Have personal ideas

·         Question #1: What does it look like in the classroom and libraries?

o    Having choices in the library – what resources to use? (1 star, 2 dots)

o    Having choices about what to learn within framework of district curriculum (1 star, 1 dot)

o    Absence of bias – respect and tolerance of personal ideas/beliefs (2 dots)

o    Want different viewpoints represented (1 star, 2 dots)

o    Library and classroom learner centered

o    Kids feel safe to express ideas (5 dots)

o    Guided inquiry projects (2 dots)

o    Discussion, time to talk

o    Ability and freedom to create and contribute (1 dot)

o    Student centered and experts

o    Teacher is facilitator of (3 dots)

o    Life experience (1 star)

o    Library advisory groups, all ages (1 star)

o    Acceptance and knowledge of ideas, both personal and those of others

o    Immersion research

o    Allow for autonomy

o    Student input in purchases

o    Teach how to evaluate information – difference between bias and objectivity (1 star)

o    Make personal connections

o    “If they build it, they will use it”

o    Student-created rubrics

o    Frontloading – to access prior knowledge and thinking

o    Ice breakers, opinionaires

o    Give up breadth for depth

·         Question #2: How does it support or relate to the AASL standards?

o    1: Supports ability to inquire and think critically (2 dots)

o    2: Make informed decisions, apply knowledge (1 star, 2 dots)

o    3: Supports personal and aesthetic growth, respond to literature – all (1 star, 4 dots)

o    4: Share and participate ethically and productively (2 dots)

o    Beliefs and attitudes about learning (1 dot)

o    Reflect on one’s own learning (2 dots)

o    Student becomes responsible for own learning

o    1.1.2: Prior and background knowledge

o    Time

o    Choice – curriculum is a mile wide, takes time to do well

o    Kids feel safe to share/express ideas

o    Respect for and tolerance of personal ideas/beliefs

o    Lets learners bring their own life experiences into the group/activity

o    Teacher is more of a facilitator rather than the “sage on the stage”