take full advantage of contemporary media and a guide for making the library media specialist an indispensible classroom partner. But how do you make that blueprint a working reality? |A collection of articles from School Library Media Activities Monthlyâe"recently renamed School Library Monthlyâe"highlighting practical ways library media specialists can help their schools implement the AASLâeTMs Standards for 21st-Century Learners.|Ever since the initial release of the AASLâeTMs Standards for the 21st-Century Learner, School Library Media Activities Monthly magazine has consistently focused on providing librarians with the information and strategies they need to help students achieve those standards. Now from the pages of that magazineâe"renamed School Library Monthlyâe"comes a collection that no school library or librarian should be without.||21st-Century Learning in School Libraries: Putting the AASL Standards To Work brings together the ideas and methods of leading school librarians and educators across the nation, all focused on meeting the new standards. The book begins with a survey of 21st-century learning documents and an examination of how learning has changed for todayâeTMs student. It offers a wide range of articlesâe"over 90 in allâe"in a series of chapters on key themes, a vision for successful school libraries, inquiry, collaboration, assessment, reading, and pedagogical strategies. Each chapter has an introduction, discussion questions, and promotional and advocacy strategies.|âe¢ Provides a comprehensive overview of how school librarians can focus on student learning in their libraries|âe¢ Brings together a variety of author voices, including practitioners, school library professors,

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