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Awesome!! Thanks from all of us in the Library world. Danville Fourie James Monroe High School 2300 Washington Avenue Fredericksburg, VA 22401 dfourie@cityschools.com -----Original Message----- From: School Library Media & Network Communications [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Nancy Willard Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 11:27 AM To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: Saving teacher librarians I happen to know the Assistant Secretary of Education for Educational Technology. I just sent her this message: Hi Karen, Something really bad is happening in every state that is going to put us years behind in achieving the objectives of 21st century learning. Given the funding problems, the staff positions that are being cut in many locations are the teacher librarians. These professionals are the only ones currently in schools who received the training necessary to engage in effective digital literacy - assessment of information credibility. All of the other teachers were training in the era when the textbook publishers ensured the credibility of the information - and they simply needed to teach from the text book. The ONLY way that we are going to be able to make a shift to the kinds of education necessary to support our children and teens in engaging in the instructional activities they need to prepare themselves for their future is to shift the role of teacher librarian from checking out books to that of an information literacy specialist whose role it is to work with teachers and students to gain 21st century literacy skills. And that is not going to happen if all of the teacher librarians are fired! What can be done rapidly to address this deteriorating situation? There is a need for a "jobs bill" to save these vitally important positions. Nancy -- Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D. Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use http://csriu.org nwillard@csriu.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/ * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------