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E-tech Conference February 13, 2013 Dr. Meghan Harper and Ms. Liz Deskins

Other ways of knowing: How school librarians can take a leadership role in addressing multi-literacies across the curriculum in the school library. E-tech Conference February 13, 2013 Dr. Meghan Harper and Ms. Liz Deskins. Goals. Share overview of “multi-literacies” concept

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E-tech Conference February 13, 2013 Dr. Meghan Harper and Ms. Liz Deskins

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  1. Other ways of knowing:How school librarians can take a leadership role in addressing multi-literacies across the curriculum in the school library E-tech Conference February 13, 2013 Dr. Meghan Harper and Ms. Liz Deskins

  2. Goals • Share overview of “multi-literacies” concept • Suggest strategies for facilitating literacy in the school library and classroom • Share professional resources

  3. History of Multi-literacies • Term first coined by New London Group, 1996 • Ten individuals in field of literacy pedagogy “importance of dialogue” • Literacy instruction should move beyond traditional reading and writing instruction • term “multiliteracies” to describe two aspects of literacy teaching and learning in the 21st century.

  4. Focus • “future of teaching literacy; to discuss what would need to be taught in a rapidly changing near future, and how this should be taught” Cope and Kalantzis, 2000

  5. Two Aspects of Teaching Literacy • “Multiliteracies” used to describe two aspects of teaching/learning literacy in the 21st century • The scope of literacy teaching should extend to including the diversity of cultures • Availability of the multi-modality of text forms and the connections between modes of representation

  6. “Technologies (internet, wikis, blogs, cell phones) has impacted the nature of “text” as well as the ways in which people use and interact with text.” • Borsheim, Merritt &Reed, 2008

  7. Current Observation • New technologies have changed the types of communication • Communication no longer limited to text-based representations of language • Increasingly multi-media, images, sound and video accompany text • necessitates expansion of how literacy is taught and assessed in public education

  8. How Literacy is Taught and Addressed • Teachers become designers of student learning environments • Learners are designers of their own knowledge • Individuals are both inheritors of patterns and conventions of meaning usually governed by language and designers of meaning  designers of social futures (possibly workplace futures, public futures, community futures) Cope and Kalantzis, 2000

  9. Where and how do school libraries situate themselves in literacy education? • School libraries should be considered the “knowledge central” of the school. • School libraries have become responsive to changes in how students gather and exchange information. • Many limitations of old have been eliminated but new challenges to meeting students where they are and providing access to multi-modes of information and promoting transliteracy across mediums must be addressed.

  10. Warehouses of informationKnowledge Central

  11. What does it mean to be literate today? 21st Century Skills “The 21st Century requires us to create a generation of thinkers, learners who think creatively to solve problems and who collaborate with others at home and in the workplace. The ability to learn and create new ideas is essential for the 21st Century” Teaching 21st Century Skills by Sue Z. Beers

  12. Learning is most effective when: • Multi-sensory experience • Prepares students for real-world concepts and application to real life • Stimulates interest in subjects that are introduced in school, community or part of their world “Our Meta-Framework for engagement”

  13. Are you Literate? “Being able and willing to communicate and understand across differences in language and other modes and media for communication, in ideology, in culture and in geography is at the heart of what it means to be literate now” The Future of Literacy Studies by Glynda Hull and Mark Nelson

  14. Our students: Born Digital “Those who grow up immersed in digital technologies for whom a life fully integrated with digital devices is the norm.” Beckman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University

  15. “Digital natives” “digital skills and knowledge are not evenly spread amongst all young people. Their distribution is affected by class, race, gender and nationality, creating a ‘participation gap’. Jenkins et al, 2009

  16. Literacies across the curriculum • Information Literacy • Multicultural Literacy and Global Awareness • Media Literacy • Visual Literacy • Digital literacy • Transliteracy

  17. “Bridging” the gaps • Digital divide Access • School Home • Now Future • Real-life Academic content

  18. What will the school library of the future look like? “The library of the future will be home to highly relevant information experiences, where great ideas happen, and people have the tools and facilities to act on their ideas.” Thomas Frey, Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute

  19. Designing Learning Spaces • Designed to foster literacy through multi-modes of learning • Hands-on, exploratory • Expressive artse.g. music, art, dramatic play

  20. Fort Vancouver Regional Library District, Vancouver (Wash.) Community

  21. Child-sized village with 7 different learning areas; library, house, theater, a store, Chesapeake Bay waterfront, baby garden and construction site. (Baltimore County Public Library)

  22. “Green” teen space Fayetteville (Ark.) Public Library

  23. Santa Cruz (Calif.) Public Libraries, Scotts Valley Library (American Libraries 2012 Library Design Showcase

  24. Technology Rich! Terrebonne Parish Library System, North Branch Library, Houma, Louisiana

  25. School learning design should be based on what is known about how children learn • Developmentally appropriate • Universally designed for learning • Incorporate the latest research in brain development

  26. Online resources Brain Based Learning http://www.designshare.com/Research/BrainBasedLearn98.htm Universal Design Education http://www.udeducation.org/home.html

  27. Engaging learners • Opportunities for guided discovery and exploration • Provide versatile formats • Provide multi-sensory experiences with technology-rich environment to engage the senses

  28. Multi-literacies Online ResourcesMy favs: *Digital literacy and Media Literacy • Common Sense Media http://www.commonsensemedia.org/ Reviews all types of media, games, movies, apps. Provides discussion questions. Provides teacher and instructional materials for digital literacy and vetted media products

  29. Resources for Pre-K to adult Includes a wealth of reviews on media formats

  30. Information Literacy resources • November learning http://novemberlearning.com/team/ “The November Learning Team is dedicated to supporting and challenging teachers and students to expand the boundaries of learning. They are committed to helping educators share and explore ideas in a global forum - to motivating children to develop an awareness of their unique selves and exploring how they can contribute positively to the world around them to truly make a difference.”

  31. Visual Literacy http://www.humanities.umd.edu/vislit/ Secondary to adult

  32. Visual literacy resources continued • http://www.iste.org/images/excerpts/MEDLIT-excerpt.pdf • A pdf excerpt that includes a description of the power of media to create change. The pdf includes visual examples. Geared for middle school and above • Professional resource for teachers and school librarians on good tips for teaching visual literacy http://kathyschrock.net/visual/visual.pdf

  33. Resources continued: • Visual literacy K-8 http://k-8visual.info/ Site for free resources to teach visual literacy Transliteracy Professional resource for school librarians http://www.scoop.it/t/teacher-librarians-and-transliteracy A plethora of articles, resources and information about transliteracy. http://pinterest.com/librarianbyday/transliteracy/ Created by Bobbi Newman

  34. Global and Multicultural literacy Critical Multicultural Pavilion: Awareness Activities http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/activityarch.html

  35. Online resources continued This checklist is useful to review ideas for implementing ideas for promoting cultural awareness in primary school libraries. • http://www11.georgetown.edu/research/gucchd/nccc/documents/checklist.EIEC.doc.pdf

  36. References Available upon request. sharper1@kent.edu

  37. Thank you! Dr. Meghan Harper Kent State University sharper1@kent.edu Liz Deskins Hilliard Bradley High School liz4lib2000@yahoo.com E-TECH Conference 2013, Dr. Meghan Harper and Ms. Liz Deskins

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