Carrie Rogers

Research, detailed strategies, and case studies encourage inclusivity in digital citizenship and the ethical and responsible use of technology in libraries. Inclusive digital citizenship goes beyond mere access to technology—it requires a nuanced understanding of how technology can either empower or hinder various communities. Divided into two parts, this book offers both ideas and implementation. The first half contains frameworks and an overview of systems, research, and theories. The second half offers specific, practical case studies and actionable steps. Rogers and Wilson provide tools to support students, families, and community members in becoming responsible digital citizens. Their groundbreaking framework addresses inclusivity across digital access, literacy, design, and community engagement. It equips librarians and educators with actionable tools like gap analyses, professional learning strategies, and collaborative models to bridge the digital divide. Foundational concepts are balanced with practical implementation, metacognitive activities, and visual aids. This book will empower you to foster equity-driven systems and digital citizenship in diverse contexts.

Research, detailed strategies, and case studies encourage inclusivity in digital citizenship and the ethical and responsible use of technology in libraries. Inclusive digital citizenship goes beyond mere access to technology—it requires a nuanced understanding of how technology can either empower or hinder various communities. Divided into two parts, this book offers both ideas and implementation. The first half contains frameworks and an overview of systems, research, and theories. The second half offers specific, practical case studies and actionable steps. Rogers and Wilson provide tools to support students, families, and community members in becoming responsible digital citizens. Their groundbreaking framework addresses inclusivity across digital access, literacy, design, and community engagement. It equips librarians and educators with actionable tools like gap analyses, professional learning strategies, and collaborative models to bridge the digital divide. Foundational concepts are balanced with practical implementation, metacognitive activities, and visual aids. This book will empower you to foster equity-driven systems and digital citizenship in diverse contexts.

The term “teacher leadership” is not without its problems, since some interpret it to have both corporate and hierarchical implications. Stewardship as Teacher Leadership: Portraits from the Profession discusses the impact of changing that language to stewardship, a term that in more inclusive, more professional, and more morally-based. At a time when the work of teachers is critiqued and denigrated, the concept of stewardship within the profession better supports the efforts of all teachers, but particularly early career teachers. Stewards have the best interests of the profession at the forefront of their actions. Through the “portraits” of a variety of teachers, readers of Stewardship as Teacher Leadership will engage with and recognize how teachers are stewards as they make intentional and deliberate choices in their daily work that have lasting impacts on their relationships with colleagues, their school programs, and the profession in a multiplicity of ways that traditional teacher leadership models often miss.

The term “teacher leadership” is not without its problems, since some interpret it to have both corporate and hierarchical implications. Stewardship as Teacher Leadership: Portraits from the Profession discusses the impact of changing that language to stewardship, a term that in more inclusive, more professional, and more morally-based. At a time when the work of teachers is critiqued and denigrated, the concept of stewardship within the profession better supports the efforts of all teachers, but particularly early career teachers. Stewards have the best interests of the profession at the forefront of their actions. Through the “portraits” of a variety of teachers, readers of Stewardship as Teacher Leadership will engage with and recognize how teachers are stewards as they make intentional and deliberate choices in their daily work that have lasting impacts on their relationships with colleagues, their school programs, and the profession in a multiplicity of ways that traditional teacher leadership models often miss.

Responding to the need to prepare elementary teachers for the increasinglinguistic diversity in schools, this book presents key foundational principles in language and literacy development for linguistically diverse students. Readers see these ideas enacted through the journeys of real students as they progress from 1st through 6th grade. What emerges is both a “big picture” and an “up close and personal” look at the successes, obstacles, and developmental nuances for students learning to read and write in a new language in inclusive classrooms. Throughout, the authors provide crucial guidance to educators that will support them in taking conscious steps toward creating educational equity for linguistically diverse students. Book Features: Illuminates the variation among students who have been categorized as English language learners. Provides access to a broad range of research-based approaches in teacher-friendly language. Examines key dilemmas that teachers are likely to encounter in today’s classrooms. Avoids recipes or “cookie-cutter” approaches to complex scenarios. Addresses academic vocabulary and language development, a key barrier to accessing content for students learning English as a new language.

Responding to the need to prepare elementary teachers for the increasinglinguistic diversity in schools, this book presents key foundational principles in language and literacy development for linguistically diverse students. Readers see these ideas enacted through the journeys of real students as they progress from 1st through 6th grade. What emerges is both a “big picture” and an “up close and personal” look at the successes, obstacles, and developmental nuances for students learning to read and write in a new language in inclusive classrooms. Throughout, the authors provide crucial guidance to educators that will support them in taking conscious steps toward creating educational equity for linguistically diverse students. Book Features: Illuminates the variation among students who have been categorized as English language learners. Provides access to a broad range of research-based approaches in teacher-friendly language. Examines key dilemmas that teachers are likely to encounter in today’s classrooms. Avoids recipes or “cookie-cutter” approaches to complex scenarios. Addresses academic vocabulary and language development, a key barrier to accessing content for students learning English as a new language.

Anymore, it seems the world is on a wide and hectically flowing track. We're all rushing toward something, but many times we have no idea what that something is. We want to get where we're going NOW not later. Time is a premium, and we want it in increasingly smaller increments: minutes not hours, seconds not minutes. We want our communications, our information, our very lives to happen ASAP.No longer can we wait to talk face to face with friends and loved ones. We grab some electronic device and whip off a message, then decry the time it takes for them to respond. Microwave ovens, once the epitome of speed and efficiency, have become objects of ire as we pound on them, berating them for taking seconds to warm our food. Libraries, places we once scheduled time to visit, to walk the aisles, to run our hands over the rows of books and smell them, are now unfortunately fading into the past.Where are the quiet times? The times when we looked forward to being with family and friends, face to face, eye to eye, actually enjoying the time we spend together? The times when we put our feet up, open a book and lose ourselves?Those times can be yours again. All you have to do is jump out of the fast lane, get off the broad and rushing highway, open a book, and simply TAKE THE PATH. Authors included in this anthology: Ronna L. Edelstein, Carrie Rogers, Kathleen Ratcliffe, Alex G. Friedman, Michelle Wotowiec, Karen Dorsey, David Empey, Mary Smith, Rachel Worrell