This document summarizes a workshop aimed at transforming school library programs into 21st century learning spaces. The workshop addresses questions about the purpose of school, how to support student learning, and what policies and structures need to change. It discusses trends in technology and information access that have changed expectations of what students need. Participants work in groups to develop blueprints for launching innovative library programs focusing on emerging technologies, physical space design, websites, connectivity, and community engagement. The document provides tools and examples to help participants design 21st century library programs.

1. www.FundOurFutureWashington.orgPartnering to Shape 21st Century LearnersThe Boise CharretteIdaho Regional Conferences, 2010Lisa LayeraSusan McBurney

2. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:What is the purpose of school?Should school districts provide a space that students can keep and access their work from anywhere (a virtual portfolio of their time in the district)?What structures need to change to support students in the quest for knowledge?What policies need to evolve?What does your district/school's strategic plan reflect? Is it sustainable?Can we do a better job evaluating what ‘literate’ means today?What motivates students?How can your district and schoolhouse build strong family & community engagement? What strategies are currently employed? Do you have a system that allows for easy, extensive, and rapid replication of practices that are working?What model of support is in place to make it scalable?What do you want your children to leave school knowing?How will you know your district / school is moving in the right direction? 2

3. Introduce your group and your school(s).What are your top three concerns?What do you hope to get out of this workshop?3

4. Why are we here?license toflourishequityaccessinnovation4

5. Rocky Mountain High SchoolMeridian, Idaho5Dennis Hass, Media Specialist

6. 6Melba, IdahoGlyndaPfliegerTeacher Librarian

7. Our story - in three chapters7

8. Spokane, WAChapter 1Spring, 2007Elementary libraries would be closed up to 50% of the time.8

9. Spokane, WASpring20079Information Literacy ProgramsDIMINISHED

10. Spokane, WASpring200710TechnologyTrainingCOMPROMISED

11. Spokane, WASpring200711Project-BasedLearningno longerSUSTAINABLE

12. Spokane, WASpring200712CollaborationIMPOSSIBLE

13. Spokane, WASpring200713AcceleratedLearning OpportunitiesCURTAILED

14. Spokane, WASpring200714One-on-oneInterventionsno longerFEASIBLE

15. ✓create a mandate✓mobilize15

16. “Swim upstream to Olympia.”16

17. “Does anyone else care?”Chapter 217

18. ✓mobilizea citizens’ army, nearly 15,000 strong18

19. ✓create amandateThey did care, and here’s why …Achievement GapAccess to theInformation AgeEquityLibrary Programsas Basic Education21st Century SkillsI Libraries !WorkforceReadinessLiteracyGlobalPreparednessDemocracy19

20. ✓establishcredibilityCoalition VisionWashington Coalition for School Libraries and Information Technology (WCS-Lit)Full-time certified teacher-librarian in every schoolFully-funded library materials and technology resourcesThe Washington Coalition for School Libraries and Information Technology (WCSLit) envisions a future where every public school or small district in Washington state is served by a full-time, certified teacher-librarian who manages a fully-funded library and technology resource collection. The coalition looks to a future where students from across the state have the same access to technology, the same chance for literacy, and the same opportunity to receive a world-class education. It is our hope that Washington state standards for library and information technology education become the benchmark for library and information technology instruction across the nation. Equitable access to technology, literacy, and opportunityWA State LIT education standards become a benchmark20

21. ✓executewith style✓ build relationships✓engage21

25. Coalition Success49-0 Senate vote for emergency bridge funding25

26. What is effective advocacy?

27. Know your issue.Know the policy surrounding it.Understand the political terrain.Build relationships.Stay the course … for the long haul.WA State Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown

28. MAXIMSAdministratorsNOT THE ENEMYSchool boardsLegislatorsBuild relationships and be a resource.

29. MAXIMSDon’t show up only when things aren’t going well. Build relationships before there’s a crisis.Nurture them.

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40. The Mom’s Choice Awards® Magazine40

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42. The cuts continue …42

43. The cuts continue …43

44. Why did we still care?44

45. Information OverloadAccelerated Rate of Change45

46. Information MonarchyInformation DemocracyINFORMATION ANARCHY"I think we're all walking around in a big Saharan data sandstorm."A.J. Jacobs, author of The Know-It-All46

47. Chapter 3incongruity47

48. Technology Trends Data visualization

49. Cloud computing

50. Advanced analytics

51. Virtualization

52. Notebook/netbook adoption

53. Mobile applications

54. Open source software

55. Online social networking48

56. A sampling of tools that had come out over last three years ….

57. “College-ready” had changedMicrotechnologyInteractionVisualizationInfomaticsDataHuman-ComputerNanotechnologyGreen MajorsForensicServiceHealthSciencesScience50

58. “Career-ready” had changedEmerging Industriesvisual representation of complex data

59. human-computer interaction

60. loud computing

61. video gaming

62. forensic accounting

63. health information management

64. IT networking / systems management

65. data mining

66. digital mapping nanotechnologydigital forensicsstrategic intelligencegenomicsopticspharmacogenomicsrenewable energycleantechemerging mediaimage semanticstissue engineeringbiotechnology51

67. Did You Know 4.0Did You Know? 4.0: The Economist Media Convergence Remix (from Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod)52

68. What’s the problem?53

69. Is our education system preparing kids for the future and the information landscape they'll reside in?54

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71. ✓ remain relevant✓staminaWA State - Prioritization for Funding Phase-in100% in 2018December 200956

72. President Obama Proposes Eliminating Federal School Library FundsFebruary 201057

73. A Nation Without School LibrariansShondaBriscoDecisions made toeliminate positionsrequire 1 TL to run two or more school library programs

74. The opportunity of the century has arrived.59

75. President Obama Releases Education BlueprintMarch 201060

76. Learning to Change, Changing to Learn61

78. ?The world is changing.What would the school library look like if it were invented today? 63

79. Library + Laboratory = Libratory“A place to make stuff, do stuff, sharestuff, not just get stuff.”Joyce Valenza64

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81. Periodic Table of 21st Century ResourcesWebsite /Digital PortalGlobal learningCommunity SpaceGlobal citizenshipA Place of Their OwnResearch ToolsReadingCollaboration LabsorganizationaltoolsForeign languagelearningDigital contentproductionInformation SpaceCreationCommunicationTools (2.0)Financial literacyDATADigital citizenshipCompositionGames CornerAvatar StudioStorytellingAnalytics66

82. What’s happening now?67

83. “School library programs are not highly valued, they’re not seen as essential … they are dying on the vine.” Mike Eisenberg 68

84. What question should be asked?69

85. What do kids really need in order to flourish in the world they inhabit?70

86. What do you think kids need (that they’re not getting now)?71

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88. [shuh-ret] -nouna gathering of people for an intense period of brainstorming and design. Faced with a problem or a challenge, the participants pool their talents to produce plans to achieve a goal.The word “charrette” means cart or chariot in French, and was used to describe the cart that was wheeled through Paris to pick up the senior projects of students at the Ecole des Beau Arts. It came to mean “hectic work required to meet a deadline”. Solution-oriented

89. Collaborative

90. Involves a cross-section of community stakeholders

91. Evokes a sense of urgency73

92. The Boise Charrette Wikispace74

93. Our Design ToolsSURVEY75

94. Today’s Objectives:reformatEnsure equitable and innovative 21st century teaching and learning for all students. Transform community engagement in your district.Create a blueprint for launching a 21st century Library Information and Technology (LIT) program in your school and in your district.What else? 76

95. 6 Foundations✔WEBSITE

96. physical space

97. emerging technologiesportals

98. lookout

99. conduiT✔5 relationships✔✔✔✔77

100. The Unquiet Librarian’s Space78“Focus on things kids can’t get anywhere else in the school.”Buffy J. HamiltonThe Unquiet Librarian

101. 5 relationshipsparentsteachersadministratorslegislatorsstudents79

102. 5 partners workboard80

103. 6 foundationsWEBSITE

104. physical space

105. emerging technologies portals

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107. conduit✔✔✔✔✔✔81

108. Website - it’s your calling card

109. Website - it’s your calling cardJoyce Valenza's Virtual Library

110. Physical Space

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112. San Antonio Airport

113. Boise Airport

114. Emerging Technologies

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119. The people in charge of leading school organizations into the 21st century …often are theleast knowledgeableabout the 21st century.dangerouslyirrelevant.orgScott McLeod

120. The librarians who survive will be those who make themselves the social media experts of their school. Students and teachers now have endless options beyond the covers of a book to find the information that they need.Patrick Larkin, Principal Burlington High School, MA94

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124. HOW TO BEGIN policies

125. practices

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127. systems

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130. Exploring a Prototype Joyce Valenza's Virtual Library99

131. More to exploreWiki clearinghouse of effective practices100

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133. What is ….paramounteffectivenon-negotiable 102

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135. “Our mission is to ensure that students are effective users and producers of ideas and information.”Mike EisenbergUniversity of Washington

136. let’s get down to work105

137. 12 Elements of Effective PRacticeDesigning your space and program for 21st century teaching and Learning106

138. 6 Foundations ChecklistEmerging TechnologiesPhysical SpaceWebsite__ train Student IT Fellows__ virtual poll (what do they want)__ make it a destination__ create hashtag for favorite new technology or tool; solicit student submissionsstudents__ showcase student work __ hip, comfortable furniture__ solicit content feedback__ facilitate new clubs / meet-ups__ start a web design club__ cultivate hygge-coziness, tranquility__ become peer coach of technology__ Harkness tables for seminar-style teaching.__ launch ‘Teacherbook’teachers__ offer emerg. Tech. training__ parent tech. training night__ facilitate parents contributing to hygge__ create robust ‘Parents Tab’__ create tech. wish listparents__ survey parent needs__ ask PTA to fund Student IT Fellows’ travel to tech. conference; librarian as chaperone__ PTA-sponsored foreign language station w/ Rosetta Stone software __ launch Parents’ Wiki__ feature on district homepage__ invite to any ‘presenting’ of resources; facilitate their taking ownership and celebrating__ offer emerg. tech. trainingadmin.__ facilitate principal’s blog__ send out Horizon Report__ facilitate supdt’sblog__ get them started on Twitter__ send ‘Emerging Technology Tips’ to legislators and their LAs__ invite every fall during offsession__ create ‘Local Civics’ section__ invite to dedicate new equip., upgrades, etc.__ create ‘Ask your Legislator’ feature w/ librarian as intermediarylegislators__ offer to set them up on Twitter107

139. 6 Foundations ChecklistConnectivityLookoutPortal__ Horizon Report w/ trends and opportunities __ champion virtual portfolios__ facilitate global connectivity with Skype, FlatClassroom etc.students__ showcase student art__ spearhead assessing keyboarding mastery __ leverage flip cams__ annual student-designed LIT program theme __ spearhead 1:1 initiative w/ city, district and community__ offer to set up on Twitter to help grow their PLN__ create blogs, class wikis, & pathfinders for every teacher__ start in-service days with New Tools Roundup (preferably free ones)teachers__ showcase one project with every teacher over year__ create hashtag and deliver daily nuggets on what students/classes are doing; catalyst for dinnertime conversation__ Horizon Report w/ emerging tech. trends, top 10 sites for kids, summary of what kids are learning and producing that quarter __ send Holiday Horizon Report w/ gift recs., hottest trendsparents__ invite to be on Technology Leadership Team__ set up Google Reader for principal, Supdt., Sch. Board__ invite admin. to student shows__ ongoing: send resources for Strategic Plan updateadmin.__ invite admin. to legislator visits__ keep administration informed of 21st C. leadership opportunities__ invite school board to student shows__ form committee on social media policy__ be their reference go-to person__ create annual Legislators’ Report; frame as thanks; kid-centric showcasing student work and $$ investment.__ digital postcards from kids__ track their work and send notes of appreciationlegislators__ facilitate mid-session briefing for interested students__ host a session wrap-up108

140. 6 Foundations WorkboardEmerging TechnologiesPhysical SpaceWebsitestudentsteachersparentsadmin.legislators109

141. 6 Foundations WorkboardConnectivityLookoutPortalstudentsteachersparentsadmin.legislators110

142. Action Plan: Delivering What Students Needby June1 weekOctober ILA mtg.111

143. Risk Assessment:How Innovative is your LIT Program?112

144. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wRkzCW5qI