Inviting Connections: Inviting Connections: School and District School and District

CollaborationCollaboration

We as educators need to reconsider our roles in students’ lives, to think of ourselves as connectors first and content experts second. -Will Richardson

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“To be of service in building knowledge means to be part of a conversation.”

Atlas of New LibrarianshipR. David Lankes

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Where is your collab Where is your collab space?space?

• Wikis• Google Docs• Livebinder• Symbaloo• LibGuides• Blogs• Google Hangout• Skype• TodaysMeet

What is the untold story?What is the untold story?

Unlikely partnershipsUnlikely partnerships

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Identify formal/informal/unlikely partners.

Create opportunities. Be invitational.

Listen to teachers (and students).

Empathize.

Set ego aside.

Tell our collaboration stories.

Ask – “Can my teachers see themselves in the library story?”

Communicate w/ask your administrator.

To enhance collaboration:

Most importantly--

“Less us, more them.” (-Gary Stager)

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“Social compacts evolve. They often begin simply and grow more complex over time.... This is the moment to scour the old compact for original intent, best practices, and effective services and to mix these with opportunities, current realities, and visions of a new idea future to forge a new social compact.”

Atlas of New LibrarianshipR. David Lankes

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