HIT: Help with Curriculum

[Janet Pfadt <JPfadt1144@CS.COM>]

Thanks to everyone who responded!  All of your information was a tremendous
help that made our task as Media Specialists so much easier!

Janet Pfadt, Media Specialist
Fox Hill Elementary School
802 Fox Hill Drive
Indianapolis, IN  46228
jpfadt1144@cs.com


"If you can grab their heart you can capture their minds!" Is one
thing I speak to when dealing with new teacher and principals. Look at
Character Counts and Resiliency in Action concepts.. also 6 Traits of
the Effective Writer.. these programs deal with using picture
storybooks to implement curriculum in education... what a perfect way
to increase the Library / Curriculum relationship!


Will you be using the new standards (formerly proficiency guides) from the
state?  It is online.  Only math and English are done so far.  Book Report
has an Execute Summary of Information Power: Building Partnerships for
Learning in Nov./Dec. 99.  Classroom Connect has an article called Media
Specialists: Leading the Way to Information Literacy in March 99.   SLJ has
an article called A Curriculum Built Not to Last in April 99. There is also a
technology curriculum in a recent issue of one of these.  I'll have to hunt
for it a bit.

http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed392463.html

http://putwest.boces.org/Standards.html#Section3

http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/standards/index.html

From the Boces standards, I picked the WI standards where you will find
both library media and technology (in the second grouping) in addition
to language arts.
Gordon Walter, k12, Ackley, Ia.

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/ch110_128a.html
Janet-

These are the state standards for language arts for Texas.  Embedded in them
are information processing standards...

Marybeth Green
Walzem Elementary
San Antonio, TX

Take a look at the Core Curriculum for Utah at this address - maybe you can
find something useful there...

http://www.uen.org/cgi-bin/websql/utahlink/CoreHome.hts

Try the "Information Technology" and "Library Media" cores - the Library
Media is based on the 'Big Six'.

Let me know if I can be of any help.

Paula Z


Paula Zsiray
UELMA President-Elect
UtahLink Library Media Mailing List Facilitator

Library Media Teacher, Mountain Crest High School
Hyrum, UT

pzsiray@mtwest.net



My suggestion is look for examples that are already out there.  Our district
has all of their info available on line at www.guilford.k12.nc.us  go into
the curriculum links.  From there k-5 and eventually you will get to the k-5
curriculum by grade and subject.
There are Language arts and information skills and technology.  You may find
others as well.

You can use those those as your base then combine them within a structured
format planning units that encompass the skills you want to cover.

Good luck, it is a tough job.  I did a similar project for a class and it was
a lot of work. I organized mine in a chart in word and used a lot of copying
and pasting to put the various objectives in each unit. It  saved a lot of
time because many will repeat throughout the process.

Good Luck!

Marina Carlton
EGHS 415 Peeden Drive
Gibsonville, NC  27249
carltom@guilford.k12.nc.us



Hello Janet,
    I have several suggestions of Web sites that might help you.  First, I
really like the way the IL English/LA standards are set up with a Research
strand.  That might give you some ideas.  The URL is
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/english/lenglish.html.  Pam Kramer from the
IL association was on the committee that wrote these and I can put you in
touch with her if you are interested.
    North Carolina has created an information skills curriculum which is
located at http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/    It opens on their home page but if
you select Curriculum and page down you can find the information literacy
curriculum.  This is a separate curriculum approach rather than integrated
but I think it would give you some good ideas.
    As far as a school example, I really like what Debbie Abilock has done in
the Nueva Schools.  That URL is
http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/research/il/infolit1.html

Marjorie

Marjorie L. Pappas
Visiting Professor,
University of Northern Iowa
P. O. Box 1548
Danville, KY 40423
606-236-2332
mpappas@mis.net
mlpappas38@aol.com
>>> The address is correct. I teach on the Web :-) <<<

EBSCO's access to information literacy sites.
 http://www.epnet.com/lrc_ft/schools.html
 http://www.epnet.com/lrc_ft/infolit.html



 The big six  http://www.big6.com/   tells what is required for
 information literacy. The Big Six literacy skills are 1. Task Definition,
2.
 Information Seeking Strategies, 3.Location and Access, 4. Use of
 Information, 5. Synthesis, and 6. Evaluation.

http://www.fiu.edu/~library/ili/ilicurr.html

Evelyn Stahl

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