Tag: On-Demand Webinar

Students have so much access to technology, but are they using it to make authentic connections? Being a digital citizen AND global collaborator are essential in today’s world and must be experienced in tandem—and our school libraries are the ideal place to build the bridge!

Join media specialist Ali Schilpp for this inspirational conversation on the many ways a school library can foster multiple literacies, cross-cultural understanding, and expand students’ horizons. Learn about the positive impact of global collaborations, ideas for sharing a love of literature, and how to facilitate authentic connections. This webinar will share how to connect students with peers, educators, and experts as a way to introduce new cultures, people, and places, and broaden their perspectives!

SLC is pleased to offer 1 hour of professional development credit for all qualified webinar participants!

To qualify: 1) Be sure to log in to the webinar through your registration link (phone-only does not guarantee certification) and 2) Attend at least 45 minutes of the webinar (login will track your time)

Can’t make the live event? No worries. Register to be updated when the recording is available! Viewers of the archived recording can take a quiz to be eligible for a certificate of completion.

Your digital collection has likely grown, but how do you sustain student and teacher engagement with the resources over the long term, to ensure that your investment is worth it? The East Baton Rouge Parish School District worked to discover the answer to this question after a devastating flood destroyed eight of their libraries in 2016. Join us to learn from high school librarian Betty Brackins and library services director Susan Gauthier as they share how they transformed a disaster into an opportunity to build a robust digital collection and sustained delivery of online resources to the students and teachers in East Baton Rouge Parish Schools.

What value statements guide school librarians as we meet challenges such as equitable access and opportunity gaps?

Although school librarians and classroom educators share values such as collaboration, innovation, and literacy as a path to school success and lifelong learning, we have a unique set of values that positively impact the entire learning community: equity, diversity, inclusion, and intellectual freedom. It takes commitment and leadership to enact school librarian core values. It also takes courage to stand up for social justice in our school communities.

Many libraries use makerspaces to teach and engage, but during the COVID-19 pandemic, buildings have been closed and people have been distanced. So libraries did

During times of change, when learning can flux from in-person, to virtual, to hybrid, students who need the most support are usually the most vulnerable.

Problem-solving skills are required by most standards, but often they are elusive in practice. Problem-Based Learning (PBL) offers an exciting, student-centered method of developing this