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:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WczbEyx5J74
• http://historywiz.com/oldregime.htm
• http://historywiz.com/execution.htm
• http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/revolution/tennis_court_oath.shtml
• (book) Aftermath of the French Revolution
• (book) You Wouldn't Want To Be...
• (book) Aftermath of the French Revolution
• http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson404/HistoricalFictionDefn.pdf
• http://www.youtube.com/user/historyteachers#p/u/8/wXsZbkt0yqo
• http://www.youtube.com/user/historyteachers#p/u/3/fOki3qAZe4g
• http://www.qwiki.com/q/#!/Alexandre_Dumas
• http://www.qwiki.com/q/#!/Napoleon
• http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/timeline/default.shtml

Tools used:
Webtools & software:

• http://www.a.freshbrain.com/solvr/ - Discussion threads
• www.youtube.com
• Qwiki app (iPad & Web)

Hardware:

• 6 Digital Photo frames
• 22 Laptops
• 12 Desktops
• 4 iPads
• Books