EDIT 6300
Planner

Updated 11-24-08
This document lists all tasks required for 6300, in the approximate order you should do them.
It's under development as the semester goes on; links will come alive here as soon as an item is available.

Calendars: 6300 | SLM
Old Cycles moved to the bottom of the page.
Cycle 7: Nov 23 - Dec 1
final
[] PDEP is due 12/1
[] Any odds/ends/resubmits due 12/1.  Check the gradebook if you're not sure about something.
[] Submit Research Permission form (dropbox)
[] Submit E-permission form (dropbox)
[] Course eval
[] Watch blog for grading news
[] Happy holidays! Rest! Have fun! Let your brain vegetate for at least a week!
[] Purchase texts for next semester
[] Make sure registration is all in order
[] Watch the blog for EDIT 6340 news starting Jan 5. OK to visit class website, but don't actually do anything that doesn't have a 2008 or 2009 refresh date.




Cycle 1: Aug 23 - Sep 6
Tasks to complete by this date, in order (as much as possible):



[] Read the Syllabus (every word); explore the website and WebCT to figure out where things are.
[] Form your RLP team as early as possible.
[] Organize your calendar around all the dates provided, especially the meeting dates and the due dates.
[] Open a Skype account and add me to your contact list (my ID is maryannfitzgerald).  You can IM me or "call me" (for free) anytime I'm logged onto Skype.
[] Subscribe to the Cohort8 Blog using the instructions on the home page.
[] Read these items to go with Jobs/Roles:
[] Read these items as context for your RLP project:
  • AASL Standard 1.2 (Literacy and Reading)

  • Integrated concept: AASL Standard 2.1 (Knowledge of Learners and Learning)
  • Grimes, S. (2004, May). The search for meaning: How you can boost kids' reading comprehension. School Library Journal, 50 (5), 48-52. (This article is available through GALILEO.)[persistent link]
  • Krashen, S. (2005). AR: Evidence still lacking [Home Run Research Column].  Knowledge Quest, 33 (3), 48-49. [GALILEO]  [persistent link] [supplemental - but you should read this sooner or later]
[] Get going on your R&L Draft.  Study it carefully. Group time will be provided on 9/13, but time is short. However, the assignment is more thinking than doing, really. Try to come up with your basic idea in this Cycle.
[] Explore Google Sites (or whatever webhosting tool you plan to use) in preparation for launching your Assignment Page.
[] By 9/13, choose your Exhibition topic and submit to the Exhibition Manager.


Cycle 2: Sep 7 - Sep 20
Tasks to complete by this date, in order (as much as possible):
R&D means Repman & Dickinson text,
Complete: will not change, as of 9-8-08.

[]Get your Assignment Page up and running - or make a very serious attempt!

[]Readings about Reading & Literacy: there is a tremendous amount of material out there. You've read some things already to get you started; in the end you will need enough to provide working knowledge for your Reading/Literacy Project.  Try to build knowledge in 4 areas:
  • Standards - know clearly what you're expected to do
  • Methods - how to
  • Programs - sample reports of reading programs, all levels (Dr. Knapp's program is one good example - audio in WebCT/6300/Resources.)
  • Issues - controversies, trends (AR is always controversial; rewards as motivators; down-trends in adult literacy; reading achievement problems ...)
Sample as needed from your texts and the resources listed.  Perhaps divide some reading responsibilities up among members of your group.  The goal is not to read everything, but to read enough for application.  Note that a couple of items have audio commentary available.

[]Follow-up audio for R&L. Instructions:
  • Go to the Reading content area.
  • Scroll down to the second half (where we left off on Saturday).
  • In another browser window, go to WebCT/6300/Resources/ and open the Reading II file. You should see an audio bar; click play (mine crashes on the first try but works fine on the second - I hope it will work easily for you.)  The file is 26 minutes long.

[]Read R&Dp166: Impacting school improvement - C.A.Harvey (because we harp on school mission, AYP, goals all the time). MAF's 5-minute commentary available in WebCT.

[]Due on Sept 20: Draft: Reading and Literacy Project

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[]It's important to establish your Field Experience site early, although the actual visit can be scheduled later.  The Demographic Survey requirement has been cancelled by the College.

 []Readings: Roles: read the "required" items and one supplement
  • IP chapters 3-6 [required]
  • Wasman chapters 1, 3 [supplemental]
  • You Are the Key (YATK) Roles section (this is GLMA's interpretation) [required]
  • R&Dp183: Librarian-technologist: Ready for the future - B.Ruffin [supplemental](MAF's commentary available: WebCT/6300/Readings: Ruffin - 13 minutes)
http://delicious.com/maryannfitzgerald/6300-roles - each web site or article counts as one supplemental piece.

[]Readings: Standards, Flexible Scheduling: read "required" items and one supplement


new, all supplemental:
  • R&Dp28: Integrating library programs into the curriculum: Student learning is the bottom line - D.Miller
  • R&Dp45:It's all about learning: Ensuring that students are effective users of information on standardized tests - M.B.Eisenberg [MAF's commentary available in WebCT6300/Readings]
  • R&Dp53:Collaborating from the center of the school universe - T.Buzzeo (MAF's audio commentary in WebCT)
  • R&Dp157: The synergistic attributes of SLMC standards - J.E.P.Misakian

[]Readings: Information Ethics and Copyright: read the required items and one supplemental
  • IP pp166-170 [required] - MAF's commentary available in WebCT (6min)
  • Confidentiality of Library Records
  • Copyright:
  • Ethical use of information for students: [You will see this topic in more detail in EDIT 6360].  [Required -- one of the following]:
Each link on these tag pages counts as a supplemental reading:
http://delicious.com/maryannfitzgerald/6300-copyright
http://delicious.com/maryannfitzgerald/6300-ethics

[]Due on Oct 4: Exhibition.  Use "extra" time this cycle to apply toward it.


Cycle 3: Sep 21 - Oct 4
complete

[]Exhibition Preparations:
  • Finish your Exhibit and submit your link by 10/1
  • Make sure you know how to login to Google Documents.
  • Prepare to use Wimba Voice Direct:`
    • You will need a headset microphone (cheap at BestBuy, will have multiple uses in the longrun)
    • Your task: login, run the setup wizard
    • Using Voice Direct in WebCT instructions:
      1. In the View tab, click on the Voice
      Direct icon you would like to use.
      2. Click on the Setup Wizard icon to
      make sure your computer is ready to
      use Voice Direct.
      3. Click the Hand icon to speak, or to
      wait for your turn.
      4. Click the X icon to release the
      microphone.
[]Optional: attend "Trial Run" of the Voice Direct technology at 6pm on Thurs, Sept 25.  This shouldn't take long.

Although the Exhibition takes center stage this Cycle, don't forget about the big RLP.  Watch for my feedback on your Draft, and proceed accordingly. 

I way overshot the mark in terms of planning for 9/20.  Topics not finished that day will be resumed on 10/25. Read along, accordingly, from the Cycle 2 reading list (below).

For now, don't look below this line! Things below will definitely change.

Cycle 4: Oct 5 - Oct 25
final
priorities: flex scheduling; program development; info ethics

[]Of course, the "elephant in the living room" this cycle is the RLP, due 10/18

[]Look back over Cycle 2 readings, especially for Standards/Flexible Scheduling and Information Ethics/Copyright

[]Midterm feedback: this is optional and anonymous (ready as of 10/9)
 []Readings for Program Development:
  • AASL Standard 4.3: Comprehensive and Collaborative Strategic Planning and Assessment [required]
  • YATK Program Development section; (written by Cohort 1) [required]
  • Fitzgerald, M.A., & Waldrip, A. (2004, August/September). Not enough time in the day: Media specialists, program planning, and time management, Part I. Library Media Connection (23), 1, p. 38-40. [GALILEO]  [required] [persistent link - use EBSCO Prof. Dev. Collection] This is in your R&D text - p.12.
  • R&Dp7:Essential documents for school libraries: Do you have them? - C.MacDonell [supplemental](MAF's audio commentary in WebCT)
  • Look over the Georgia's Exemplary Media Center Program rubric
  • R&Dp103: Leverage your library program: What an administrator needs to know - A.P. Church [supplemental] (MAF's audio commentary in WebCT)
  • Read through the PDEP Project and the PDEP Draft
  • audiolesson from last year to prepare for draft - it contains essential info [supplemental] WebCT6300/Audio
  • AASL Program Planning Guide: start looking over this, if you have it [supplemental]

Cycle 5: Oct 26 - Nov 8
finalized 10-27-08


[] Your top priority will be the PDEP Draft assignment (due 11/8) and its associated readings. 

[]Readings to support topics on 11/8:

  • Overall management: AASL Standard 4.2 [required]
  • Download and read the new AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner. [required]
  • Your Field Experience is due 11/22. There will be a brief show and tell - bring your "visual evidence," but do no extra prep.  (URLs also welcome, but be careful about student privacy).
  • Stimulating Learning Environments:
    • AASL Standard 1.4 (Stimulating Learning Environment) [required]
    • R&Dp90: Re-designing a SLMC for the 21st century - M. Moyer & R.M. Baker [required] [MAF commentary available]
    • R&Dp95: Planning considerations for LMC facilities - S. Baule [required] [MAF commentary available]
    • Wasman chapter 12 [supplemental]
    • YATK Media Facilities [supplemental]
    • Subel, S. (2007). Facility design as an agent of learning. Knowledge Quest, 35 (3), 38-41. [persistent link] While reading this, ask yourself: Even if I'm not going to be designing a new media center any time soon, what principles in this article can I adapt for an existing media center? Use a Makeover mindset. [supplemental]
    • Walster, D. (1990). Promoting appropriate behavior in the media center. School Library Journal, 36 (8), 26-29. [persistent link][supplemental, but especially helpful to those who have not taught]
  • Time management:  Fitzgerald, M.A., & Waldrip, A. (2004, August/September). Not enough time in the day: Media specialists, program planning, and time management, Part I. Library Media Connection 23 (1), p. 38. [GALILEO] [persistent link] [also in R&D]
  • Human resources:
    • Human resources: read one each about paraprofessionals, volunteers, and student aides:
      • Media Center Volunteers - A Collaborative Problem Project by Mary Lewis, Karen Willingham, Nancy Andrews, Angie Furney, and Roy Jackson (Cohort 5)
      • Dickinson, G. (2006). The question ... should I correct those who refer to my library clerk as the librarian? Knowledge Quest 35 (2), 60-61. [persistent link]
      • Davis, S.K. (2004). Harnessing the power of parent volunteers. Knowledge Quest 33 (1), 30-31. [persistent link]
      • Schipman, M. (2006). It's cool to work in the library: Student library aides. Library Media Connection 25 (3), 26-27. [persistent link]
      • Lagesten, C. (2007). Students as library leaders: Student team builds leadership skills while helping to battle budget cuts. Teacher Librarian, 34 (5), 45-47. [persistent link]

Cycle 6: Nov 9 - Nov 22
finalized 11-19-08

Projects
[] Field Experience due 11/22
[] Work on PDEP (there's probably a good bit of peripheral reading going on with this project). Watch for feedback on your Draft (I will provide by 11/15). Incorporate feedback as appropriate.

Topics
 Required Readings
 Supplemental Readings


New IL Standards and Connection to Collaborative Planning
 []AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner
(download and read the pdf document - it's about 4 pages)

[]IP p. 47-57

[]AASL Standard 3.2 (Instructional Partner)

[]R&Dp189: Information literacy, collaboration, and "Killer Apps": New challenges for MSs - F. Georges; MAF's commentary in WebCT/Readings (5min)
  • R&Dp3: What should a teacher expect a SLMS to be? C. Harvey
  • R&Dp61: Collaboration: It really does work! J.L. Youssef
  • R&Dp63: Open doors to collaboration with an open house - B.Yoke
  • IP Appendix A


Education Leader
 [] AASL Standard 3.3

[] IP 52-5
  • Everhart, N. (2007). Leadership: School library media specialists as effective school leaders. Knowledge Quest, 35 (4), 54-57. [persistent link]
  • R&Dp83: Leadership: What makes us tick? M.A. Anderson
  • R&Dp168: Why action research? The leadership role of the LMS - J.K. Howard & S.A. Eckhardt


Public Relations [] R&Dp88:The power of audience: Effective communication with your principal - G. Hartzell [MAF's commentary, 13min, available in WebCT/Readings]

[] R&Dp108: A practical approach to marketing the school library - A. Burkman
  • Wasman chapter 17 [supplemental]
  • R&Dp21:The principal component: Bringing your administrator on board - M.W. McGhee & B.A. Jansen
  • R&Dp110: Come to Capitol Hill! Be a LMC advocate - S. Schuckett
  • R&Dp113: Tools of the trade: Political advocacy "Always" list - S. Schuckett
  • AASL's Advocacy section of website [explore]
  • Vanneman, S. (2007). Advocacy: Sparks and threads. Knowledge Quest 35 (4), 36-38. [persistent link]
  • Baumbach, D. J. (2005). The school library media center web page: An opportunity too good to miss. Knowledge Quest, 33 (3), 8-12. [Jan/Feb; see GALILEO.] [supplemental][persistent link]
  • Fullner, S.K. (2007). Is your fish dead? Create your library brand. Library Media Connection 25 (6), 32-33. [persistent link]
  • MAF's Delicious links








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