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   According to the  AASL National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries, there are six shared foundations and key commitments. Those foundations are; inquire, include, collaborate, curate, explore, and engage. Everything that is done in the library falls into at least one of these categories. I've had the pleasure of working in a library and working with other librarians in my school district so I am able to have conversations about what happens in our libraries. Over the past few months, I had the opportunity to interview four librarians to discuss how they use the shared foundations. In this blog post, I will be referencing an interview I had with Michelle Martin. We discussed "explore". As always, we started discussing the definition of "explore". The AASL defines explore as "Discover and innovate in a growth mindset developed through experience and reflection". It took me reading this definition to make me ...

 According to the  AASL National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries, there are six shared foundations and key commitments. Those foundations are; inquire, include, collaborate, curate, explore, and engage. Everything that is done in the library falls into at least one of these categories. I've had the pleasure of working in a library and working with other librarians in my school district so I am able to have conversations about what happens in our libraries. Over the past few months, I had the opportunity to interview four librarians to discuss how they use the shared foundations. In this blog post, I will be referencing an interview I had with Jeri Rogers. We discussed "curate". Similar to my first interview, we started our meeting by comparing our definitions of "curate" with the AASL's definition. The AASL defines curate as, "making meaning for oneself and others by collecting, organizing, and sharing reso...

According to the  AASL National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries, there are six shared foundations and key commitments. Those foundations are; inquire, include, collaborate, curate, explore, and engage. Everything that is done in the library falls into at least one of these categories. I've had the pleasure of working in a library and working with other librarians in my school district so I am able to have conversations about what happens in our libraries. Over the past few months, I had the opportunity to interview four librarians to discuss how they use the shared foundations. In this blog post, I will be referencing an interview I had with Sherri Alston. We discussed "collaborate". We started our conversation by talking about what the word "collaborate" means to us. I think this is important because "collaborate" may mean different things to different librarians. In this case, we had the same idea of the...

The Storytelling Loop This week I chose The Storytelling Loop blog to read and find out more information on storytelling. I found this boy interesting because of the time in which a lot of their blog post was listed. A lot of it took place during the middle of the pandemic and I knew it would be interesting to see their tank on storytelling during this time.  The Storytelling Loop was created by Silke Rose West, a kindergarten teacher known for her storytelling and puppet shows, and Joseph Sarosy, a teacher and freelance writer who started the Storytelling Loop. This blog has been read by over 70,000 people worldwide. According to the blog, "The Storytelling Loop is a newsletter bringing you tips, science, and real-life examples of how storytelling builds the connection between parent and child." The name of the blog is based on a storytelling principle that Joseph uses to encourage parents to read to their children. Video & Podcast Introduction to Storytelling - December...

 Throughout the semester we have talked about many different forms of storytelling whether it be with a book, without a book, with manipulatives, etc. I have had so much fun reading children's stories and recording myself to see how that goes. I've also loved reading to my students so that they can experience storytelling again since they are in high school. This has made me more aware of how much storytelling we do on a daily basis. When I hear my coworkers telling stories about their weekends or my fiance telling stories about what happened at school I start to notice the things that we've discussed throughout the semester. This course has encouraged me to do more storytelling and to push myself outside of my comfort zone to do what's best for my students. I'm currently in a high school library and we are open before school and during lunches for any students who want to just come in and hang out. Students are welcome to come check out books whenever, but we s...

In my graduate-level storytelling course, we are required to tell stories. Throughout the semester the type of storytelling changes that way we get experience presenting our stories in different ways. Before this class, I had only ever told stories to students by simply reading them from a book and showing them the pictures. At this point in the semester, I have done traditional storytelling, but I have also done storytelling with props/manipulatives, interactive storytelling, and storytelling without a book. Each type of storytelling had its own challenges and triumphs, but the one that pushed me the most was interactive storytelling. Because of the challenges that can come with this assignment, I want to share my process and my final results. Although it was new and somewhat difficult for me, after completing the reading I felt so accomplished.  Interactive storytelling is getting the audience involved in the story, whether that be call and response, movement that matches up with...