The document discusses the need for school libraries to shift from a focus on information management and literacy to knowledge construction and understanding. It argues that the key role of school libraries in the 21st century is to make a real difference in student learning by meaning making and constructing knowledge through empowerment, connectivity, engagement and interactivity. The outcome should be evidence of how the library contributes significantly to developing human understanding.

1. Why a Wiki?

2. In order for school libraries to play a key role in the information age school, I believe there needs to be a fundamental shift from thinking about the movement and management of information resources through structures and networks, and from information skills and information literacy to a key focus on knowledge construction and human understanding, implemented through a constructivist, inquiry-based framework.” (Todd “Transitions”) Photo Credit: Sean McGrath

3. Information is the heartbeat of meaningful learning in schools. But it is not the hallmark of the 21st century school. The hallmark of a school library in the 21st century is not its collections, its systems, its technology, its staffing, its buildings, BUT its actions and evidences that show that it makes a real difference to student learning, that it contributes in tangible and significant ways to the develop of human understanding, meaning making and constructing knowledge. The school library is about empowerment, connectivity, engagement, interactivity, and its outcome is knowledge construction. (Todd “Transitions”)

4. Creating Content Work Together Let your ideas Flow Bloom Each page is an original creation

5. Meaning Making and Knowledge Construction

6. Choosing Your Teams

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