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Their creations have been catalogued in the library.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/mixed-media-collaborative-research.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mixed media collaborative research</image:title><image:caption>Mixed media collaborative research.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/intense-discussions-over-exciting-literature.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Intense discussions over exciting literature</image:title><image:caption>Intense discussions over exciting literature.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/action-design-and-creativity.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Action, design and creativity</image:title><image:caption>Action and creativity through design.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2015-12-08T07:36:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/2015/06/20/theoretical-concepts-behind-the-role-of-technology-libraries/</loc><lastmod>2015-06-20T02:42:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/2015/03/06/book-review-the-app-generation-howard-gardner-katie-davis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_3702.png</image:loc><image:title>IMG_3702</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-06-03T01:02:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/2015/01/28/books-as-concept-manipulatives/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fullsizerender.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fullsizerender-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender-2</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fullsizerender_3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FullSizeRender_3</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2015-01-28T13:47:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/2014/12/05/avoiding-plagiarism-whats-the-big-idea/</loc><lastmod>2015-01-06T11:10:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/2015/01/06/multiliteracies-pedagogy-student-identity-the-school-library/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/work-around-the-reference-desk.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Students seated around the library reference desk.</image:title><image:caption>I cannot say exactly what is going on here (still "tuning in" to this group of students) but discussion is rich, involves a list with text, sketching and an eBook. Students are comfortable sitting at the reference desk with the librarian on-hand.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/translation-of-a-favourite-book-english-to-japanese.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Translation of a favourite book English to Japanese</image:title><image:caption>After 6 months of learning English a student has decided to translate sections of her favourite book into Japanese. Given the time &amp; space, she makes sense of her new language through the lens of her home language.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/teen-boys-gaming.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gaming in the library</image:title><image:caption>My first instinct here is to discourage gaming in order to direct these teenage boys toward the shelves however spending some time talking with them about this gaming culture that they bring into the library reveals a rich depth of knowledge, dialogue, narrative &amp; sophistication. This is a part of their "cultural capital" that they share across the national cultures this cohort represents. Student focussed means tuning in to student identity.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/loom-bands-group.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Loom Bands was very popular at the beginning of the year.</image:title><image:caption>A few Loom Band grooms provided a necessary context at the beginning of the school year for students from a broad range of national cultures to establish common interests &amp; build stable social networks. It is vital to provide comfortable spaces for students to create their own "maker space" where they share interests. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/literacy-group-reading-japanese-stories.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Literacy group reading Japanese stories</image:title><image:caption>The same student who was translating a book to Japanese earlier in the new year reading aloud with her peers. Respect for her home language has strengthened her linguistic skills in English (above, translating her favourite book into Japanese).</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/girls-rewriting-favourite-texts.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Girls rewriting favourite texts</image:title><image:caption>Fanfiction in the making as these students respond to images in their favourite series by drawing their own &amp; creating new stories.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/gaming-english-book-chinese-lao-dialogue.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gaming English book Chinese Lao dialogue</image:title><image:caption>A group of boys sitting at the reference desk using Minecraft books written in English as a focus of discussions in Lao, Chinese &amp; English about details of the game I am still trying to catch up on. </image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/chinese-dialogue-english-text.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chinese dialogue English text</image:title><image:caption>Two boys using their visual literacy skills to learn the finer details of paper plane making. Their dialogue is in Chinese, their descriptions to me in English and the motivation extremely high to refine their design skills.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/boys-sketching-and-chatting.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Boys sketching and chatting</image:title><image:caption>Deep discussions in Lao &amp; English about the relative merits of their favourite action heroes. 5-6 year old boys interpreting visual texts, responding with drawings of their own, connecting to their prior knowledge about a character in a narrative in collaborative play.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3273.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Student created maker space</image:title><image:caption>Student created maker space. </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-12T22:10:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/2014/11/26/the-perfect-librarian-is-it-about-focus/</loc><lastmod>2014-11-26T13:59:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/2014/11/23/thanks-for-the-introduction-dianne-librarygrits-blogspot-com/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/b3516-philips2bimage.png</image:loc><image:title>b3516-philips2bimage</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2014-11-23T08:02:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelibraryelement.com/2014/10/23/the-library-element/</loc><lastmod>2014-10-28T06:49:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://thelibraryelement.com</loc><changefreq>daily</changefreq><priority>1.0</priority><lastmod>2024-11-12T01:10:32+00:00</lastmod></url></urlset>
