[CASL-L] Fwd: AASL Hotlinks – June 2013

[Irene K]

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> Date: June 3, 2013, 5:30:18 PM EDT
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> Subject: AASL Hotlinks – June 2013
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> Volume 12, Issue 3
> June 2013
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> In This Issue:
> Association News
> Education News
> Resources for School Librarians
> Grants & Awards
> Partnership News
> Member Spotlight
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> Association News
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> Terri Kirk Elected 2014-15 AASL President
> Terri Kirk, school librarian at Reidland High School in Paducah, Ky., has been elected as the 2014-2015 AASL president. Kirk is currently the co-chair of the AASL 2013 national conference committee, the Kentucky chapter councilor on the American Library Association (ALA) council and a member of the ALA nominating committee. Past leadership positions in AASL include the AASL Board of Directors as member-at-large and as the AASL division councilor. She also served as the preconference and best practices chair on the 2009 national conference committee, chair of the Affiliate Assembly and as a member of the research and statistics committee.
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> NSLPY Award Recipients Announced
> AASL announced the National School Library Program of the Year (NSLPY) Award, sponsored by Follett. Recipients include:
> New Augusta South Public Academy in Indianapolis, Ind.
> Pennsylvania Avenue School in Atlantic City, NJ
> Swan Valley High School in Saginaw, Mich.
> The AASL NSLPY Award annually recognizes up to three school library programs that meet the needs of the changing school and library environment and are fully integrated into the school's curriculum. Each recipient receives an obelisk – the symbol of school library excellence – and $10,000 toward its school library program. AASL award recipients will be honored at AASL's Awards Luncheon during the 2013 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. Ticket information can be found on the AASL website at www.ala.org/aasl/annual.
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> New Online Course Helps Participants “Bring Your Own Lessons”
> During BYOL: Bring Your Own Lessons into the 21st Century! AASL’s newest e-Academy course, participants will learn about AASL’s Best Websites for Teaching and Learning and how best to integrate them into a lesson plan. The facilitators will then walk participants through the submission of their plan to AASL’s Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Lesson Plan Database. This six-week, self-paced course facilitated by Liz Deskins and Christina Dorr will begin June 24, 2013. Registration and additional course information are available at www.ala.org/aasl/eacademy.
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> New Publication Presents the Best of Instructional Partnerships
> AASL expanded its Best of Knowledge Quest (KQ) series with the release of “Instructional Partnerships: A Pathway to Leadership.” Edited by Judi Moreillon and Susan Ballard, the book brings together seminal articles to support pre-service and in-service school librarians in developing and strengthening the instructional partner role. The publication is available in both print and e-book formats, as well as in a print/e-book bundle, and can be purchased through the ALA online store.
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> Harvard Innovation Education Fellow Tony Wagner Opens AASL National Conference
> Education innovator and thought leader Tony Wagner will headline the opening general session at the AASL 16th National Conference and Exhibition taking place Nov. 14-17, 2013, in Hartford, Conn. His presentation will draw on his more than 25 years of education consulting experience focused on creating strategies to improve learning for all students. The opening general session is sponsored by Cable in the Classroom. More information can be found at national.aasl.org.
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> Jarrett Krosoczka to Speak at AASL Awards Luncheon
> Author, illustrator and school library advocate Jarrett Krosoczka will speak during the AASL annual Awards Luncheon. The luncheon, a celebration of the best of the best in the school library profession, will be held Monday, July 1, during the 2013 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago. For more information on AASL events at ALA’s Annual Conference, visit http://www.ala.org/aasl/conferences/annual.
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> ALA Accepting Applications for the 2014 Class of Emerging Leaders
> ALA is now accepting applications for the 2014 class of Emerging Leaders. The deadline to apply is Aug. 2, 2013. The program is designed to enable library workers to get on the fast track to ALA and professional leadership. Participants are given the opportunity to work on a variety of projects, network with peers and gain an understanding of the ALA structure and wide range of activities. Individuals who are considering applying to the program should be under 35 years of age or be a new library professional of any age with fewer than five years of experience working at a professional or paraprofessional level in a library. They should also be able to attend both the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia (January 24–28, 2014) and the ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas (June 26–July 1, 2014). Additional criteria can be found on the Emerging Leaders’ Web page.
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> AASL Hands Out Awards
> AASL recognized several award and grant winners last month:
> Amy Jo Southworth, school librarian at Bay Shore High School in Sayville, N.Y., is the 2013 recipient of the AASL Frances Henne Award, sponsored by ABC-CLIO.
> Panagiotis Stathopoulos’s project, “Found in ‘Translation’: Reading, Writing, Critical Thinking, and Metaphrasis,” is the 2013 recipient of the AASL Innovative Reading Grant, sponsored by Capstone.
> Rosalind Dennis, director of educational media and instructional materials for the DeKalb County (Ga.) School District, is the 2013 recipient of the AASL Intellectual Freedom Award, sponsored by ProQuest.
> AASL award winners will be honored at AASL's Awards Luncheon during the 2013 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. The luncheon will be held Monday, July 1. Ticket information can be found on the AASL website at www.ala.org/aasl/annual.
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> Education News
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> Poll Finds Majority of Teachers Unprepared for Common Core State Standards
> A poll released by the American Federation of Teachers finds that most public school teachers feel unprepared to teach math and reading to the Common Core State Standards. The poll, titled “Teachers Assess Implementation of the Common Core,” reports that while 75 percent of teachers said they support the Common Core State Standards, less than one-third said their school districts have given them the training and resources to teach to the new standards. According to the poll, 62% of teachers who responded to not being satisfied with the level of input also noted they are "very worried that assessments will precede understanding and aligned instruction."
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> Report Finds English-Language Learners Benefit in Early-Childhood Programs
> A report finds that young English-language learners who are still developing oral and literacy skills in their home languages benefit most in early-childhood programs that regularly expose them to both languages. The analysis, titled “Dual Language Learners: Research Informing Policy,” also notes that dual-language learners develop language skills differently than their monolingual, English-speaking peers. Young dual-language learners who use two separate language systems will take longer to reach proficiency in both languages than their peers learning only one.
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> BYOD, Cloud Computing among Top Technologies and Trends to Impact Teaching
> A report from the New Media Consortium (NMC) finds that a significant number of schools will provide or use BYOD (bring your own device), cloud computing, mobile learning, and online learning within the next year. The report, titled "NMC Horizon Project Short List," notes that electronic publishing, learning analytics, open content, and personalized learning are among the mid-term projects schools will provide in the next two to three years. It outlines the top 12 emerging technologies and the top ten trends and challenges that will have a significant impact on teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in global K-12 education over the next five years.
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> Report Outlines How to Redefine Federal Assessment and Accountability Systems to Support Competency Education
> A Knowledgeworks report outlines how policymakers could redefine federal assessment and accountability systems to support competency education in the nation's public schools. According to the report, “This highly personalized approach provides clear, individualized pathways to student proficiency that help mobilize stakeholders around the collective goal of college- and career-readiness for all.” The success of the competency movement depends heavily on federal willingness to partner with states and districts as they redesign education systems.
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> Research Examines Educational Use of Graphic Novels
> A new research study in the Boston University School of Education's Journal of Education finds that graphic novels may have a place in the classroom as an alternative form of literature. The study, titled “Graphic Novels: What Elementary Teachers Think about Their Instructional Value,” reveals that for nearly every category of educational use, most teachers overwhelmingly responded “never” when asked if they incorporated graphic novels into the curriculum. Yet, a fourth of the teachers did say that they used graphic novels for struggling students or English language learners (ELL) either once a month or once a week.
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> Survey Finds Changes in Teens' Social Media Information Sharing
> A report from Pew Internet finds that while teens are sharing more information about themselves on social media sites than they have in the past, they are also taking a variety of technical and non-technical steps to manage the privacy of that information. The survey, titled “Teens, Social Media, and Privacy,” finds that 53% of teens post their e-mail address, up from 29%; 20% post their cell phone number, up from 2%; and 82% post their birth date. Focus group discussions with teens show that they have waning enthusiasm for Facebook, disliking the increasing adult presence, people sharing excessively, and stressful “drama,” but they keep using it because participation is an important part of overall teenage socializing.
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> Girl Scouts Align Badges with Common Core
> The content of all Girl Scout national proficiency badges and journeys have been correlated by grade level to national Common Core Standards, 21st Century Skills standards, Financial Literacy education standards, and curriculum such as Health and PE, Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies learning objectives for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The Girl Scout website allows users to find out how badges and journeys support state and national curriculum standards.
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> Parents See Benefits to Mobile Technology in the Classroom
> A survey from Grunwald Associates finds that a majority of parents overwhelmingly think that mobile apps, mobile content, and technology in the classroom promote positive learning habits and yield benefits. The survey, titled “Living and Learning with Mobile Devices,” reports that more than 50 percent of parents believe that schools should make more use of mobile devices in education and 32 percent agree that schools should require them in the classroom.
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> Students See Mobile Transforming Education
> A study from Pearson and Harris Interactive reveals that students almost unanimously believe mobile technology will change education and make learning more fun. In addition, the “Student Mobile Device Survey” finds that a majority of students (69%) would like to use mobile devices more in the classroom.
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> Resources for School Librarians
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> Common Core State Standards Resources
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> School is winding down, and it is time to map out some professional reading for the summer. What better time to get up to speed on the Common Core State Standards. Come back to school next fall ready to lead your faculty and impress your administrators as you take leadership in showing how to implement this national curriculum. Check out AASL’s Essential Links for some key resources to get you going.
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> The Rise of EduTech in K-12 Classrooms
> An infographic created by the Pew Research Center demonstrates how education technology is used in education, its success, and its effect on students and educators. The graphic is the result of a survey of Advanced Placement and National Writing Project classes about their use of education technology, including cell phones, e-readers, tablets, and smartboards. They found that these new media not only influence teachers’ teaching methods, but students’ learning processes as well.
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> Guidance on Transforming Data into Information for Education
> The State Educational Technology Directors Association released a report that outlines the major K-12 data standards and interoperability initiatives under way. The report, titled “Transforming Data to Information in the Service of Learning,” offers recommendations for how K-12 education can become more responsive to educators and better targeted toward individual student success. The report can help education leaders understand the context for these interoperability initiatives and their relationship to teaching and learning.
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> Professional Development Toolkit
> The American Association of School Administrators and the Consortium for School Networking have released a guide meant to help teachers and adminstrators conquer how to make wise use of the reams of educational data flowing through the K-12 system. The guide, titled “Closing the Gap Professional Development Toolkit,” provides a step-by-step curriculum and cadre of professional development resources to help district and school leaders train employees on how to use data.
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> Bullying Resource
> The American Educational Research Association issued a report on the prevention of bullying in schools and colleges. It finds that the epicenter for bullying is schools and colleges, yet many administrators, teachers, and related personnel lack training to address bullying and do not know how to intervene to reduce it. The peer-reviewed report, presented as a series of 11 briefs, addresses legislative, policy, and procedural matters with pragmatic and practical strategies for prevention of bullying.
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> NASA DIY Podcast Tutorial Videos
> NASA's Do-It-Yourself Podcast website offers school librarians and teachers free public-domain resources to help you and your students build your own podcasts. NASA offers six video tutorials to show educators and students how easy it is to make podcasts and vodcasts. The six-video series comprises: What Is a Podcast? DIY Podcast Tour, Viewing and Downloading Video Clips, Listening to and Downloading Audio Clips, Building an Audio Podcast, Building a Video Podcast.
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> Grants & Awards
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> Project: Connect Summer Youth Programming Competition
> The Project: Connect Summer Youth Programming Competition will award $150,000 to libraries, museums, and other nonprofits to provide hands-on learning opportunities this summer for youth across the country to help make the online experience more civil, safe and empowering. Grants will support a series of local hands-on events July through September where young people collaborate and compete through activities such as hackathons, maker spaces, digital journalism and communications labs, and mentoring workshops. Programs must be based on the understanding that learning happens anywhere, anytime and should be equitable, social, participatory, and reflect kids’ interests. Applications are due June 10.
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> Going to Mars with MAVEN Campaign
> Craft a haiku poem to be sent (with your name) on the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN). Messages will be voted on by the public; the top three most popular entries will be sent to Mars and get posted on the MAVEN website. Deadline is July 1.
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> AAPT Frederick and Florence Bauder Endowment for the Support of Physics Teaching
> The American Association of Physics Teachers' Frederick and Florence Bauder Endowment for the Support of Physics Teaching was established to support special activities in the area of physics teaching. Activities can include but are not limited to the development and distribution of innovative apparatuses for physics teaching; traveling exhibits of apparatuses; and local workshops. Maximum award is $500. AAPT members are eligible. Deadline is July 1.
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> New Science Teacher Academy
> The New Science Teacher Academy Foundation is a professional development initiative created to promote quality science teaching, enhance teacher confidence and classroom excellence, and improve teacher content knowledge. Maximum award: program expenses. Middle or high school science teachers entering their second or third year of teaching, working a schedule with 51 percent of their classes in science are eligible. Deadline is July 1.
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> CVS/Caremark Community Grants
> CVS/Caremark Community Grants are currently accepting proposals for programs, targeting children under age 21 with disabilities, which address health and rehabilitation services or enabling physical movement and play. Maximum award is $5,000. Nonprofits located in states that also have CVS stores are eligible. Deadline is October 31.
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> Mickelson/ExxonMobil 2014 Teachers Academy
> The Mickelson ExxonMobil 2014 Teachers Academy offers a five-day program, with camp in New Jersey designed to provide third- through fifth-grade teachers with the knowledge and skills necessary to motivate students to pursue careers in science and math. Maximum award is an all expenses paid five-day program in July 2014. Third- through fifth-grade teachers from all over the United States are eligible. Deadline is October 31.
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> Brown Rudnick Center for the Public Interest: Community Grant Program
> The Brown Rudnick Center Community Grant Program recognizes, encourages, and collaborates with front-line workers within the educational system who often do not have a voice in funding decisions and provides funding to assist with small, concrete projects or needs that will make an improvement in inner-city education in Boston, Hartford, New York City, Providence, and Washington, D.C. within a year of the award. Maximum award is $2,000. “Front-line educational workers” involved in the education field or a related field in Boston, Hartford, New York City, Providence, or Washington, D.C. partnered with a nonprofit organization or tax-exempt organization (e.g. a public school) are eligible. Deadline is rolling.
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> Microsoft: DigiGirlz High Tech Camp
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