 Learning in
the 21st Century:
The Role of the Library Media Program
Chicago,
IL
November 3rd - 4th, 2006
The Drake Hotel
140 East Walton Place
Chicago, IL
http://www.thedrakehotel.com/index.html
Dear Summit Participants:
We are delighted you will be attending the School Library
Journal Summit, November 3rd and 4th at the Drake Hotel in
Chicago. As you know, at this summit we’ll be rolling up our
sleeves and exploring the rapid changes occurring in
education; the impact of these changes on learners and
educators in the 21st century; and the changing role of the
school media specialist in this new landscape.
We’ll be asking you to react
to speaker and panel presentations, synthesize information,
and collaborate to create vision—and action—statements that
respond to these cultural shifts. But don’t worry, we’ll be
feeding you too!
During the summit
participants will focus on one particular area of interest.
We are asking each participant to select an area prior to
the summit. Listed below are the three core areas, the
facilitators, and some proposed questions. Please send an
email by October 16 with your name and your first and second
choices for areas of interest to
sljsummit@gmail.com.
Technology and
Literacy
Panel Facilitator:
Ann Carlson Weeks
Bringing together school librarians, members of the reading
community, and others, this group will explore the impact of
technology on reading and literacy
- What does it mean for an
individual to be literate in the 21st Century? What
roles can library media specialists play in helping
students to become literate adults? What are the
relationships between language literacy (i.e., reading
and writing) and media, information, digital,
technological, and/or other types of literacies?
- In many cases, the
school library media program (library media specialist)
has not played a visible role in literacy efforts in
schools? Why? How can the link between literacy and
libraries be made more evident? Can technology be used
to address this situation?
- How can (should) library
media specialists work with teachers and students in
acknowledging and addressing the ethical issues
surrounding technology and literacy? How do we help them
understand the issues surrounding intellectual property
when technology makes plagiarism so easy?
- How can technology be
used to support collaboration/partnering between library
media specialists and classroom teachers in helping
students become literate?
- Should library media
specialists be technology leaders in their schools to
enable them to adequately serve the literacy needs of
their students or should they allow others to fulfill
these responsibilities? What are the costs/benefits of
either position?
- In what ways does the
concept of literacy change in a digital context?
- How can technology be
used by library media specialists and classroom teachers
to meet students’ individual learning needs and/or in
adapting instruction to address differing learning
styles?
- How can technology be
used to enable library media specialists and classroom
teachers to expand students' understanding of the world
through international literature?"
The School
Media Center in the Information-Rich World
Panel Facilitator: Joyce Valenza
Bringing together librarians, classroom teachers,
administrators, and others, this group will look at how
digital libraries and services can support student
achievement.
- What information
literacy skills will be necessary for the 21st century
learner?The 21st century worker?
How should we translate standards for emerging
information and communication tools?
- In what ways does a 24/7
school library, available anywhere, impact teaching and
learning? How do we respond to changing user
expectations for information availability?
- Will the job of the
school library media specialist be outsourced? What
unique services do/will 21st century school librarians
provide? How will library space change in the 21st
century?
- In what ways will the
practicing library media specialist be expected to
retool? In what new ways will pre-service institutions
need to prepare new professionals?
- How do we build
collections for the 21st century? What are the new
online essentials?
School Library 2.0
Panel Facilitator: Christopher Harris
Bringing together librarians, technology coordinators,
classroom teachers, and futurists, this group will look at
how emerging technologies that are a part of learners’ lives
can be integrated into education.
- What is School Library
2.0 ?
- In order for a school
library media program to achieve a level of School
library 2.0 a level of trust and safety must be reached.
What steps must be taken to achieve an acceptable level
of trust and safety?
- What elements of
learning that aren’t currently supported or don’t exist
will become possible with School Library 2.0 ? How will
this effect student achievement?
- Is there a relation
between our school library collection and School Library
2.0?
- The perception of a
school library and the activities which occur there is
greatly distorted by the media, fellow educators and the
public in general. Many programs exist to change this
perception. What marketing or promotional steps must be
taken to create a School Library 2.0?
Finally, we’ve set up a
Summit wiki to help everyone collaborate before we get to
Chicago. Click on the wiki link on the left for more
information.
Best wishes, Brian
Brian Kenney
bkenney@reedbusiness.com
Sponsored By:
Scholastic:
http://www.scholastic.com/
Capstone Press:
www.capstonepress.com
Compass Point Books:
www.compasspointbooks.com
Picture Window Books:
www.picturewindowbooks.com
Stone Arch Books:
www.stonearchbooks.com
SIRSIDYNIX:
http://www.sirsidynix.com/index.php
Thomson Gale:
http://www.galeschools.com
Follett Library Resources:
http://www.flr.follett.com/
Follett Software:
http://www.fsc.follett.com/
Learning Express:
http://www.learningexpressllc.com/
Rosen Publishing:
http://www.rosenpublishing.com/
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