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With all due respect -- visionary is wonderful -- however - reality is - they have to be concrete -- for the majority of end users and there has to be a reason to use them -- and normally that means tied to testing and/or funding or you won't get most supt., administrators, principals or teachers to use them I do not mean to sound negative -- but I am at the district office now -- and also deal at State level policy issues \and unfortunately I have found this to be the case -- there are too many other things that do have concrete measures and consequences for using -- this is not just for these standards -- but for any other standards that are not tested or does not have funding tied to it. --- "Beaman, Anita L" <albeam2@ILSTU.EDU> wrote: > While I also found Sharon's post very thought > provoking, for me it serves as insight into an > opposing viewpoint. I'm very excited about the new > standards and looking forward to sharing them with > faculty and adminstration over the next semester. > For me, the standards seem visionary, not vague. > After all, the future of learning (technology, > knowledge, skills, etc) is constantly changing, and > specific standards can quickly become antiquated. > Specific standards need to be devised at the > building or district leven and reviewed and revised > frequently. > Listening to education/tech gurus like David Warlick > or Ian Jukes and witnessing what happens every day > with my students has convinced me that education > needs to/will change, and I think the new standards > are the start (just the start) of a new road map for > school libraries. Am I doing everything suggested > by the standards? No, but I can envision it, and > I'm seeing glimmers of it throughout our school. I > think the new standards expand information literacy > beyond the school library in a positive new way. > And if I do my job well, I'll be an integral part of > the future of learning for our students. I think > the new standards fit well with what > educators/adminstrators are hearing and seeing in > their own professional development, and they can > become a basis for discussion of the evolving role > of the school librarian. Who knew school librarians > were such visionaries? (Alright, we did, but now > let's show them!) > As for the old standards vs the new, why does it > have to be either/or? I recognize the continued > value of Information Power, which, I will admit has > much more "practical" (less visionary) standards. > I'll still teach these standards/skills, but the > vison of the new standards will inspire me to teach > them always in new ways. I think the power of the > new standards is that they ask us to move beyond the > traditional roles we have played, and the > traditional skills we have taught. What is the new > definition of information literacy? Who knows, yet? > It's ever changing in today's world, and the point > is that we need to teach our students to continue to > be information literate, even as what that means > changes. > > I'm teaching a class on Information Literacy for > school library certification candidates at our > university this semester, and I've organized the > syllabus by the new standards - 16 weeks allows for > a week or two of introduction, then we'll study a > common belief or standard each week. I'm excited > about delving into the standards with my students > and hearing the discussion (good and bad) they will > provoke. > I'm sure some of my students will feel as Sharon and > many others do, that the standards are not what > they'd hoped for the profession. However, as a > group, I'm hoping we can flesh out what the new > standards mean for each of us, and for our schools > and students. I'm hoping we can identify some > agreed upon skills, targets, benchmarks, etc. that > will be relevant to us in this time and place. > I'm hoping the new standards will inspire each of > my students to write her own future as a school > librarian, and help her see all the possibilities in > the future of our profession. > > Anita Beaman > > ________________________________ > > From: School Library Media & Network Communications > on behalf of Jacqueline Henry > Sent: Thu 1/3/2008 8:32 AM > To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU > Subject: Re: Reflection on AASL's new standards > > > > I must say that Sharon's post has really made me > think & has helped me to understand why I feel so > uncomfortable with the new standards. I expected to > LOVE them, because of their emphasis on twenty-first > century learning. Instead - they feel very > "slippery" to me. I have assumed the problem was > because I have not yet studied them as thoroughly as > I should - but perhaps there really IS little to > grab onto. > > Of course I plan to study the standards more > carefully. But what if I decide that I prefer the > "old" standards? Do I continue using the standards > which have been serving my program so well? Or am I > somehow obligated to use the new standards? I tend > to be an early adapter - so I feel really out of my > comfort zone with this whole issue. > > I hope this post will generate a lot of discussion. > I particularly look forward to hearing from people > who really like the new standards and have ideas > about how to translate them into practical teaching > techniques and curriculum frameworks. > > > Jacquie > > "The Librarian, whose job is to heal ignorance, to > keep life safe for poetry and to put knowledge smack > dab in the middle of the American way." > > From The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9-20-03 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Jacquie Henry, MLS > Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS) > Gananda Central School District > 3195 Wiedrick Road > P.O. 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