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SAVE THE DATE for half day joint PD at BCPL branches: January 19th @ 9-11 AM
School events at branches in Fall & Spring: What's available? What would you like to see? How can you work together to market/promote branch school events?
Kindergarten SAIL Card Campaign | BCPL/SAIL Resource Page - Access to SAIL Card applications for any student in Gr 1-5 who did not get one previously.
Battle of the Books - Would like to see more schools participating; contact your branch liaison for details.
C. Reflective Practice: Collection Development
"Those kids who are hungry for books aren't always going to be straight, able-bodied, white males. And they want books that reflect that. Just as we need black students graduating top of their class at Harvard and brilliant female astronauts as our role models, so do we need our diverse literary heroes to remind us that the world is a playground for all, no matter who you are." ~Jacob Hood
Do not engage in a debate with the person challenging the books.
Notify your principal and Fran Glick fglick@bcps.org
Discuss concerns with two BES books: Hidden (Gr 4-6 Graphic Novels), The Fourteenth Goldfish (Gr 4-6)
Collection Development Resources & Reminders:
Use resources on the Collection Development page of this wiki, including: Selection Criteria/Guidelines, Ordering Procedures, Weeding, Review sources and more.
You will be notified soon with instructions for uploading your collection to Titlewave and updating your profile for funding analysis. Please place your Voucher order ASAP so that these books are included in the analysis.
D. P21 Skills
What are the P21 skills?
Created by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills.
Putting 21st Century skills at the center of learning and instruction.
Skills and knowledge that students need for a successful career, life and citizenship are included in the Framework for 21st Century Learning.
21st Century Student Outcomes
Life and Career Skills
Learning and Innovation Skills- 4Cs
Information, Media, and Technology Skills
Key Subjects- 3Rs and 21st Century Themes
21st Century Interdisciplinary Themes
Global Awareness
Financial Economic, Business and Entrepreneurial Literacy
"The close alignment of library media skills to the P21 skills demonstrated the value of P21 and the role of the library media specialist and technology professionals."
"Library media and technology professionals are in the unique position of supporting all students in all curricular areas and have a depth of knowledge no other educator can provide.
Library media specialists have been working on 21st-century skills for years. Having these skills identified on a national and state level gives a new platform for building and supporting that work. "
In groups, you will work together on the assigned unit, identifying lesson components that represent and reflect the 4Cs in the curriculum. Please post your responses on theP21 Skills in the Library Media Centertable in the column for your grade level.
The ODL Resource Wiki provides information on a variety of topics such as Device Care and Use, Digital Content and Databases, Copyright and Fair Use, as well as Digital Citizenship- to name a few. Please bookmark this page and use it to assist you with instruction and supporting your colleagues in your building.
S.T.A.T. Rollout- As the Revolve devices are entering your buildings, make connections with the teachers in Grades 1, 2, and 3, offering suggestions for how they can utilize the digital content and databases, especially eBooks (U.S.A. books especially) in instruction with their students.
