Knowledge Quest Resources

Online Exclusive Features: Students Lead the Way: Student-Centered Leadership Program Transforms Library and School by Gay Lynn Cronin and From the Other Side: A Vendor’s View of Conferences by Evan St. Lifer 

AASL Essential Links

Here are some Essential Links related to the conference theme that you may find useful. Essential Links is a wiki that comprises a working bibliography of resources for school librarians, principals, parents, charter school organizers, library para-professionals, government officials, and college instructors. Books, journal articles, websites, and other media are included.

Mentoring/Collaborating Partners Survey and Collaborating Partners Rubric referenced in the feature, "Collaborating Partners: An Effective Mentoring Program For School Librarians" by Joyce Jones Ricks

AASL Essential Links

• Mentoring

Graphic Novels for All Ages by Knowledge Quest Editor Markisan Naso

AASL Essential Links

• Graphic Novels

21 Resources to Kick-Start a Gold Medal PLN by Carolyn Jo Starkey

AASL Essential Links

• Personal Learning Networks

Online Exclusive Features

• Boom Town or Bust? A Wild West Adventure in Collaborative Planning and Coteaching details a collaborative project at North Highland Elementary School in Hueytown, Alabama that took third graders on an adventure to the Wild West. The article describes the collaborative planning process and instructional design methods implemented, as well as the research activities and their impact on student learning through participation.

AASL Essential Links

• Participatory Culture and Leaning

Online Exclusive Features

• Online interview with Former First Lady Laura Bush on the caring power of the Gulf Coast School Library Recovery Initiative
• “Creating Self and World: Youth Development and Care Define the Possibility Project,” by Michael Hanchett Hanson
• List of Suggested Books on Care by Guest Editor Jami L. Jones
• Extended bibliography of suggested graphic novels from the L4L column, “Caring Through Comics” by Karen Gavigan

AASL Essential Links

• Caring

A Powerpoint presentation based on the article, “Making the Case for Coteaching the Evidence-Based Way,” by Kerry Pierce Conklin

“You Belong @ Your Library,” an exclusive feature by Judi Morellion and Cassandra Barnett on how coteaching relates to School Library Month in April.

The exclusive online feature, “Inquiry-Based Learning is Equal Parts Process and Partnering,” by Whitney Norwood Husid and Virginia Wallace.

AASL Publications

• Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
• Standards for the 21st-Century Learner in Action
• Standards for the 21st-Century Learner Lesson Plan Database
• A Planning Guide for Empowering Learners
• Collaboration (Best of KQ)
• Collaboration: Lessons Learned Series
• School Library Programs Improve Student Learning: Teachers

AASL Professional Development

• The Path to Collaboration: Making It Happen
• Collaborative Leadership – Licensed Institute

AASL Tools and Resources

• Best Websites for Teaching and Learning
• Learning4Life Implementation Toolkit

AASL Awards

• Collaborative School Library Award

AASL Essential Links

• Collaboration

Additional Resources for Futurecasting

Appendix on Multicultural Resources by Donna Gilton, referenced in her feature, “The Future of Multicultural Youth Literature.”

endix on Multicultural Resources by Donna Gilton, referenced in her feature, “The Future of Multicultural Youth Literature.”

School Librarian's Role in Reading Toolkit - School librarians are in a critical and unique position to partner with other educators to elevate the reading development of our nation’s youth. This toolkit offers powerpoint presentations, handouts and Web 2.0 tools for collaborating with colleagues and peers.

AASL Essential Links

• Futurecasting

AASL Resource List
Co-Guest Editor Frances Reeve compiled this handy table of AASL resources for school librarians.

State Associations List
Claire Bashore Bremner and Katy Stein, graduate assistants in the Longwood University School Library Media Program, compiled a list of state associations for school librarians.

AASL Essential Links

• The Solo Librarian

AASL Essential Links

• Standards and Guidelines   
• Library Funding     
• Technology

Best Websites for Teaching and Learning
The Best Websites for Teaching and Learning honors websites, tools, and resources of exceptional value to inquiry-based teaching and learning as embodied in the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.

Free Video-Game Making Websites

www.scratch.com 
www.learnscratch.com 
www.alice.org 
www.greenfoot.org 
www.squeak.org 
www.gamemakeracademy.org