Welcome to Linking Libraries and Academic Achievement
This site is designed as a site to post and share your experiences with implementing Linking Libraries and Academic Achievement, your lesson ideas, ideas for building questioning skills and other aspects of connecting the library program to academic success.
Look forward to hearing your great ideas,
Admiral Charlie
December 14th, 2005 at 7:15 pm
Charlie,
One way we’ve tried to approach this topic in Goochland County is through library weblogs for each media specialist. In each of our media center webpages, we incorporate the topics media specialists are blogging about, and each topic is one click away. The ease by which our media specialists update their media center sites also allows them to target classroom projects with resources that pertain to those projects. We’ve just begun this school year, but we’ve started on a positive note. I’d encourage your readers to take a gander at our media specialist blogs.
http://www.glnd.k12.va.us/gateway/go/ghs/library
http://www.glnd.k12.va.us/gateway/go/ges/library
http://www.glnd.k12.va.us/gateway/go/bes/library
http://www.glnd.k12.va.us/gateway/go/gms/library
http://www.glnd.k12.va.us/gateway/go/res/library
December 14th, 2005 at 7:34 pm
Thanks, John and congratulations for being the first to post. I will be checking out the links you sent!
December 14th, 2005 at 10:46 pm
Charlie,
Great idea! I will enjoy reading and participating from here in SC. As AASL Region 4 Director, I bet I will hear (read) ideas, challenges, concerns, victories that I will be able to share with AASL Board. Virginia Wallace
December 15th, 2005 at 11:34 am
Charlie,
What a wonderful forum for all to discuss and share ideas concerning Linking Libraries!
Audrey
December 15th, 2005 at 6:43 pm
To John Herndon,
I’m very interested in reading the library bloggs, but I can’t get to them. Are they only for Goochland folks?
Ellen Lane
December 15th, 2005 at 7:59 pm
Ellen,
Try the links again. I was able to click directly on the links and went to the Goochland sites.
And I am delighted that you have visited our site. You may want to check out the work that we are doing here in Virginia at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Technology/OET/library.shtml
We are very proud of our accomplishments so far.
Charlie
School library media and resource services specialist
Virginia Department of Education
December 15th, 2005 at 10:22 pm
I think this is a great idea and will be happy to read and share what’s happening in libraries here in Virginia. I read about blogs in School Library Journal and was wonderinf where they were.
I’m on a flexible schedule and this is the second year I’ve been doing it. It was rocky at first and requires more work than a fixed schedule, but I enjoy it a lot better. Having the variety of classes and different kids all the time is what really makes my day. Collaborating with teachers has gotten easier and as the year progresses my teachers are really getting the hang of changing their time and days to accomodate assembly programs and field trips. I can schedule parent conferences and ot have to worry about someone being upset because they missed their day
Gina Powell
Library Media Specialist
Newport News, Virginia
December 16th, 2005 at 12:42 pm
Hi Gina,
Glad you came to visit my blog. Have you been using the Linking Libraries project. It has some excellent lessons, strategies, and activities that work really well in a flexible schedule. Best of all they are tied to the SOL!
Charlie
January 6th, 2006 at 5:23 am
I am so excited because this is yet another resource to keep on the top of all that is happening in the media field. I intend to stay informed and connected and this is a sure way. Sharon
January 6th, 2006 at 1:49 pm
Sharon,
Welcome aboard! Looking forward to reading your postings in the future.
Charlie