schools and libraries together: rethinking learning sxswedu 2015

SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES TOGETHERRETHINKING LEARNING

Amy Koester, Youth & Family Programming Coordinator Vanessa Rosenbaum, Graphic Designer Skokie Public Library

GOALS FOR TODAY• Rethink collaborative practices

• Share tools for better and more productive collaboration

AMY KOESTER Skokie Public LibraryYouth & Family

Program Coordinator The Show Me Librarian

showmelibrarian.blogspot.com/

Storytime Undergroundstorytimeunderground.org/

Little eLit littleelit.com

akoester@skokielibrary.info

VANESSA ROSENBAUMSkokie Public Library

Graphic Designer vrosenbaum@skokielibrary.info

COLLABORATION

Hey. Hi. How are ya? Hey, you know, we have this really great Storytime program that we can bring to your school. It’d be great for your kids.

Hey. Hi. How are ya? Hey, you know, we have this really great Storytime program that we can bring to your school. It’d be great for your kids.

Oh yeah. That sounds interesting. We have a little bit of time on Tuesdays. Maybe we should set up a meeting…

DESIGN THINKING

RE: COLLABORATION

I think we might have some things in common, and we might be able to collaborate.

Oh great. I’ll round up a bunch of stakeholders and set up a meeting.

I think we might have some things in common, and we might be able to collaborate.

FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE

BE OPEN

START WITH QUESTIONS

SHARE YOUR PLAN (STAN)

HOW MIGHT WE _________?

HOW MIGHT WE _________?

APPROACHABLE UNDERSTANDABLE

ACTIONABLE not TOO BIG or TOO SMALL

not TOO VAGUE or TOO SIMPLE

RECAP

RECAP

• FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE !

• BE OPEN

• START WITH QUESTIONS

• SHARE YOUR PLAN (STAN)

• HOW MIGHT WE

RECAP

• FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE !

• BE OPEN

• START WITH QUESTIONS

• SHARE YOUR PLAN (STAN)

• HOW MIGHT WE

RESOURCES

designthinkingforeducators.com/toolkit !!!!designthinkingforlibraries.com !!!!theharwoodinstitute.org/harwoodhalfhour !!!!http://ow.ly/K16jZ

RESOURCES

• DESIGN THINKING FOR EDUCATORS (IDEO)

!• DESIGN THINKING FOR

LIBRARIES (IDEO)

• HARWOOD IN A HALF HOUR (HARWOOD)

• SKOKIE PUBLIC LIBRARY TEACHERS TOOLKIT

SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES TOGETHERRETHINKING LEARNING

Amy Koester, Youth & Family Programming Coordinator Vanessa Rosenbaum, Graphic Designer Skokie Public Library

THANK YOU!