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= Welcome to our Professional Learning Community Wikispace =

Chris Winslow, Munroe Elementary
DPS Teacher Librarians (left to right) Lynne Lopez-Crowley, Johnson Elementary; Tina Rinehart, Knapp Elementary, Agnese Coffman, Cowell Elementary; Chris Winslow, Munroe Elementary.

We came together as a group because we all share the same passion for teaching, and yet experience the same difficulties with time management. We are all on fixed schedules and want to implement effective short lessons (what we call powerburst lessons) to guide student learning during our weekly library sessions.

Although our schedules vary in time and frequency, we all have to check out books while still make time for valuable instruction. We want to brainstorm ideas and discuss possible scenarios. Although we all approached our time management and Information Literacy lessons differently, we are gaining insight from the varied ideas we have generated. Our primary goal is to provide viable information literacy experiences for our students in the short time available.

In this Wikispace we will:
 * Review our objectives
 * Plan future meeting/activities
 * Post responses to our readings
 * Generate Ideas by examining what worked and what did not
 * Post library lessons based on individual ideas and research

 During our meetings, to gain insight and ideas in creating power burst lessons, we read and discussed information from various articles, the American Association of School Libraries Standards for the 21st Century flier and the book, __**Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century**__ by, Carol C. Kuhlthau, Leslie K. Maniotes, Ann K. Casspari To Download as pdf file click below