Flexible Access and Technology Integration in your Classroom

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Flexible Access and Technology Integration in
your Classroom

• Ximena Núñez del Prado B.Elementary Technology
  Coordinator
• August, 2008

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School of Lima
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What?

• Flexible Scheduling
• Allows teachers to bring their classes to the
  library tech lab at the time of greatest need
  for instructional purposes.
• Flexible Access
• Allows students to visit the library tech lab
  at their point of need.
• Its what you need when you need it!

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Why?

• Student achievement increases when tech library
  specialists collaborate with classroom teachers
• Tech library skills taught in isolation are a
  barrier to students transfer of learning
• Learning is more relevant when students make
  connections between what they are learning in the
  classroom and in the tech lab library

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ALAs Position Statement on Flexible Scheduling

• The integrated library media program philosophy
  requires that an open schedule must be
  maintained. Classes cannot be scheduled in the
  library media center to provide teacher release
  or preparation time. Students and teachers must
  be able to come to the center throughout the day
  to use information sources, to read for pleasure,
  and to meet and work with other students and
  teachers.
• "AASL Position Statement on Flexible Scheduling."
  American Library Association. 2005.
• http//www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/position
  statements/aaslpositionstatement.htm
• (Accessed 28 Feb, 2006)

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How?Before Implementation

• Gathered information about flexible
  scheduling/access
• Got administrative support
• Found a support network
• visited Timber Drive Elementary School, NC
• had follow-up conference calls
• Shared our ideas timeline for implementation
  with teaching staff
• Communicated changes and reasons with parents
• Reassigned assistants to library and tech lab to
  help meet needs of independent users

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How?After Implementation

• Encountered bumps along the way addressed
  these concerns
• Book check-out
• Losing library time
• Control of Schedule from online to paper
• Equitable access
• Four years after implementation, we are very
  successful!

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Schedule Example
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Schedule Example
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What does it look like?
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Integrated Curriculum
Library-Media and Technology are resources not
subjects
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Collaborative Planning

• Principals attend weekly team meetings
• Library tech teachers participate in
  grade-level team meetings every 3 to 6 weeks

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Grade Level Meeting Schedule with Principal
Every 3 weeks the librarian and tech teachers
attend grade level team meetings. We plan and
schedule relevant, integrated activities.
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Grade 4 Team Meeting
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Grade 4 Team Meeting
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Job Description

• Be open to taking thoughtful risks in order to
  bring about improved student learning
• Forge supportive and respectful partnership with
  students, parents and colleagues
• Work collaboratively on a daily basis with team
  members and specialists
• Be flexible and have a sense of humor
• Exhibit professional demeanor in attitude and
  through the spoken and written word

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PYP Unitshttp//www.amersol.edu.pe/es/PYPUnits/in
dex.asp
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ITL Curriculum(Information and Technology
Literacy)

• THE FOUR STRANDS
• Media Technology Skills
• Research Project Design Cycle
• Social Ethical Issues
• Lifelong Reading, Listening and Viewing
• ITL integrated into Atlas Rubicon
• (web-based curriculum management tool)

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Styles of CollaborationWe work together in many
ways!

• Media only
• book awards
• Tech only
• iMovie
• Media tech in library
• research with books laptops
• Media tech in lab
• rewriting a story in PowerPoint
• Media tech rotations
• scavenger hunt

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Results of Flexible Access

• Students come to the library and tech lab at
  point of need
• Teachers bring their classes to the library and
  tech lab at point of need
• Collaborative planning (classroom, library, tech,
  specialists, admin)
• Team teaching (classroom teacher, librarian, tech
  teacher)
• Enhanced, relevant, integrated projects
• Increased use of library and tech lab
• Integration of our ITL (Information and
  Technology Literacy) curriculum
• Community of learners

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The Joys of Flexible Access
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Questions? Contact us
http//www.amersol.edu.pe
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