Harnessing the Power of the Library Media Center to Enable, Engage and Empower 21 st Century Learners October 2013 MASL Angenine Tatanisha

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Greetings/Welcome Angenine Goode Catonsville High School Tatanisha Love Windsor Mill Middle School

Intro  Are you looking for innovative ways to engage our 21st century learners in the media center that will enable, and empower them to be critical thinkers and creative problem solvers? Would you like to make an impact on our ever changing global community?  Come and discover a variety of tools that promote self-curation, discovery and inquiry that every digital native can use to extend their learning beyond the walls of the library.variety of tools

What digital natives want from their library….

5 Traits of the 21 st Century Teacher 1.Driven to Learn 2.A Media Creation Expert 3.A Digital Navigator 4.An Emphatic Mentor 5.A Technology Harmonizer

1. Driven to Learn

2. A Media Creation Expert

3. A Digital Navigator

5. A Technology Harmonizer

What children want….

Engage As an effective teacher, we must be able to engage our students. By providing them with information various Web 2.0 tools, we are helping to ensure that our students are able to learn the information, use the information in a way that will suit their needs and communicate.

Visual Thesaurus view Engage

I Tunes U Engage

Symbaloo Symbaloo is a great way to engage learners. A personal desktop" that can be created by the user to house and store valuable links to websites that relate to their individual learning. Engage

Symbaloo continued Engage

Symbaloo

Engage

Animoto With Animoto, educatorsAnimoto are able to engage learners with the use of videos and music. Engage

Wallwisher Engage learners by using this "online notice board maker". Wallwisher.com encourages learners to discuss key topics by dropping a note on the board you create. Sample- /starsbookclub Engage

Engage Wallwisher

Padlet Engage padlet

Brainpop Engage

Webcasts/Webinars Safari Live is just one of example of a way that to engage readers. By giving students and faculty the chance to interact with their favorite authors favorite authors and others from across the world, the walls of the world of reading are broken down and the possibilities are endless. Resources:  Education Week Education Week  eSchool News eSchool News  the Journal the Journal  Library of Congress Library of Congress  PBS.org PBS.org  School Library Journal Webcasts School Library Journal Webcasts Engage

Enable As an effective teacher, we must be able to enable our students the ability to harness the information they gather. By providing them with information various Web 2.0 tools, such as, LiveBinders, Youtube and Readibility, students are more likely to take risks and communicate with others.

Scoop it Enable

File Sharing Enable

The Tubes…. Enable

Teaching with TED

Screen Capture Enable

Livebinders As an effective teacher, we must be able to enable our students the ability to harness the information they gather. By providing them with information various Web 2.0 tools, such as, LiveBinders, Youtube and Readibility, students are more likely to take risks and communicate with others. Enable

Live Binders Enable

Thinkport/Thinkfinity Enable

Youtube Engage students and faculty with videos you create and house on Youtube. Similar resources: Teachertube Schooltube Enable

Empower As an effective teacher, we must be able to empower students and allow them to become visionaries in areas that interest them and adapt information that will meet their needs. By providing students with access to a variety of online resources, such as Voicethread, Wikis, Thinkfinity and Sweet Search, students are more likely to take risks and communicate with others.

Voicethread Empower

Glogster Edu Empower

Destiny Empower

Wikis Pbworks.com and wikispaces.com Empower

Other Resources Edomodo – Khan Academy- Apps for Bloom’s Taxonomy- Bloomin’ Apps (Kathy Schrock)- n-apps.html Empower

Flip Grid Engage