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**AASL Standard 1: **
//Use of Information and Ideas // School library media candidates encourage reading and lifelong learning by stimulating interests and fostering competencies in the effective use of ideas and information. They apply a variety of strategies to ensure access to resources and information in a variety of  formats to all members of the learning community. Candidates promote efficient and ethical  information-seeking behavior as part of the school library media program and its services.

Artifacts

Digital Video

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“Reading is a window to the world” is a common belief of the ALA because reading is a huge part of becoming information literate. We need to encourage students to read to gain knowledge and information as well as to read for pleasure. The digital video, “Show Me the Books,” is meant to show students that there are all sorts of books out there written about a variety of topics. It promotes reading by showing how each student finds a book to read based on their own interests. It also shows the students getting excited about reading as well as being able to recommend books to their friends and classmates. The video can also be used as a professional learning tool for teachers. Teachers can get ideas to help encourage students to read.

Plagiarism Presentation

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The presentation is intended for middle school students in order to promote ethical information seeking behaviors and ethical use of information. The purpose of this presentation is to give the students a broad overview of plagiarism. More specifically the goal is to educate the students on how to identify it and how to take steps to avoid it. It also will hopefully give them a good foundation for why it is wrong to plagiarize. The presentation would be a good place to begin a research assignment or paper. It would also be a good lead in to a lesson on how to cite sources. The main goal is to make the students aware of plagiarism so that they take the proper steps to avoid it.

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It is important for a media specialist to read and get to know books of every genre that are included in the media center’s collection. A media specialist is an information source for the students and teachers who should be able to recommend and suggest any type of book requested by library patrons. For example, if an English teacher is teaching a unit on realistic fiction, the media specialist should be able to suggest a title that best fits the unit. A media specialist should also be able to collaborate with the teachers in order to find ways to integrate and use the books within the curriculum to enhance instruction.

Digital Photo Story

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<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">This digital photo story was created to introduce and advocate for the resources available in an elementary school media center. Since a media specialist is generally involved in the creation of advertisements and promotions for the media center as well as being expected to be a technology leader within the school, it is imperative that I know and understand the different elements of visual design within presentations. Knowing how to use digital storytelling tools such as Photo Story is also important because it provides new and innovative ways to present information.

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