ISCI 761 Post 1: AASL Standards for School Libraries vs. ISTE Standards
AASL Standards for School Libraries vs. ISTE Standards
The American Association of School Librarians standards, shortened to AASL standards, and the International Society for Technology in Education for Educators standards, shorted to ISTE standards are both sets of standards intended for K-12 school libraries. The AASL standards are broader and cover the library as a whole while the ISTE standards are specific to technology used in and out the library. Technology is part of students' everyday lives like never before and it is important that they learn how to use it effectively and safely.
The AASL has six main foundations, standards, as of 2017, Inquire, Include, Collaborate, Curate, Explore, and Engage (AASL, n.d. a). These foundations support the AASL’s goal to help students “Think, Create, Share, and Grow” through their schools' library (AASL, n.d. a).
The ISTE has standards for students, teachers, administrators, and instructional technology coaches (ISTE, n.d. a). For students they are divided into seven sections, Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator, and Global Collaborator (ISTE, n.d. b). For teachers and educators, they are also divided into seven sections, Learner, Leader, Citizen, Collaborator, Designer, Facilitator, and Analyst (ISTE, n.d. c).
The main difference between the two standards is that the ISTE standards focus on technology while the AASL standards cover boarder topics that are applicable to technology but do not solely focus on it. The ISTE standards have four sections, each one is for a different group of people, for example educators, students, administrators. The AASL standards are not sectioned off like this. Both were written for school libraries.
I chose to focus on the article “Now Serving: An Appealing Menu of Digital Literacy Tools and Resources” by Mary Lou O’Connor from Volume 47 Issue 5 of Knowledge Quest. This article focuses on how a school librarian, Mary Lou O’Connor, uses a digital “menu” to curate a selection of digital literacy tools for students. This “menu” is easy to read, understand, and access and makes finding and using these digital tools less daunting for students. She uses these menus to list steps in assignments, to list helpful resources, and to list the tools needed for projects. O’Connor’s students like how simple it is to understand what they need to do for an assignment or project (O’Connor, 2019)
While she only references the AASL standards in her article (O’Connor, 2019) I think the ISTE standards would fit well. These menus are digital and go along with technology lessons and activities. It would be easy to incorporate ISTE standards along with the AASL standards.
Works Cited:
AASL. (n.d. a). Learners Interpret the Shared Foundations. American Association of School Librarians. https://standards.aasl.org/project/learners/
ISTE. (n.d. a) Standards. International Society for Technology in Education. https://iste.org/standards
ISTE. (n.d. b). Standards: for Students. International Society for Technology in Education. https://iste.org/standards/students
ISTE. (n.d. c). Standards: for Educators. International Society for Technology in Education. https://iste.org/standards/educators
O’Connor, M. L. (2019). Now Serving: An Appealing Menu of Digital Literacy Tools and Resources. Knowledge Quest, 47(5), 17-21.
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