eSchool News

Posted on November 24, 2009 by slav

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eSchool News is a US publication for K-20 educators. Currently they are offering free subscriptions for interested teachers. Click on the image below to register for newsletters to be delivered to your inbox.

Although US oriented, there are plenty of interesting articles such as the recent article entitled School libraries key in teaching information skills: Annual AASL conference explores the changing role of school libraries in the 21st century.

Thanks to Helen Boelens for the heads up on eSchool News.

AASL conference 2009

Posted on November 10, 2009 by slav

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The recent American Association of School Librarians conference held in Charlotte, NC. from 5 – 8 November resulted in many tweets and URLs to follow up for anyone interested.

The AASL bloggers cafe hosts handouts, slideshares and other information from the conference.
Pipl was mentioned during a session; search for people on the web.
“New Librarianship” Keynote Charleston Conference 2009, Charleston, SC. by “Virtual Dave” Lankes.
Charlotte Re-examined Openly – what worked well and what didn’t at the conference.

Thanks to Joyce Valenza for sharing these links.

Virtual AASL conference – links to blogs, wikis, photos and videos.
The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education
That’s Not Cool – Cybersafety
FotoFlexer: the world’s most advanced online image editor
AASLsmackdown wiki; includes information on digital storytelling, digital citizenship, information fluency and more
Share your AASL smackdown questions

Thanks to Buffy Hamilton for these links.

Tweets from the 2009 American Association of School Librarians Conference in Charlotte

Thanks to Donna Baumbach for this link.

There are probably more links out there from the conference, but these ones will keep you busy for a while…