Building a 21 st Century Library Program NYC School Library System NYC DOE, Division of Teaching and Learning Office of Curriculum, Standards and Academic Engagement School Library Services 21

Reflection and Planning Professional Development Session 4 NYC School Library System NYC DOE, Division of Teaching and Learning Office of Curriculum, Standards and Academic Engagement

Your Connection to Library Services Elizabeth Naylor-Gutierrez Library Services Coordinator for Manhattan and Queens 52 Chambers Street, Room 208 New York, NY

Announcements Spring Conferences: Creating a School-Wide Culture of Reading Queens - May 5 The Bronx – May 13 Manhattan – May 19 Brooklyn – May 25 Staten Island – June 5 NYCSLANYCSLA Meeting March 13 Sonja Cole of Bookwink: Video Booktalks for Kids, Teachers and Librarians

Reflection and Planning Let’s evaluate our year! Summer Reading: Book Talks, Book Trailers & Beyond End of Year Preparation there is so much more to do…

What Worked? Share something from your academic year you consider a success: Collaborative lesson Author visit Family Literacy Night Mastering a new technology Electronic or print portfolio Grants, awards, leadership (conducted PD for teachers, other librarians, elected to SLT, etc.)

Summer Reading in NYC Tri-Library initiative Joint book list Will officially launch in June Contact your local branch for materials and support

What is the school librarian’s role in summer reading? Booktalks Book Trailers Newsletters Brochures Letter to Parents Displays and Bulletin Boards Posters

Here’s an example of a booktalk Bookwink

A sales pitch for a book Find the hook Not a plot summary Don’t tell the ending Links with examples and help with booktalks: Booktalks Quick and Simple The Booktalker Booktalk Resources Podcasts of Booktalks: Grace for PresidentGrace for President Bookwink Booktalks…

Here’s an example of a book trailer

Book Trailers Book talks with visual/sound effects Same effect as movie trailers/coming attractions Can also be background information on author and book TeachingBooks.net Lots of book trailers Expanded Books Zombie Blondes The Book Thief The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Joyce Velenza’s Wordle Meets Dewey

Wordle Looking for a book at your library: k.cfm k.cfm Instructional use: Further uses: post/ html post/ html

Glogster Book Reviews: School library homepage: Student projects:

Animoto Just for fun: NECC NY Reads Using Animoto in a school library: Using Animoto in a student project: Using Animoto in a student project:

Choose a title from one of the Tri-library 2010 Summer Reading lists and think about how you would market this book to your students: Develop a Booktalk Design an Animoto Produce a Book Trailer Create a Wordle Poster yourself with Glogster Other ideas?????

Enjoy your lunch!

Share one thing you would improve on or plan for your next year in the library… Future Plans

End of Year Tasks  End of Year Checklist  Take an Inventory  Why is an inventory important?  Full inventory vs. partial inventory  Future Plans

End of Year Tasks cont…  Annual Report  Why?  What information to include?  Types of Reports  Print  Digital Portfolio Lawrence, Kansas H.S.  Web site  

Reflections and Evaluations What digital natives want from their library

Remember, I am only an or phone call away! See you at the Spring Conference!