Knowledge Building

Resources from the book: The New School Learning Commons

Foundational Ideas

•    Sawyer, R. Keith, ed.  The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences. Cambridge University Press, 2005.

•    Popham, James W. TransFormative Assessment. ASCD, 2008.

Foundational Documents

•    “Standards for the 21st-Century Learner,”  AASL. At:

http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/standards.cfm

•    “The Intellectual and Policy Foundations of the 21st Century Skills Framework,” Partnership for 21st Century Learning. At:

http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/route21/images/stories/epapers/skills_foundations_final.pdf

•    International Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Literacy Panel. "Digital Transformation: A Framework for ICT Literacy." Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Services, 2007. At: http://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/Information_and_Communication_Technology_Literacy/ictreport.pdf

•    Anderson, Lorin W., David R. Krathwohl, and Benjamin Samuel Bloom. A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. Longman, 2000.  A revision of the popular taxonomy.

•    Marzano, Robert J. and John S. Kendall. Designing & Assessing educational objectives: Applying the New Taxonomy. Corwin Press, 2008. An elaboration and restructuring of Blooms Taxonomy from a different perspective.

Professional Organizations

•    Association for Curriculum Supervision and Development (ASCD)

http://ascd.org

•    American Association of School Librarians

http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslindex.cfm

•    International Society for Technology in Education

http;//iste.org

•    Canadian Association of School Librarians

http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=CASL2

•    Galileo Professional Network

http://www.galileo.org/inquiry-what.html

•    International Association of Learning Sciences http://www.isls.org/index.html

Professional Resources

•    Blos, Susie and Jane Krauss. Reinventing Project-Based Learning: Your Field Guide to Real-World Projects in the Digital Age. ISTE, 2007.

•    Callison, Daniel and Leslie Preddy. The Blue Book on Information, Age Inquiry, Instruction and Literacy. Libraries Unlimited, 2006.

•    Danielson, Charlotte. Enhancing Professional Practice: a Framework for Teachers. 2nd ed. ASCD, 2007.

•    DuFour, Rebecca, Richard DuFour and Robert Eaker. Professional Learning Communities at Work Plan Book. Solution Tree, 2006.

•    DuFour, Richard, Rebecca DuFour, and Robert Eaker. Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work. Solution Tree, 2006.

•    DuFour, Richard, Rebecca DuFour and Robert Eaker. Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work: New Insights for Improving Schools. Solution Tree, 2008

•    Habits of Mind http://www.habits-of-mind.net/

•    Jensen, Eric. Brain-Based Learning: The New Paradigm of Teaching. 2nd ed. Corwin Press, 2008.

•    Koechlin, Carol and Sandi Zwaan.  Build Your Own Information Literate School.  Hi Willow Research and Publishing, 2003. 

•    Koechlin, Carol and Sandi Zwaan.  Info Tasks for Successful Learning.  Pembroke Pub. Ltd, 2001.

•    Koechlin, Carol and Sandi Zwaan.  Q Tasks: How to Empower Students to Ask Questions and Care About Answers. Pembroke Publishers Ltd, 2006.

•    Kuhlthau, Carol C., Leslie K. Maniotes and Ann K. Caspari. Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century. Libraries Unlimited, 2007.

•    Loertscher, David V., Carol Koechlin, and Sandi Zwaan.  Ban Those Bird Units: Thinking and Understanding in Information-rich and Technology-rich Environments.  Hi Willow Research and Publishing, 2005.

•    Loertscher, David, Carol Koechlin, and Sandi Zwaan.  Beyond Bird Units: 18

Models for Teaching and Learning in Information-rich and Technology-rich Environments. Hi Willow Research and Publishing, 2007.

•    Small, Gary and Gigi Vorgan. iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind. Collins Living, 2008.

•    Tomlinson, Carol Ann, Kay Brimijoin, and Lane Narvaez. The Differentiated School: Making Revolutionary Changes in Teaching and Learning. ASCD, 2008.

•    Marzano, Robert J. The Art and Science of teaching: A Comprehensive Framework for Effective Teaching. ASCD, 2007.

•    Wiggins, Grant and Jay McTighe. Understanding by Design. Expanded 2nd ed. Prentice Hall, 2005.

•    Zmuda, Allison and Violet H. Harada. Librarians as Learning Specialists: Meeting the Learning Imperative for the 21st Century. Libraries Unlimited, 2008.

Over to You

Please add resources connected to knowledge building here:

• Report on technology for inclusive learning: http://bit.ly/hvkLI
• Excellent list for managing research information. See DiRT at: http://digitalresearchtools.pbworks.com/
• Knowledge Forum is a collaborative space to work and build on ideas and information. It is based on over 15 years of research at the University of Toronto Cognitive Science Department.  http://www.knowledgeforum.com/
• Sample collaborative project and global winner: http://library.thinkquest.org/08aug/02289/#?page=the-team 
• Extension of problem based learning or project based learning is the idea promoted by Apple computers known as Challenge Based Learning at: http://ali.apple.com/cbl/index.html Be shure to downlaod the various background papers to understand the model and its application.
• Visual Bloom intends to suggest how various web 2.0 tools can be used to stimulate work at higher and higer levels on Bloom's Taxonomy. See at: http://visualblooms.wikispaces.com/
• An interesing assessment tool of thinking at: http://www.criticalthinking.org/courses/Elements_standards_model.cfm