Learning4Life: Think, Create, Share, and Grow

Learning4Life: Think, Create, Share,

and GrowPresented by: Amy Short

MSLA ConferenceMarch 2014

BPSLibraries.org/msla14

-Links for resources from today’s session

AASL’s current School Library Standards Learner Centered Expand definition of Information literacy toinclude multiple literacies: digital,visual, textual andtechnological

Standards for the 21st Century Learner

AASL’s initiative to promote the Standards for the 21st Century Learner, school library program guidelines, and the school librarian’s role in helping students become lifelong learners.

What is Learning4Life or L4L?

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Learners use skills, resources and tools to:1. Inquire, THINK critically, and gain knowledge2. Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply

knowledge to new situations, and CREATE new knowledge

3. SHARE knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society

4. Pursue personal and aesthetic GROWth

Standards for the 21st Century Learner

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Standards for the 21st Century Learner

Four Strands within each Standard

Standard

Skills

Self-Assessment Strategies

Dispositions in Action

Responsibilities

ResponsibilitiesKey Question:

Is the student aware that the foundational traits for

21st century learning requires self-accountability that extends beyond skills

and dispositions?

Self Assessment StrategiesKey Question:

Can the student recognize personal strengths and

weaknesses over time and become a stronger, more

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Lots of Indicators

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How AASL Standards are incorporated into a school library program

Dispositions in Action Responsibilities Self-Assessment Strategies Benchmarks/Action Examples

Standards for the 21st Century Learner in Action

Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Organization

• Skills• Dispositions

in Action• Responsibiliti

es• Self

Assessment

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Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Action Examples

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Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Action Examples

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Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Action Examples

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Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Action Examples

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Collaborative approachIf you cannot find willing partners, still teach

these skills and dispositionsInquiry-based instructionGive opportunities for students to construct

their own understandingEmpower students to be independent

inquirersThe social nature of learning is valuableAssessment is an important component

TEACHING TO THE STANDARDS

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Standards in Action

Standard

Skills Responsibilities Self-Assessment StrategiesDispositions

Indicators Indicators Indicators Indicators

Benchmarks

Grade 2 Grade 5

Grade 8 Grade 10

Grade 12

Self-QuestioningExamples

Stages of Development

Sample Behaviors

Stages of Development

Sample Behaviors

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Direct Instruction of the specific skill to be learned

Modeling and guided practice: learners have an opportunity to see the skill as it is applied successfully

Independent practice: learners apply the skill to their own topics

Sharing and reflection: learners look at their own application of the skill and determine how well it worked

Standards in ActionFour Step Lesson Design

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Product Process Student self-assessment strategies

Standards in ActionExamples of Assessment

There is much in common between the AASL standards and the Common Core State Standards

AASL & CCSS Crosswalk

L4L & CCSS

English/Language Arts Mathematics Reading Standards for Literacy in

History/Social Studies Reading Standards for Literacy in Science

and Technical Subjects Writing for Literacy in History/Social Studies,

Science and Technical Subjects

L4L and CCSS Crosswalk for:

Alignment of MSLA Information Literacy Skills with MA Technology and AASL Standards (begins on page 30)

MSLA Information Literacy Skills

Think of a lesson that you taught within the last month

Look at the AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner and identify up to 3 indicators that you addressed in the lesson

Am I doing this already?

The AASL Lesson Plan Database

aasl.jesandco.org

Is part of L4L initiative A tool to support school librarians and other

educators in teaching the essential learning skills defined in the AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner

AASL Lesson Plan Database

No account needed to search for and use lessons

Anyone can submit lessons; first must set up free account

AASL Lesson Plan Database

aasl.jesandco.org

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Once you are registered you will be able to: Create your own AASL Lesson Plan content and

publish it on the web for others to use Have your lesson plans aligned with the AASL

Standards for 21st Century Learner and crosswalked with the Common Core Standards

Rate lessons and see how others have rated them

Read and post comments Bookmark and save any lesson plan on this site

for future reference

Benefits of a FREE Account

Print lesson plans as a PDF to use anywhere View other user profiles and follow what

content they post Vote and rank other published lesson plans Leave comments and feedback on

published lesson plans Share lesson plans with others through

email and social media

Benefits of a FREE Account

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Submit your own lesson plan! You do not have to be an AASL member. Your work will be published in a national

database.

You Can Be a National Star!

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All lesson plan submissions are vetted using the lesson plan rubric below. Be sure to review your lesson plan against this rubric before submitting.

Lesson Plan Rubric Lesson Plan Checklist

Submitting Lessons

Throughout the form, click on “What’s the difference?” for more information.

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Help make a national tool more useful. Bring attention to Massachusetts. Publication of lesson as Goal. Build your resume. AASL will send a letter of recognition to your

principal. AASL will give you an eBadge

to display on your website, blog and email signature.

What’s In It For Me?

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Digital Badge

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AASL Resources

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Explain the AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner to administrators.◦ PowerPoint◦ Brochure

Explain the value of school library programs to a variety of audiences through AASL Advocacy brochures.

AASL Resources

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More AASL Resources…

Best Apps for Teaching and Learning

Best Websites for Teaching and Learning

Still more AASL Resources…

New ALA Task Force on School Libraries Campaign to launch with focus on “School

Libraries @ the Core of Education” Materials supporting parents, community

members, local policy makers and leadership, and statewide policy makers

School Libraries @ the Core of Education

Kathy LoweExecutive Director, MSLAmslalowe@gmail.com

Amy ShortDirector of Library & Media Services, Bostonashort@bostonpublicschools.org

Thank you for attending!Questions? Contact yourMassachusetts L4L Representatives

Lowe, Kathy. Standards for the 21st Century Learner Lesson Plan Database. MSLA/SCSLA. 2013. 15 Feb. 2014. http://www.ala.org/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/lessonplandatabase/lessonplandb

Rominiecki, Amy and Nina Kemps. Taking it to the Next Level: Using the Common Core and AASL Standards to Develop Lessons, Units and Curriculum. NJASL Conference. 15 Feb. 2014 Powerpoint Presentation.

Santacroce, Vicki and Diane Kastelic. School Libraries Count: AASL Resources to Author Our Stories. WEMTA. 2012. http://www.slideserve.com/vsantacroce/school-libraries-count-wemta-2012

“Think Pair Share” http://www.melaleucajournal.com/brainy/

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