Remote practice shared by:
Tatanisha "Tiki" Love, Loch Raven Technical Academy
LMS collaboration with teachers in a variety of content areas is a great way to promote the school library program and ensure equity of access and opportunity for students. Here are some samples of partnerships with Health, World Languages, World Cultures, Math, and Art.
Translation of Practice alignment:
Domain 1: Planning & Preparation
1.6 Collaborate with other educators as appropriate.
The video below is a brief tutorial to show students how to locate their BCPS student ID number using Naviance.
Models/Examples:
Health
Grade 8 Online Relationships worksheets (revised using Common Sense media)
World Languages
Mango - BCPL Online Tool
Accessing the BCPS student ID number using Naviance (see video on the left)
Art
Art as Lit (PPT)
World Cultures
Math
Flocabulary (Math) Create a free account to access the materials used in this lesson and many more.
Impact on the library program and students and/or teachers:
Each lesson was a progression towards another opportunity to collaborate.
During the school year, the 8th grade Digital Citizenship lesson was completed with the Health teacher. A requirement for the Health curriculum, the lesson can be presented remotely.
During the school year, I had an opportunity to collaborate with a World Language teacher. She expressed that she had a concern that her students who needed another tool to help them prepare for a county-wide assessment that World Language students need to complete to show progress. That lesson led us to present a translation plagiarism discussion with students using Google Meet. I hope that we can extend this much needed discussion into a lesson for the future.
During the school year, the Controversial Topic lesson was a chance to partner with a World Culture with students in a magnet program. A first year teacher, she wanted to extend the lesson and we discussed to tools that could be used to make sure students knew how to use a reliable source to look for information to support their argument. Thanks to this lesson, we built a rapport and collaborated ton two more lessons. The teacher also used the library to allow the students a chance to present their work in front of their parents. The lesson led to other opportunities to collaborate (see Domain 1.5).
The Art collaboration was a chance to connect a reading of the children's book, Drawn Together, to inspire students to create art. I loved being able to work with the art teacher in her classroom. Our goal was to have students create art that could be displayed in the library. The lesson can be done remotely. We hope to expand upon this for the upcoming school year.
I also did a few lessons with math teachers. We used Flocabulary to re enforce concepts taught in the classroom. The math teachers said they enjoyed it, as well. It was a chance to come to the library and infuse music with the concepts. My hope is that we expand the lessons and if needed co-teach remotely.
Each lesson was a chance for me to work with teachers in varying stages of their career and in a variety of content areas. It also led to other co-teaching opportunities with these teachers and with others in their departments and other educators in the building.
The lessons were co-taught and were a great opportunity for the students to see me teaching with their teachers.
Tiki Love reflects on this remote practice.