AASL and ISTE Standards - Blog Post #1
In the Knowledge Quest article “Collaborating to Communicate: Librarian Reading Groups and Understanding Standards,” Courtney L. Lewis (2019) discusses the ways she approached the AASL standards and the clarity she found by participating in a discussion group with fellow librarians to engage with the standards. The group deciphered the meaning of and language used in each standard, how the standards could be implemented in their school libraries, and any struggles they were coming up against. Lewis discusses how talking through these standards helped deepen the entire groups’ understanding, and also showed them where their programs strengths and weakness were. The standards also helped her talk to her administrators about the impact the library can have on learning and she used the standards to advocate for goals of the library program (Lewis, 2019, p. 41). Just as the standards are understood through discussion, they should be implemented through discussion as well. One way the AASL and ISTE standards could work together is by having the kind of discussion group approach as outlined in the article. Lewis (2019) also states that the standards could be used as “self-evaluation and possibly professional assessment” (p. 41). By putting the AASL and ISTE standards in conversation with one another, the librarian could build even greater credibility around certain library practices and tools, and they could use both standards to develop assessments and evaluations for both the classroom and library. This might also help the teachers understand the ISTE standards for their classrooms, and by also including the AASL standards, teachers could see how librarians can play a role in their classrooms.
Two standards that could be used together are AASL’s Inquire standards and ISTE’s Empowered Learner and Creative Communicator standards. AASL’s Inquire standards include fostering curiosity, encouraging questioning that leads to new discoveries, sharing discoveries, and developing a self-awareness of one’s learning. Similarly, ISTE’s Empowered Learner standard includes the students taking ownership of their leaning and using technology to develop solutions and problem solving skills. The ISTE's Creative Communicator standard includes cultivating creative expression of ideas similar to the Share part of AASL’s Inquire standard. These two can be used together to teach students how they can inquire through technology and how they can creatively express their learning and thinking using technology.
There are also standards that could complement each other in a lesson plan. AASL’s Include standard focuses on student’s learning about, seeking out, and reflecting on the points of view, perspectives, and experiences of others, especially those with differing opinions than the student holds. The ISTE's Global Collaborator standard outlines the ways that students can use digital tools to examine global issues and to look at issues from multiple perspectives (International Society for Technology in Education, 2022). This is is a spot where the AASL standard could positively coordinate with the ISTE standard. In addition to showing students guidelines to behaving in a socially conscious way online, they can also be taught how to engage with opinions that differ from their own in an online space (that is perhaps different from the same occurrence in a physical space). A lot of discourse, especially around social issues, is done online. Therefore, it is a worthwhile practice to merge the AASL standard of inclusion with the ISTE standard of being an online citizen in responsible, ethical ways. Similarly, the ISTE's Digital Citizen standard, which asks students to learn about the responsibilities of being online, overlaps with the AASL’s Engage standard, which has a focus on getting students to respect intellectual property. AASL’s Engage standard goes further however than ISTE by teaching students how to responsibly “practice civil discourse and cultural awareness” (American Association of School Librarians, 2018b). As can be seen in the crosswalk between the AASL and ISTE standards, there are more ways these standards complement and correspond to one another than not. Both standards have goals to get students to be life-long learners by teaching them how to engage with information, ask questions, and seek out answers in responsible ways with a global perspective. Librarians using these standards together, in library lessons and collaborations with teachers, has the potential of creating stronger student outcomes and learning in information and technology practices.
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Two standards that could be used together are AASL’s Inquire standards and ISTE’s Empowered Learner and Creative Communicator standards. AASL’s Inquire standards include fostering curiosity, encouraging questioning that leads to new discoveries, sharing discoveries, and developing a self-awareness of one’s learning. Similarly, ISTE’s Empowered Learner standard includes the students taking ownership of their leaning and using technology to develop solutions and problem solving skills. The ISTE's Creative Communicator standard includes cultivating creative expression of ideas similar to the Share part of AASL’s Inquire standard. These two can be used together to teach students how they can inquire through technology and how they can creatively express their learning and thinking using technology.
There are also standards that could complement each other in a lesson plan. AASL’s Include standard focuses on student’s learning about, seeking out, and reflecting on the points of view, perspectives, and experiences of others, especially those with differing opinions than the student holds. The ISTE's Global Collaborator standard outlines the ways that students can use digital tools to examine global issues and to look at issues from multiple perspectives (International Society for Technology in Education, 2022). This is is a spot where the AASL standard could positively coordinate with the ISTE standard. In addition to showing students guidelines to behaving in a socially conscious way online, they can also be taught how to engage with opinions that differ from their own in an online space (that is perhaps different from the same occurrence in a physical space). A lot of discourse, especially around social issues, is done online. Therefore, it is a worthwhile practice to merge the AASL standard of inclusion with the ISTE standard of being an online citizen in responsible, ethical ways. Similarly, the ISTE's Digital Citizen standard, which asks students to learn about the responsibilities of being online, overlaps with the AASL’s Engage standard, which has a focus on getting students to respect intellectual property. AASL’s Engage standard goes further however than ISTE by teaching students how to responsibly “practice civil discourse and cultural awareness” (American Association of School Librarians, 2018b). As can be seen in the crosswalk between the AASL and ISTE standards, there are more ways these standards complement and correspond to one another than not. Both standards have goals to get students to be life-long learners by teaching them how to engage with information, ask questions, and seek out answers in responsible ways with a global perspective. Librarians using these standards together, in library lessons and collaborations with teachers, has the potential of creating stronger student outcomes and learning in information and technology practices.
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American Association of School Librarians. (2018a). National School Library Standards crosswalk with ISTE Standards for Students and Educators. https://standards.aasl.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/180828-aasl-standards-crosswalk-iste.pdf
American Association of School Librarians. (2018b). Shared foundations: Engage. https://standards.aasl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/SharedFoundations_Engage_2017.pdf
American Association of School Librarians. (2018b). Shared foundations: Include.
https://standards.aasl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/SharedFoundations_Include_2017.pdf
https://standards.aasl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/SharedFoundations_Include_2017.pdf
American Association of School Librarians. (2018b). Shared foundations: Inquire.
https://standards.aasl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/SharedFoundations_Inquire_2017.pdf
https://standards.aasl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/SharedFoundations_Inquire_2017.pdf
American Association of School Librarians. (2018c). Shared foundations infographics. https://standards.aasl.org/project/foundations/
International Society for Technology in Education. (2022). ISTE standards: Students. https://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-students
Lewis, C. L. (2019, May/June). Collaboration to communicate: Librarian reading groups and understanding standards. Knowledge Quest, 47(5), 36-43.
I thought the Crosswalk was a really great resource for the connections and I think that resource would be a great starting place for making discussions about the standards and their implementation in discussions like Lewis mentioned in her article. Collaboration between professionals is really important for the success programs because it provides the chance to explore what other professionals are facing, doing, and creating. For school librarians, it also important to collaborate with the professionals around the school as well. I thought the articles on relationships administrators had a really good point about knowing he standards they are concerned with so you can make connections to library applicable standards. In essence, use other standards and the library standards to make the library relevant and useful to all which will protect the library as a beneficial institution and increase value for users. The standards make a great discussion based professional development and collaboration experience but they are also good for self-reflection. As you said, they can be used almost as a rubric to see how the library is doing and performing for various library users. Knowledge of the communication between the AASL standards and other standards that library shareholders are using is very important for making sure that the library is able to support learners, teachers, and administrators in their standards based goals. Thanks for your response!
ReplyDeleteCallie,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed how you worded combing the AASL and ISTE standards by having them in the same conversation with each other. I agree that by using both standards the school librarian could build even greater credibility around certain library practices and tools. When having an evaluation by my administrative team I will showcase both standards in my lesson. I found the crosswalk tool between the AASL and ISTE standards to be extremely handy and user friendly. Thank you for sharing how these standards have the potential of creating stronger student outcomes and learning practices, I not only agree but enjoyed the style of your post!
Erin Castle
Callie,
ReplyDeleteI too thought is was important to discuss how the AASL and the ISTE correlate to one another when focusing on digital literacy and citizenship. I agree that when you take a look at the crosswalk for ISTE and the Future Ready Librarians Framework and the AASL standards they compliment each other more than not. I think that is the purpose of having both in order to work in tandem creating a foundation for librarians to ensure student outcomes and the safe practice of technology use.
Fannie Boeman