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Curates Digital Resources
Leads in the selection, integration, organization, and sharing of digital resources and tools to support transformational teaching and learning and develops the digital curation skills of others.
Builds Instructional Partnerships
Partners with educators to design and implement evidence-based curricula and assessments that integrate elements of deeper learning, critical thinking, information literacy, digital citizenship, creativity, innovation, and the active use of technology.
Empowers Students as Creators
Encourages and facilitates students to become increasingly self-directed as they create digital products of their learning that engage them in critical thinking, collaboration, and authentic real-world problem solving.
CURATES DIGITAL RESOURCES
CURRENT AND PRIOR PRACTICES
CURRENT AND PRIOR PRACTICES
Create User friendly website (revised 2022)
Review Databases --Subscriptions renewed or revised
Add/Implement/Instruct: Noodletools in most English courses
Create Course Guides for specific courses using Lib Guides (website)
Add New Instructional Technology: Edpuzzle, Peardeck, Gimkit, Nearpod, SWANK, Beanstack, Fiero
2023-2024 -Add Newsela, WeVideo, Book Creator to our instructional media subscripions
POSSIBLE AREAS OF GROWTH
POSSIBLE AREAS OF GROWTH
2024-2029
Increase use and implementation of the following library purchased tools with student information/digital literacy skills building as goal:
Padcaster
record a video announcement periodically, run a video production contest
Podcasting - host an award winning NPR-like booktalk show shared via Spotify
SORA
work with IT to schedule teacher prof dev sessions to highlight uses/opportunities with SORA
Badgerlink
work with IT to schedule teacher prof dev sessions to highlight uses/opportunities with Badgerlink
LibGuides/Website
Increase course guides with curated information related to information literacy standards: Misinformation, primary vs secondary sources, digital identity, intellectual property, digital tools to demonstrate learning, AI tools and uses
BUILDS INSTRUCTIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
CURRENT AND PRIOR PRACTICES
CURRENT AND PRIOR PRACTICES
Direct instruction of Information Literacy through the required Info Tech Class. Discontinued in 2022
Collaborate with many content area teachers with instructional objects that incorporate critical thinking and digital tools: -Breakout Kits, 3D printing, Laser Engraver/Cutter, Tinkercad
Ongoing - Art murals collaboration with the Art department
Fall 2021 - Implement explicit goal to regularly publish, remind, and advocate to teachers use of our many resources. - Did-You-Know email series intended to re-introduce seasoned teachers and introduce our many new teachers to the tools their WUHS LMC has to offer and how best to utilize those tools for students’ benefit.
Spring 2022 - Form Reading initiative/ACT PLC team: ACT vocab, Eng 9 literacy development, Beanstack Eng 9 contest. Progressed to 10th Grade English in 2023.
School Year 2023-24 : New collaborative partnerships with teachers in Social Studies department:
Thoen - WeVideo (Wisconsin History)
Rohrsen, Marshall, Read - VR (World History)
Agallar -
POSSIBLE AREAS OF GROWTH
POSSIBLE AREAS OF GROWTH
2024-2029
Increase number of collaborative partnerships with faculty to increase student literacy via use of the following student learning tools:
Newsela, SORA, Beanstack, VR, BookCreator, WeVideo
EMPOWERS STUDENTS AS CREATORS
CURRENT AND PRIOR PRACTICES
CURRENT AND PRIOR PRACTICES
2018 - Central to the new design of our library was space for makerspace projects to foster inquiry and creativity. Over 4 years of this project, we have organized and implemented monthly projects for students to design and create: Button making, Calligraphy, Soap-making, Pop-up Books, Makey Makey, Blackout Poetry, Weaving, Myintent personalized metal jewelry making, succulent pot painting and planting, 3D printing, laser engraving, Cricut vinyl sticker/decal/iron-on creating, diamond painting, string art, 3D animation video making, electric circuit building, sewing, embroidery and much, much more.
Annual Fall Program - plan, design, and execute a new, unique library program to students during all study halls to highlight digital tools and to promote fun and student fellowship in the library setting - some of our best programs included Harry Potter Wizard Tournament, Star Wars Jedi Training, Amazing Race: Magical Mayhem, life-sized CLUE, and Stephen King mini-golf.
Annual Spring Program - plan, develop, and execute special program centered around the Read Across America initiative to build some element of reading literacy as well as digital literacy into our events. Some of our best have been a full-library- mini golf course, a Minute to Win it Trivia competition, a Murder Mystery, a Breakout Escape game, an Among US game, spring 2023 Hunger Games interactive competition, and spring 2024 Stranger Things Trivial Pursuit.
Fall of 2022 - purchase of a sublimation printer: students will learn to use a special sublimation ink printer and various heat presses to create high quality printed items such as mugs, hats, and t-shirts (Art Club, Girls' basketball, Library Club, Makerspace project)
Spring of 2024 - purchase of multiport device charging station,classroom set of (5) Wacom 1 digital drawing tablets, embroidery sewing machine, Sphero robotic tools, high quality digital camera
POSSIBLE AREAS OF GROWTH
POSSIBLE AREAS OF GROWTH
2024-2029
Continue to make our annual fall and spring programming relevant to the students, the library, and the library's mission
Continue to offer a variety of Makerspace projects to engage student creativity
Continue to seek out, evaluate, and purchase the newest and best Makerspace technologies.
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