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, [email protected]
Amy ShortDirector of Library & Media Services, [email protected]
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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