Collaborating with an LMS

Saying that an LMS's job is checking out books and reading to kids is like saying that the job of a teacher is assigning homework and correcting spelling tests.  It's true, but it's not the WHOLE truth.

 

Introductions

--What does a school librarian do all day?

 

     (After checking out books and stamping date due cards, that is...)

--What is collaborating? (and why bother?)

 

Library resources in content areas:

--Literacy, math, and science connections:  HoppyReaders, The View from Space, Dino Research   

 

Diverse learners:

 --various reading levels in all topics

--audiobooks, video; hands-on; toy collection. 

 --Using technology to assist diverse learners 

--using audio to help learners:  SpaceAcrostics

--using media to help learners excel: Icy Branches

--Multicultural awareness:  World Festivals Podcast

 

Community resources

--Technology to involve the family:  wikis, blogs, podcasts.

--Reading Incentives: involve parents in reading to children. PARP

--Local: BOCES SLS, Media Library and Interlibrary Loan, your PTA / PTSA

--State:

    WXXI Streaming Video

    NOVEL databases: Monroe County, Pioneer

    NYS Curriculum Resources

--Global

    Livonia Primary Teacher Portal: Click on "Teacher Portal"  Links to teacher-recommended sites, technology resources, etc.

     DigitalEdge

     Thinkfinity

 

Look Around!

 

Resources

 

Catch Them (Preservice Teachers) While You Can! / Audrey Church.  Teacher Librarian, June 2006.

Collaboration: Where Does it Begin? / Ruth Small.  Teacher Librarian, Volume 29, Number 5, June 2002.

Interventions / Judi Moreillon, Storytrail.com

 

Sound Off: The Possibilities of Podcasting / Anne-Marie Gordon. Booklinks, September 2007.  Vol.17, No. 1

Teachers and Librarians: Collaborative Relationships / Russel Shayne. ED444605 2000-08-00 Teachers and Librarians: Collaborative Relationships. ERIC Digest, 2000

Testimonials from student Teaching / Judi Moreillon, Storytrail.com

When Does Collaboration Start? by Gail Dickinson.  School Library Media Activities Monthly/Volume XXIII, Number 2/October 2006

Wiki as a Tool for Web-based Collaborative StoryTelling in Primary School: A Case Study. / A. Désilets and S. Paquet.   National Research Council, Canada. 2005.