Meeting+2++on+January+24th+2011

Meeting Notes for January 24th, 2011 “Reinforcing assignment design through 21st century skills” --Looking at assignments to see the gaps --Students don’t know what journals are; resources are not being used; interested teachers need to get exposure Advocacy Piece: · Research which high schools are not in compliance · Goals of the Chancellor: Impact of libraries on goals for student College and Career Readiness · CUNY Library: Training or interest lacking on this side 1. How do the gap in skills=>impact on student achievement 2. Early Assessment done at California State 3. Relationship between the IFC and Common Core 4. Relationship between the classroom teacher and the librarian and how to build reading, writing, and research Why don’t students read? How can we help them reach a broad range of content? Synthesize different types of texts? How can we facilitate communication between CUNY and the DOE? ** Goal: **Creating a package for teachers/professors and librarians on how to integrate information literacy skills into assignments and projects --Look at Habits of Mind needed to develop skills, Common Core, College/Career Preparedness --Formation, the why, context, antecedents Some package ideas and beyond: 1. Multimedia models of Information Literacy (Animoto, One True Media, etc.) 2. Collaborative Lesson Plan Template 3. Workshop for Teachers and Librarians 4. Different products depending on group 5. Grants for making “cards” electronic 6. “Did you know…” model / “Do now” --CUNY data and library programs --List of data points