“New Beginnings...the Best Is Yet to Come”

Cromwell Crowne Plaza, November 10, 2008

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Featured Speakers: Kathy Schrock (Web 2.0 Workshop; Diigo Web 2.0 Links; Presentation PDF), Nate Greenberg, Toni Buzzeo and Carmen Agra Deedy

 

A New Beginning for CEMA - We will officially celebrate becoming CASL, the CTAssociation of School Librarians.

 

A New Beginning for Library Media Specialists - We share strategies to implement the new AASL learning standards.

 

A New Beginning for 21st-Century learning - We share strategies to teach students 21st Century skills.

• Endorse the 21st Century Partnership www.21stcenturyskills.org • Integrate new literacies http://www.newliteracies.uconn.edu/

 

Presentation Materials:

• Handouts for Toni Buzzeo's Presentations - Beyond Sharing the Book and Collaborating to Meet Standards - the handouts are available on her website
• Live Web Usability Lab - download the PowerPoint Presentation or view it online at SlideShare
• Differentiation in the LMC (PDF) - Gail Krois
• Standard Survival Kit for LMS (PPT) - Susan Ballard
  • Standards in Action - AASL
• Media Literacy in the Classroom Bibliography (PDF) - Belinha De Abreu - covers the items from her workshop
  • "The Cost of Copyright Confusion" - a new document on copyright and the framework for how we use media in the classroom by the Center for Social Media

Further details:

• Conference Information page,
• Conference Registration FAQ (PDF),
• Conference Brochure (PDF)
• September CASLgram (PDF w/ session descriptions)
• Vendor Information