Course 1: Elementary Module Topics
- Constructing a Literacy to Learn, Research-Based Framework
- Creating a Real World Literacy Culture and Climate
- Developing Independent Learners
- Bringing Learners and Texts Together
- Thinking Through Text Together
- Talking about Text
- Writing about Text
- Making Thinking Visible (Multiple Intelligences)
- Using Book Clubs for Real World Literacy
- Doing Real World Research
Course 2: Middle/Secondary Module Topics
- Introduction to the Series with Research-Based Framework
- Integrating Instruction and Assessment
- Role of Technology
- Pre-Reading Strategies
- During Reading Strategies
- Post Reading Strategies
- Writing
- Discussion
- Graphic Organizers
- Literature, Fiction, and Non-Fiction
Course 3: Digital Literacy (grades K-12) Module Topics
- Constructing a Print and Digital Literacy to Learn, Research-Based Framework
- Integrating Instruction and Assessment in a Print-Digital Literacy Classroom Culture
- Reading in a Print-Digital Literacy Classroom Culture
- Writing in a Print-Digital Literacy Classroom Culture
- Structuring Discussion as a Tool for Learning in a Print-Digital Literacy Classroom Culture
- Designing Inquiry-Based Learning with Print and Digital Literacies
- Making Thinking Visible in a Print and Digital Literacy Classroom Culture
- Respecting Intellectual Property in a Print and Digital Literacy Classroom Culture
- Reaching Diverse Learners with Print and Digital Literacy
- Involving Parents and the Community in a Print and Digital Literacy Classroom Culture
Course 4: Scientific Literacy (grades 3-12)
Module 1: Inquiry in Action Part I
Inquiry promotes the use of questioning that comes from ideas, thoughts, and curiosity about the natural world. Inquiry-based education provides a context in which students are able to utilize science processes for deeper levels of content exploration and understanding. Scientists, classroom teachers, and students will share how inquiry impacts their investigations and interactions with natural phenomena.
Module 2: Inquiry in Action Part II
The second module of the series will continue to share examples of how inquiry-based education provides a contemporary, relevant, and authentic learning environment for today’s 21st Century learner.
Module 3: Strategies for Implementation
This module will share useful and practical tools to transfer the examples shared in Modules 1 and 2 into the science classroom that merges standards-based curriculum and the natural curiosity of students.
Course 5: Best Practices for School Library Media Programs (K-12) (Video)
- Program 1: What the Research Says
- Program 2: Teaching and Learning
- Program 3: Information Access and Delivery
- Program 4: Program Administration
- Program 5: Communicating the Program
- Program 6: So How Am I Doing? Professional Assessment
- Program 7: Teaching Through Student Research
- Program 8: Collaboration for Middle and High School Research
- Program 9: Creating a Culture of Reading
- Program 10: Dealing with Thorny Issues: Copyright and Intellectual Freedom
Course 6: Best Practices for School Library Media Programs (K-12) (Online Modules)
- Module 1: Establishing Your Role as a Library Media Coordinator
- Module 2: Collaborating in Your Role as a Library Media Coordinator
- Module 3: Communicating in Library Media Programs
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