Learning+Commons

The library learning commons is a place to consume knowledge and there should be room for the creation of knowledge.

In a think tank I am conducting next week in Phoenix AZ at AASL, one of our issues is design thinking. Building a space where kids can both consume and design is a very busy atmosphere is critical, I believe to the future of teacher librarian positions in CA and elsewhere.

Here is a list of recommended sources about design thinking that if used by a group of TLs and other educators, could reinvent the library into a library learning commons follow. Check out the last two first...one is short, the other long and we find that design thinking is happening right in our neighborhood at Stamford U.

 Posted to CALIBK12 by Dr. Loertscher on 11-02-17
 * IBM's Design thinking and agile thinking model: @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXtN4y3O35M&t=10s
 * A quick overview of design thinking: @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7sEoEvT8l8&t=18s
 * Another short video about design thinking with kids: @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhQWrHQwYTk
 * The Umbrella Creation Model Tutorial: @https://sites.google.com/s/0B0m38BPSK4PmUTRHWG5YbUJSUXc/p/0B0m38BPSK4PmRUduRVBLeDF1NWM/edit
 * This one makes me fume! This movement fires all specialists in the school to pay for using the company's model and they brag that they train teachers to be their own librarians, technologists, etc. etc. Now they claim to teach teachers our to be learning engineers: @http://digitalpromise.org/2017/10/19/learning-design-design-tech-high-school-uses-research/?utm_source=DP+Master+List&utm_campaign=33e38d79b0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_10_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1a73515842-33e38d79b0-349200361
 * The short version of design thinking, Guided Mastery, creative confidence, and self efficacy by David Kelley: @https://www.ted.com/talks/david_kelley_how_to_build_your_creative_confidence/transcript
 * The long version: The head of IDEO is interviewed about design thinking...a bit long but worth it: @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASvd2toIA6s&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs