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1st Annual IASL Conference

IASL Spring Conference Information and Program

Sunday afternoon April 11-Monday, April 12, 2010

Holiday Inn Airport in Des Moines, Iowa

Keynote Speaker: Gail Bush


IASL Conference 2010 Session Handouts


 
Statewide Classes
 
• Developing Your School Library Curriculum for the 21st Century -- 2 credit hours
 
Instructors: Cheryl Carruthers, Karen Lampe, Dorothy DeGroot, Karen Appleton with guest speakers Denise Rehmke, Jean Donham, and Peter Holly
Format: ICN and Moodle
 
If you are interested in being part of the class the third time it is offered--either summer or fall 2010, please contact either Cheryl Carruthers or Karen Lampe. It will be offered again when there are at least 10 people interested.
 
• Resource Alignment for School Libraries -- 1 credit hour
 
Start Date: October 27, 2009     
End Date: April 27, 2010
Time: 4:00-6:00 (or 6:30) p.m.
Instructors: Cheryl Carruthers and Karen Lampe with guest speaker Karen Lowe
Format: ICN
 
If you are interested in taking this class in the future, please contact either Cheryl Carruthers or Karen Lampe. 
 
• Formative Assessment for School Library Programs (Online) -- 1 credit hour
 
Start Date: February 16, 2010     
End Date: April 20, 2010
Time: Starts at 4:00 p.m. End times vary from 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m. depending on date
-- Feb. 16 - 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
-- Feb. 23 - 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
-- Mar. 9 - 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
-- Mar. 16 - 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
-- Mar. 30 - 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
-- April 6 - 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
-- April 20 - 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
 
Description:

Through this course educators (especially teacher-librarians) will develop their knowledge and skills in the implementation of the assessment component of the Iowa Core Curriculum. They will explore a variety of tools and strategies to use in developing formative assessments, and they will organize a plan to demonstrate the impact of using formative assessments as a daily instructional practice for student learning.

By the completion of this course . . . 

Participants will become familiar with the current  research and specific instructional tools for applying formative assessments throughout instruction.

Participants will demonstrate growing skills in using formative assessments by applying several in the instructional assignments they develop using the Iowa Core cycle of Curriculum - Instruction - Assessment.

Participants will identify a plan and a method to demonstrate the effective impact of formative assessments on instruction and learning.

Registration Deadine: 4 p.m. on February 16, 2010
Format: Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro and Moodle
 
Type Assessment into the search box on the login page.
If outside AEA 8, please contact Janet Ryan to register.

 Statewide ICN Sessions
 
Additional ICN sessions are being planned. Check back for additional information.
• Developing Authentic Literacy Tasks
• Using Data for Collection Development
• Collection Development
 

Conferences

ILA Annual Conference

Keep current with some of the "buzz" created by Scott McLeod's session at ILA.

Scott McLeod -- Dangerously Irrelevant blog - 10 Questions about Books, Libraries, Librarians, and Schools

2010 Heartland School Library Conference

June 14-15, 2010

W. H. Thompson Alumni Center, University of Omaha campus at 60th & Dodge

Keynote Speakers: Cassandra Barnett, Pres. AASL, and Pam Berger, Publisher & Editor of Information Searcher magazine
 
Cost: $50
 
More information: Contact Rebecca Pasco, Coordinator, Library Science Education Programs at the University of Nebraska Omaha
 

Prairie Lakes Technology Conference

June 21-23, 2010

Buena Vista University, Storm Lake

Focus: Elementary teams

Keynote Speakers: Scott McLeod and Annette Lamb

More information forthcoming.

 
Additional Opportunities

Check often for updates!
Effective Instruction in the Library:
A Workshop for Librarians Grounded in the
"Characteristics of Effective Instruction"
Presenters: Dr. Jean Donham, Assoc. Professor of Library Studies, UNI; Mary Cameron, School Library Program consultant, Iowa Dept. of Education
Teaching in the library differs from classroom teaching in that Teacher Librarians are teaching different classes throughout the day, week and year rather than a “class of their own.”  Their teaching responsibilities call for application of effective teaching practices as well as collaboration with classroom colleagues. This workshop will focus attention on that teaching role, with special emphasis on inquiry-based learning and deep learning.
Goals:
    Explore students’ (and teachers’) mental models of library research assignments
    Define deep learning in the context of library research
    Design models of integration of information literacy, P21 and Iowa Core curricula
    Design lessons for explicit instruction in the library
This workshop will be offered across the state at various locations and dates from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Plan to attend the one that works for you. For more details, contact the Media Specialist at the respective AEA. (Note: 1 relicensure credit is an option if you attend the entire workshop plus the Spring IASL Conference, April 11-12.)
• Friday, December 11, 2009 -- Northwest AEA
• Wednesday, December 16, 2009 -- AEA 10 (Kirkwood Learning Center)
• Wednesday, March 17, 2010 -- AEA 1, Keystone AEA in Elkader
• Monday, March 29, 2010 -- AEA 11
• Monday, April 19, 2010 -- AEA 8
• Friday, April 30, 2010 -- Great Prairie AEA
• Thursday, May 12, 2010 -- AEA 1 in Dubuque
• Thursday, May 13, 2010 -- AEA 9
• Friday, June 4, 2010 -- AEAs 13 and 14 (TBD in Red Oak)
• Tuesday, June 8, 2010 -- AEA 267
Online Continuing Education Courses Spring & Summer 2010 from the School of Library and Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.slis.wisc.edu/continueed 

• Graphic Novels in the Library - April 1-29

   6-week courses on a variety of software and general topics
• Teaching Information Literacy with Primary Sources
3 graduate credits - June 21-August 13, 2010
• Innovations and Opportunities for Media Specialists
3 graduate credits - June 14-August 6, 2010
• Children's Literature in the Reading Program (Grades K-5)
3 graduate credits - June 14-August 6, 2010
• Young Adult Literature in the Reading Program (Grades 6-12)
3 graduate credits - June 14-August 6, 2010
• Implementing Instructional Technology Innovations (Web 2.0)
3 graduate credits - June 14-August 27, 2010
For more information and to register for any of the above courses, click here and then click on School Library/Media Specialist.
LMC@The Forefront Webinars
These webinars cost $49 per site for 1 attendee, $69 per site for 2-3 attendees, and $99 per site for 4-19 attendees.
For descriptions and registration information, click here.

Beyond the Big6 Basics with Mike Eisenberg
Thursday, March 18 at 3:00 p.m. CST.

Other Online Learning Opportunities

Southwest Iowa Library Service Area Tutorials
http://www.swilsa.lib.ia.us/IASLonlinelearning.htm#courses

AASL Learning4Life (L4L) Webinars - Every Wednesday in April at 4:30 p.m. CST.  

Each week during April, AASL will host a webinar focused on one of the four chapters of AASL's Empowering Learners: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs. They will help your library meet the needs of your school library program.

Developing Vision for Learning
Wednesday, April 7, 4:30 p.m. CST
Presenter: Dr. Carol Gordon
 
Teaching for Learning
Wednesday, April 14, 4:30 p.m. CST
Presenter: LaDawna Harrington
 
Building the Learning Environment
"Engage, Interact, Immerse, Learn"
Wednesday, April 21, 4:30 p.m. CST
Presenters: Gail Porter, Marcia Mardis, and Susan Van Gundy
 
Empowering Learning through Leadership
"Building a Strong Leadership Foundation through Transformational Leadership Practices"
Wednesday, April 28, 4:30 p.m. CST
Presenter: Daniella Smith

Cost varies from $39 for an AASL member to $99 for a non-member. There is a 10% discount if you attend the entire series.

For more information or to register click here.

ISTE Webinars

Technology in Practice Webinar Series

 

Also Consider

Iowa Teacher Librarians Ning
http://iateacherlibrarians.ning.com/

AASL Community

Includes the AASL Blog as well as AASL on Facebook and Twitter, and AASL Electronic Discussion Lists

Also check out

Best Websites for Teaching and Learning

AASL Resources

Forum:
SLIK-12 archived discussions
Iowa Core and the Teacher Librarian
State Library Survey
Global Achievement Gap by Tony Wagner