Conferences 08-09
Written on August 9, 2008 – 5:31 pm | by erniec
I’ve been working on my 2008-2009 academic calendar and want to share a few of the conferences I plan to attend. Also listed are some I will be missing but wanted others to think about. In the fall I will be staying pretty close to home.
SEPTEMBER 2008
September 18-20 / ALSC National Institute in Salt Lake City
more information and registration (deadline coming soon) information at http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscevents/institute/index.cfm
(I’ll be missing this one since our newest arrival is due during this time)
OCTOBER 2008
October 29-31 / North Carolina School Library Media Association Annual Conference in Winston-Salem, NC webpage http://www.ncslma.org/Conference.htm
My friend and colleague Vicki Stanfield and I will be presenting “Move over Dick and Jane: reconsidering books for beginning readers”
NOVEMBER 2008
November 13-14 / NCAIS Teacher Conference in Raleigh, NC more at http://www.ncais.org/events_current_indiv.asp?event=53
I will offer two sessions - “Great Reads for the Lower School” and “International Children’s Literature”
JANUARY 2009
January 10 / Librarian to Librarian Networking Summit at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC
webpage to follow
proposed session - “Great Reads - the Stars of 2008″
January 23-28 / ALA Midwinter Meeting in Denver, CO - http://www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/midwinter/2009/geninfo.cfm
consider the Bundled Registration which open September 2, 2008
FEBRUARY 2009
February 25 27, 2009 / NAIS Annual Conference in Chicago, IL, USA
Schools of the Future: Sailing the Winds of Change
http://www.nais.org/ac/ac.cfm?ItemNumber=150610&sn.ItemNumber=150620
My Independent school colleague from the Sidwell School, Patt Moser, and I have submitted a proposed a session on 21st Century Learning and the school library - we are awaiting a decision.
MARCH 2009
sometime in March / NCaect conference http://www.ncaect.org/index.html
considering a proposal about Google School Applications (Sites, Docs, gMail) and how our use of them supports the new 21st Century Learning standards. (give it a try here before Internet @ Schools).
March 30-31 / Internet at Schools East in Arlington, VA
http://www.infotoday.com/I@SE2009/default.shtml
considering a proposal about Google School Applications (Sites, Docs, gMail) and how our use of them supports the new 21st Century Learning standards.
APRIL 2009
April 18/ 2009 Arbuthnot Lecture in Clinton, TN http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/arbuthnothonor/2009arbuthnot.cfm
MAY 2009
I just can’t think about it yet….
