[CALIBK12] Fwd: Collaboration

[Stella Bloom]

Don't overlook the possibility of collaborating with
your teachers.

Invite them in to the library to see hidden resources
that they might not know about.

Ask them about how they use the library, what books,
books on tape and other resources they wish were
available, how they use reading incentive programs,
etc.

You might even get them to volunteer to help you with
some sort of special library project that will benefit
everyone.

Stella Bloom
School Library Technician
Mission Middle School
Escondido Union School District


--- "Millam, Joy" <jmillam at pylusd.org> wrote:

> Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:45:12 -0700
> From: "Millam, Joy" <jmillam at pylusd.org>
> To: "CALIB POST" <calibk12 at listproc.sjsu.edu>
> Subject: [CALIBK12] Collaboration
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> My school has instituted a collaboration period for
> staff on Monday
> mornings from 7:30-8:15.  I am looking for others
> LMT's to collaborate
> with and discuss current issues, procedures and
> innovations.  I welcome
> any and all ideas.  I am a bit stymied as to where
> to go from here.  I
> am going to be visiting the different departments on
> campus to work
> collaboratively with them as well.  But beyond that,
> I need some help.
> So I look to you all- the collective brain for
> inspiration.  
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>  
> 
> Joy Millam
> 
> Library Media Goddess/Teacher
> 
> Valencia High School
> 
> 500 N. Bradford Ave.
> 
> Placentia, CA 92870
> 
> 714-996-4970 x3250
> 
>  
> 
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> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 12:11 AM
> To: 'CALIB POST'
> Subject: [CALIBK12] Do you have "secret spaces"?
> 
>  
> 
> Hi CA school librarians,
> 
>  
> 
> I am looking for a school library in which there is
> a nook that feels to
> young children like a secret or protected space: 
> Here are some
> examples...
> 
>  
> 
> Possible configurations might include a three-sided
> alcoves with one
> glass wall or several large refrigerator boxes in an
> open space.
> Alternatively, an enclosed space with short walls
> that is open on top,
> such as several easy chairs that are pulled into a
> protective circle or
> two couches angled against a wall, can create a
> feeling of privacy.
> Vendors sell prefabricated structures such as
> reading nooks in the form
> of trees, cars, or caves which could be positioned
> at some distance from
> the main desk to suggest a refuge.  All of these
> give children the
> impression of privacy while maintaining the openness
> needed for adult
> supervision.  
> 
>  
> 
> ...allowing them to reconfigure certain flexible
> spaces.  Whether that
> is merely allowing children to reposition chairs and
> tables to suit
> their needs, or whether it is more purposefully
> creating areas for
> children to develop their own learning environments
> (i.e., displays on
> topics they choose, graffiti walls for them to
> express themselves, or
> online environments they can customize to suit their
> tastes), giving
> children control over actual space, and hence over
> their learning, may
> invest the SLMC with some of the vitality of a
> secret space. 
> 
>  
> 
> Further, since children retreat into their hideouts
> in order to begin
> discovering themselves and their creative potential
> - often expressed in
> drawing or storytelling - they should have regular
> opportunities and
> space for creative expression, whether it is a stage
> for performance,
> materials and tables for drawing, or computer tools
> for illustration and
> design.  Many teacher librarians actively instruct
> students in
> multimedia presentation tools, which is precisely
> the kind of
> instruction that will help recreate the SLMC as a
> secret space.
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> best,
> 
> debbie
> 
>  
> 
> "In a time of drastic change it is the learners who
> inherit the future.
> The learned usually find themselves equipped to live
> in a world that no
> longer exists." --Eric Hoffer
> 
>  
> 
> Debbie Abilock, Editor-in-Chief
> 
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> 
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> 
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> building-level library media specialists,
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