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Gwyneth Jones shares the beginnings of a great story. Twin Libraries :) Pass it on...... Delete the scoop?
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GRANGER — The TV studio and control room are a flurry of activity just before broadcast. (RT @CrazyQuilts: Meet @thebrainlair Teacher of the Year in Granger IN.
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This TL has really charged up reading at her school. The best literacy investment any school can make is in a strong TL and Library Learning Commons www.togetherforlearning.ca Delete the scoop?
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In Professional Learning in the Digital Age: The Educator's Guide to User-Generated Learning, Kristen Swanson shows educators how to enhance their pro...
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Everyone is a learner in the Learning Commons and that includes teacher librarians. Curation is one way to take control of your own professional learning as well as adding value for others when the tools are collaborative. Delete the scoop?
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In addition to the statistics included in our report, we also asked parents and librarians from around the country about their thoughts on various library services for parents and children. Via Karen Bonanno
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Lessons here for building a School Library Learning Commons that connects and learns with all members of the school community. 
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May 7, 7:14 PM
"It’s kind of like home room for your community." I like that statement. Thank you parent of a 3 year old. Delete the scoop?
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Sweden. Australia. New Zealand. The UK. Germany. Arizona. Wisconsin. Maryland. Lots of people from New Jersey. And me, the only one from Massachusetts. About 70 educators from all over the world ar... Via Anu Ojaranta, Karen Bonanno
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More thoughts and questions about how Inquiry can change learning for the future. 
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May 2, 3:26 AM
Afterthoughts of the Guided Inquiry worshop held in CISSL in Rutgers University at the end of April. A very good post also for them who are new to GI. 
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May 4, 9:22 AM
This says it all...."inquiry has the power to change the way students learn and teachers teach."
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Dave Truss, Vice Principal and Lead Administrator of the Inquiry Hub in Vancouver, shared how inquiry around topics builds communities of learners. Via Kathleen McClaskey, Marc Crompton
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Great model that could be replicated in the Learning Commons to empower students to own their inquiry. 
Kathleen McClaskey's curator insight,
April 30, 6:40 PM
Don't miss this project that was designed by learners at The Inquiry Hub. The back story is that the learners wrote a grant so they could design and built this community garden. Here are some insights into The Inquiry Hub.
"The structure of the Inquiry Hub is around topics. In the morning, the teachers and learners start off with a topical workshop. Then the learners work on online courses guided by their teachers. In the afternoon they work on their inquiry project individually and/or collaboratively. Dave shared a topic that took a life of its own: The Green Inquiry Project where Shauna, Sophia, and Hanna wrote and received a wildlife grant as part of their environmental sustainability group." 
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May 1, 11:58 AM
This is a a wonderful program: check out Kathleen's notes Don't miss this project that was designed by learners at The Inquiry Hub. The back story is that the learners wrote a grant so they could design and built this community garden. Here are some insights into The Inquiry Hub.
"The structure of the Inquiry Hub is around topics. In the morning, the teachers and learners start off with a topical workshop. Then the learners work on online courses guided by their teachers. In the afternoon they work on their inquiry project individually and/or collaboratively. Dave shared a topic that took a life of its own: The Green Inquiry Project where Shauna, Sophia, and Hanna wrote and received a wildlife grant as part of their environmental sustainability group." 
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May 23, 8:18 AM
I love the name "Inquiry Hub"...such a powerful way to help us all reimagine what a learning community can be if it's not a "school." Delete the scoop?
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EdTechTeacher - In order to help educators integrate technology effectively, we have compiled a list of technology tools focused on learning goals consistent with the Collect-Relate-Create-Donate (CRCD) framework. Unlike other lists that promote “cool tools,” yet leave teachers wondering about purposeful educational integration, our list is driven by specific learning goals that promote critical-thinking, creativity, collaboration, and community-mindedness. Via Karen Bonanno
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The bottom line is identify your learning goal first then consider best strategies to help students achieve and that would include best technologies.
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April 20, 8:37 PM
What are your learning goals? The question and answer style of this page guides you to a set of tools that will help you achieve your identified learning goal.
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April 21, 4:40 PM
Tools to match to your learning goals for students. Delete the scoop?
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"Today, Web-based tools enable students to discover more primary sources than ever before and engage them in dynamic ways."
A great project for the Virtual Learning Commons. Delete the scoop?
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How to Foster Collaboration and Team Spirit MindShift (blog) And every student needs to be prepared for that environment — partly for employment opportunity, but mainly because the deeply embedded mental model of learning and creating as an...
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The Learning Commons environment prepares all learners for powerful collaborations. Delete the scoop?
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Abilock, Debbie, Kristin Fontichiaro, and Violet H. Harada. Editors. Growing Schools: Librarians as Professional Developers. Libraries Unlimited, 2012. 390 p.
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Those of us who just filed our taxes, or paid our bills, or calculated our monthly expenditures know the importance of having a solid base of financial lit
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So much the Learning Commons can do to advance Finacial Literacy throughout the school community. This post is a great place to start. Delete the scoop?
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From East Middle School Library in Grand Junction, Colorado...a showcase of student projects and products created with a variety of Web 2.0 Tools. Via CASL, Sara Kelly Johns
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A celebration indeed! This collection of practical curriculum applications for these popular tools serves as inspiration and exemplar for students and teachers. Delete the scoop?
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In today's world it is increasingly less important that students learn facts, and more important that they learn how to learn. Guided Inquiry has tools embed... (Vlog post pt 2 Learning how to learn through inquiry - an introduction.
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Learning how to learn is a valuable outcome of guided inquiry. It is the most valuable contribution Teacher Librarians can make to student success because it empowers them for life. Learning to learn in a participatory learning environment is the work of the Learning Commons. Delete the scoop?
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The Learning Commons would like to thank all of the students who submitted poems into the Spring Poetry Contest. So many students wrote great poems that really capture the excitement and enjoyment that spring has to ...
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Moving along towards a Virtual Learning Commons space availabale to staff, students and parents 24/7. Delete the scoop?
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Some of the most popular tools that are revolutionizing the educational field and not only are the so called “collaborative learning tools”.
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As well as physical spaces to encourage collaboration there are many excellent digital spaces to consider. The Library Learning Commons provides both! Delete the scoop?
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Preparing students for their future in a rapidly changing world. A video from ISTE, CSTA, and NSF. (What if students practiced computational thinking every day? True inquiry based learning!
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More support to help us consider what skills and opportunities students need now and in the future. Great conversation starter for a professional learning day or a staff meeting! Delete the scoop?
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Most people’s knowledge of librarianship is a mash-up of Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in Desk Set, some warm and fuzzy memories from an elementary school class visit, Rupert Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, even fuzzier memories of... Via Karen Bonanno
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"The mission of librarians, according to Lankes, is to “improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities.” I’d unpack that as saying librarians enable learning, which as any librarian will tell you is common practice. It’s so common, in fact, that we never seemed to notice. Now it’s the story we need to tell."
Yes teacher librarians are in the business of learning and learning to learn! 
Pippa Davies @PippaDavies 's curator insight,
May 8, 11:13 AM
Librarians have a multi-dimensional role to play in any organisation. Literacy and technology are just part of a day's work, it is all about integrating knowledge and helping patrons learn what works best for them. Delete the scoop?
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Apr 22 2013. One Librarian's Take on the Learning Commons. A learning commons requires more than moving the furniture. It's a new way of thinking about how we use library space and what we do as librarians.
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Wise words from a Quebec librarian http://jacquelinevandyk.ca/ embracing the Learning Commons. Check out the comments to her blog post too. Delete the scoop?
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Use our new Scope & Sequence tool to find the lessons that are just right for your classroom. These cross-curriculular units spiral to address digital literacy and citizenship topics in an age appropriate way. Browse by grade band or click a category to highlight the lessons that address that topic. Via Karen Bonanno
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Common Sense Media supply a wealth of ideas to help K-12 teachers design learning with digital citizenship in mind. Check out many other resources on this site.
Karen Bonanno's curator insight,
April 26, 10:12 PM
Heaps of lesson plans, materials and resources here ready for immediate classroom use across K-12.
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April 26, 10:13 PM
K-12 Lesson plans, materials and resources ready to go. Delete the scoop?
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The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers are a public statement of what constitutes teacher quality.
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Teacher librarians as full teaching partners. Delete the scoop?
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via Mindshift If kids can access information from sources other than school, and if school is no longer the only place where information lives, what, then happens to the role of this institu...
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Teacher librarians can help classrooms move forward with Inquiry Learning. Collaborate, network, share, partner, model, mentor, coach, encourage, create...celebrate! Delete the scoop?
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Library Space designed with learning in mind. For more examples scroll down to discover Amesbury school in New Zealand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqvPowlFJhI&feature=youtu.be and 'Place' a delightful documentary of innovative use of space with student ownership in mind, also from New Zealand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctYpgTIq55w 
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April 17, 11:37 PM
Libraries as modern learning environments with lots of great examples from NZ in the post and in the comments! Delete the scoop?
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Project-based learning can provide an intentional and effective opportunity to integrate the arts across disciplines and curriculum. While valuable as a stand-alone discipline, arts education can be
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Make the Arts at home in the Learning Commons. Delete the scoop?
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It's not about getting the right answers but rather, asking really good questions.
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The world is full of learning opportunities. Design the 'real' thing to engage learners. Delete the scoop?
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Since the BCTLA conference in October, I have had many phone calls and e-mails regarding our "wall words" in the Fraser Heights Learning Commons. At least once a week I am replying to an inquiry about them. Sorry, everyone!
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Words to inspire in the Learning Commons. Delete the scoop?
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The Virtual Learning Commons at work building a learning community.