AASL will offer the following ticketed events at the ALA 2008 Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif. in June. Click the title to view an event’s details.
Standards for the 21st-Century Learner
Friday, June 27, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Anaheim Marriott, Marquis Northeast
AASL’s new Standards for the 21st-Century Learner provide a framework for school librarians to use in preparing students for productive lives in the 21st century. This workshop will engage participants in reviewing the standards and exploring their integration into the curriculum of their schools. Participants will leave this session with at least one identified curricular integration opportunity, strategies for teaching skill and dispositions, assessment templates and a goal for the first step in school-wide implementation.
Speakers: Cassandra Barnett, SLMS, Fayetteville High School, Fayetteville, Ariz. and Barbara Stripling, Director of Library Services, New York City Department of Education
Tickets: AASL member: $79; ALA Member: $129; Non-member: $184
Eating Elephant 2.0 One Bite at a Time: Using the Read-Write Web in Classrooms and Libraries
Friday, June 27, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Anaheim Convention Center, 201A/B
New web-based tools are opening exciting collaborative learning opportunities for educators. Find out how teachers and librarians are using wikis, blogs, feed readers, social book marking sites and other Web 2.0 tools to increase student engagement in this new workshop.
Speaker: Doug Johnson, Director of Media and Technology, Mankato (MN) Area Public Schools
Tickets: AASL member: $79; ALA Member: $129; Non-member: $184
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Reading and the Secondary School Library Media Specialist
Friday, June 27, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Anaheim Marriott, Elite Ball Room
This workshop addresses critical topics in reading for library media specialists who teach 7-12th grade students. During this full-day session, attendees will be given a brief overview of current research on reading instruction, discuss how it informs school library programs, explore reading strategies and explain what the library media specialist can do to strengthen their role as a literacy leader in their school. Using print and electronic resources, the facilitator will work with attendees to cultivate the confidence to adopt and understand the tools which strengthen student reading strategies.
Speaker: Pam Berger
Tickets: AASL member: $179; ALA Member: $219; Non-member: $269
E-Books, E-Kids, E-Flat! Three trends schools and libraries will ignore at their peril
Friday, June 27, 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Anaheim Marriott, Marquis Northeast
This new workshop explores three major changes being evidenced today: 1) the prevalence of ubiquitous digital information sources; 2) the defined attributes of a "Net Generation"; 3) the rise of a global economy. Each change will be discussed along with strategies that schools and educators can use to stay relevant in their students' lives.
Speakers: Doug Johnson, Director of Media and Technology, Mankato (MN) Area Public Schools
Tickets: AASL member: $79; ALA Member: $129; Non-member: $184
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Independent School Section (ISS) School Tour
Friday, June 27, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Tickets: $50 (includes boxed lunch)
Independent School Section (ISS) Tea
Sunday, June 29, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Tickets: $29
Awards Luncheon
Monday, June 30, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Celebrate the accomplishments of your colleagues and enjoy lunch at the presentation of the 2008 AASL Awards, including the prestigious National School Library Media Program of the Year Award. Don't miss guest speaker Wendy Mass. Her 2003 novel, A Mango-Shaped Space, won the first ALA Schneider Family Book Award and she hasn’t looked back since. Her most recent novel for teens is Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall. Her next book, Every Soul a Star will be published in Fall 2008. Immediately following the Awards Luncheon is the AASL President's Reception providing the opportunity to meet and greet the AASL President, Board Members and other member leaders.
Tickets: $49
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