1++Facilitate+and+Inspire+Student+Learning+and+Creativity

> Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers: > a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness. > b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. > c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes. > d. model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments. > Reflection: These three websites change almost every week, depending on what we are studying. I use these virtual libraries to point students to useful information, interactive websites, and helpful resources. Many of the links on the elementary library website involve critical thinking skills. Students explore the world through the museums, government agencies like the park service, and interactive educational sites. All students in the district are able to connect and chat with a public librarian via the link to Know-it-Now. If our district libraries do not have an answer for our students, they are encouraged to go outside our walls and consult the online librarian.
 * 1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity**

Artifact I've created three websites that address the online information needs for students both at home and at school. Students, parents and the commuinity have complete access to this virtual library 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Some databases are passord protected, and those usernames/passwords are given to each student during media class. Elementary Library Website Middle School Library Website High School Library