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Student Lesson Plans

Shirley Biladeau — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:56:21 -0600

Student lesson plans submitted by the participants of the March 2009, 21st Century Conference. Using Big6 format participants worked in school teams to create the following lesson plans. Click here to return to After the InService.

6th Grade Science

6th Grade Science 1 (4 lessons) - Allen / Stewart – North Fremont Middle/High School
6th Grade Science 2 (5 lessons) - Battazoo - Sawtooth Middle School

7th Grade Science

Copyright (3 lessons) - Speas – Jefferson Middle School
7th Grade Science 1 (4 lessons) - Humphries / Johnson – Jerome Middle School
7th Grade Science 2 (2 lessons) - Maimer – Vallivue Middle School
7th Grade Science 3 (4 lessons) - Phillips – St. Clair Jr. High
7th Grade Science 4 (2 lessons) - Remington – Middleton Middle School
7th Grade Science 5 (4 lessons) - Yasen – Kellogg Middle School

8th Grade Science

8th Grade Science 1 (4 lessons) - Peterson – Franklin Middle School
8th Grade Science 2 (4 lessons) - Rasmussen – Century High School

8-9th Grade Science

8-9th Grade Science 1 (4 lessons) - Bair/Clayton– Snake River High School
8-9th Grade Science 2 (4 lessons) - Fenske – Department of Education
8-9th Grade Science 3 (3 Lessons) - Ferro – Syringa Middle School
8-9th Grade Science 4 (4 lessons) - Hahs/Phelps – Rocky Mountain High School

9th Grade Science

9th Grade Science 1 (3 lessons) - Cox/Perry/Glass – Meridian High School
9th Grade Science (4 lessons) - Kauer/Baldwin/Alm – Bonneville High School

9-10th Grade Science

9-10th Grade Science (3 lessons) - Blount/Cyr/Thornton – Moscow High School

10th Grade Science

10th Grade Science (3 lessons) - Richards/Richards – Filer High School

11th-12th Grade Science

11th-12th Grade Science (4 lessons) - Sligar – Centennial High School

High School Science

High School Science 1: Physical Science, Geology, Biology - Cobble/Love – Wendell High School
High School Science 2: Chemistry (2 lessons), Physical Science (2 lessons)- Maniere/Phillips – Wood River High School
High School Science 3: Biology, Earth Science, Minerals (3) - McFarlene – Vallivue High School

School Library Partnerships

Shirley Biladeau — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:03:38 -0600

School Library Partnerships: Building strong libraries, building powerful students

is a collaborative effort which includes the Idaho Commission for Libraries, Idaho Parent-Teacher Association, Idaho school libraries, BSU Albertsons Library and the Department of Education. The focus of this venture is to bring together parents, educators, and administrators to advocate for and understand the value of school librarians, paraprofessionals, and materials. Partnerships, 21st Century learning tools, and fun are part of the mix too.

One 21st Century learning tool you already have is LiLI-D (Libraries Linking Idaho Databases), find marketing materials here.

Events

1. Partnerships & Conversations: November & December

Join us at a school library near you to talk about why your library is essential to student success. Find out how to identify partnerships to enhance your library’s resources and explore 21st century learning tools. Best of all, the two-hour sessions are designed to allow you enough time to join the session even if you are a little late. They will end on time.

Extra credit (a Flip video camera for your library) is yours if you bring a parent and an administrator (or designee) with you. Plus there will be give-aways and treats!

Librarians Register Today!

If you are going for extra credit (bringing along a parent and administrator/designee), be sure and have their name and email address (if available) when you register.

FlipCam Materials

Flip video camera award requirements & contract
Example partnership interview
Video Examples: TeacherTube and Edublogs
FlipShare Guide
Upload guide:Edublogs.tv and TeacherTube.com
Talent Release (Media Waiver for students appearing on camera)
More Examples for Media Waivers
Tips for using your Flipcam!
Uploading your FlipCam Video -- PowerPoint
15 ways to use FlipCams:PowerPoint with video examples
- Be sure an click the "Slide Show" icon (lower right of your screen)to activate the clips.
- The file is big (almost 90 megabytes), so it will be a very long download for a dialup user
- The file format requires Internet Explorer

Other Resources

21st Century Librarian Tools
WebJunction Professional Development Tools
American Association of School Librarians Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
WebJunction Idaho
Information, Communication & Technology Standards -- Idaho Library Association
Photography Permissions -- a blog post by David Lee King
Impact of a 21st Century School Library Media Specialist - School Library Journal
Web Tools

2. Expanding the Conversation with the Washington Moms

Three regional one-day conferences will be held throughout the state during late January and early February, 2010 to expand the focus of building partnerships, building powerful students! This event will bring together school librarians, administrators and parents to further explore building partnerships as well as focus on 21st Century Learning Skills. The Washington Coalition for School Libraries & Information Technology (aka the Washington Moms) who led a grass-roots campaign in Washington State to increase the awareness of the importance of libraries on student academic success will be guest presenters.

3. Building Partnerships

In April of 2010 at the statewide meeting of the Idaho PTA, the building of partnerships will culminate.

Sustainability

In October 2010, the Washington Moms will present a pre-conference at the annual Idaho Library Association to further expand the awareness and potential of partnership building.

Tweens & Teens

Anne Abrams — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:39:13 -0600

The Idaho Commission for Libraries is all about delivering services to diverse populations--including tweens and teens.

Teen Read Week October 18 to 24, 2009

The results are in! See these amazing Teen Read Week videos!

New Technologies and New Literacies for Teens-2010

The Commission offers you a chance to learn more about how teens use technology for yourself. Watch for the call for applications for this free session. The workshop uses a blended learning model with two face-to-face meetings and several virtual meetings.

Web 2.0

Get a head start on those five-year olds!

The Scoop

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Web Tools

staci.shaw — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:14:47 -0600

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Web-based Tools (Webjunction)

A guide to core web tools:

Blogs and microblogs, such as Blogger, Twitter and more...
Social bookmarks and tags, such as Delicious, Squidoo, and more...
Multimedia sharing (including audio, photo and video), such as Flickr, Pandora, Slideshare, Audacity and others...
Collaboration, projects and productivity, such as Survey Monkey, Writeboard and more...
Gaming, such as eGames generator
Instant messaging and communication, such as Skype, Meebo and others...
Library and book sharing tools, LibraryThing, Library Elf and many more...
Mashups and widgets
RSS feeds and aggregators
Search engines
And much, much more!

Web 2.0 and Beyond (Webjunction)

This is a technology community of practice center for Idaho librarians. Site includes best practices and technology tips. Web 2.0 tools such as Memjog, Wakerupper, Doodle, Zam Zar, Slideshare and more...

Professional Development Credit

Shirley Biladeau — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:02:05 -0700

Library Media Specialist Endorsement

Continuing Education activities provided by the Idaho Commission for Libraries (as of January 1, 2009) MAY be eligible for use as professional development credit by certificated Library Media Specialists. As per teacher certification renewal guidelines from Idaho State Department of Education, three of the 6 required credits must be taken for university or college credit. However, in-service hours may be used as a substitute for up to three of the six semester credit hours required for certificate renewal. Fifteen (15) contact hours are equivalent to one in-service hour.

The following ICFL continuing education activities have been approved by the State Department of Education Certification office as Professional Development in-service:

SPLAT 101
YALSA Teens & Technology
LiLI Database Trainings
LiLI-Unlimited Trainings
Read To Me Spring Workshop
WebJunction Idaho Courses
ICFL Alternative Basic Library Education and Supplemental Alternative Basic Library Education

How will I know if the ICFL continuing education workshops/courses I take qualify?

Discuss with your school district superintendent or professional development chairperson the courses you wish to take. Provide information about the course, including content, value to your work as a library media specialist, number of contact or clock hours and course provider.

If approved by your district, complete Form B7, secure signature of District Superintendent or Professional Development Chairperson, and keep document with other records and transcripts to validate the hours counting toward your 6 professional development credits.

Resources:
Renewal of Idaho Certificate/Credential – http://www.sde.idaho.gov/site/teacher_certification/renewal_cert_cred.ht...

Form B7
http://www.sde.idaho.gov/site/teacher_certification/#forms

Questions??? Contact Shirley Biladeau, Continuing Education Consultant, Idaho Commission for Libraries at shirley.biladeau@libraries.idaho.gov

Did You Know (Shift Happens) -- 8 minute video

Anne Abrams — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:46:45 -0700

Provocative commentary on the challenges students face in the 21st Century. Produced by Karl Fisch, Director of Technology for Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado.

YouTube video

School Library Statistics

Anne Abrams — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:09:55 -0600

SCHOOL LIBRARY/MEDIA CENTERS PILOT STUDY -- DRAFT TABLES
The following PDF and Excel files contain preliminary results of the Idaho School Libraries/Media Centers Survey conducted in the 2007-2008 school year. About 120 school libraries/media centers are represented out of an estimated total of 735. These results are in no way intended to be conclusive or otherwise representative of the entire universe of Idaho school libraries. This is so, mainly because the "sample" is neither random nor sufficiently large for it to be statistically significant. Nevertheless, the data will be used in conjunction with the forthcoming impact study recently conducted by RSL Research Group. These data will also prove useful in designing and implementing an annual statistical survey for school libraries, one similar to those which have been conducted for public and academic libraries for many decades now.

For now, consider these tables as a first draft. Expect corrections, changes in formats, additions, and graphical enhancements as the semester progresses.

For more information, comments, suggestions, or to report errors--obvious or not--please contact:
Frank Nelson or Debby Wylie or call them at 800-548-6212

In-Service: After the Event

Anne Abrams — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:11:45 -0600

Critical Learning Skills in the 21st Century: Collaborating for Student Success

The March 2009 three-day in-service brought together teacher-librarians, science teachers, and their VIPs to focus on expanding services for student learning and access to information and education resources through school library media centers. The free event was made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Idaho Commission for Libraries.

Outcomes
Participants left ready to use the Big6 model in developing lesson plans that incorporate the LiLI Databases.

Student Lesson Plans

In addition, some teacher librarians have developed curriculum designed to bring their teachers up to speed.

Research Skills: The Fourth "R" (Meridian High School Library)

In-Service Program Handouts

Sunday, March 8 Agenda: 3 pm to 9 pm

Melinda Hamilton, Director of Education Programs INL Education Programs
contact Melinda at melinda.hamilton@inl.gov
Julie Walker, Partnership for the 21st Century Skills, presentation

Monday, March 9 Agenda: 8 am to 4:30 pm

Skills Needed For College Success -- Academic Panel Bibliography
Panel Slides

Tuesday, March 10 Agenda: 9 am to 3 pm

Big6 Lesson Plan

For more information contact:
Anne Abrams
Shirley Biladeau

The Scoop

Stephanie Bailey-White — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:41:32 -0600

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New and updated content tagged "School Libraries"

Student Lesson Plans

School Library Partnerships

School Library Partnerships: Building strong libraries, building powerful students

Events

1. Partnerships & Conversations: November & December

Librarians Register Today!

FlipCam Materials

Other Resources

2. Expanding the Conversation with the Washington Moms

3. Building Partnerships

Sustainability

Tweens & Teens

Teen Read Week October 18 to 24, 2009

New Technologies and New Literacies for Teens-2010

Web 2.0

The Scoop

Web Tools

Web-based Tools (Webjunction)

Web 2.0 and Beyond (Webjunction)

Professional Development Credit

Did You Know (Shift Happens) -- 8 minute video

School Library Statistics

In-Service: After the Event

Critical Learning Skills in the 21st Century: Collaborating for Student Success

The Scoop

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