2009-2010+Course+Information

You may want to get credit for our librarians' training sessions this year. You may earn 1 relicensure or graduate credit by attending both professional days (September 24 or October 2 and November 16) and at least two of several ICNs. (See Related Courses for more information about the ICN sessions that are available as options.) Our course this year is entitled Strengthening the School Library Program through Effective Instruction.



Zmuda, A. & Harada, V. (2008). //Librarians As Learning Specialists: Meeting the Learning Imperative for the 21st Century//. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

• Foreword and Introduction, pp. xi-xii and xv-xvii • Chapter 1: Closing the Learning Gap: Reframing Our Mission, pp. 1-22. • Chapter 2: The Learning Specialist: Clarifying the Role of Library Media Specialists, pp. 23-45.
 * Reading 1 **

• I can use this information/idea/activity: • I want to remember:
 * Discussion Starters: ** Click on the discussion tab of our class wiki to answer the following questions. Be sure to cite the page number(s) for each response.

* * * * * * * * * * * **Reading 2 ** • Chapter 3: Designing Instruction to Fit the Nature of the Learning and the Learner, pp. 47-71. • Chapter 4: Providing Robust Assessment and Feedback, pp. 73-102.

• What does the author say about **content** (or what we teach) that you want to remember? (i.e. What knowledge, skill and processes need to be part of daily/yearly curriculum?)
 * Discussion Starters: ** Click on the discussion tab of our class wiki to answer the following questions. Be sure to cite the page number(s) for each response.

• What does the author say about **instruction** (or how we teach) that you want to remember? (i.e. What recommendations are made or can be directly inferred about the design of instruction or presentation of content?)

• What does the author say about **assessment** (or assessing student learning) that you want to remember? (i.e. Are there suggestions about how to diagnose students’ knowledge, skill, or transfer of knowledge/skill?)

• I will apply this information in the following way(s).

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**Reading 3 ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">• Looking to the Future: Providing Resources to Support 21st Century Learning, pp. 103-115. • Afterword, p. 117

• I want to remember:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Discussion Starters: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Click on the discussion tab of our class wiki to answer the following questions. Be sure to cite the page number(s) for each response.




 * Student-Centered Lesson Plan** (from those taking course for credit):

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