KASL

AASL National Conference

AASL National Conference concurrent sessions will "Rev up learning @ your library"

CHICAGO – The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) has released the line-up of more than 100 concurrent sessions for its 14th National Conference. Registrants are able to view all sessions and create a personal schedule for three days of essential education.

AASL's 14th National Conference & Exhibition will be held Nov. 5-8, 2009 in Charlotte, N.C, with preconferences and exciting tours starting Nov. 4. For more information about the conference, visit www.ala.org/aasl/charlotte.

With 115 programs offered, the concurrent sessions are open to all conference registrants. Sessions will highlight AASL’s new standards and guidelines, gaming in school libraries, engaging students in Web 2.0 tools, collaboration, collection development, 21st century skills and much more. With the best in the field leading three days of education, discussion and networking, the conference is guaranteed to "Rev up learning @ your library!"

more info at the news release . . .

Summer Institute Link Changed

SLIM has a new website so some of the old links have been changed.  Here is the new link for the summer institute - the summer institute is included with the school licensure pages.

http://slim.emporia.edu/index.php/admission/school-library-media-licensure/

Social Media Revolution

October Conference Sessions

President, Barb Bahm has announced the Sessions for the Annual Conference October 15-17 in Topeka. Registration forms and additional information are available.

Session 1 - Friday
Reading Poetry for Improved Fluency Comprehension and Self Perception
Bringing Children, Books, and Authors Together: The William Allen White Award
The Freedom to Read vs the Right to Ban: Examining Banned and Challenged Books
Teaching Reading to ELLs for Academic Success
Brain-based Literacy Instruction: Partnering Research with Practice
Kids Can Change the World
SLK Mashup
Reaching Standard of Excellence with Accelerated Reader
Second Life for Books Weeded from Your Collection
Teacher to Teacher Mentoring

Session 2 - Friday
The Library: The Largest Reading Classroom
Lights! Action! Standards!
Title 1/Classroom Collaboration Extraordinaire
Bill Martin and the Joy of Reading
Digital Readers and Digital Texts: Teaching Reading in the 21st Century
Teach ME! Reading Strategies and Books to Engage Mexican Americans
J's Picks of 2009 (So Far)
TWIST Technology Information Literacy Writing
Improving Reading with Technology

Session 3 - Friday
Teaching 21st Century Skills to Digital Natives
Bill Martin Award Nominees 2010
Grab'em with Graphica
Integrating the WAW 2009-2010 Books into Content Area
Teaching with Technology: Strategies You can Use to Integrate
The Handy 5: Kansas Born and Bred

From University to Classroom: Information Literacy Landscapes for K-12
Spice Up Your Projects with Technology

Session 4 - Saturday
Hot Reads for Middle School
Using Picture Book Biographies to Guide Students to Writing a Report
"Minds On" Improving Comprehension Through Visualization
Not Your Grandma's Book Report ... 300+ Tricks, Tips, and Tools to Engage your Students in Creating book reviews
Wiki: Wild & Wonderful
Off the Shelf III: Creative Booktalking
Plug-in to Early Learning with the CRC
Library 2.0

Session 5 - Saturday
Working with Widgets: a Practical Toolkit
Bucket List Books for 2009
On the Wings of Words: Bill Martin Jr's Lessons on Literacy Teaching
Linking Generations Through Technology
Reading Through Ancient History

There will be five (5) other programs offered.

Hotel Information:  Ramada Inn
A block of rooms have been reserved for Thursday  & Friday Nights
The cost is $82.00 plus taxes
You must reserve your room before 9/24/09 to get that rate.
After 9/24/09 the reserve will come off the rooms.

I hope this information is helpful and if you have any questions, please call (785-224-1128) or email.

KRA and KASL appreciates your attendance at the conference and your help in getting this information out to others.

Barbara Bahm, KASL President
USD # 464
824 Washington
Tonganoxie KS 66086
913-845-2627

Empowering Parents

Some of you might find Common Sense Media helpful when working with skittish parents who are concerned about the material their children are consuming. The site includes reviews of movies, games, web sites, tv, books and music; and discusses age appropriateness, quality, messages, and what to watch out for (violence, sex, language, consumerism, and drinking, drugs, and smoking) as well as a discussion of what parents need to know and topics for family discussion.

Ohio's Advocacy Strategy

Talking points on strong school media centers

On July 17, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland signed legislation (Sec. 3306.10 of HB 1) that will phase in funding for licensed librarian and media specialists in Ohio’s schools, based upon school populations. The Ohio Educational Library Media Association has posted information on its website to help other states with their advocacy efforts, including a timeline with strategies, a wiki with talking points, a brief on why principals should support school libraries, and a fact sheet on strong school libraries....
Ohio Educational Library Media Association

Council Met Friday

 

Linda Roberts, District Directors' Chair, and Cindy Pfeiffer, Past President

some of the District Directors and Assistant Directors before Council on Friday, July 31 in Salina