The Illinois School Library Media Association webinar discusses how school libraries can enhance teaching and learning amidst changing educational landscapes. Key themes include rethinking libraries as dynamic learning environments, the importance of design in shaping educational spaces, and the integration of virtual learning commons. The session emphasizes the need for innovation in instructional design and the value of collaboration in knowledge building.

1. WELCOME to tonight’s…. Illinois School Library Media Association Webinar! Please introduce yourself. We will be starting at 7pm.

2. Illinois Webinar David Loertscher, Loertscher and Koechlin 2010 Question: In difficult times, how can the school library move to the center of teaching and learning?

3. What is the Difference Between? Recording Studios and iTunes Broadcast Television; Cable Television; Hulu Microsoft Encarta and Wikipedia Book Publishing and eBooks and eReaders Loertscher and Koechlin 2010

4. Evolutionary Themes

5. However, it’ s time to face reality!

6. Pew Trust/British Library Studies Google Generation Digital natives Social networkers Millennials Generation Next However:The myth of the Google Generation

7. Rethinking Everything for Model Building

8. Applied to School Libraries and Computer Labs

9. Curriculum 21:Essential education for a changing world “ Rather than being victimized by our program structures, we should be creating new types of learning environments for a new time and for various types of teaching and learning. Not to do so is a declaration not to learn.” , Page 79

10. A Vision for the 21 st Century

11. The Third Teacher 79 Ways You Can Use Design to Transform Teaching & Learning http://www.thethirdteacher.com/ 17. Form follows function It seems obvious but is often forgotten: Teaching and Learning should shape the building, not vice versa.

12. Vision with a Client-Centered Approach Physically Virtually

13. The Learning Commons

14. Physical Space of the Learning Commons: The Open Commons Is it a place of learning or a storage space? If it doesn ’t move, does it belong? Wireless? Parade of Exemplary Learning Experiences Places of learning, creativity, discovery, research experimentation, constructing, doing, exhibiting, performing

15. The Physical Experimental Learning Center All professional development; the center of school improvement Experimentation with instruction; technology Center of risk taking Action research

16. The Library Web Page vs. The Virtual Learning Commons A Giant Conversation

17. In Virtual Space: A Major Difference

18. Virtual Learning Commons Features Knowledge Building Centers built by everyone Virtual book clubs/discussions Communication Central -24/7/365 Virtual Year Book / Museum Information, help, services

19. Try a Knowledge Building Center Google Site / Google Apps for Education; Kohive; Moodle; etc.

20. Loertscher and Koechlin 2010

22. Knowledge Building Center Participants

23. Heart of the Learning Commons Great Knowledge Building Experiences High Level Instructional Design No More ‘Bird Units’! No More Just Support and Supply or Warehouse Documenting Growth: Students and Teachers Sustained School Improvement

24. Question & Answer

25. THANKS for coming to tonight’s…. Illinois School Library Media Association Webinar! We’re glad you joined us!