November+2008+Mtg.

=November 2008 Meeting = = = =Digital Citiznenship - Digital Literacy.=

Digital Literacy

=Edublogs=

[|VBCPS (Edublogs)]

Librarian/Library Examples
[|Hey Jude] [|Librarians Matter] [|A Library By Any Other Name] [|Spineless?] [|Techno Tuesday]

=Daniel Pink - A Whole New Mind= media type="youtube" key="syo6ecgclR0" height="344" width="425"
 * __Part One - The Conceptual Mind__**
 * Chapter 2** - Abundance, Asia, and Automation

Voicethread for Education Wiki
[|Mrs. Heisey's Morning Kindergarten] [|Trantwood Elementary 5th Grade VA History] [|Jack's Monster Cards] [|Student Poems] [|Many Voices on Darfur] [|What Do You Value?] German Art Project Spanish 5 Myths and Legends Spanish 4 Experiencias AP Spanish Scary Stories [|Grandparents' Day] [|Color Poems] [|Lindero Loves Books] [|Why Do People Hate]  =Interwrite Pad - What is it?=
 * Examples**

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This Bluetooth™ wireless pad includes Interwrite Software and gives the teacher the ability to teach their interactive lessons from anywhere in the classroom. The Interwrite Pad revolutionizes how teachers interact with their class.====== [|eInstruction]

[|Teaching Books]
=Training Materials Document Library=

We have added a document library for training materials. Please share any handouts or other materials that you use for training staff.
[|Training Materials Document Library]

=Administrative Technology Training= Administrators have been attending professional development sessions since the beginning of the school year. Topics include Microsoft Outlooks and WEB 2.0 tools such as blogs, wikis, rss feeds, sharepoint and social bookmarking.

Tech4admin Wiki
=Grants= • Due 11/01 – Intel Community Grants [|www.intel.com/community/grant.htm] • Due 11/01 – American Honda Foundation Grant [|http://corporate.honda.com] • Due 11/01 – Environmental Excellence Awards [|www.seaworld.com] • Due 12/03 – ALSC Distinguished Service Award [|www.ala.org] • Due 12/8 – National Schools of Character Program www. character.org • Due 12/30 – Olympus America/Tool Factory Podcasting [|www.toolfactory.com] • Ongoing – UPS Foundation Education Grants [|www.community.ups.com] • Share the Technology [|http://sharetechnology.org] • Toshiba Grants [|www.toshiba.com] • Verizon Foundation Grants http://foundation.verizon.com/grant/

=$10,000 Reading Promotion Grant= Please encourage students whose lives have been touched by books (hopefully all of your students!) to enter the Center for the Book’s Letters About Literature contest. Not only does the contest encourage students to reflect on good literature they have read and write about it, but there are lots of prizes on the state and national level for students. In addition, if a student from your school is a winner at the national level, your library is eligible for a Reading Promotion Grant of $10,000! **Who can apply?**Students in grades 4-12 may enter. The three levels of competition are: Level I – Grades 4-6 Level II – Grades 7 & 8 Level III – Grades 9-12 Students in public and private schools may enter as well as homeschoolers. An individual student may enter or a whole class. If a class enters, each student must select a book that has had a personal impact on her/his life.
 * How do students apply?**o Write a letter to an author, living or deceased, stating how that author’s work has impacted the student.o Attach an entry coupon with all the necessary information completed.o Mail the letter and the coupon together.o Details and the entry coupon are available online at [|www.lib.az.us/azbook/images/pdf/AZGuidelines.pdf]. **What is the entry deadline?**Entries must be postmarked by December 6, 2008 and arrive in the mail no later than December 20, 2008.

=COPYRIGHT= Crossing the Copyright Boundary in the Digital Age

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=[|VEMA] Conference= [|Concurrent Sessions]

=Long Weekend= After the VEMA Conference I was able to visit my Aunt in Naples, FL.

While flying and waiting to fly to and from Naples I finished off two heartwarming novels that are //non-fiction// and easy to read.

The first one, [|Marley and Me], by John Grogan is about a labrador retriever named Marley and how a dog can touch the lives of one family. [|Click here] to see an interview by the author, John Grogan.

The second one, [|Dewey], by Vicki Myron is about a red tabby cat that finds its way into the hearts of the staff at [|Spencer City Library]in Spencer, Iowa. media type="youtube" key="YILcRoYGvQ4" height="344" width="425"