Digital Age Mentors — Building Partnerships in Our Schools |
Listen and learn : Lecture
Bill Bass Shannon Miller
Digital tools and content continue to evolve and provide teachers and students new ways to create and use information. Explore the unique position of teachers and librarians in providing guidance and support as digital mentors as we navigate the new digital landscapes in our schools.
Audience: | Coaches, Library media specialists, Technology coordinators/facilitators |
Skill level: | Beginner |
Attendee devices: | Devices not needed |
Topic: | Library/media |
Grade level: | PK-12 |
ISTE Standards: | For Educators: Leader
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Additional detail: | ISTE author presentation |
We are in a time of constant change in our profession and one essential role educators play is that of a leader working collaboratively to build relationships, mold culture and climate, and advocate for the needs of students and the community. In this lively session, a librarian and a district leader team up to reflect on innovative strategies and practices to build these connections within the local community and throughout the world.
Learning Objective 1 - Participants will be familiar with a framework for digital mentoring and how that might look in schools and in the home.
Learning Objective 2 - Participants will be able to identify the importance of partnerships with colleagues, parents, administrators and students and have a plan for using strategies to create these partnerships
Session Agenda:
10 mins: Introduction and opening questions from the audience.
10 mins: Presentation and participant conversation about what we value in our schools when it comes to digital tools
12 mins: Presentation of framework for digital mentorship
8 mins: Participant discussion about difference between mentorship and citizenship
10 mins: Presentation and participant conversation and discussion about strategies for digital equity and what it means to be literate in the digital age
10 mins: Final questions and challenge
Bill and Shannon are the authors of the ISTE book Leading from the Library https://my.iste.org/s/store#/store/browse/detail/a1w1U000004Lp6tQAC and are regularly called upon to discuss how librarians can become digital age leaders and mentors for teachers and students.
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Ray, M. (2016) Changing the Conversation About Librarians: Mark Ray, TEDx El Cajon Salon. {YouTube Video} Retrieved from www.youtube.com/watch?v=IniFUB7worY.
Redina, D. (2017). Reimagining Library Spaces: Transform Your Space on Any Budget. International Society for Technology in Education: Eugene, OR.
Sheninger, E and Murray, T. (2017). Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, Today. ASCD: Alexandria, VA.
U.S. Department of Education. (2017). Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education: 2017 National Educational Technology Plan Update. Office of Educational Technology: Washington, D.C.