Collaboration+and+Thoughts



I like the second one...with the white arrows. I like them both. I wonder if the second one looks a little like "confusion"? It reminds me of the cartoon road signs pointing in a bunch of different directions. I like the first one with the "airplane type theme". When I thought of destination to learning....I thought of like a rocket ship...like shooting for the stars or something? What do you guys think? I don't think the second one is confusing because there are so many sections in a library and everybody wants something different so we are showing the teachers that we can meet all their needs. But I do understand your point about how it could be about confusion. Also I like the rocket ship idea if our theme was shooting for the stars of success (maybe) So I will look and see if they have any copyright free images of rocket ships with stars. I see what you mean about the arrows and the library having so many different sections. When you put it that way it seems less like "confusion". I think I just have that image stuck in my mind because it is what you always see as not knowing which way to go on like cartoons and things like that. I am fine with using either of them. The rocket ship was just a thought. For some reason the word "destination" brought that to mind for me. But we could easily use the first or second image you have already posted here. Whatever the majority vote is, works for me.

So I found the image of a plane going around the world and luggage tags with stars on them so let me know what you guys think. I really like the plane going around the world...it implies motion. I think those could make a cute theme! I like the plane as well! I think that could work well with a theme! Okay so we will focus on the airplane as our logo. I am glad that we have a logo now. I will include our new logo on the homepage with our slogan and info about our librarian. __

Ok, so we can rename these pages I couldn't remember what Chandra said to name the three pages. So on this one I am going to start the discussion about the Elvator Pitch 101 article.

In reading the article the things that I got most from it was the 9 "C's". Here are the notes that I wrote out for what we need to think about as we compose our speech:

This is strictly a conversation starter not the end all, say all. We have to give a sense of what we are about ("selling") & leave audience longing to know more...leave them hangin' Only focus on the big picture...this is not a time for minor details All people want to know, "What's in it for them?" Make sure it is desirable and directed to audience From the 9 "C's": few words can be understood by ALL...no fancy jargon provides a solution to their problem show our qualification to be able to address the issue be on point...no too much fluff (details) be very specific...no wandering (it's going to be trick to be both conceptual and specific...we need to really watch that) address their needs and concerns...make sure it applies directly to them deliver a consistent message (for teachers I see this as if you give your pitch to different teachers and they talk about it, they both heard the same message you) it is only the conversation starter! So those are my thoughts on the article...how about your gals? ~Traci

I see the elevator speech as your one chance to shine and make an impact that will last long enough for you to get the person wanting to be on board with your project and wanting to work with you on the project in the future to see how it ends. since our speech is about instructional partnerships is our audience just the pre-service teachers or do we include the administrator? I looked at the examples and they are all geared toward the teachers Chandra

I guess since the examples are all geared toward the teachers then that is probably the route we should take since Dr. M provided those as examples. Although, if it is delivered well then I would think that it would be beneficial for the administrators as well....they should be able to hear it and understand it as easily as anyone else....or at least that was part of the article in saying that anyone could understand and buy into it based on the way it is presented.

Yes I think if you follow those 9 Cs, it is understandable by anyone. As far as our audience, I think it should be anyone that would be involved in instructional partnerships anyone they would benefit...maybe?

I think a big point for us is the part about the people we are trying to reach being busy. It says, "...it never fails that the more potentially helpful a person is, the busier they are likely to be." That statement may be most true in the school setting. The teachers who are likely to partner with us are the ones who are already involved in many things.

I also like how the article, which is an example elevator speech, explains what an elevator speech is conceptually first and then gets more specific.

Here is a link to the voiki I created. If you guys envisioned her really different than this, feel free to create one as well and then we can find a way to put the ideas together.

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I love her!!!

So I figured out how to embed the voki into our wiki. First we go into widget then click on other HTML. Then we paste the voki embed code from the voki website into the other HTML box and press save. A widget box will appear and once you click save the actual voki will appear on the screen. I am going to do an example and then you can go back in and put the actual voki that you created. Thanks.

GREAT! I am glad you figured out how to embed the voki. I will put the real one on here as soon as we figure out what all we want her to say. She is supposed to deliver the elevator speech, right? A little confused...sorry. No you are right. The voki will deliver the elevator speech once we figure out what we want to say.

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Elevator Speech Ideas Audience is the teachers. As the librarian we have to make sure we appeal to the fact we want to help them without making more work for them. We are there to collaborate and show them how as a team we can work together to make sure that students are successful.

I agree that we must make them see that we are not creating more work for them. I think this is majority of teachers biggest apprehension about collaboration. Also, student success is always the biggest objective so it is imperative that we make that goal clear. Now we write the speech, then we make our voki say it? I want to make sure I am on the right track here. You are on the right track

I agree. I would even say that beyond just showing them that this doesn't create more work, maybe there's a way to show them tha t it actually helps create less work since there are more people sharing the work.

Timeline - This all that needs to be completed for the final project. We have until 12/9/2011

Hone in on the big ideas of instructional partnerships and collaboratively compose an elevator speech. so we need to complete this by the end of the week since we already talked about wrapping this one up. Agreed...this needs to be done by the end of the week. Is there a evening and time that we could all meet up and get it done...possible over the phone and take notes then one of us can compile them into the speech? I free any night this week except for Friday as I will be leaving town for the weekend as soon as school lets out. DONE

• Brainstorm possible marketing tools, such as bookmarks, brochures, flyers, wiki pages, and more. So we decided we wanted to do a bookmark and when do we want this finished by Yes, a bookmark sounds great! I think once the speech is done this week we have the bookmark done by say...next Thursday (No. 17)? I volunteer to make a rough draft of it and then you guys can give suggestions and we can tweak it however. So what if I post it by next Tuesday, then you can make suggestions on Wednesday, I will make the necessary changes, and you can approve it one more time by Thursday evening and the final product will be done no later than Friday (Nov. 18). Let me know if this sounds good. That sounds good to me. My husband's birthday is Thursday, so I will probably makes suggestions either Wednesday or Friday. Done

• Record and post the speech to your page on using a Web 2.0 tool. We will be using a Voki ???? or do you want to pick something different. and when we finish this by Possible tools include an illustrated VoiceThread, podcast, Voki, Xtranormal.‍‍ (Illustrations must include an image or avatar of the librarian; they can also include images from the physical space of the school library.)‍‍ yes I think Voki is pretty easy to use and we already made her I think we definately stick with the voiki since we have already made her. From what I undestand...once the speech is written we just paste it into the voiki and she will say whatever is typed in. Since I created her...I will paste the speech in as soon as we have it finished by the end of this week. So let's say the voiki will be done and posted by next Tuesday since I will be gone over the weekend. That gives us the time to finish the speech, I can get her to say it, and Chandra you can tell me how to embed it and we can decide where we want to put her. Let me know if this sounds reasonable to you both. I think we should use the feature on Voki that lets you record your own voice with your cell phone. Typing the words into the computer gives it a computerized voice...I'll record it once the speech is done if you give me your information. Done...maybe

• Add two links to each page that connect to your librarian's other two pages Then we have to add info into the personal content and the course content

Example for personal content -resume, need a date of when to finish this by philosophy statement, need a date of when to finish this by Ok, so we need to give her a resume and philosophy statement. The resume can be created by one of us then tweaked as needed much like the bookmark I think. I'll do the resume. The philosophy statement might be something we want to talk about like the speech? What if we say we will work on this and have them finished by Wed. Nov. 30? Sounds good.

Example for course content - collaborative lesson plan, inservice presentation highlighting the benefits of the inquiry process and co-teaching. Just want we turned in for our other project. need a date of when to finish this by Now this one I am a little confused by...we use what we did with other partners for this? If you have more insight on this please share. Not sure on a good due date because I really don't undestand what we are putting here. Since the personal content is tentatively going to be due by Nov. 30 that is 1 week and 2 days before the final thing is actually due to be turned in...so I am going to say around Monday, Dec. 5 might be good. That way we have everything in to look over and agree upon by that Tuesday...which gives us Dec. 7-8 to make any last minute changes. I would like to have it turned in before the 9th if at all possible...even if it is on the 7th or 8th. That way if there are any technical difficulties we have a day or two to sort them out. You just never know with technology what could go wrond and this is such a big project I would hate for us to work so hard and something silly be the reason we don't get all of our points. I like that idea too. Early is always good...and less stressful. :)

So now we need to go back and put in the dates then I think we will back on the right track.

Thanks for getting all of this written out. It definitely helps to have it all here!

So I have added my thoughts for possible times for our timeline and possibly how to go about each component of the project. Take a look and let me know what you think. Also...thanks for laying them out like that on here...that really helped me wrap my brain around what all we need to get done. =0)

Conversation on 11/9/11 that was done in BB chat room

Traci - ok so right now we are needing to decide on what we want in our elevator speech Chandra - So we should start with I know you are busy but these are what we can do to help you Traci - do we want one of us to come up with one then the other two tweak, add to, or do we want to try to write it altogether? It's hard to come up with a whole paper without specific questions and prompts together ... What do you think? Chandra- I understand what you mean, I think right now we can just jot down ideas and then from there come up with a speech Abby-I think one person should take the lead on this and then the others collaborate. The others can take the lead on other stuff. Traci- ok so when say all add our ideas do you mean just starting writing on the wiki and then we will compile it into the paper? We need to prove to them that we are there to support and help them and that student success is our main focus and goal just like it is theirs Chandra- yes I was looking at other elevator speech for previous projects and it is like two paragraphs because remember we dont have that much time with them and we have to be brief Traci ok so basically we need our biggest points to hit hard and in the mean time get their "buy in" Traci=I think teachers biggest apprehension on these collaborations is time what do you think? added work loads in their mind is big too .... so we have to be clear on those Chandra exactly so we should start with "How can I help your students be successful?" what do you think Abby-Yes, I think that's exactly right. They want to know that it will be time saving and still best for students. We don't want to make it seem like we assume they're trying to find the "easy way out"...just a better way. Traci do we want to ask them or just go in saying I can be a great resource in helping your (our?) students be successful Abby-Just go in saying what you said...sounds a little more assertive like the example elevator speech Chandra I like that then we go into how we can help students be successful Traci yes, so then we want to say something like: Creating collaborative lessons together can benefit you and your (our,after reading her notes last time should we be using our instead of your ? students in the following ways Chandra it should be our, good that you remember because we have to be united  Chandra the how - number 1 web 2.0 tools, number 2 co teaching so students get quicker feedback number 3  we share our info so you are not overwhelmed with creating a lesson by yourself (teacher)  Traci what do you think about the first line I put and I love your #3  Abby-I like it. I also really like #2 about quicker feedback to students  Chandra I like the opening and now we kinda got a middle now we need an end  Traci maybe we need to say something about lessening the student to teacher ratio gives all students more  individualized attention  Chandra yes that makes all the sense in the world, perfect like that too  Abby-Yep I like that  Traci ok so how do we want to kind of wrap this up now also I am thinking this all just short hand rough draft style Chandra yes so I will include our conversation in the wiki and as far as the conclusion when we work together as a team we are...... Traci yes and something like when educators are on the same page, equally invest in students then we are all bound for success Abby-This is doing what's best for students...teachers...school as a whole Abby I will also do the voice for our Voki like you guys talked about Chandra I like that so we just need to focus on the student success in the beginning tell how we can help teachers and then bring it all together with team work and student success again Traci yes but we need to stress that this is a time saver.... not going to take a bunch of extra time and effort Chandra right we are there to help not add more to their already overstuffed plates Traci ok so you are copying this conversation do I need to in and make my lines purple? for this speech is one of us writing up a rough draft Chandra I will copy the speech you dont have to put it in a certain color since our name are in here and thanks for writing the rough draft Chandra will take lead on resume, Abby will take lead on philosophy statement

Ok, girls. So I used our conversation to guide the first draft of the elevator speech. Take a look at it and let me know what changes need to be made. In my past experience...using the comment feature in Word is an easy way to make comments that are easy to find. That is just my suggestion. So if you go that route...just upload a second copy here with changes and name it Elevator Speech Draft 2 or Elevator Speech Draft 3...depending on who posts first. So I hope I was able to capture what we really want to say and the biggest points on the benefits of collaboration. Let me know what you think! =0)

Revision by Abby:





Ok, here is a draft combining all three. See what you think: I like it...just a few edits. I saw the edits and I agree. This is a great elevator speech. Ok. I added in you suggestions from draft 5. Take a look at draft 6. I think this may be the one! =0) I think this last one is great! Abby

I sent Dr. M an email with our librarian name and library name and she sent back the email to let us know where we will link our info.

Hi Chandra, Thanks for your email.

I have created the pages for Kayla. They are linked from: http://twupioneerschoollibrary.pbworks.com/w/page/12680420/Middle_School_Librarians

Have fun creating your ideal librarian together!

Best, Dr. M.

Ok...here are two options on the bookmark. I wasn't quite sure what route we wanted to take on this...but I think we had decided to go towards students on it. Since that was our focus...the speech didn't really lend itself to it...or at least I didn't think so since it was geared towards teachers about collaboration. So I basically went with what the library has to offer students. It is very basic beause a bookmark only has so much space. If this is completely different than what you had in mind for a bookmark...please do not hesitate to make a different one and upload it....or if you just have suggestions on how to make one of these better that would be fine too. Anyways, I made two different ones and thought you could start there. Take a look and let me know what you think. Thanks! Traci



I think I like the first example...with the Wordle. Abby We give these to students when they come to the library should we say anything else because I like the one with Wordle too. So is there anything else we need to add as we promote the library to the students. I starting thinking about it so maybe we could add the hours of the library and that one day the library could be open up early and another day the library could be open up late. That way parents would have the opportunity to see that they could participate in the library also. So we could gear the bookmark for students and parents.

Ok, I added the times that the library is open to the bookmark with the wordle on it. Take a look and see what you think now.

I liked the bookmark now with the times and great to have a Family Night. So great job. Yep, I think it looks great too. Thanks! Abby

Here's the VoiceThread I made...I can definitely re-record or change the picture according to what you guys think. Let me know! []

Okay, here's the philosophy statement. I can't seem to think for some reason. Not really sure how I feel about it...and I can't find the words to finish the last sentence. I'm really not sure how long it's supposed to be? Abby I believe that the whole school benefits from collaboration between teachers and the school librarian. With this type of instructional partnership, students get benefit from two qualified adults working together to ensure success for all. Teachers have a person with whom they can brainstorm and execute new and innovative ideas in the classroom. (Librarians have the opportunity to enteract with staff and students on a meaningful, educational level. (I wondered if there should be a statement of benefit for librarians as well since you stated one for students and teachers?) School culture is transformed into a collaborative working environment where all professionals work together to raise student achievement and engagement. Through this partnership schools can truly prepare students for futures where in which (instead of where?) they will interact and work with people and technology. In a fast paced and ever-evolving 21st century, students who attend a school that values collaboration such as this will…We can add this to the philosophy be prepared and ready to handle any challenges because they are problem solvers and critical thinkers. Students need to compete in the global arena and that can only happen when they have a solid foundation which can happen when all the components in a school works together. I like these things and do think they should be added. I am thinking just combine your last sentence with what has been added...maybe something like this...

In a fast paced and ever-evolving 21st century, students who attend a school that values collaboration such as this will be prepared and ready to handle any challenges they encounter because they are problem solvers and critical thinkers. Students need to compete in the global arena and that can only happen when they have a solid foundation which can happen when all components work together.

I tried to make additions in yellow highlighter and the have questions in red. I thought it might be easier to see that way. Then I have suggested combining the two sentences for the end. Here are my other thoughts now... Ok, so I have been reading over this for a few days now trying to figure out if we are on the right track. I really like what you have written and think that it fits nicely with our librarian and her drive for collaboration. I only got confused when I read Dr. M's announcement where she has a link to her philosophy statement. When I followed the link she has included a bunch of things separated by different bolded statement sentences followed by explanation. Is that what she is looking for...or does she want it to be more like a paragraph like you have written here? I have always seen philosophy statements written much like the one you did...but now I just am left wondering. I could be way off on this and be focusing too much on what hers looked like...I guess I just need y'alls opinion on it...so what do you girls think after reading hers?

I was thinking the same thing once I saw Dr. M's because this past summer I took the library media center class and we had to basically write our philosophy and talk about each role that a librarian has within the library and how how we would interact with all stakeholders using all the roles.

1.Leader 2 Instructional partner. added in the philosophy 3 Informational Specialist 4 Teacher 5 Program Administrator

So the majority of the paragraph focuses on instructional partner and now we just need to include the other 4 roles to make sure that we touch on all five roles that a are needed from the librarian. Moved the philosophy to the personal content page so we can actively be using all our wiki pages and this one is getting to be too long. Chandra