Lauren's 761 Chronicles

  Most of the ideas and concepts in the reading, resources, and podcast were already  familiar to me as I have been teaching digital and information literacy as part of my computer classes for several years now but it was a great reminder and gave me some new ways to present this to my students. One new resource was the P21 Framework.  The first thing I noticed about the P21 Framework was how it shares many similarities with the Profile of A South Carolina Graduate Competencies.  Although there are minor differences, both formats present critical thinking, information / media literacy, innovation, and collaboration as being as important as the traditional academics.  I agree that it is important to learn traditional knowledge, but today the 21st century skills  are vital for success in any post high school path that our students choose.  As a CTE teacher I work with business partners in the community and help students explore future careers. I ca...

Image by StartupStockPhotos   Hey all, In education, standards tell us exactly what students should learn and serve as the foundation on which we craft our lessons, units, learning goals, and essential questions. This week’s module introduced two sets of standards related to the school library:  International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards and The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) standards.    There are similarities in the ISTE and AASL standards.  Both are tools for planning and both are useful for establishing the content mastery that should be attained.  Both sets of standards share some common emphasis.  Both sets of standards compliment each other and when used in tandem can help enrich the experience for learners and educators.  I found the PDF with the walkover table especially helpful in illustrating how these standards can work together and compliment each other. In the article Now Serving ...