2011-2012+Workshop+Days

2011 - 2012 Workshop Days


 * Teacher Librarian Workshop - April 30 (Halverson and IWCC) **

Time: 8:30 - 3:30

8:30 - 8:45 Welcome and Introductions

8:45 -10:00 Teacher Librarian Presentations
 * Ginger Bechtold - edWeb and Other Webinars, Follett iPad App, “Appy” Hour
 * IPad Insight: @http://ipadinsight.com/
 * IPads in Education: @http://ipadeducators.ning.com/
 * Free Tech for teachers: www.freetech4teachers.com
 * Make Use of: www. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">makeuseof.com
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Edweb: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.edweb.net
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Atlantic Schools "Appy" hour website: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">@http://goo.gl/YT2XV
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Karene Christenson - Graphic Novels/SW Iowa Middle School Battle of the Books
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Free Bluford High Series Info
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mary Newman - Marketing Idea for Highlighting Books - Google Presentations on a Web Page
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Karen Barrett - Increasing the Effectiveness of Your School Library Program - Key Points from a BER presentation

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">10:00 - 11:00 Shannon Miller (Van Meter) via Skype - 10:00-11:00 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Empower Your Students to Connect, Create, and Collaborate with Each Other

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In this session, Shannon will demonstrate how social networks can be used to connect, create, and collaborate with each other and the world. You will leave with new places to connect, new tools to use within your classroom and library, and a global community that will open you up to new ideas, people, and places.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">@https://sites.google.com/a/vmbulldogs.com/shannonmmillerfetc/home

This is the link for Shannon's website with examples on April 30.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Shannon’s Blogs and Sites:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">@http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">@http://shannonmmiller.com/ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">@http://twolibrariesonevoice.blogspot.com/

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">11:00-11:15 Break (Download Curriculum Files to Laptops)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">11:15-11:30 Explore or Discuss Shannon’s Tools/Ideas - Deanna Etherington

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">11:30 - 11:45 - Brief eBook Discussion - Follett Shelf and iPad App, Trial of Mackin Via - Deanna Etherington <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mackin - **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">@http://www.mackin.com/via **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">11:45-1:00 Lunch on Your Own

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1:00-2:00 IWCC Cyber Library Tour at Iowa Western

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Contact info: Ellen Van Waart 712-325-3478

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Location: IWCC

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2:15-2:30 Teacher Librarian Presentation - Marketing Ideas - Lisa Schwartz

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2:30-3:30 Information Literacy Curriculum Examples

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">AASL Standards

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Iowa Dept. of Education School Library Page

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. K-12 Sample - 4 people (2 pairs of 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Standard 1 - 4 people (2 pairs of 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Standard 2 - 4 people (2 pairs of 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Standard 3 - up to 8 people (2 pairs of 2). Ask 2 people to look elementary and 2 people to look at the secondary. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Standard 4 - 4 people (2 pairs of 2)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 1: Read and discuss the curriculum document as a pair. See questions below. Feel free to add your own. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 2: Partners get together with "like" partners and discuss. Prepare comments for either a Google Doc or for a quick presentation to the larger group. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 3: Work on Google Doc (or, if time, we will have presentations from each group of 4)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Discussion Questions:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. How is the document structured (report out on Google Doc)?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. What did you like about this curriculum example (report out on Google Doc)?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. What did you dislike or find confusing (just discuss in small group or present to larger group, if time)?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. How could I adapt this document for my own curriculum purposes (report out on Google Doc)?

Google Doc

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Technology Coordinator/Teacher Librarian Meetings


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">September 16 and 23 **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Iowa AEA Online

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Iowa AEA Online - new databases include: Britannica Online, Gale, Culturegrams, BookFlix, Soundzabound, and Teen Health and Awareness.


 * Teacher Resources
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Iowa Webinars
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">National Webinars
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tutorials
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Product Literature
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Promotional Material
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">User Guides

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">eBooks - Follett Shelf

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Explanation of Pilot > <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Why Follett Shelf?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Timelines
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Pilot Details [[file:eBook Rollout Details-Sept2011.pdf]]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Follett Shelves Accessible from GHAEA Medianet Home Page
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Initially use Iowa AEA Online Usernames and Passwords

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">eBook Technical Specs
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">General Tech Requirements
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">Installing Follett Offline Reader