Information & Media Center for 21st Century Learning
The Burton B. Fox Library provides an inviting and comfortable environment -full of high quality books- where all students and teachers can recognize the value of reading. We provide timely and quality information resources and services, as well as physical and virtual spaces, assets, and support that will permit all students and teachers to learn, grow, design, and create.
The mission of the Burton B. Fox Library is to provide timely and quality information resources and services to the KCP community in an inviting and comfortable environment where all students and teachers can recognize the value of reading in physical and virtual spaces that will permit all students and teachers to learn, grow, design and create.
The library supports all academic activity –teaching, learning, and research- throughout all grade levels, both on site and virtually, fomenting 21st Century skills with innovative excellence. We seek to provide access to quality collections in all formats and the latest information technologies, and to promote literacy and transliteracy in our students and teachers.
We work with teachers and students in all grade levels -guided by the AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner.
21112
Books
2506
E-Books
The Burton B. Fox Library promotes:
21st Century Information Skills through its Makerspace, MIT App Inventor Program, and 3D printers so students can::
- Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge
- Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge.
- Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society.
- Pursue personal and aesthetic growth.
A mix of print and non-print materials
- E-books
- Kindles
- iPads
- Electronic readers
- Databases
Singular ways of promoting literacy are always on our radar: Book Clubs, Family Reading Nights, Blind Dates with Books.
Ongoing Objectives & Goals
Provide flexible constant access to academic databases, curated collections of informational websites, eBooks, and other research and authoring materials through our unique Cybrary Google Site.
Foster the ethical integration, use, and publication of multimedia texts, audio and videos within the classroom and library by instructing, modeling, and advocating fair use rules and policies.
Support the implementation of computational thinking (CT) as a pathway to problem solving and a skill to enhance deeper thinking and discovery. Coding and computational skills are fostered in Elementary through the MIT App Inventor Group. For Secondary, the Makerspace after-School program will be restructured to allow for optimal development of these skills.
Study the elementary and secondary curriculum in order to identify areas in which information resources and research lessons might be offered based on the standards of the AASL 21st Century Learner Standards.
Actively teach all students by partnering with all elementary classroom teachers and specialists and Secondary PLCs at least once during the year for authentic collaborative planning and teaching opportunities using both the Library and the Cybrary.
Offer regular mini-workshops for teachers during their scheduled PD and PLCs meetings to teach them how to effectively use our electronic resources: online databases, search engines, curated collections of audio-video production material, etc.
Meet with Secondary students of each grade level at least twice a semester to teach them the use of online databases, search engines and digital citizenship topics.
Meet with the ELA and SLA Departments to plan for promotional reading strategies for Middle School students.
Multiple Activities
Developing children’s imagination and knowledge
Our Cybrary
Pathfinders / Booklists / Podcasts,voice threads of book talks and reviews / Virtual search center / Access library resources from home