Melva Samuels – Delta – Reviewing
Week One Readings
Hughes-Hassell, Sandra. “Enhancing Student Learning With Technology”.
The Information-Powered School.
Digital technology
is here to stay. Educators must met the challenge
and learn to manipulate the computer and all the
tools related to this technology. According to them
teachers must learn before they can teach with any degree of proficiency. Technology can benefit all the areas of the curriculum. Librarians can share the benefits of using the Internet the writer supports what most teachers and teacher-librarians
already know. There is also support for the students
taking some ownership for acquiring technology knowledge.
The steps needed to get on the bandwagon pointing towards the Information
Highway is highlighted in this article.
Masullo, Miriam and Robert Mack. “Roles for Digital Libraries in K-12 Education.”
D- Library Magazine. September 1996. June,
2003 by the writer of this article.
What is the
role of digital libraries? These writers in some detail
answer this question. One of the major factors influencing
this technology is the reluctance of the teachers to share their knowledge,
this is taking a risk, which some do not want to be involved in doing. The next factor is the sheer magnitude of the job of putting
the information in the correct format for the user. A
number of model for doing this are discussed in some detail. And the possibilities
Reviewing Week Two Reading
Hughes, Hassell
and Wheelock, Anne. “Collection Mapping; One Step in
the Collation Development Process.” The Information
Powered Schools.
According to the writers of this article developing a current comprehensive, high-quality school library media collection is not easy. Then today’s historical way to build collections was discussed in general, and then today’s trend was shared in some detail. The key term is getting started in developing state-of-the-art collections, is collaboration to include collaboration between the media specialist, teachers, staff, students and members of the learning community. Collection mapping as defined by the authors is “the process schools use to collect, present and organize information about the school’s media center resources. The benefits of collections mapping are listed: identify the areas of the collection that need changing, provide evidence of support, provide data to support funding, show how budget is spent, and how weeding plans are developed. The last part of the article deals in some detail on developing a collection map and three kinds of maps. The three types of maps are: total collection which provides a broad current picture of the collection; technology access which show the access of student and teachers to technology; and emphasis collection which shows current collection status and how it matches the learning community. The last item discussed is the six step process in developing a collection map along with assorted diagrams and some “help” resources.
Hughes, Chassell and Wheelock,
Anne. “Curriculum Mapping.” Information
Powered Schools
According to Heidi-Hayes
Jacobs, curriculum, mapping is taking schools data on curriculum, teachers
guides and textbooks putting this data into a clear, understandable format
so that one can see what is happening in a school. Curriculu8m
mapping allows schools to identify the “good”, “bad”, and “ugly” about a school’s
curriculum. This is a time consuming but worthwhile
process that in the final analysis helps teachers, administrators and library
media specialists. Step-by-step directions to help
in curriculum mapping are detailed briefly with directions to look at the
more detailed resources listed at the end of the article.
Tips on analyzing and using curriculum mapping are listed and you
find out some of the things one should be evaluating. The
bottom line and support for curriculum mapping is that the students benefit
the most when the process is used in the schools.
1.
Perspectives
expand
2.
Educational
decisions improve
3.
Competency
in information literacy become evident
4.
Teachers
work collaboratively
5.
More
resources become available