AASL offers its first Digital Institute
Contact: Kathy Agarwal
Communications Specialist
312-280-4381
kagarwal@ala.org
For Immediate Release,
October 30, 2007
AASL offers its first Digital Institute
CHICAGO - The American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has just launched its first ever Digital Institute.
Available as part of the AASL e-Academy online offerings, the “Minding Your Students' Future” institute offers a rich continuing education experience through multiple media, including podcasts, vodcasts, and video.
Focusing on the future of learning in school library media programs, the institute pulls together a variety of digital sessions captured during the AASL 13th National Conference & Exhibition in Reno, Nevada, Oct. 25-28. Highlights include clips from 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.” Another main attraction is a session on the “Standards for the 21st-Century Learner,” presented by Cassandra Barnett and Barbara Stripling. Other topics explored in the digital sessions include teaching information literacy, research, podcasting, book challenges and more. A complete list of digital institute offerings can be found at
http://www.ala.org/aasl/eAcademy.
Registration opens Oct. 30 at
http://www.ala.org/aasl/eAcademy.
The “Minding Your Students' Future” Digital Institute is available as a special offer to AASL members for just $99 for the complete package - videos, vodcasts, podcasts; 10 full sessions in all. Non-members may also register for $199. Participants will receive a certificate of completion worth 10 contact hours. Registration is now open at
http://www.ala.org/aasl/eAcademy.
The American Association of School Librarians,
www.aasl.org, a division of the American Library Association (ALA), promotes the improvement and extension of library media services in elementary and secondary schools as a means of strengthening the total education program. Its mission is to advocate excellence, facilitate change and develop leaders in the school library media field.
