Thanks for sharing this, Jenny. I think that many of us are looking for ideas to make our elementary school learning spaces more &quot;learning commons&quot; friendly.<div><br></div><div>Martha<br><br>On Sunday, February 1, 2015, Lussier,Jenny &lt;<a href="mailto:jlussier@rsd13.org">jlussier@rsd13.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Nancy - interesting article in Edutopia too about this. </div><div><br></div><div><span><a href="http://www.edutopia.org/blog/21st-century-libraries-learning-commons-beth-holland" target="_blank">http://www.edutopia.org/blog/21st-century-libraries-learning-commons-beth-holland</a></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Jenny<br></span><br><span>Sent from my iPhone</span></div><div><br>On Jan 31, 2015, at 10:34 AM, &quot;Nancy Shwartz&quot; &lt;<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;mrs.shorts@gmail.com&#39;);" target="_blank">mrs.shorts@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>My principal has made it his mission to make our media center into a rockin&#39; learning commons.  I have done research, am taking the workshops, reading the books, etc., but I would love to visit a few to see exactly what it looks like in different schools.  </div><div><br></div><div>I know that the commons are pretty much what we want to make it to be, but my principal needs visuals.</div><div><br></div><div>Is anyone here willing to let me come and tour your elementary school learning commons? I promise I won&#39;t be in the way.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Nancy Shwartz</div><div>Library Media Specialist</div><div>Cos Cob School</div><div>Greenwich. CT</div><div><a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;nancy_shwartz@greenwich.k12.ct.us&#39;);" target="_blank">nancy_shwartz@greenwich.k12.ct.us</a></div><div><a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,&#39;cvml&#39;,&#39;mrs.shorts@gmail.com&#39;);" target="_blank">mrs.shorts@gmail.com</a></div></div>
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