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Statewide Classes
 
• Developing Your School Library Curriculum for the 21st Century -- 2 credit hours
 
Start Date: August 25, 2009          
End Date: December 15, 2009
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, please contact either Cheryl Carruthers or Karen Lampe.
 
• 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

 Statewide ICN Sessions
 
• Assessing for Learning: What's In It for the Teacher-Librarian and the School Library Program?
 
Presenter: Karen Appleton, IASL Liaison to AASL; Prairie Lakes AEA
Date and Time: Thursday, September 10, 2009 from 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
Registration Deadline: September 4, 2009
 
• Inquiry Learning through the Library
 
Presenter: Karla Krueger, Assistant Professor, UNI's School of Library Media Studies
Date and Time: Thursday, October 20, 2009 from 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
Description: "Inquiry learning is essential for implementing the Iowa Core Curriculum with rigor and relevance. It is also a core component of the AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner. This session will overview the characteristics of inquiry learning through the library as they connect with the wider school curriculum. Specifics of the inquiry learning process as detailed in Carol Kuhlthau's Teaching the Research Process (2002) will be shared, along with inquiry examples matched to the Iowa Core Curriculum and grounded in the use of rich library sources, both print and electronic."
Registration Deadline: October 2, 2009
Handouts will be available from this site closer to the presentation date.
 
• Data Collection Tool for Teacher Librarians
 
Presenters: Cindy Blinkinsop, Julie Alfaro, Jeff Hoskins - Mississippi Bend AEA
Date and Time: Tuesday, November 17 from 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
Registration Deadline: November 10, 2009
Description: The three presenters have developed an Excel database to assist teacher-librarians in collecting and sharing their library data. Three primary sources were used in the development of the tool:
    • The State Library Annual Survey
    • The new Iowa Teacher-Librarian Standards
    • AASL Standards for the 21st Century
The data collected with this free tool can be used for End-of-the-Year Reports to your Administrator, School Board, PTA, School Stakeholders and Community Members. The charts and graphs generated by the data you insert into the spreadsheet can easily be inserted into a PowerPoint presentation, Word document or printed out for a Data Board.
Prior to the ICN, please download the free tool to a laptop computer that you can bring to the ICN session and download the directions (available through a link on the registration page).
To register
 
Additional ICN sessions are being planned. Check back for additional information.
• Developing Authentic Literacy Tasks
• Using Data for Collection Development

 

Conferences

ILA Annual Conference

October 21-23, 2009

Polk County Convention Center

Des Moines, IA

IASL is sponsoring a preconference with Jamie McKenzie, three concurrent sessions on Thursday, and co-sponsoring two concurrent sessions on Friday.

Conference Program

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

IASL Spring Conference

Sunday afternoon April 11-Monday, April 12, 2010

Holiday Inn Airport in Des Moines, Iowa

Keynote Speaker: Gail Bush

More details will be forthcoming.

 

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!

Online Continuing Education Courses Fall 2009 from the School of Library and Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.slis.wisc.edu/continueed 
 
November 2-27
 
6-week courses on a variety of software and general topics
 
AASL e-Academy
 
Starting in January 2010
• Design for Understanding Meets the 21st Century Library Media Specialist
• Making a Place, Making a Case for Read-Alouds: A Powerful Teaching Tool for Literacy (K-6)
• Inquiring Minds Want to Know: Infusing Literacy Skills into the Inquiry Process (K-6)
 
For more information:
Contact Person: Kelly Bishop, AASL

Other Online Learning Opportunities

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

Library Media Connection Webinars

School Library Funding: Making Your Case Effectively

LMC@The Forefront: Fall 2009 Webinar Series

• November 12 - 2:30 p.m. CST  - Personal Learning Networks by David Warlick (ITEC Keynote speaker)

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


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