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- 2. Chapter 1 : Proving Our Worth • Proving our worth is becoming more and more developed in the education world. Teachers and professionals are being strictly evaluated using a variety of strategic instruments. TKES, for example, is a brand new teaching instrument which evaluates teachers on a number of variables. School Counselors (like myself) and media specialists have their own instruments, however, more pressure is building to justify why our services are valued or important.
- 3. Chapter 1 continued: Bishop & Salmon • Bishop’s attitude rings very true today. It is imperative that we help assist and support student learning through a process. One of the concepts that sparked my mind was Bloom’s Taxonomy. By using these higher order thinking skills and scaffolding them from lower order to higher order, students learning will “take off” and they will be able to think more comprehensively.
- 4. Chapter 1: Information & Research Skills • Information skills (in my opinion) are relatively basic. A student defines a question and then simply finds information related to that topic. For example, a student could find information on “dogs” but then further research to gather more relevant and pertinent information about specific breeds of dogs. Research is more complex, involves more critical thinking skills, and requires a student to think more objectively.
- 5. Chapter 1: Knapp Project • The Knapp project was an amazing idea! Knapp believed there should be a partnership between the LMS and the faculty to create a harmonious approach to library and media skills. Knapp’s project was a foreshadow to how many media centers work today. The media specialist works hand in hand with the classroom teachers developing lessons and successfully addressing Common Core standards.
- 6. Chapter 2: Latham & Gross • It is imperative that children have access to and engage with a library media specialist. It’s not enough for test scores to echo the importance and justify the value of our education today. How can children perform well on these comprehensive exams without the basic information and research skills they need to accomplish goals? Children need to learn vital information skills and develop an understanding of research based intuition.
- 7. AASL Standards • I have a positive experience in reading over the AASL Standards. I believe standards are important and shape the outcome of our lessons and engagements with children. Although standards are important and should be addressed, I don’t believe it should be the only guiding point for educators to go by.