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Workshops to Create a Virtual Learning Commons
Dhaivyd Hilgendorf, MEMO President offers this opportunity to all interested parties…. Dhaivyd writes,
“I will be conducting a series of three free workshops that will enable you to experiment with and create a VLC for your school. And, you will have something to showcase for Digital Learning Day in Feb. The three ninety minutes sessions will be Jan. 14, 21, and Feb. 4th at five pm Pacific/eight pm eastern on each of the Monday evenings.
Objective: To create a collaborative virtual learning commons that replaces the school library website. The site will contain five major virtual rooms:
- The Information Center,
- The Literacy Center,
- the Knowledge Building Center,
- The Experimental Learning Center, and
- School Culture.
We will focus on using Google Sites as the construction tool, but other software can be used. Participants will construct either a sandbox prototype or a real VLC for their school. Opportunities to collaborate across participants will be the focus.
To sign up, just send an email to me at: reader.david@gmail.com
And, I would appreciate it if you would announce this across whatever state networks you have access to.
The website for the series is building at: https://sites.google.com/site/virtuallearningcommonsworkshop/
Please join us.”
STEM Day Conference 2013 Registration
From Minitex…
Come to STEM Day Conference 2013, Building Partnerships for STEM Education, and be energized and inspired!
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Registration begins at 8:15 AM with the conference ending at 3:00 PM.
Continuing Education & Conference Center, University of Minnesota – St. Paul Campus.
At this unique conference you’ll hear from a broad spectrum of STEM educators. Get a fresh take on STEM-based projects and programs, teen tech crews and labs, community collaborations, and curriculum supportive resources and technology that support and advance K-12 STEM education in Minnesota.
The keynote speaker is Dr. Anthony Murphy, newly appointed director of The GLOBE Program. Prior to his current position, Dr. Murphy served as the executive director of the National Center for STEM Elementary Education at St. Catherine University, St. Paul.
You’ll leave the conference feeling actively engaged, intrigued, and fortified by learning about new, developing, and existing programs, projects, and resources. This conference will also give you time to connect with fellow STEM educators and share ideas. Review these exciting sessions and register today.
Cost: $40.00/person
Space is limited. So, register now to secure a spot!
Register Today for the Library Technology Conference 2013!
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Don’t delay! Fewer than 100 seats are available.
Library Technology Conference 2013
March 20-21, 2013
Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Registration is limited to no more than 450 total participants. Once this level of participation is reached, registration will be CLOSED! Please register early in order to ensure your spot at the conference.
This year’s Library Technology Conference is again intended to provide an opportunity for library professionals and the technologists who support them to discuss the technologies that are affecting library services; to see examples of what libraries are doing with these technologies; and to provide a venue where participants can learn specific skills or knowledge that they can take back and adapt for use within their own libraries.
The two-day conference will also include more than 70 conference sessions – traditional lecture-style sessions, hands-on / workshop sessions, interactive technology dialogue sessions, and poster sessions. From APIs to GIS, iPads to e-books, and digital collections to digital literacy – a wide range of library technology-related topics are covered during Lib Tech 2013 sessions.
For more information, visit the conference website.
Register for Ebooks and K-12 School Media: Video Presentations and Discussion!
Register today for Ebooks and K-12 School Media: Video Presentations and Discussion!
School Media personnel from Central MN
RJ’s American Grill and Bar, St. Cloud
Tuesday, January 8, 3:30 PM-7:00 PM
School Media personnel, please join your colleagues from around the region for this local event with outstanding national content!! Recently, CMLE staff participated in the virtual SEFLIN eBook conference called eBooks: Benefits, Challenges, and the Future, and paid for group access to the recordings of the five national presenters. We selected the messages of national e-book experts, Sue Polanka and Chad Mairn, as being of most interest to you for this first event. Besides listening to their best thinking on e-books, we would like to offer this opportunity to network informally and discuss local e-book developments and ideas too. CMLE is hosting and arranging this event.
Come ready to listen, engage, discuss, and eat pizza!!
Cost: $5.00/person, please pay at the door!
Agenda
3:30-3:45 Introductions & logistics
3:45 – 4:45 Sue Polanka (Head of Reference and Instruction, Wright State Universities Libraries) – eBook Licensing and Access: Now and in the Future
This session will analyze barriers to ebook lending models currently available for libraries including licensing, packaging, DRM, use models, and pricing. Trends in the publishing industry such as self-publishing, enhanced ebooks and digital textbooks, which may impact libraries, will be highlighted, demonstrating new opportunities for the future.
4:45-5:15 Group Discussion
5:15 – 5:30 Break and pizza!
5:30 – 6:30 Chad Mairn (Information Services Librarian and adjunct professor at St. Petersburg College & Chief Technology Officer, Novare Library Services) – Getting the Most from Your eBook Readers: Tips and Tricks
New examples of electronic reading material — e-books, e-magazines, e-textbooks — are appearing every day as well as devices and software to read them on. Accessing, transferring, and interacting with electronic text via Nooks, Kindles, and other e-reading devices, however, can be complicated. Join Chad Mairn as he offers tips and tricks for library staff to help their patrons use their e-reading devices to their full potential. This session will include information on: dedicated and non-dedicated e-readers, new and innovative e-reading devices and software, current and upcoming e-formats, digital Rights Management, privacy issues, and emerging technologies impacting reading in a digital age.
6:30 – 7:00 Group Discussion
Registration is requested. Deadline is end of day on Friday, January 4. Register at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/EbooksandSchoolMedia
Please pay at the door.
We hope you’ll join us! Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.