docs

diigo: group bookmarks

evernote

blog comments

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Build your collaborative tribe through listening, sharing, and risk-taking
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planting seedstakes bothfaithand action

making space for the unorthodox

physical space

going against the grain

expanding our concept of collection and the containers for it

give students a voice and ownership
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Energize your mind and spirit by plugging into the wisdom of the crowd and growing your personal learning network
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youtube rss

youtube

slideshare rss

delicious rss

diigo rss

citation 2.0 rss

organize and manage with google reader

organize and manage with iGoogle

organize and manage with netvibes

virtual conferences and webinars

face to face conferences

face to face informal gatherings

virtual and f2f friendships strengthen us

Embrace your role as a fearless advocate for intellectual freedom and equitable access to all forms of information
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make the argument for access to a specific resource or tool by collecting examples of effective instructional practice
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develop and present a concrete plan for use of the resource and how you will implement its use

remind decision makers that students need guided instruction and opportunities to learn how to use social media thoughtfully and wisely
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tie your requests to performance standards

if our goal is for students to be information fluent learners, we must have access to the tools so that students can ultimately act as their own filter
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help our students learn multiple ways of reading and writing today’s world by acting as sponsors of transliteracy

transliteracy is the ability to read, write and interact across a range of platforms, tools and media from signing and orality through handwriting, print, TV, radio and film, to digital social networks.
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a sponsor of literacy includes any agent who enables, supports, teaches, and models, as well as recruits, regulates, suppresses, or withholds literacy—and gains advantage by it in some way

“literacy is the energy supply of the information age.”
deborah brandt

“as new and powerful forms of literacy emerge, they diminish the reach and possibilities of receding ones”deborah brandt

the idea that literacy is only about print materials is slowly disappearing

we're on the cusp of profound changes in what counts as a “text” and literacy

helping patrons and stakeholders understand the expanding definition of literacy is a muddy but playful endeavor
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“we have to make sure schools and libraries invite critical and active uses of media that strengthen our democratic potential.” Deborah Brandt

knight foundation recommendation 6: integrate digital and media literacy as critical elements for education at all levels through collaboration among federal, state, and local education officials

as sponsors of transliteracy, libraries can close the participation gap

what does transliteracy look like in a school library?

privilege and support multiple containers and pathways to information
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teach students multiple and dynamic ways of connecting with real world experts to help answer their questions

teach students collaborative tools for creating and sharing knowledge

blogging

social bookmarking
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evernote

teach students how to harness the power of cloud computing and social media tools to create personal learning environments and information dashboards

student created netvibes portal

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“Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.”
william pollard

transparency
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participatory culture
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your school needs you to embrace leadership: build your tribe
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discover and share ideas through your personal learning network

chip away at filtering policies
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disrupt limited perceptions of literacy and open up conversations about the possibilities of transliteracy
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view failure as an essential part of the learning process and keep trying
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be bold and fearless

leave it all on the road

fight the machinery for our students
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contact information
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works cited
Brandt, Deborah. “In Their Own Words: Students Provide a Video Tour of Their Netvibes Learning
Portals .” Interview by Buffy Hamilton. The Unquiet Librarian. N.p., 25 Mar. 2010. Web. 8 Apr.
2010. <http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/‌2010/‌03/‌25/‌sponsors-of-literacy-in-
contemporary-culture-an-e-interview-with-dr-deborah-brandt/>.
Brandt, D. (2001). Literacy in American Lives. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Hamilton, Buffy. “In Their Own Words: Students Provide a Video Tour of Their Netvibes Learning
Portals .” The Unquiet Librarian. N.p., 26 Mar. 2010. Web. 8 Apr. 2010.
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The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy.
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