Sunday, November 2, 2008

Are We Ready for the 21st Century?

Barnett shows correlations between the new AASL National Standards and the MSLA Information Literacy Skills Standards. In addition to what's already been said, Barnett emphasizes the role of the library teacher as setting up opportunities to practice the necessary skills, and helping students to determine how to be persistent when researching. We must provide the situation where they have to figure out the essential strategies. Library teachers (LT) design experiences where kids can experience learning. Furthermore, she encourages LTs to become part of the grading process. Take on the responsibility of requiring web evaluation sheets. Help the classroom teacher by assessing that part of the project. We must create a niche for ourselves by demonstrating how we can help classroom teachers.

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