Thursday, November 28, 2013

Case Study No. 1147: Dr. Nancy Everhart

Check it Out!
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This video shows the Boys' Choir of Tallahassee performing, Check it Out!, the theme song of Dr. Nancy Everhart's Vision Tour. During the Vision Tour Dr. Everhart, the President of the American Association of School Librarians, will be visiting outstanding school libraries throughout the United States. See outstandingschoollibraries.org for further information.
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Added: 3 years ago
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[scene opens with a group of young men reading books and typing on laptops, when one of them looks up and speaks directly to the camera]
BOY: Hey, we're the Boys' Choir of Tallahassee, and we enjoy going to the library. We challenge you to make a video, and check it out! See what you come up with!
[the camera pans out, as the boys begin singing (interspersed with footage of various librarians helping patrons)]

Opening doors to one and all
The big and small
Sharing knowledge
We're answering the call
Check it out
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Digital learning
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Critical thinking
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Technology power
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At the library
Digital learning helps to find
Facts of every kind
Through knowledge creation
Refreshing the mind
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Digital learning
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Critical thinking
Check it out
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Technology power
Check it out
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At the library
Empowering students to work and play
To seize the day
With our librarians
To lead us on the way
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Digital learning
Check it out
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Critical thinking
Check it out
Check it out
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Technology power
Check it out
Check it out
Check it out
Check it out
Check it out
At the library
At the library
At the library
At the library
At the library

Special Thanks to:
The Boys' Choir of Tallahassee, Florida Inc.
Earle Lee, Jr. - Director

Participating Choir Members:
Dante' Andrews
Enrique Benedict
Ka'Ron Brown
Markeal Dickey
Gabriel Figgers
Akeem Gervin
Adrian Hill
Darion Hills
Grady Jefferson
Michael Jones
Kendall Martin
Shedrick McClendon
Christopher Mulliens
Oladotun Olayiwola
Urban Phillips
Forrest Price
Justyn Thomas
Taurris Wilkes
Leland Williams
Mario Williams

Music and Lyrics to "Check it Out"
by
Sarah Horick
www dot sarahhorick dot com

Glenn Rainey
Producer

David Starling
Editor

This video is to support the Vision Tour
Of
Dr. Nancy Everhart, President
American Association of School Librarians
Outstandingschoollibraries dot org

Produced by:
Glenwood Drive Productions
and
Fuzzy Dice Films

Copyright 2010
All rights reserved

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From americanlibrariesmagazine.org:

CHICAGO – Until May 2011, all donations made to the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) "Friends of AASL" campaign will help underwrite the travel of AASL President Nancy Everhart as she completes her Vision Tour. Donations to the Vision Tour can me made at www.ala.org/aasl/friends.

The Vision Tour takes AASL's Learning4Life (L4L) initiative "on-the-road" by showcasing exemplary school libraries across the nation. During the tour, Everhart hopes to visit a school library in every state in the U.S. with the goal of bringing to the general public visual models of what good school libraries offer students and communities. More information is available at www.ala.org/aasl/visiontour or on her blog at http://outstandingschoollibraries.org.

The schools Everhart will visit were selected by AASL Affiliate Organizations as examples in their state of school libraries that are dedicated to empowering every student with the skills needed to be a Learner4Life. All of the chosen schools are listed on Everhart's blog. Her first stop on the tour will be to Paul W. Bryant School in Cottondale, Ala.. She will also make a stop in Portland Ore. on November 5-6 to speak at AASL's Fall Forum and give updates on her travels.

Everhart's blog also features a theme song, "Check it Out," performed by the Boys' Choir of Tallahassee and a photo album that will include pictures from her tour. AASL's webpage hosts a press kit for school's to use when announcing Everhart's visit to their school, as well as helpful information about donating to the Vision Tour. Donations must be made by May 31, 2011.
"I'm so excited to begin the Vision Tour – it feels like a rock tour! What a privilege it is to be able to visit outstanding school libraries and to meet the librarians and the members of their learning communities all over the country," says Everhart.

"Support from Friends of AASL will be critical to the success of the Vision Tour," she maintains. "It's a shoestring operation, much of it coming from my own funds and sales of Vision Tour t-shirts, so any contribution will be most welcomed."

The Friends of AASL program ensures excellence in service to the profession and supports future growth and viability. Program funds provide additional financial support for AASL programs and initiatives that enhance the association's mission and goals and also reach above and beyond traditional membership services as guided by AASL's strategic plan and Learning4Life.

The Learning4Life (L4L), www.ala.org/aasl/learning4life, national implementation plan supports states, school systems, and individual schools preparing to implement the "Standards for the 21st-Century Learner and Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Programs." The plan will also increase awareness and understanding of the essential role school librarians play in a student's education.

The American Association of School Librarians, www.aasl.org, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), promotes the improvement and extension of library services in elementary and secondary schools as a means of strengthening the total education program. Its mission is to advocate excellence, facilitate change and develop leaders in the school library field.

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From ala.org:

Vision Tour Theme Song Video
August 12, 2010
Posted by Nancy Everhart in Check this out!.

The theme song for the Vision Tour and related video are complete! Thanks to the Boys' Choir of Tallahassee, composer Sarah Horick, and producer Glenn Rainey. Sheet music, karaoke version, etc. are available at outstandingschoollibraries.org for you and your students to record your own version.

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