School Library Media obsevation

1. SAVOY ES
SCHOOL LIBRARY VISIT
Nijma Esad LSC 731 Assignment 1

2. SAVOY
THE SCHOOL

3. SAVOY FACTS
• It was the first school in DC’s Ward 8
Community to be remodeled in 2010
• Recipient of the 2012 President’s Committee
on the Arts and Humanities Turnaround Arts
Initiative as a result they have been visited by:
• FLOTUS, Michelle Obama and Kerry
Washington in May, 2013 for the “Get Up and
Move” campaign
• YoYo Ma, December, 2012 worked with
students on a musical collaboration

4. SAVOY LIBRARY MEDIA CENTER
TIFFANY JAMES, SLMS

8. TECHNOLOGY
• Promethean board (disabled)
• Six Dell desktops (four working)
• Flat screen TV

9. LIBRARY SPACE FOR LEARNING

10. THE LESSON FOR THE DAY WAS:
IDENTIFYING PARTS OF A PLANT
Guided Inquiry process
• Open-Mrs. James discussed days
objectives
• Immerse-reviewed with student
research process and handed out 3
sticky notes per student
• Explore- played video from
www.makemegenius.com about
parts of the plant
What is research?
Play video

11. IDENTIFYING PARTS OF A PLANT,
CONT’D
Guided Inquiry Process
• Identify- students watched video
and took notes about each plant
part and its function asking
questions for clarification
• Create- upon completion of video
and “KWL” discussion, students
drew a picture depicting their
interpretation of the parts of a plant
and their functions

12. OBSERVATIONS
According to Grimes in Beyond Sticky Notes: Using Digital Tools and Resources
to Teach Comprehension Strategies, she suggests a move away from the
physical sticky note because “it limits students to a single means of action and
expression.”(300).
• In a environment with limited resources, I think the use of sticky notes was
appropriate because it taught note-taking skills as well how to separate
specific pieces of information into categories that while functioning together
are very different.
• The use of the notes were just one aspect of the guided inquiry process, it
was not the end result merely a link in the knowledge chain that students
were expected to pull from when creating their pictures.
• So even though the note itself was a single form of expression it was used to
create something more dynamic.