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Outcomes & Scope and Sequence |
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National
Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning
Standards
outlined in Information Power: Building Partnerships
for Learning which were developed by the American Library Association. American
Association of School Librarians (AASL), and the Association
for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). Information
Power was purchased for every school library media specialist
in 1999 and again in August 2001. Check out website for information
on implementing
the national standards. See also Digital Kids, a ppt presentation
given at Professional Study Day 2000. |
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Maryland
Library Learning Outcomes
Outlined are the content
standards for information literacy skills that students need
to learn and be able
to do. MSDE learning outcomes and national standards are outlined
in an excellent matrix to show the similarities. See Maryland Learning Outcomes for other content areas on
the Instructional Partner webpage. |
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Baltimore County Public
Schools
PreK-12 Curriculum Resources
BCPS Curriculum Resources onLINE
Resources for the MD VSC
BCPS Digital Curiculum -
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Baltimore
County Public Schools
Library Media Scope and Sequence
Outlines what preK-12 students are to know and be able to do by grade level. Information literacy skills are
listed by grade level and indicate when skills are to be
introduced, reinforced, and mastered. Based on the BCPS Essential
Curriculum.
Use the global overview of learning
outcomes K-5 (in a chart
format) that notes when outcomes are introduced, reinforced,
and mastered at each grade level. This chart was designed by
Sonja Karwacki, former librarian at Bear Creek Elementary, who
is now a GT Resource Teacher. Thanks Sonja for your lasting gift
to all library media specialists. |
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Maryland
Reading Learning Outcomes
What reading skills gr 1-8 students are to learn and be able
to do. Charts outline indicators by grade level and note when
students are assessed. |
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National
Technology Literacy Standards
Use these standards and profiles as guidelines for planning technology-based
activities in which students achieve success in learning,communication,
and life skills. Developed by International Society for Technology
in Education (ISTE). |
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Lesson Planning Tools |
LESSON PLAN ARCHIVES
Ask
ERIC Lesson Planning Guide
Step-by-step directions for writing lesson plans published by
the U.S. Department of Education.
BCPS Teacher Tips and Tools for Information Literacy
Instruction
Use this great source
for tips, resources, assessments, lessons and much more developed
by BCPS library media specialists to teach information literacy
skills and the research process.
Celebrating All of Us
a joint project created by the parent of a Baltimore County elementary school student who happens to have Down syndrome, a Baltimore County Schools physical therapist and a Montgomery County elementary special educator. The project has compiled literature-based resources for parents and educators to use in an effort to build friendships and enhance the inclusion of young children with disabilities in their neighborhood schools and communities through similarities awareness. The goal is to ensure that classrooms, schools, teachers, communities, parents and children are, indeed, celebrating all of us!
BCPS Library Media
Lesson Plan
Lesson
Plan Form | Guidelines
for Lesson Planning
Planning and Assessment (AASL Guide)
Bibliography with links to
planning and assessment information.
Understanding by Design
Use Jay McTighe and Grant
Wiggins' template to design curriculum, assessment and instruction
that leads students to deep understanding of content. Print the
template (PDF format)...
Learning Strategies Database
Excellent information
on learning strategies in content and skills areas. Developed
by Muskingum College.
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As
a teacher, the library media
specialist works with students and other members of the learning
community to analyze learning and information needs, to locate
and use resources that will meet those needs, and to understand
and communicate the information the resource provides. The library
media specialist is knowledgeable about current research on teaching
and learning and skilled in applying its findings to a variety
of situations - particularly those that call upon students to
access, evaluate, and use information from multiple sources in
order to learn, to think, and to create and to apply knowledge.
In short, the library media specialist teaches students to use
information for critical thinking and problem solving using the Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning set
forth in Information Power, the national standards for
library media programs.
(See
composite of all 4 roles.)
Information Power, American Library Association, c1998. |
Research & Best Practices |
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The following brochures (pdf)
developed by the Office of Library Information Services show
how library media specialists integrate technology and information
literacy. Scenarios are given based on Information Power Standards
for Student Learning. Print and share these with teachers.
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Media Literacy and Internet Safety |
Assignment:
Media Literacy
A K-12 classroom resource to build critical thinking and communication
skills for life in a media and information society.
Center
for Media Literacy
Dedicated to a new vision of literacy for the 21st century: the
ability to communicate competently in all media forms, print
and electronic, as well as to access, understand, analyze and
evaluate the powerful images, words and sounds that make up our
contemporary mass media culture.
Alliance
for Media Literate America
Committed to promoting media literacy education that is focused
on critical inquiry, learning, and skill-building rather than
on media-bashing and blame.
Cybersmart
a K-8 curriculum for using the web safely, responsibly, and effectively with links for teachers, parents, and students. |
The MSDE Standards
for School Library Media Programs provide the guiding principles
for program development and evaluation in the Baltimore County
Public Schools. |
Resource
Guides
These web-based guides comprise a working bibliography of resources gathered by AASL
staff to assist library media staff with all aspects of library
programming. |
Cool Tool
Try NoodleTools when
you want to create a MLA Works Cited list. |
Cool Handouts
Outstanding guides to teach students how
to evaluate information!
From Critical Thinking 101 by Fitzgerald. |
.Photographs on this website are from
ArtToday, a web graphic subscription service. Your suggestions for additions are encouraged.
Please email
Della Curtis, Coordinator
Office of Library Information Services
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