[LM_NET] Fwd: Re: [LM_NET] DOE: Tech Plan

[Sara Kelly Johns <sarakellyjohns@YAHOO.COM>]

Hi, Paula--I know that answer about AASL.

Director Julie Walkler, at their request, set up focus
groups of librarians who gave a lot of input (we WERE
invited to the "table"). Then at ALA in Toronto, the
agenda at Affiliate Assembly (reps from almost all
state orgranizations) was shoved aside so that we
could study the draft and craft a strong statement
from AASL which was sent in before the quickly
approaching deadline.

Then the reps from the states went back to THEIR
organizations and as many as possible (most) worked
with their boards to write a response and get it in
before that deadline (which at that point was a few
weeks).  I know that the New York affiliate,
SLMS/NYLA, went back with an outline that was sent to
everyone on the Board and to many of our affiliates.
Our technology chair, Bernie Tomasso, shepharded it so
that it was sent in on time. Gee, we used technology
to do that--listservs and e-mail!

There was lots of input like AASL's, SLMS/NYLA's and
yours; it was apparently ignored by the writers and
the final version was approved with the lack of
mention of library media specialists being not
"noticed."

Are we off their radar screen?  Apparently!  Can you
and others (LM_NET as a community?) send feedback to
the plan now? Yes.

Can we get involved as writers or  reviewers at the
state level?  Yes.

Can we be sure that we are on the Technology
Committees in our school?  Yes. The first meeting of
ours to react to this plan was held on Tuesday night
and all the district's librarians were there and we
will be sure
that libraries are not left out of our plan.

I was on the National Board of Professional Teaching
Standards Library Media Standards writing committee
and we went through two professional writers to get
standards that passed our scrutiny. The second was an
English teacher and thus was able to grasp the values
and contributions of the unique profession that we
are. I've thought long and hard about how this
happened with the tech plan and the National Board
experience leads me to believe that the writers
ignored our input and the approving body didn't even
notice.

Disheartening?  Yup. A challenge? Oh, yes. Throw in
the towel?  Not on your life.

Send in feedback as individuals, get your local and
state organizations to send in feedback and then move
forward by getting involved on the state and local
level. We should be harder to ignore locally.

Feedback?
The Office of Educational Technology
400 Maryland Avenue
FB6 - 7E222
Washington, DC 20202
Phone - (202) 401-1444
Fax - (202) 401-3941

<feedback@nationaledtechplan.org>

Best from warmer Saranac Lake, NY (it's up tp -2),
Sara Kelly Johns
> --- Paula Yohe <paula_yohe@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
> > I agree--- I keep wondering where was ALA and AASL
> > during the development of this plan -- where were
> > the media specialists giving input during the
> > planning --
> > The website for giving input on the plan was
> posted
> > on LM_NET to give input --
> > I certainly posted my comments
> > I find it frustrating that we always are reacting
> > instead of being proactive ---
> > Paula
> >
> > TinaHudak <tinahudak@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> > "A perennial problem for schools, teachers and
> > students is that
> > textbooks are increasingly expensive, quickly
> > outdated and
> > physically cumbersome. A move away from reliance
> on
> > textbooks
> > to the use of multimedia or online information
> > (digital content)
> > offers many advantages, including cost savings,
> > increased
> > efficiency, improved accessibility, and enhancing
> > learning
> > opportunities in a format that engages today’s
> > web-savvy students. "
> >
>
http://www.nationaledtechplan.org/images/dev/PUSD_goodtogreat.pdf
> > Dear Folks,
> > Having been both a SLMS in a Catholic Title 1
> school
> > with no budget for technology and barely books,
> > except what I could garner in grants and donations
> > for both, and now a Tech Coordinator in a more
> > upscale Catholic school, I am dismayed to see the
> > emphasis on Technology in both concern and budget,
> > similar to that across the country, it seems.
> > The Catholic Library Association of Washington DC
> > (Elementary) is having their first joint meeting
> > with our Tech Coordinators to get the lay of the
> > land regarding what we are both about...it seems
> > that these positions are melding into one where
> > budgets for staffing are slim, and that as usual,
> no
> > one in administrations (local or national) really
> > understand the importance of the SLMS and how this
> > affects learning, despite the recent studies
> posted
> > on this site!
> > My gut feeling is that unless these two
> > professionals work together as team teachers,
> > frankly, libraries are in a bad way which means
> > ultimately, so are our students. I will certainly
> > write letters, but our organization carries little
> > weight unfortunately..if anyone has a group letter
> > outlining what we feel we need as professionals,
> to
> > which we can add our names, I would be happy to
> > bring it to our February 10 meeting.
> > Thank you,
> > Tina Hudak (trying to get back to books!)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Media Specialist
> > St. Bernadette School
> > Silver Spring, MD 20901
> > hudak@st-bernadetteelem.com
> >
> >
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> > Paula Yohe
> > Director Of Technology/Library Media Center
> > Dillon School District Two
> > 405 West Washington Street
> > Dillon, SC 29536
> > Phone: 843-841-3604 Fax:843-774-1214
> > paula_yohe@yahoo.com
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