ONLINE COURSE - School Library and Classroom Collaborations
EDUC 796 740F begins January 24, 2005
2 credits
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/collaborate/
This course is for the Library Media Specialist who is
trying to strengthen or initiate collaboration activities
between the Media Center and the classroom. The course will
examine ways to make collaboration a success whether in a
fixed or flexible schedule environment and explore ways to
work effectively with administrators to create more adaptive
schedules. Finally, course activities will demonstrate the
use of collaboration tools to fit every school environment
from early primary to high school.
Participant Outcomes:
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/collaborate/#objectives
RESOURCES:
Ohio Study
The largest study of student use of school libraries (13,000
students participating). 99.4% of respondents indicated that
library and librarians helped students with their learning.
http://www.oelma.org/StudentLearning/documents/OELMAResearchStudy2page.pdf
Strong Libraries Improve Student Achievement
This article could help influence your administrator to
modify your schedule to allow more time for collaboration.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin178.shtml
Classroom and Library Collaboration
A self-test based on Loertscher's Taxonomy of School Library
Collaboration to find out where you are and where you might
want to go in your collaborative efforts with teachers.
http://www.forks.wednet.edu/high/Library/Collaboration%20forms/Collaborationpg1.HTM
Strategies for Developing Teacher Contacts or How to Pester
Your Teachers
Deb Logan provides advice on how to get teachers involved in
library collaboration.
http://www.deblogan.com/pester.html
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Josephine G. Dervan, Library Media Specialist
Strathmore Elementary School, Aberdeen, NJ
home:rderva@infionline.net
school:jdervan@marsd.k12.nj.us
He who has a garden and a library, wants for nothing- Cicero
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