NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT LEARNING TECHNOLOGY GRANT Pam Berger, Director of Information and the School Library System

“Librarians should use Web tools to support active student engagement with primary resources. Digital social tools provide an unprecedented opportunity for librarians to collaborate with classroom teachers and provoke conversations and shared learning around the important ideas of the curriculum. The conversation can continue in both the library and classroom, during and outside of school, at any time.” * * Stripling, Barbara, Teaching the Voices of History through Primary Sources and Historical Fiction: a Case Study of Teacher and Librarians Roles. Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, Barbara Stripling, May Syracuse University. Learning Technology Grant

FRAMEWORK “provoke conversations and shared learning around the important ideas of the curriculum” Active Student Engagement Collaboration Technology

SCHOOL DISTRICTS Rye Neck Middle SchoolDobbs Ferry Middle School Valhalla Middle SchoolAlbert Leonard Middle School - New Rochelle Woodlands Middle School - Greenburgh CSD White Plains Middle School – Highlands Campus Westlake Middle School – Mt Pleasant Greenburgh 11 Middle School

PARTICIPANTS One school librarian will take a leadership role : one from each school will act as the project facilitators in their buildings for the 3-year duration of the grant and will attend the 3 on-site workshops each year along with the online participation Two classroom teachers (social studies/ELA) from each building, each year (for a total of 6 teachers), will participate in the 3 on-site workshops and 1-3 years in the online Learning Space. Year one and two teachers will mentor year two and three teachers

PROJECT OBJECTIVES Objective #1: Student demonstrates mastery of technology skills aligned with CCLS that will lead to higher achievement and higher graduation rates. Objective #2: Classroom teachers and school librarians demonstrate knowledge and understanding of technology and information literacy and how they affect student learning. (NYS Teaching Standards, I.6) Objective #3: Classroom teachers and school librarians engage and collaborate with colleagues and the community to develop and sustain a common culture that supports high expectations for student learning. (NYS Teaching Standards,VI.2)

Objective #1: Student demonstrates mastery of technology skills aligned with CCLS that will lead to higher achievement and higher graduation rates EL A C o m m o n C or e L e ar ni n g St a n d ar ds W U s e t e c h n o l o g y, i n c l u d i n g t h e I n t e r n e t, t o p r o d u c e a n d p u b l i s h w r i t i n g a n d l i n k t o a n d c i t e s o u r c e s a s w e l l a s t o i n t e r a c t a n d c o l l a b o r a t e w i t h o t h e r s, i n c l u d i n g l i n k i n g t o a n d c i t i n g s o u r c e s. W a n d C o n d u c t s h o r t r e s e a r c h p r o j e c t s t o a n s w e r a q u e s t i o n, d r a w i n g o n s e v e r a l s o u r c e s a n d g e n e r a t i n g a d d i t i o n a l r e l a t e d, f o c u s e d q u e s t i o n s f o r f u r t h e r r e s e a r c h a n d i n v e s t i g a t i o n. W a n d 8. 8 G a t h e r r e l e v a n t i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m m u l t i p l e p r i n t a n d d i g i t a l s o u r c e s, u s i n g s e a r c h t e r m s e f f e c t i v e l y ; a s s e s s t h e c r e d i b i l i t y a n d a c c u r a c y o f e a c h s o u r c e. S L a n d 8. 1 E n g a g e e f f e c t i v e l y i n a r a n g e o f c o l l a b o r a t i v e d i s c u s s i o n s ( o n e - o n - o n e, i n g r o u p s, a n d t e a c h e r - l e d ) w i t h d i v e r s e p a r t n e r s o n g r a d e 7 t o p i c s, t e x t s, a n d i s s u e s, b u i l d i n g o n o t h e r s ’ i d e a s a n d e x p r e s s i n g t h e i r o w n c l e a r l y. C C L S : C i t e s p e c i f i c t e x t u a l e v i d e n c e t o s u p p o r t a n a l y s i s o f p r i m a r y s o u r c e s. C C L S : D e t e r m i n e t h e c e n t r a l i d e a s o r i n f o r m a t i o n o f a p r i m a r y s o u r c e ; p r o v i d e a n a c c u r a t e s u m m a r y o f t h e s o u r c e d i s t i n c t f r o m p r i o r k n o w l e d g e o r o p i n i o n s. CCLS: W.7.6 and 8.6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others, including linking to and citing sources CCLS: W.7.7 and 8.7. Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions for further research and investigation CCLS: W.7.8 and 8.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source CCLS: RL 7.1 and 8.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly CCLS: RL 7.1 and-8.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary source CCLS: RL 7.2 and 8.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions

Objective #3 : Classroom teachers and school librarians engage and collaborate with colleagues and the community to develop and sustain a common culture that supports high expectations for student learning. (NYS Teaching Standards,VI.2) The project’s online learning environment, The Learning Space, and teacher use of iPads are an integral project strategy to create a community of practice for educators to learn, communicate, critiques, share, and grow as learners and to gain a comfort level to actively learn how to integrate these technologies into the curriculum to support standards. Teams will be required to share lessons and resources from the project: on the project website, to district faculty at an afternoon workshop or faculty meeting, in a brief article for the district newsletter; at a webinar Webinars will take place each year highlighting student accomplishments and teacher/librarian collaboration through sharing of lessons, video reflections, and other resources. To enhance collaboration among classrooms and/or the library media centers

REQUIRED PROJECT ACTIVITIES Teacher and Librarians actively participate in 3 onsite full-day workshops: February 14 & 15; April 29 4 afterschool technology workshops: Jan.17; TBA Ongoing online collaboration, sharing, reflection and learning in the Learning Space each week Webinar planning and implementation

TECHNOLOGY Classroom teachers and school librarians will receive: an iPad Membership to The Learning Space Customized professional development on Web 2.0 tools, video, audio production and the ipad through afterschool on-site workshops and online support Teams will receive: 2 digital cameras and 2 audio recorders for staff/student use a stipend ($100) to purchase iPad apps Project Website to share their curriculum lessons and new learning

TEACHER/LIBRARIAN TEAMS Create two instructional lessons Identify, evaluate and annotate five iPad apps Create one instructional 5-10 minute video show themselves teaching a key literacy skill, reflect on what they have learned explain how they incorporate Web 2.0 tools into their curriculum Participate in a Webinar to share their lesson plans and resources Share your new learning with your faculty

TEACHER/LIBRARIAN TEAMS DEVELOP 2 LESSONS PLANS THAT INCLUDE: CCLS standards Primary sources Instruction in technology skills and information literacy skills Follow an inquiry-based approach Student bibliography Student use of digital cameras and audio recorders Web 2.0 tools for instruction and student collaboration Active, experiential learning

NEXT STEPS Recruit 2 teachers for this year; think about teachers for the next two years me the names and addresses of the teachers by Dec. 21 Jan. 17, :30-5:30pm workshop: iPad mini, Learning Space Mark you calendar for Feb. 14 & 15 workshops