Library Week: its theme and activities.
Library Technology Week is a project that lets us and our students reflect on what the Internet and Web 2.0 technology mean for libraries. Librarians have been talking about a new level of accessing and disseminating information opened with the World Wide Web for already a decade.
By running the Library Technology Week simultaneously in several libraries in the region we will practice another advantage that the Internet provides. We and our students can “visit” other libraries of other overseas schools in the Near East South Asia region and see what other students, just like them, work on and post their projects for observation.
Library Technology Week is thought as a project that would strengthen professional connections among NESA librarians as well: by sharing we learn.
Among the activities that we can do with our students and later share with other schools could be:
The Week could be called ""Meet Me @ My Library": students will introduce themselves and "visit" other students online from their library.
It would be easier for every librarian if each of us recommends a book about the country where our school is situated, preferably one for each age group (Lower and Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, and ELL - optional). The list of the books can be started under "Notes". (see the top menu).
Any grade level can participate in the project. Subject teachers (Language Arts and Social Studies) or classroom teachers might be interested in collaboration. What a wonderful opportunity!
Librarians can choose what Web tools to use (VoiceThread, blog, wiki, video clip, other) and when to work of small projects (during class, a break, lunch time, before or after school).
This ning might be the place where we collect the projects and share them during the LTW.
A collection of the projects could be organized in "Groups": add a group and name it after your school.
We hope that the Library Week "Let's Meet @ Your Library" will promote curiosity about one of the Near East and Asian country and help our students know better the culture of neighbor countries. Students will write about their experiences about foreign cultures and recognize that their problems are common to others living overseas.
A dialog that our students will start is itself a step toward tolerance and peace in the region. By participating in the project, each school will put a "brick" into a bridge of understanding. Students will practice interpersonal and problem solving skills and explore and use new technologies.
Looking forward for your comments.
By running the Library Technology Week simultaneously in several libraries in the region we will practice another advantage that the Internet provides. We and our students can “visit” other libraries of other overseas schools in the Near East South Asia region and see what other students, just like them, work on and post their projects for observation.
Library Technology Week is thought as a project that would strengthen professional connections among NESA librarians as well: by sharing we learn.
Among the activities that we can do with our students and later share with other schools could be:
- reading a book about a neighbor country where another NESA school is located (a list of suggested titles has been started in "Notes". Please add titles of books about your country).
- sharing personal experiences of being students of international schools and being individuals exposed to a foreign culture: what they have learned, mistakes they've done, misunderstandings they've endured, and the ways they've found to overcome prejudice, religious extremism and cultural barriers.
- publishing a book review or presenting a video clip about their library.
The Week could be called ""Meet Me @ My Library": students will introduce themselves and "visit" other students online from their library.
It would be easier for every librarian if each of us recommends a book about the country where our school is situated, preferably one for each age group (Lower and Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, and ELL - optional). The list of the books can be started under "Notes". (see the top menu).
Any grade level can participate in the project. Subject teachers (Language Arts and Social Studies) or classroom teachers might be interested in collaboration. What a wonderful opportunity!
Librarians can choose what Web tools to use (VoiceThread, blog, wiki, video clip, other) and when to work of small projects (during class, a break, lunch time, before or after school).
This ning might be the place where we collect the projects and share them during the LTW.
A collection of the projects could be organized in "Groups": add a group and name it after your school.
We hope that the Library Week "Let's Meet @ Your Library" will promote curiosity about one of the Near East and Asian country and help our students know better the culture of neighbor countries. Students will write about their experiences about foreign cultures and recognize that their problems are common to others living overseas.
A dialog that our students will start is itself a step toward tolerance and peace in the region. By participating in the project, each school will put a "brick" into a bridge of understanding. Students will practice interpersonal and problem solving skills and explore and use new technologies.
Looking forward for your comments.
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Permalink Reply by Lorna Flynn on -
I'll add the book, Cyprus the Island Everyone Wanted.
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Permalink Reply by Kathleen on -
Hi, Marina. Sorry to get to this so late when you posted so much earlier! I'm sure everyone's busy with the beginning of school. They didn't actually give me a library class this year, so I've not got a group of kids to do this with. However, I'm am going to pass the idea on to our Writer's Workshop teachers to see if they would like to follow up on the idea. I'll get back to you!
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Permalink Reply by Marina Brodsky on -
Is it The Island Everyone Wanted by Marina Christofidies?
I'll add it to "Notes".
Lorna Flynn said:I'll add the book, Cyprus the Island Everyone Wanted.
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Permalink Reply by Marina Brodsky on
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Hi Kathleen, you can do a great work from your side, like work with the teacher, recommend her books and/or videos, assist in setting a tech tool for her (see my reply to your other note), and post students' work, pictures of the class working on the project, video clips in the ning. Let me know if I can help in any way. Marina
Kathleen said:Hi, Marina. Sorry to get to this so late when you posted so much earlier! I'm sure everyone's busy with the beginning of school. They didn't actually give me a library class this year, so I've not got a group of kids to do this with. However, I'm am going to pass the idea on to our Writer's Workshop teachers to see if they would like to follow up on the idea. I'll get back to you!
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Permalink Reply by Kathleen on
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Here's what we've worked out for Library Technology Week at BBS in Kuwait. I have one Grade 11 teacher who would like her students to do either a movie or a book review. The students will post their reviews and comments to a class blog. When we get that set up, I can share the link with all of you.
The other project will be with Freshmen. They are reading fiction books of their choice. They will also be doing book reviews, but this teacher would like to do podcast reviews with a 2-minute time limit. Other students will then leave their comments regarding the review techniques. I will also send this link to you.
It doesn't seem like much, but it is exciting for me to see teachers adding technology facets to their instruction, and I'm so happy to be able to help facilitate.
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Permalink Reply by Marina Brodsky on
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Kathleen,
It sounds great! I am working on a VoiceThread with a freshman class. They introduce themselves and post a story about their experiences of being a student of the international school.
With other HS classes we run Book Club, and they post their discussions in their class blog.
We'll share our projects!
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