Our Future is in Motion

It is hard to believe we have reached this point where it is time to share our Final Vision Project. In the early stages of the process of considering what my final artifact might be, I wanted to create a non-stop shop for all stakeholders.  The initial ideas were creating a Symbaloo, a shared google drive or even a website.  This non-stop shop would address a list of goals such as building a reading culture, increase family involvement, increase collaboration, build relationships, stem & makerspaces, increase circulation, and promote literacy.  After further research and discussion with a few stakeholders, I settled on the idea of a website.

Upon deciding to create a website, there were many other factors that came into play.  Who would use this website? What would be included? What website platform would be used?  I had to do some investigation and research to answer these questions. The website platform I chose to use is Google Sites.  This choice was made for a number of reasons. I recently became Google Educator Level 1 certified and this has been a focus in our school and district.  I felt if I am going to support students in our school community in the use of G Suite for Education, I should be able to model the various apps. I also chose Google Sites as it allowed me to easily integrate slides, sheets and forms into the webpage as well.

I did decide to go with 3 main pages.  One 'For Students', one 'For Teachers' and one 'For Parents' in addition to the home page and a policy and procedures page.  The 'For Teachers' page has a few additional subpages addressing STEM & Makerspace as well as the recent Book Club/Series collection we have acquired in our school.  The policy and procedures page is truly a working document as there were no policies or procedures in our Library Learning Commons before my arrival. This section will continue to evolve as our Library Learning Commons Leadership Team addresses policy and procedures as a group.  Our Library Learning Commons Leadership Team has a Padlet which we are using to help focus our meetings and begin to address some key areas of the Library Learning Commons. As the team addresses these important areas, I will be adding them to the website. Some of these areas include a mission statement, collection development, and other library rules and regulations.

My home page is a place for all stakeholders. They can easily access Destiny for searching, make book recommendations as well as see upcoming events in the Library Learning Commons.

For the Students page, there is information on how to log into Destiny as well as helpful links which have been used in the classroom.  Please note that some links may not open for you as they require specific passwords which have only been shared with particular groups within our school community.

The For Teachers page has information on services which I can provide in the Library Learning Commons and gives them suggestions on areas in which I may be able to help.  For instance curating text sets or providing mini lessons on information literacy.

For our Parents page, we have a few useful links as well as articles which I have found that are currently relevant to reading.  My hope is that I will be able to constantly update this page with current articles and information.

Although I have big ideas for this website, and I know it is not completely done, I hope for it to be a starting point to begin discussions in my building on a variety of areas.  I knew starting this project that creating a final project which addressed all of these goals was pretty lofty.  The website I have created might not fully address all of these immediately, but it is a starting point and will continue to evolve as our learning commons grows and evolves.

Please click on the following link and enjoy looking at the new Wye Library Learning Commons website.
Feel free to provide ideas and suggestions.

Wye Elementary Library Learning Commons