All day Questions for Ross Todd

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9:20- 9:40 - Challenge #1

Collaborative Brainstorming

11:30 -12:00 Challenge # 2

The papers have been organized into six broad themes that were prevalent in the papers.There is a spreadsheet for each theme.

Based on what you have heard so far this morning, what ideas, strategies and principles can you contribute that would transform the learning environment. Record your contributions in the appropriate columns of each spreadsheet.

From Transmission to Transformation (Information to Knowledge Building Journeys)

• From transmission to transformation: Re-framing teaching and learning for the 21^st Century
• Critical Thinking and the Learning Commons
• Middle and Secondary School Teachers’ and Students’ Journey of Constructivist Knowledge Building with Knowledge Forum
• Getting to the Heart of Assessment & Evaluation 
• Improving Learning, Engaging Students and Changing the Collaborative Culture of a School Though the Learning Commons
• The Big Think: Reflecting, Reacting, and Realizing Improved Learning 

Towards a Transformative Pedagogy(Traditional to Learner Directed)

• Towards a Transformative Pedagogy for School Libraries
• Why is my Blackberry sitting on a pile of books?
• Beyond Google

From Teacher Librarian to Learning Leader (Isolation to Change Agent)

• Information Literacy Leadership
• Coming Together for Learning: A Journey of Transformation and Success
• Together We Are Stronger: K-16 Information Literacy Collaborations
• Teacher-Librarians and the New Learning Divide

From School Library to Learning Commons (Library Culture to School Wide Culture)

• School Libraries 21C:the conversation begins
• Changing School Culture: The Role of the 21st Century Teacher- Librarian
• The Potential of the School Library in the 21^st Century: Exemplary School Libraries Provide a Model for What Can Happen
• Executive Summary of Together for Learning
• Transforming Canadian School Libraries to Meet the Needs of 21^st Century Learners:  Alberta Education School Library Services Initiative - Research Review and Principal Survey Themes
• The School Library as Community Centre
•  A Participatory Action Research Approach to Developing Understanding of The Learning Commons in an Elementary School as Explored by Students 

From Information Literacy to 21^st Century Skills

• Transition Literacy in high schools - a school model
• The Points About Inquiry, and There are Many

Building Both Narrative and Expository Readers

• 4 Voices: Literature Circles in the Learning Commons
• Improving reading comprehension of junior division students as the teacher-librarian: An action research study
• Questions of Authenticity in Multicultural Children’s Books

"I''ll Fight You for the Library"

Learning Commons Exploration by Elementary Kids

(I post this here because my laptop died while I was trying to share this video, and Armand and his team won't forgive me if I don't give them their time in the sun.) - Diana

Time for the BIG THINK