Saturday, March 8, 2008
Library Media Centers
We will be referencing our 6461 class material for this blog. So, the topics will be anything from the freedom of information act, library bill of rights, Accelerted Reader use, or whatever you would like to discuss as it relates to media centers. The purpose of our blog is to have a forum for discussion of relevent topics as they relate to media centers. The goals and objectives are to have an open discussion of these topics. An example of a future activity will be to review the relevance of the use of Accelerated Reader in elementary school libraries.
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I do not know what Accelerated Reader is. I think I should know--could you explain? Thanks!
Teresa is more familiar with AR than I am. But I can give you just the basics. AR is a reading program where children earn points based on the books they read. They'll earn a certain amount of points based on the number of words a book contains and the reading level the book is considered to be at. Once students have read a book on the AR reading list they can take a quiz about the book and it will check their reading comprehension. I'm sure Teresa can elaborate on this and if I'm not clear on anything, please respond back and I'll find out. Thanks for blogging!
A teacher or librarian can pull all of these wonderful diagnostic reports to learn how the child is progressing with reading. There's a comprehension, literacy skills, and vocabulary quiz available. This data can help guide reading for maximum results.
Check out http://www/renlearn.com/ar/
Thanks for your interest!
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