Tomorrow's Tech in Today's Schools: Library Gallery Walks...

About a year ago, a technology facilitator and a librarian in our district got together to create a type of Super Lesson/Project. Their idea was to pool the combined efforts & resources of the course teacher, the librarian, & the technology facilitator to create a lesson that provides students with hand-picked/rich content, tasks to accomplish with that content, & opportunities to engage in discussions/projects with the content. These gallery walks are examples of good instruction and learning. 100% engagement, higher order thinking,

Their idea was so successful that they took it to the $100,000 Follett Challenge. Check out their video below:

Contest details

Now that you've had a a good look at the concept here are some of the lessons we've prepared so far.

The Count of Monte Cristo
The Grapes of Wrath
C2G Rhymes with Technology
Shipwreck at the bottom of the world
Aliens and Extra-Terrestrials
Crispin
Middle Ages
Review- Number the Stars and Hatchett
Black History Study
Civil Rights Movement

The Count of Monte Cristo was our most recent project. Here is a sampling of the resources we used to introduce the French Revolution and the Count of Monte Cristo to our students: