School Librarians Transform Learning

The internet makes doing research easiereasier to do well and easier to do poorly.

School librarians ensure their students

have the best chance to succeed.

Increasing amounts of information demand students acquire the skills to select, evaluate, and use information appropriately and effectively.

Equate
Equate research
research
with
Googling
with Googling
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Todays Digital Technologies

Teachers Report:

Lack
Lack the
the ability
ability to
to
judge the
judge
the quality
quality of
of
online
information
online information

83%

information
information available
available online
online
is
overwhelming
for
most
is overwhelming for most students
students

60%

digital
digital technologies
technologies make
make it
it harder
harder
for
students
to
find
and
use
credible
for students to find and use credible
sources
sources of
of information
information

Kimberly
Kimberly Shearer,
Shearer,

2012
2012 Kentucky
Kentucky Teacher
Teacher of
of the
the Year
Year

(65%)
(65%) to
to use
use media
media and
and
technology
in
the
classroom
technology in the classroom
a
a lot
lot than
than teachers
teachers who
who
are comfortable
comfortable (33%)
(33%)
are

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V

or
or uncomforatble
uncomforatble
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(12%)
(12%) with
with it.
it.

Purcell, Kristen, et al., 2012. How Teens Do

Research in the Digital World. Pew Internet and
American Life Project. www.pewinternet.org/files/
old-media//Files/Reports/2012/PIP_TeacherSurveyReportWithMethodology110112.pdf.

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AASL, 2009. Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.

Purcell, Kristin, et al., 2013. How Teachers Are Using
Technology at Home and in Their Classrooms. Pew
Internet and American Life Project. www.pewinternet.org/files/old-media/Files/Reports/2013/PIP_
TeachersandTechnologywithmethodology_PDF.pdf.

School
School librarians
librarians are
are enabling
enabling
and
empowering
teachers
and empowering teachers

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VI

skills
skills with
with digital
digital content:
content:

digital
digital technologies
technologies discourage
discourage
students
students from
from finding
finding and
and using
using
aa wide
range
of
sources
wide range of sources

IV

Purcell, Kristin, et al., 2013. How Teachers Are Using

Technology at Home and in Their Classrooms.
Purcell, Kristin, et al., 2013. How Teachers Are Using
Technology at Home and in Their Classrooms.

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SCHOOL
SCHOOL LIBRARIANS
LIBRARIANS

85% answer
answer

Number
Number of
of Google
Google
searches
per
searches per month:
month:
73%
73% of
of teachers
teachers
believe
educationbelieve educational technology
technology has
al
has
the
potential
to
respond
to
the potential to respond to aa
variety
variety of
of learning
learning styles
styles
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12.050 BILLION

49%
49% of
of teachers
teachers report
report

that
that students
students access
access to
to
technology at
technology
at home
home is
is one
one
of
of the
the biggest
biggest barriers
barriers to
to incorporating
incorporating
technology
into
their
teaching
technology into their teaching because
because
the
students
are
often
not
digitally
the students are often not digitally
literate
literate enough
enough

comScore, Inc., 2014. comScore Releases June 2014

U.S. Search Engine Rankings. www.comscore.com/
Insights/Market-Rankings/comScore-ReleasesJune-2014-US-Search-Engine-Rankings.

Purcell, Kristin, et al., 2013. How Teachers Are Using

Technology at Home and in Their Classrooms.

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VII

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NOTES

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71%

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Self-described
Self-described tech
tech savvy
savvy
teachers
are
more
teachers are more likely
likely

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Use
Use search
search
engines instead
engines
instead
of
more
traditional
of more traditional
sources
sources
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Your
Your school
school librarian
librarian
can
help
you
co-plan
can help you co-plan and
and
co-teach
co-teach lessons
lessons that
that focus
focus on
on
the evaluation
evaluation of
of sources
sources and
and
the
information,
information, providing
providing your
your
students with
with the
the discernible
discernible
students
eye
eye theyll
theyll need
need to
to survive
survive in
in
college
and
the
workplace.
college and the workplace.

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IV

questions
questions about
about
technology
technology tools
tools
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66%

56%
56% of
of teachers
teachers of
of the
the

lowest-income
lowest-income students
students say
say
that aa lack
lack of
of resources
resources among
that
among
students
students to
to access
access digital
digital technologies
technologies is
is
aa major
challenge
to
incorporating
major challenge to incorporating more
more
digital
digital tools
tools into
into their
their teaching
teaching
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XII

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School libraries provide equitable physical and intellectual

access to the resources and tools required for learning in a
warm, stimulating, and safe environment.

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participate
participate
with
teachers
with teachers in
in
professional
professional learning
learning
communities
communities
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Purcell, Kristen, et al., 2012. How Teens Do Research in

the Digital World.

Shearer, Kimberly, 2012. Why You Need Your

School Librarian, Kentucky Teacher. www.
kentuckyteacher.org/kentucky-teacher-of-theyear/2012/07/why-you-need-your-school-librarian/.

PBS LearningMedia, 2013. Teacher Technology

Usage Survey.

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2012. Technology and Effective Teaching in the US.
Purcell, Kristin, et al., 2013. How Teachers Are Using
Technology at Home and in Their Classrooms.

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AASL, 2009. Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.

Common Sense Media, 2012. Children, Teens, and
Entertainment Media. www.commonsensemedia.
org/file/view-from-the-classroom-final-reportpdf-0/
download.

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Project Tomorrow, 2011. The New 3 Es of Education:

Enabled, Engaged, Empowered. www.tomorrow.org/
speakup/pdfs/SU10_3EofEducation_Educators.pdf.

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33% train
train

teachers
teachers how
how to
to
locate
and
locate and evaluate
evaluate
digital
digital content.
content.
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