and Exhibition for Librarians and Information Managers
Computers in School Libraries
|
North America's
Largest Technology Conference
and Exhibition for Librarians and Information Managers
Computers in School Libraries |
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
The Balancing Act: Print and Electronic
Collection Development
Patty Sorensen, Library
Media Specialist, Dundee, OR
The Oregon School Library
Information Services (OSLIS), a statewide consortium involving technology
and library specialists, has strategized the challenge of electronic resource
pricing, created online tutorials for learning to use online electronic
resources, and even created a video for all principals to view. Patty Sorensen
shares insights and lessons learned regarding the balancing act.
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Partnerships: Schools, the Public,
and Filtering
Art Wolinsky, Technical
Director, Online Innovation Institute & NJ Chapter Director, 21st Century
Teachers
To filter or not to filter?
Is filtering censorship? Does filtering block material that should not
be filtered? No matter how you answer these questions, there will be someone
with an equally valid and passionate opposing opinion. Art Wolinsky feels
we may be asking the wrong questions. Filtering is just one component of
an Information Access Policy that libraries and schools should be implementing.
Join him as he explores all of these questions and explains the IAP developed
in the Southern Regional school district over the past four years.
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Information Literacy Standards: A
Pathway to Curriculum Integration and Results
Ferdi Serim, Editor,
MultiMedia Schools Magazine & Director, Online Innovation Institute
Janet Murray, Information
Specialist, Nile C. Kinnick High School, Yokosuka, Japan
We often hear goals like
"preparing students for the 21st Century" or "helping students become lifelong
learners", which are nearly impossible to verify through observation. Guided
by Mike Schmoker's book Results, networked activities can be designed
to allow students and teachers to improve on the basis of performance data.
Using the AASL Information Literacy Standards as a basis, see how formulating
goals that do lend themselves to measurement, sets the stage for networked
knowing.
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Integrating Technology and Information
Literacy Skills into the Curriculum
Elaine Ley, Manager,
Education Market Communications, NewsBank, Inc.
The integration of primary
sources and the Internet into the curriculum will enable students to evaluate,
analyze, and apply original-source information from a wide variety of sources
and to use technology to meet information needs. Ley shares how strategies
for that integration will support state curricular frameworks, relate classroom
instruction to the real world, challenge students to think critically,
and create authentic, interactive learning environments.
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Powerful Partnerships: Department
of Defense Dependent's Schools Roles for Information Technology
Sharyn Van Epps, Catherine
Clark, Department of Defense Education Activity, Arlington, VA
Position: Project
Manager for Information Center Technology
Creating a school information
center which emphasizes technology and information literacy skills in an
environment abundant with computers and online access is a daunting task.
The transition of the traditional school library from a primarily print
and audiovisual environment to the dynamic information hub of a school
is taking place in one of the K-12 school systems administered by the Department
of Defense Education Activity. The DoDEA Technology Plan includes
a vision of the school information center as the information technology
hub of the educational environment, challenging information specialists
and faculty to change the way the library functions within a school.
3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Morphing into a Cybrarian
Ted Nellen, Kairos
A Cybrarian is someone who
has shifted the focus from “teaching” to “learning” by harnessing the power
of network technology. America demands that our “product” of education
be well-versed in the cultures of the world, be able to work well with
others, solve problems, and have a solid grounding in the basics. Using
traditional methods, only the last demands can possibly be met. Ted Nellen
shares practical tips about his journey, that show how the days of “sage
on the stage” are gone while the days of “guide on the side” have arrived
and beckoned us.
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Professional Development: Modeling
and Extending Effective Education Technology Uses
Celia Einhorn, President,
Technology and Teaching, Tijeras, NM & NM Chapter Director, 21st Century
Teachers Network
Eileen Kean, 21st Century
Teachers Network
Kristina Ellis, 21st
Century Teachers Network
Art Wolinsky, Technical
Director, Online Innovation Institute & NJ Chapter Director, 21st Century
Teachers Network
The revolution in teaching
that technology can offer will not happen unless teachers are given the
opportunity and support to help lead it. The 21st Century Teachers Network
is a nationwide volunteer movement encouraging teacher leaders in educational
technology to develop new skills for using technology in their teaching
and learning activities. Learn how you can support, and be supported by
this effort in your own state, as we reinvent our profession "from the
inside out".
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Helping Them to Get IT
Janet Murray, Information
Specialist, Nile C. Kinnick High School, Yokosuka, Japan
Sharon Baratz Shulman,
Instructional Technology Facilitator, Bayonne High School
Understanding how to balance
face to face instruction and mentoring, combined with online community
building and support will help you in your technology infusion objectives,
whether they involve self-guided professional development or the training
of an entire district. Strategies to meet the needs of library/media specialists,
as they strive to help their entire education community keep up with accelerating
change, will be shared.
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Networking: Provide Your Patrons the
World
Karen Sibenaller, Public
Relations Specialist, Winnebago Software
Expand your resources through
connectivity. Networking allows many people to access many different sources
of information, without having to be in the same room with the physical
resource. Your library’s reach and available resources can be extended
by upgrading to a wide area network (WAN). You’ll learn to assess your
library’s unique networking requirements, as well as to determine what’s
best for your library. The session covers the fundamentals of networking,
as well as the components necessary to network your library.
2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Box Office Hits: Technology Partnership
Productions
Dawn Thistle, Director,
Library Services, Assumption College
Jayne Fox, Reference,
Dinand Library, College of the Holy Cross
Using recent movie themes,
presenters describe grant funded programs resulting in partnerships between
the College of Holy Cross Libraries and K-12 public schools in the city
of Worcester, MA. These programs provided much needed technological training
for school teachers and librarians and strengthened the Holy Cross Libraries’
community outreach efforts. They introduced teachers to using online tools
and techniques for student research projects, taught them to use PowerPoint
for organizing and presenting student research, and how to create a multimedia
Web site for classroom use. Thistle and Fox share their experiences, strategies
and techniques, and learnings.
3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Project Hi-Net
Dennis Tucker, Project
Hi-Net Director, Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority (INCOLSA)
Ann S. Sharp,
Media Specialist, Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School, Indianapolis
Rosemary Murray,
Media Specialist, Roncalli High School, Indianapolis
Linda Hayward,
Media Specialist, Franklin Central High School, Indianapolis
Joe Hafner, Cooperative
Projects Liaison, Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, Indianapolis
Getting 31 high schools
connected to an online catalog and a number of databases (including some
full text) using the Internet requires incredible cooperation among schools
and the public library. Hear how one area did it; learn about their high
points and the lessons they learned.
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Learning Online with the Library of
Congress
Susan Veccia, Project
Manager, User Services, National Digital Library Program
As the Library of Congress
has moved into large-scale digitization, materials never before accessible
to the educational community and the general public are now available online.
As educators are learning how to use these materials to complement their
curricula, the Library of Congress is learning how to support a new community
of online users. This presentation will introduce the American Memory
primary source collections in the context of K-12 curricula strands, The
Learning Page, and the American Memory Fellows Program.
