The Role of a Librarian in the IB Curriculum Klaudia Janek, MLIS International Academy November, 16 2008
Today’s Presentation My Background Our Library IB expectations Role within the IB Curriculum Student/project examples Collaboration Things I share with my teachers
IB Librarian training Undergraduate degree (in anything) Master degree in Library and Information Science Teacher certification IB Level 1, 2, 3 librarian training National and State Associations: ALA, YALSA, AASL, MAME, MACUL
Poll Everywhere Teacher Poll
A Vision of Students today by Michael Wesch at Kansas State University
Our Library 12,000 Volumes 600 Reference ebooks CD collection DVD collection Databases ($3.9 million)
Guidelines for IB School Libraries http://www.ibaccalte.schools.net.au/IBLibraries/IBguidelines2A.html 3 levels of interaction between librarians and teachers: Cooperation Coordination Instructional Collaboration
My Professional Philosophy Create lifelong learners Provide the best quality information to staff and students Assist and train with new technology Create a welcoming atmosphere in physical Media Center Collaborate across the curriculum Integrate IB philosophy into lessons and projects
Skills Identified in the IB Curriculum Critical reading, thinking, analysis and reflection Personal communication skills Learning and inquiry skills Higher order thinking Reasoning skills Personal reflection Decision-making Planning skills Time management Writing skills Research skills Ability to discriminate (between truth and opinion) Cooperative work Study skills/information literacy/study habits/academic rigor
For Students… Try to convey to students that the physical library is not the only place to get information. I’m trying to teach the students part of our library is available 24/7. The “free-web” is NOT the only source of information. Website Evaluation lesson for all 9th graders
For Students… MLA & Plagiarism Using Gale Databases Using ebook reference collection Using the Web 2.0 Promoting reading Readers’ advisory
Collaboration across the curriculum Blackboard Wikis Blogs Gale Databases GoogleGroups GoogleDocs
Other stuff to do/follow www.twitter.com – follow me - kjanek IBO on Facebook Voicethread Karl Fisch David Warlick Wordle.net Pbwiki.com
The Digital Age To maintain core beliefs while being flexible enough to learn new things The Machine is Us/ing Us IA Library Wiki