Flexible Access and Technology
Integration in your Classroom
Ximena Núñez del Prado B.
Elementary Technology Coordinator
August, 2008
Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The American School of Lima
What?
• Flexible Scheduling
•
Allows teachers to bring their classes to
the library & tech lab at the time of greatest
need for instructional purposes.
• Flexible Access
•
Allows students to visit the library & tech
lab at their point of need.
• It’s what you need when you need it!
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Why?
•Student achievement increases when tech &
library specialists collaborate with classroom
teachers
•Tech & library skills taught in isolation are a
barrier to students’ transfer of learning
•Learning is more relevant when students make
connections between what they are learning in the
classroom and in the tech lab & library
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ALA’s Position Statement
on Flexible Scheduling
• “The integrated library media program philosophy requires that
an open schedule must be maintained. Classes cannot be
scheduled in the library media center to provide teacher release
or preparation time. Students and teachers must be able to
come to the center throughout the day to use information
sources, to read for pleasure, and to meet and work with other
students and teachers.”
• "AASL Position Statement on Flexible Scheduling." American Library Association.
2005.
•
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/positionstatements/aaslpositionstatement.htm
• (Accessed 28 Feb, 2006)
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How?
Before Implementation
• Gathered information about flexible
scheduling/access
• Got administrative support
• Found a support network
– visited Timber Drive Elementary School, NC
– had follow-up conference calls
• Shared our ideas & timeline for implementation with
teaching staff
• Communicated changes and reasons with parents
• Reassigned assistants to library and tech lab to help
meet needs of independent users
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How?
After Implementation
• Encountered ‘bumps’ along the way &
addressed these concerns:
» Book check-out
» Losing “library time”
» Control of Schedule: from online to paper
» Equitable access
• Four years after implementation, we are
very successful!
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Schedule Example
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Schedule Example
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What does it look like?
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Integrated Curriculum
Library-Media and Technology are resources not subjects
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Collaborative Planning
•Principals attend weekly team meetings
•Library & tech teachers participate in gradelevel team meetings every 3 to 6 weeks
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Grade Level Meeting
Schedule with Principal
Every 3 weeks the librarian and tech teachers attend grade level
team meetings. We plan and schedule relevant, integrated
activities.
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Grade 4 Team Meeting
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Grade 4 Team Meeting
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Job Description
• Be open to taking thoughtful risks in order
to bring about improved student learning
• Forge supportive and respectful partnership
with students, parents and colleagues
• Work collaboratively on a daily basis with
team members and specialists
• Be flexible and have a sense of humor
• Exhibit professional demeanor in attitude
and through the spoken and written word
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PYP Units
http://www.amersol.edu.pe/es/PYPUnits/index.asp
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ITL Curriculum
(Information and Technology
Literacy)
•
1.
2.
3.
4.
THE FOUR STRANDS
Media & Technology Skills
Research & Project Design Cycle
Social & Ethical Issues
Lifelong Reading, Listening and
Viewing
•
ITL integrated into Atlas Rubicon
•
(web-based curriculum management tool)
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Styles of Collaboration
We work together in many ways!
• Media only
– book awards
• Tech only
– iMovie
• Media & tech in library
– research with books & laptops
• Media & tech in lab
– rewriting a story in PowerPoint
• Media & tech rotations
– scavenger hunt
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Results of Flexible Access
• Students come to the library and tech lab at point of
need
• Teachers bring their classes to the library and tech
lab at point of need
• Collaborative planning
• Team teaching
(classroom, library, tech, specialists, admin)
(classroom teacher, librarian, tech teacher)
• Enhanced, relevant, integrated projects
• Increased use of library and tech lab
• Integration of our ITL (Information and Technology
Literacy) curriculum
• Community of learners
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The Joys of Flexible Access
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Questions? Contact us…
Karen Choan
Elementary Librarian
Ximena Núñez del Prado
Elementary Technology Coordinator
Carla Puppo
Elementary Technology Teacher
kchoan@amersol.edu.pe
xnunezdp@amersol.edu.pe
cpuppo@amersol.edu.pe
http://www.amersol.edu.pe
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