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The Candle and the Keys

A Thank You Note to All Librarians

Goals (AASL)

To ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information

To empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information

To instill a love of learning in all students and ensure equitable access to information

To collaborate with classroom teachers and specialists to design and implement lessons and units of instruction, and assess student learning and instructional effectiveness

 2010 American Association of School Librarians

Considerations

1.How do you want to encourage

 a. the love of reading

 b. research skills

 c. critical thinking

2.Correlate with the [|Core Curriculum State Standards]

3.Classroom Themes

4.Projects you would like to do

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">5.Web Tools

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">6.Make it happen with the 21st Century Keys



<span style="color: #200ba8; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">21st Century Keys for Learning

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Creativity

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Critical Thinking/Problem Solving

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Communication

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Collaboration

<span style="color: #200ba8; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Creativity

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brainstorming

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Concept Maps (Graphic Organizers)

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Graphic Organizers to Print]

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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Online Mind Mapping -- Slatebox]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use of senses: visual, auditory, tactile

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Play With Words

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Wordle]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Tagxedo]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Start with a Picture – Move to a Story [|Story][|Starters]

<span style="color: #200ba8; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Critical Thinking/Problem Solving

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Questioning

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The 5 Ws

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">How Come?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">So What?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What If?

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Twenty-First Century Skills]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">__[|Let’s Do][|Dewey]__

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A Challenge

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> [|Project Based][|Learning]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">__[|Project Based Learning BIE]__

<span style="color: #200ba8; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Communication

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A video is worth a million words[]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Discovery Education]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Teacher Tube]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Teaching][|Channel]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Writing—Tell your story

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Storybird]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Page Flip Flap]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Story Book Publishing]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Class Tools Virtual Book]

<span style="color: #200ba8; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Tools for the Librarian

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Evernote]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Dropbox]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Symbaloo (A fun way to display web links)]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Sign-Up Genius]

<span style="color: #200ba8; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Collaboration

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Note-Taking

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Type With Me]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Primary Pad]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wikis: [|Wikispaces]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blogs: [|Kidblog]

<span style="color: #200ba8; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Primary Sources

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Library of Congress] --

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Take a look, short glimpse]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Library a look, in depth]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|(American Memory)]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Primary Source Access]

<span style="color: #200ba8; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Resources

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|International][|Children's Digital Library]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|School Research Tools]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Web Pages created by school librarians][|.]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nip that Plagiarism in the bud

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Plagium]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Librarian Links]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Lesson Plan Rubric]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Resources for School Librarians]

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[|Web 2.0 Tools]

<span style="color: #200ba8; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Cautions

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Getting the “Candle” on Google

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Search carefully

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">List websites for students, if possible.

<span style="color: #200ba8; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Light the candle – Use the keys to open the door and. . ..

<span style="color: #200ba8; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Make ‘em read. Make ‘em read. Help 'em learn. Make a difference.

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