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School Librarians Transform Learning “The internet makes doing research easier—easier to do well and easier to do poorly.”
School librarians ensure their students have the best chance to succeed.
Increasing amounts of information demand students acquire the skills to select, evaluate, and use information appropriately and effectively.
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Today’s Digital Technologies Teachers Report:
Lack Lack the the ability ability to to judge the judge the quality quality of of online information online information
83%
information information available available online online is overwhelming for most is overwhelming for most students students
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digital digital technologies technologies make make it it harder harder for students to find and use credible for students to find and use credible sources sources of of information information
— — Kimberly Kimberly Shearer, Shearer,
2012 2012 Kentucky Kentucky Teacher Teacher of of the the Year Year
(65%) (65%) to to use use media media and and technology in the classroom technology in the classroom “a “a lot” lot” than than teachers teachers who who are “comfortable” “comfortable” (33%) (33%) are
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or or “uncomforatble” “uncomforatble” XIV XIV (12%) (12%) with with it. it.
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Purcell, Kristen, et al., 2012. How Teens Do Research in the Digital World. Pew Internet and American Life Project. www.pewinternet.org/files/ old-media//Files/Reports/2012/PIP_TeacherSurveyReportWithMethodology110112.pdf.
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AASL, 2009. Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. Purcell, Kristin, et al., 2013. How Teachers Are Using Technology at Home and in Their Classrooms. Pew Internet and American Life Project. www.pewinternet.org/files/old-media/Files/Reports/2013/PIP_ TeachersandTechnologywithmethodology_PDF.pdf.
School School librarians librarians are are enabling enabling and empowering teachers’ and empowering teachers’
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skills skills with with digital digital content: content:
digital digital technologies technologies discourage discourage students students from from finding finding and and using using aa wide range of sources wide range of sources
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Purcell, Kristin, et al., 2013. How Teachers Are Using Technology at Home and in Their Classrooms. Purcell, Kristin, et al., 2013. How Teachers Are Using Technology at Home and in Their Classrooms.
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85% answer answer
Number Number of of Google Google searches per searches per month: month: 73% 73% of of teachers teachers believe educationbelieve educational technology technology has al has the potential to “respond to the potential to “respond to aa variety variety of of learning learning styles” styles” X X
12.050 BILLION
49% 49% of of teachers teachers report report
that that students’ students’ access access to to technology at technology at home home is is one one of of the the “biggest “biggest barriers barriers to to incorporating incorporating technology into their teaching” technology into their teaching” because because the students are “often not digitally the students are “often not digitally literate literate enough” enough”
comScore, Inc., 2014. “comScore Releases June 2014 U.S. Search Engine Rankings.” www.comscore.com/ Insights/Market-Rankings/comScore-ReleasesJune-2014-US-Search-Engine-Rankings.
Purcell, Kristin, et al., 2013. How Teachers Are Using Technology at Home and in Their Classrooms.
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Self-described Self-described “tech “tech savvy” savvy” teachers are more teachers are more likely likely
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“Your “Your school school librarian librarian can help you co-plan can help you co-plan and and co-teach co-teach lessons lessons that that focus focus on on the evaluation evaluation of of sources sources and and the information, information, providing providing your your students with with the the discernible discernible students eye eye they’ll they’ll need need to to survive survive in in college and the workplace.” college and the workplace.”
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lowest-income lowest-income students students say say that aa lack lack of of resources resources among that among students students to to access access digital digital technologies technologies is is aa “major challenge” to incorporating “major challenge” to incorporating more more digital digital tools tools into into their their teaching teaching XII XII
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School libraries provide equitable physical and intellectual access to the resources and tools required for learning in a warm, stimulating, and safe environment.
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participate participate with teachers with teachers in in professional professional learning learning communities communities ......................................... .........................................
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Purcell, Kristen, et al., 2012. How Teens Do Research in the Digital World.
Shearer, Kimberly, 2012. “Why You Need Your School Librarian,” Kentucky Teacher. www. kentuckyteacher.org/kentucky-teacher-of-theyear/2012/07/why-you-need-your-school-librarian/.
PBS LearningMedia, 2013. Teacher Technology Usage Survey.
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2012. Technology and Effective Teaching in the US. Purcell, Kristin, et al., 2013. How Teachers Are Using Technology at Home and in Their Classrooms.
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AASL, 2009. Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. Common Sense Media, 2012. Children, Teens, and Entertainment Media. www.commonsensemedia. org/file/view-from-the-classroom-final-reportpdf-0/ download.
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Project Tomorrow, 2011. The New 3 E’s of Education: Enabled, Engaged, Empowered. www.tomorrow.org/ speakup/pdfs/SU10_3EofEducation_Educators.pdf.
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