Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment

• 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  Avantis, Newsela, WeVideo, Book Creator to our instructional media subscripions

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

• 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 (Newsela)

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

• 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 

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.