DUE SEPT.10- AASL Standards Reflection

The AASL’s Standards have afforded teacher librarians the opportunity to “develop new visions for learning” (AASL 2009). How do you see your role as a teacher librarian changing? What skills and attributes must we, teacher librarians, possess to achieve this new vision? Refer to AASL standards in your reflection. Posting should be 2 well-developed paragraphs. Rubric posted to blackboard.

Due September 17th- Cut and Paste Reflection chapters 8, 9, 22

Read Chapters 8,9,22 in Beyond Cut and Paste. Jamie McKenzie suggests that there are twelve or more categories of information with each one involving a literacy. Write one paragraph describing the literacies and one paragraph discussing the role these literacies play for 21st century learners. Posting should be 2 well-developed paragraphs. Rubric posted to blackboard.

Due October 22- Beyond Cut and Paste Reflection Chapters 1-7; 10-21; 23-24)

As educators we are committed to aligning our lessons to AASL standards and confronting the cut-and- paste, lazy-thinking mentality that has overtaken our school children. Media Specialists must be leaders in creating lessons and activities that are challenging and worthwhile so we raise a generation of thinkers that ask remarkable questions and make up their own minds. Using ideas from Jamie McKenzie’s book, Beyond Cut and Paste, what 5 changes do you plan on implementing in your teaching? Why? Additionally, how has this book changed your definition of information literacy? Posting should be 2 well-developed paragraphs. Rubric posted to blackboard.