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The document outlines an information literacy instructional plan that integrates standards and promotes collaboration between teacher-librarians and educators to enhance student learning. Key benefits include increased student self-confidence, critical evaluation of information sources, and improved engagement through the use of technology. It details specific skills and assessments for K-6 students, emphasizing inquiry, knowledge application, collaboration, and ethical participation in a democratic society.
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- 1. Using Standards asa Framework for an Information Literacy Instructional Plan for Student Learning Prepared by Renee Gimelli
- 2. Teacher-Librarian Collaboration Ensuresthat information literacy skills will be learned within a meaningful context Involves evaluation and assessment of the process at each step Increases the authenticity of assignments Teaches information literacy within subjects rather than in isolation
- 3. Benefits to Students Information Power - self-confidence increases as students become successful searchers Information Access - students learn the value of online databases as key sources of information in addition to general search engines Information Use - students become more critical in evaluating web sites and information sources
- 4. Library Media Programs Needs Assessment Users (K-6 students) Community Goals Student engagement in learning increases with technology Teachers engage technology in the teaching and learning cycle The Community is connected with learning AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society Pursue personal and aesthetic growth
- 5. Standards – Assessment K-2 Curriculum Specific ELOs Turn computer on/off, click/drag icons and files, open/close files and programs, insert and eject CD, introductory keyboarding skills Grade 3-5 Curriculum Specific ELOs Save, move, and copy files, all keyboard keys, file hierarchy, searching, word processing, spell-checking, cut-and-paste procedures Locate pictures, sound and animation for project creation Communicate using email and web search using subject specific sites Grade 6 Grade Specific ELOs Use of presentation software, style elements, thesaurus, photo and movie applications Searching and project sharing, turning assignments in using teacher’s drop box
- 6. Observable Skills Standard1 – Develop a question Find multiple sources to answer question Evaluate sources by reading to gather meaning Adapt inquiry when necessary Seek help when necessary and use feedback as guide Standard 2 – Analyze and organize knowledge Draw conclusions and apply knowledge Collaborate with others to exchange ideas Create a product using new knowledge
- 7. Observable Skills Standard3 – Share new knowledge using writing and speaking skills Use technology to organize and display new knowledge Connect learning to social and community issues Seek diverse perspectives while searching for information Respect others’ viewpoints in group discussions Standard 4 – Read and research for personal pleasure and growth Use social networks and information tools to gather and share information Recognize the purpose of resources and information Change opinions when evidence supports a change
Editor's Notes
- #2 Using the AASL Standards and adapting them top fit the particular institutional goals for Rio del Mar Elementary School, I have devised a set of standards specific to the users of the school library. As Grassian states, “Standards are the criteria for successful performance of the ELOs” (p.118).
- #3 Taken from writings by David Loertscher and Blanch Woolls advocating library media programs that combine accountability and assessment in order to create programs with the learner at the center. Standards are required to articulate what the student is expected to learn. Grassian also advocates standards as a way to provide a “framework for determining whether or not a person is information literate” (p. 121).
- #4 Loertscher & Woolls (2003) claim that dramatic results were seen when collaboration between librarians and teachers created a library environment where students were more “confident and successful”, and “more interested and motivated” (p.7).
- #5 Community goals were taken from the Rio del Mar Elementary Technology Planning Framework for school years 07-10. District goals were the result of a vision statement that states: “Technology transforms learning in schools when it fundamentally changes the way the school community collaborates in the education of the individual student. We must ensure technology becomes a transparent and integral part of a rich and flexible learning environment that prepares students for college, career, and citizenship.”This vision statement supports the AASL Standards that were developed for 21st century learners, particularly Standard 3 which promotes information literacy as a way for students to participate ethically and productively as members or our democratic society.AASL Standards were taken from http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards.
- #6 These specific standards are outlined as goals for students at Rio del Mar Elementary School are were accessed from the Technology Planning Framework document mentioned previously and available at the school web site http://www.riodelmar.pvusd.net.
- #7 AASL Standards have skill sets attached that are used to assess achievement of standards. These skill sets articulate specific overt and covert behaviors that a student needs to display in order to satisfy the standard.
- #8 References:Grassian, E., & Kaplowitz, J. (2009). Information literacy instruction: Theory and practice (2nd Ed.). New York, NY: Neal-Schuman.Gross, J., & Kientz, S. (1999, October). Developing information literacy: Collaborating for authentic learning. Teacher Librarian, 27 (1), 21-25. Accessed October 25, 2009 from http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org.hww/Loertscher, D., & Woolls, B. (2003, June). You need the library to meet standards. School Library Journal, 49 (6), 6-7.