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"What a school thinks about its library, is a measure of what it thinks about education." -
Harold Howe, former U.S. Commissioner of Education
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What Your Teacher-Librarian Can Do for You! Teaching
The East Marshall Teacher-Librarian provides instruction: - booktalks
- reading guidance
- information literacy instruction
- organization of both print and electronic information
- electronic
searching of available catalogs and databases
- appreciation of information and literature
- determining the most appropriate information sources
for the task
- determining information relevance for the task
- note-taking
- bibliographies
- the research process
- evaluation of one's research process
- evaluation of web sites' authority and accuracy
- reference skills (especially to verify web site accuracy),
- technology instruction,
and more...
Partnering
The Teacher-Librarian partners with teachers
in planning, designing curriculum, teaching, and assessing students'
work. - Do you have a new unit coming up?
- Do you have a unit that
needs a change and more student involvement?
- Do you need a topic bibliography?
- Are
you wondering how much to expect of students when researching?
- Are students citing their sources appropriately when
they research?
Information Specialist
The Teacher-Librarian selects materials and
manages collection development and cataloging, and can help you find: - book reviews
- outstanding books
- sources for purchase for student research on a given topic (request form)
- articles or other resources for your professional development
- sources for curricular planning
- appropriate online databases and websites
Administration The East Marshall
Teacher-Librarian: - manages the library budget
- works with associates, volunteers, and student
assistants
- sets collection and programatic goals
- reports data for those goals
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Book Requests Lesson Plans &
Teacher Sites Browse the Content Table of Blue Web'N: A Library of Blue Ribbon Learning Sites on the Web - Use the lesson plan column sorted by subject area and take advantage
of the limiter prompt to find lessons in your subject for exactly the grade level needed.
Education World: Lesson Planning database of lesson plans, web sites reviews, and other educational materials.
Great Sites for Parents and Caregivers, Teachers, and Librarians -
an American Library Association site adjoining to Great Sites for Kids. Annotated links to everything from Black
history to educational games, and from parenting and childbirth to child safety on the Internet, and much more...
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - technology administrator, and former teacher-librarian, she maintains daily updates to this massive subject directory of
useful websites for K-12 education. Additionally, find slideshows you can use, rubrics, web site evaluation tools, and more...
Thinkfinity - Another online resource recently launched is Thinkfinity. This is a new collection of resources specifically designed
for school libraries which has been funded by the Verizon Foundation and eleven other partners. Thinkfinity is a comprehensive
program and online portal to 55,000 standards-based grade-specific, K-12 lesson plans and other educational resources.
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More Teacher Tools EtherPad lets mult. people work on the same text simultaneously
diigo.com
research tool and a knowledge sharing community
webware100
- top 100 websites
Mind42
-collaborative mind mapping graphic organizer
blinkx.com
teachertube.com
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Site map
Back to District Home
East Marshall Elementary School Library
Media Center 201 E. Weissenburger Laurel, IA 50141
email: dforcht@e-marshall.k12.ia.us Template by Karla Krueger, 2006.
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