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= SA-Elementary Librarians: 21st Century Skills for Elementary Librarians = = (meeting #3 - 4/12/11) =

Tonight we will begin with a review of our last meeting followed by a discussion regarding classroom management.

__**Activity #1:**__ Managing kids. We will be taking a look at the following topics:
 * What are the rewards that you can give to the students for positive behavior?
 * What are the consequences that you can give to the students for negative behaviors?
 * How do kids know what behaviors are "okay" with you?
 * What strategies work well short term, but undermine long-term HWR?
 * What behavior policies are in place at your school?

__**Activity #2:**__ Virtual Outward Bound! Tonight we are going to have an adventure! Oh yes, it's going to be fun. I remember back in the 1970s when my older brother, David, left our suburban home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to attend a month of Outward Bound training way out west in Colorado. The culminating activity was a three-day survival test. My brother had to get by on his own with nothing but some water and three saltine crackers (at least I think that's what it was).

What does all of this have to do with you?

Tonight you will divide up into four teams, and each team will head off into cyberspace with nothing more than their own wits to guide them*. While in cyberspace you will visit a web 2.0 site that has been assigned to you. You will learn about the site, create products at the site, post your notes and products on your wiki and then present to the class about your adventure. Make sure you're able to answer my follow-up question, "How could you use this at your school?" //**Note: everyone on your team must have a clear understanding of how to use the site you visit. This cannot be the sort of thing where one person goes in, figures it all out, and then does all the talking later. You must work as a team, being sure that everyone is in the loop.**//

Team #1 - https://bubbl.us Team #2 - www.tagxedo.com Team #3 - http://prezi.com Team #4 - http://edu.glogster.com

*If you get in a real bind I will help you.
 * Some samples from tonight's adventure sites:**
 * https://bubbl.us || [[image:interview_JPEG_one.jpg width="400" height="214"]] ||
 * www.tagxedo.com || [[image:wikihdr3.jpg width="480" height="150"]] ||
 * http://prezi.com || http://prezi.com/dkeu3fv9q9kr/1st-try/ ||
 * http://edu.glogster.com || http://pavincelette.edu.glogster.com/books/ ||