Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Learning Environment
-Linking for Learning: The Illinois School Library Media
Program Guidelines
#1 LMC provides physical and virtual space - access to resources for all
learners.
#2 LMC provides physical and virtual resources selected for their merits of
enhancing the learning environment.
#4 LMC respects professional ethics, intellectual freedom and responsible
use of information.
#5 School librarians participate as members of schools instructional staff,
collaborating with classroom teachers to improve student learning.
Learning Environment
-Physical space of the library (guideline #1)
-Academic resources (guidelines #2, #4)
-Technological initiatives/support (guidelines #1, #2, #5)
1:1 Chromebooks
-Programming (guidelines #1, #2, #4, #5)
Teen Read Week
The Breakfast Club
Teen Tech Week
Library
Design
-Two Levels
-Variety of
amenities in the
library
-Arrangement of
seating
-Learning
atmosphere.
First
Floor
-Nonfiction Collection
-Fiction Collection
-Circulation Space
-Seating includes:
-Couches
-Chairs
-Tables
-Study Carrols
Second
Floor
-Chromebook support
group office
-Desktop
computers/laptops
-Bookstore
-More tables plus
hightop tables and
chairs with cell phone
connectors
-Two study rooms
Academic Resources
-The LMC provides research instruction: including research
skills development, web searching, and finding legitimate
web sources.
-Librarian also acts as a resource to help students cite
their work correctly and help them with bibliographies.
-Librarian also acts as a paper proofreader to check
grammar and proper writing structure.
-Librarian also hosts booktalks for reading workshop
assignments from English classes.
Robotics
During the year we acquired three
Exofabulatronixx 5200 Kits
We made these kits available to students in the
makers space.
To introduce the kits we had several advertised
sessions about teaching our students to build
robots.
These sessions lasted 30 minutes and were
offered during lunch hours and after school.
How it works
The Bluetooth
side connects
with the
students phone.
Website building
After school tutorials were offered to help
student learn to build websites.
Students were shown the ease of content
management sites.
Students were also shown that capabilities of
coding with a markup language (ex., HTML, Java,
CSS).
Links to the finished websites were added to the
library website as long as students keep them
updated weekly and comply with school content
rules.
LMC Provides...
- Flexible and equitable access to resources for all learners
- Prudent allocation of resources based on strategic planning
and research
- A space that is inviting and student-centered
- Programming that fits student schedules, including before
and after school
- Collaboration with teachers and administrators
- Learning that goes well beyond the library walls
Resources
Illinois School Library Media Association. (2010). Linking for Learning. 3rd
edition. Canton, IL: ISLMA.
1:1 Technology
One-to-One-Learning. (2015, March 7). Retrieved March 7, 2015, from
http://www.csd99.org/one-to-one-learning/
Leading Edge Learning. (2015, March 7). Retrieved March 7, 2015,
from http://www.lakeforestschools.org/lfhs/aboutlfhs/leading_edge_learning/index.aspx
Teen Read Week
http://www.lakeforestschools.org/lfhs/resources/library/index.aspx
Teen Tech Week
Nix, L. (2015, March 8). 2015 TEEN TECH WEEK GRANT WINNER LANA NIX. Retrieved March 8, 2015, from
http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/2015/03/08/2015-teen-tech-week-grantwinner-lana-nix/#more-28975
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