Monday Medley: Media Center Website Redesign

 

Good Morning and Happy Monday!

The Media Center Website has recently undergone an overhaul. Please check out the new design and feel free to give me feedback on it. The shortcut that you can use and share with students is: bit.ly/NRHSLibrary

For those of you who have never collaborated with me on a project, the Media Center Website is the place where links to all of our databases "live" and where I can create customized pages of content specifically for your class. Currently there is a generic page for each department but you will notice subpages for specific classes that I have worked with. Here are a few examples of customized pages that have been created this year:  

• Chemistry-Ms Francis-Underrepresented Voices in Chemistry 
• USHistoryII-MR Emerton/Ms Tully-Immigration Project
• French V-Former French Colonies in Africa-Ms Cahill

What are the benefits to working with a certified librarian? 

Future Ready Librarians:

• "Inspires and supports the reading lives of both students and teachers- Creates inclusive collections that acknowledge and celebrate diverse experiences and provide instructional opportunities to empower learners as effective users and creators of information and ideas."  

• "Curates Digital Resources- Leads in the selection, integration, organization, and sharing of digital resources and tools to support transformational teaching and learning and develops the digital curation skills of others."

•  "Invests Strategically in Digital Resources- Leverages an understanding of school and community needs to identify and invest in digital resources such as books and ebooks to support student learning."  

•  "Ensures Equitable Digital Access- Provides and advocates for equitable access to collection tools using digital resources, programming, and services in support of the school district’s strategic vision."  
  

•  "Advocates for Student Privacy- Teaches and promotes student data and privacy through his or her instruction and role as an educational leader. " 

•  "Facilitates Personalized Professional Learning- Leads professional learning to cultivate broader understanding of the skills that comprise success in a digital age (e.g., critical thinking, information literacy, digital citizenship, technology)."  

Works Cited:

“Future Ready LibrariansTM | Future Ready.” Futureready.org, Alliance for Excellent Education, 2019, futureready.org/thenetwork/strands/future-ready-librarians/. Accessed 7 Dec. 2020.

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Have a magnificent Monday!

Kim

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