AASL Digital Institute: "Minding Your Students' Future"

AASL e-Academy

2007 Digital Institute: "Minding Your Students' Future"

bullet DIGITAL INSTITUTE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

The AASL Digital Institute: "Minding Your Students' Future" provides a rich continuing education experience through multiple mediums including podcasts, vodcasts, and video. The institute pulls together a variety of sessions focused on the future of learning in school library media programs. The sessions were captured at AASL’s 13th National Conference and Exhibition and include clips of the Opening General Session with Dan Pink in a montage with the One Book, One Conference discussion session of his best selling book, A Whole New Mind. The institute also includes a session on "Standards for the 21st-Century Learner," AASL’s newly released student learning standards. Following is a list of the sessions scheduled to be included in the "Minding Your Students' Future" institute.

bullet Videos

Re-imagine, Rejuvenate, Renew: Beyond Library Media Specialist 2.0 (Annette Lamb)
Authentic Research and Knowledge Construction: From the Caves of Lascaux to the Classrooms of Londonderry (Carol Gordon , Ross Todd, Susan Ballard)
21st Century Vision: Creating Culturally Responsive School Libraries (Laura Summers)
Teaching Information Literacy With Digital Primary Sources (Carol A. Brown)
Standards for the 21st-Century Learner (Cassandra Barnett , Barbara Stripling)

bullet Vodcasts

Podcasting!!! What is it GOOD for? (Elizabeth Bennett, Craig Coleman, Dawn Putney, Phyllis Snipes, Marty Bray)
Designing Online Learning (Marjorie Pappas, Sara Wolf)

bullet Podcasts

Present Tense? Future Perfect! (Ruth Toor, Hilda Weisburg)
Project Based Learning: How High School Librarians Impact School Reform (Violet Harada, Carolyn Kirio, Sandra Yamamota)
Is There a Book Challenge in Your Future? (Helen Adams, Barbara Stripling, Carrie Gardner)

Digital Institute Pricing

AASL members may register for the special price of $99 for all ten sessions. Non-members may register for $199. REGISTER NOW!

Digital Institute Registration

REGISTER NOW! Registration is by credit card only. You will receive a login and password three business days after you register. Registration will be open from October 30, 2007 through March 31, 2008.

Digital Institute Credit

All registrants will receive a certificate after they complete the evaluation form for the institute. The institute is worth 10 contact hours. REGISTER NOW!