VLCs & THE SCHOOL LIBRARY
TASLA 2014 and Clear Creek ISD
General Information
Copy of article describing the VLC.
Article specifically about Knowledge Building Centers
http://pslacffsummit.wikispaces.com/file/view/Knowledge+Bldg+Cntr+by+D.+Loertscher.pdf
Virtual Learning Commons Template
https://sites.google.com/site/templatevlc/home
VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMONS Information
http://etec.ctlt.ubc.ca/510wiki/Virtual_Learning_Commons
https://sites.google.com/site/internationalvlcideas/?pageDeleted=%2Fphysical-learning-commons-plc
Examples Links
Information Center
Use the information center to invite the school community into a giant collaborative space where many contribute and all profit from the information, help, projects, exhibitions that creates a wonderful teaching and learning community. Check out the Help Center tab above for suggestions on how to get started in your school with this template.
CATHEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Virtual Tour of the Library Sections
NORMAN HIGH SCHOOL
Calendars/Appointments
https://sites.google.com/a/norman.k12.ok.us/nhslibrary/home/calendar
NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL
Calendar
http://www.nisdtx.org/Page/3598
NUECES CANYON CONSOLIDATED ISD
Step-by-Step How-Tos
http://www.nccisd.net/Page/187
LEAGUE ELEMENTARY LIBRARY
http://leaguelibrary.weebly.com/
LHS Media Center
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube links - Also, Google Plus feed.
https://sites.google.com/a/ltps.info/lhsmediacenter/
MOULTONBOROUGH ACADEMY
Guides (left sidebar)
http://ma.sau45.libguides.com/home
WHS LIBRARY
Twitter and Flickr links
RMHS
Social Media Links
LEGACY MIDDLE SCHOOL
LHS Media Center
Blog
https://sites.google.com/a/ltps.info/lhsmediacenter/blog
WHITTIER MIDDLE SCHOOL
Tutorials
https://sites.google.com/a/norman.k12.ok.us/nicholask/web-resources
Literacy Center
Use this page to build a collaborative center of enjoyment of reading, writing, speaking, listening, creative creations, movies, podcasts, connections to authors and creators, organizations and all kinds of literacy initiatives. It is the place not only to build literacy skills but a life-long enjoyment of the best of the best.
NUECES CANYON CONSOLIDATED ISD
Student Booktalks
http://www.nccisd.net/Page/921
This one works for an examples: http://www.nccisd.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&ModuleInstanceID=1281&ViewID=E324842B-E4A3-44C3-991A-1E716D4A99E3&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=2925&PageID=921
CMS Cyber Library
Author Studies
https://studentteacherlibrarian.wikispaces.com/Book+Talks!
CMS Cyber Library
Writing Corner
https://studentteacherlibrarian.wikispaces.com/Writers%27+Corner
GENE PIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
25 Book Challenge
http://www.nisdtx.org/Page/47660
GENE PIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Book Reviews
http://www.nisdtx.org/Page/40350
Bloomsburg Memorial Library
Blabberizes and Animotos
http://bloomsburgasd.schoolwires.com/Page/2875
CESAR CHAVEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL
Book Reviews on the front page, link to librarian’s book blog
http://cvz-haywardusd-ca.schoolloop.com/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1381821489536&no_controls=t
MOULTONBOROUGH ACADEMY
Book Review blogs from Librarian and Library Assistant
http://ma.sau45.libguides.com/home
PARK RIDGE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER
Book Club
https://sites.google.com/site/prhslibrarymediacenter/book-club
Book Recommendations
https://sites.google.com/site/prhslibrarymediacenter/faceinabook
BLACK ELEMENTARY
Book Giveaways and Competitions
http://www.epsilen.com/jrbaptiste
LOUNSBERRY HOLLOW
Many different clubs. (Mother/Daughter and Father/Son, Nook Club, 20 Book Challenge)
http://www.lhvlc.com/clubsactivities.html
NORMAN HIGH SCHOOL
Great book recommendations, ebooks, and Nooks and Book Club
https://sites.google.com/a/norman.k12.ok.us/nhslibrary/home/books
NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL
Book trailers and Review Podcasts
http://www.nisdtx.org/Page/3590
BARBERS HILL INDEPENDENT
Summer Reading Incentive (COOL)
http://www.bhisd.net/page.cfm?p=615
Knowledge Building Center
This page is dedicated to the major learning projects and initiatives going on in the Learning Commons as collaborative learning experiences between the Learning Commons staff, teachers, learners, and parents. The learning experiences featured here can be done in a variety of learning environments including knowledge building centers, Book2Cloud, Moodle projects, projects done in content management systems, technological learning spaces, or face to face projects with the organization done in digital space. The idea of this portal in the VLC is that two heads are better than one; meaning that collaborative planning, construction, execution, and assessment by classroom teachers and adult specialists (including outside experts) is superior to the efforts of a single and isolated teacher in the classroom or teacher librarian isolated in the library. Find the Knowledge Building Center Template at: https://sites.google.com/site/knowledgebuildingcenter/
NNHS Library
English Resources
https://sites.google.com/a/norman.k12.ok.us/nnhslibrary/assignments/english-resources
AMCHS
Project Tools
https://sites.google.com/a/csisd.org/amchs-library/home/multimedia-sources
BROOKFIELD HIGH SCHOOL VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMONS
Project Ideas & Tools
https://sites.google.com/a/brookfieldps.org/bhs_llc/project-ideas-tools
STANTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
Wiki with Resources for School Projects
http://smsprojects.wikispaces.com/
TITAN LIBRARY
Research Page (Pics of people Caught Studying plus resources)
http://titanlibrary.weebly.com/research-center.html
The Experimental Learning Center
This entire page is devoted to school improvement initiatives by administrators, classroom teachers, Learning Commons staff, parents, and outside experts. It is a place to experiment, do action research, develop and track initiatives, and succeed and fail by both individuals and groups.
IRVING MIDDLE SCHOOL
Library Annual Reports
https://sites.google.com/a/norman.k12.ok.us/irving-middle-school-library/faq
NORMAN HIGH SCHOOL
Reports (Includes several years worth of data)
https://sites.google.com/a/norman.k12.ok.us/nhslibrary/home/library-reports
FRANKLIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY
Monthly Reports
http://flyerlibrary.weebly.com/1/post/2013/12/monthly-report-for-octobernovember-2013.html
High School Tech Team Blog (Students)
http://bhsihelp.wordpress.com/
BUNA HIGH SCHOOL
Survey - Collecting
Mobile Site
http://hs.bunaisd.net/index.php?pageID=27356_2
School Culture
Create this page as the living school yearbook; the place that draws in students, teachers, administrators and even parents. It is the exhibition space of individuals and groups connected to the school.
BHS Library Learning Commons - Flickr Photostream
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bhslearningcommons/
John T. White Elementary - Storybook Parade
http://library.fwisd.org/common/welcome.jsp?site=808
LHS Media Center
Library Newsletter
https://sites.google.com/a/ltps.info/lhsmediacenter/checkitout
GENE PIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Instagram Account
http://www.nisdtx.org/Page/49826
Actual Instagram Feed http://instagram.com/pikelibrary#
GENE PIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
YouTube Videos
http://www.nisdtx.org/Page/50209
GENE PIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Newsletters
http://www.nisdtx.org/Page/38903
Bloomburg Memorial Library
Scrapbook
http://bloomsburgasd.schoolwires.com/Page/1159
PARK RIDGE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER
SLAB - Student Library Advisory Board
https://sites.google.com/site/prhslibrarymediacenter/tab
CATHEY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Library Events by Month
TITAN LIBRARY
BookFace Photo Contest
Excellent Examples as a Whole
Great Student Created Example of VLC
http://team5libraryspace.webs.com/
AWESOME WEBSITE - TITAN LIBRARY
http://titanlibrary.weebly.com/
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL WEBSITE - An excellent example in every way.
https://sites.google.com/a/ltps.info/lhsmediacenter/
Another good one that is being built.
http://mhs-sfusd-ca.schoolloop.com/libraryvlchome
Another good example. This one LibGuides.
http://ma.sau45.libguides.com/home
Another Libguides LEANDER HIGH SCHOOL
http://lhs.leanderisd.libguides.com/content.php?pid=526038&sid=4516661
POLY LIBRARY (Haiku Learning)
https://www.rusdlearns.net/kbowman/polylibrary/cms_page/view/1349605LOYOLA SCHOOL VLC
https://sites.google.com/site/loyolaschoolvlc/
The Librarian's Locker
http://thelibrarianslocker.com/
Tech Tools
http://blabberize.com/
RebelMouse
https://www.rebelmouse.com/
Totally.me
http://www.totallydot.com/
LibGuides
http://springshare.com/libguides/
Blackboard Engage
http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Engage/Overview.aspx
Haiku Learning
http://www.haikulearning.com/
Google Sites
https://sites.google.com/
Reflector
http://www.airsquirrels.com/reflector/
Explain Everything
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/explain-everything/id431493086?mt=8 (iOS)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.morriscooke.explaineverything (Android)
Turn and Talk (Ideal virtual presence)
- Common language so the website is user friendly to all levels.
- Place to post student work so they have an authentic audience.
- A place to post a lot of pictures of what is going on in the school.
Turn and Talk (How to accomplish Knowledge Building Centers)
- Use spaces like Edmodo, Moodle, or Google Drive.
- Walled Garden - a safe place for students to share their work and information.
Download the Presentation
Your Presenters
Dr. Holly Weimar
Dr. Karin Perry
References
American Association of School Librarians. (2007). Standards for the 21st-Century learner. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards.
Kajder, S. (2010). Adolescents and digital literacies: Learning alongside our students. National Council of Teachers of English.
Loertscher, D. V., & Koechlin, C. (2012, October). The Virtual Learning Commons and school improvement. Teacher Librarian (39)6. pp. 20-24.
Loertscher, D. V., Koechlin, C., & Rosenfeld, E. (2012). The Virtual Learning Commons: Building a participatory school learning community. Learning Commons Press.
Survey - https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/libraryvirtualpresence
Have Questions?
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