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Why?21st Century Teachers21st Century Students21st Century Skills

A Learning Commons is a full-service learning, research, and project space

that encourages patrons to EXPLORE, EVALUATE, CREATE, & SHARE.

From Library to LEARNING COMMONS

FROM LIBRARY TO LEARNING COMMONS HOW?

Staff Space Tools

A Learning Commons supports a VARIETY OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES

…THEN ALONG CAME COMMON COREEveryone freaked out!

But not media specialists!

COMMON CORE IS WHAT WE DO!

Crosswalk of the Common Core

INFORMATION LITERACY, READING & CRITICAL THINKING are at the CORE of the CCS.

Media Specialists are trained to teach these skills.

We are text and inquiry experts!

Media Specialists are the SECRET WEAPON!

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• New levels of literacy are required

• Important to amass a collection of challenging texts

• Add well-crafted texts of varying views and perspectives

BOOK STUDY FOR GWINNETT MEDIA SPECIALISTS

• Students need access to “lots of high interest , accessible books”

• Build text sets that offer multiple perspectives on one topic

BOOK STUDY FOR GWINNETT MEDIA SPECIALISTS

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IMPACT ON COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

• Rethink & reflect• BITs • Curriculum ~ Instructional

Calendar

IMPACT ON COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

• Print collection (books & periodicals)

• # of volumes - no longer per pupil requirement

• fiction• nonfiction vs. informational text• Databa$e$

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SUPPORTING INSTRUCTION5 Shifts in Instruction

• Lead High-Level, Text-Based Discussions• Focus on Process, Not Just Content• Create Assignments for Real Audiences & Purpose • Teach Argument, Not Persuasion• Increase Text Complexity

In order to determine a pathway for implementing the Common Core, it helps to know the standards inside and out, but it is even more important to know the resources you can draw upon.”

Pathways to the Common Core

SHIFT 1HIGH-LEVEL, TEXT BASED DISCUSSIONCareful understanding of the text

Questions and responses grounded in evidence

Attention to specific details

Speaking and listening skills

WORLD WAR II : HOMEFRONT

High Level, Text Based Discussion

SHIFT 2FOCUS ON PROCESS, NOT JUST CONTENT• Student discovery Gathering info = learning• Get students familiar with research

process Short, focused projects

Variety of resources & media• Final product is not always the focus Intermediate grading

PROCESS

SHORT & FOCUSED RESEARCH

10th gradeFlood Myths

SHIFT 3CREATE ASSIGNMENTS FOR REAL AUDIENCES

Prepare students for college and career readiness

Authentic experiences

Death to the Poster Board

Contemporary Issues

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Grading checkpoints for• Storyboard

facts• Script for audio• Works cited

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Intended audience toolbox

INFOGRAPHICS

SHIFT 4TEACH ARGUMENT NOT PERSUASION

ArgumentLogic and reasonThesis/claim, evidence, counterargument

PersuasionEmotion, values and beliefsBandwagoning, plain-folks appeal, glittering generalities

“…the standards put particular emphasis on students’ ability to write sound arguments on substantive topics and issues, as this ability is critical to college and career readiness.”-Common Core State Standards, Appendix A

ARGUMENT WRITINGLocate relevant information

Multiple print and digital sourcesEvaluate credibility and accuracy of

sources

SHIFT 5INCREASE TEXT COMPLEXITYCurrent text levels significantly below

Don’t rely solely on Lexiles or other formulas

Balance in material

Text sets multiple sources of information

LITERATURE IN CONTEXT SERIESChose book series which includes study questions and project ideas for bringing the past and present into focus as it relates to the novel.

Text sets !

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRDIssues of race, heroism, stereotypes

• Scottsboro Trial documents and testimony

• News stories from 1950s Alabama

• Child rearing• superstition• censorship• literacy

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MEDIA BY THE NUMBERS

• 150+ students/day before school • 1,629 students/week extended lunch• 18,837 student passes• 657 classes direct instruction• 46 SAT review sessions per year• 737 website hits per week

MAKING THE CONNECTION

Space is important !

Staff is key !

Shifts happen !

When the going gets tough, the tough call on a media

specialist.

QUESTIONS & COMMENTS QUESTIONS & COMMENTS

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Core: Accelerating Achievement. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2012. Print. Common Core State Standards Initiative: Preparing America's Students for College &

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