Webinar: Learning & Leading Through Peer Coaching Coast to Coast
Presented on Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Presenters: Shelee King George, Lynne Oakvik, Michelle Rivera, Ann Lumm
Description: Keeping up with the rapidly changing digital landscape that shapes how our students learn is no simple task. Districts seek to align professional development with 21st century teaching and learning practices, ensuring that all teachers are adequately trained in new instructional strategies and technologies. Discover how educators from coast to coast are using peer coaching to engage in professional growth and leadership while transforming classrooms into cultures that value learning, inspire student creativity, and model digital age learning. Hear how Florida's Broward County Schools empower district media specialists to create dynamic and vibrant 21st century media programs that engage learners as producers of information and creators of innovation. Discover how teachers from Arizona's Isaac School District collaborate to promote best practices for lesson improvement and technology infusion. Find available resources to build your own Peer Coaching Program that develops coaching skills, builds teacher leaders, and adds value to existing district and/or school initiatives.

Archived webinar: Learning & Leading Through Peer Coaching
Presentation wiki: http://peercoach-coast2coast.wikispaces.com/)

"So, What's In a Name? A Discussion About Identity and Vision" with Mike Eisenberg and Joyce Valenza on Monday, Feb 1, 2010

Don't miss the upcoming webinar "So What's In a Name? A Discussion About Identity and Vision" on Monday, Feb 1st at 8pm ET/7pm CT/6pm MT/5pm PT. The webinar will be facilitated by Mike Eisenberg and Joyce Valenza with a panel of leading thinkers in the field of school librarianship. This is the first in a series of events being hosted by the TL Cafe, a grassroots group of school librarians and their supporters, including various SIGMS members. Join the TL Cafe wiki at [[@exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://tlvirtualcafe.wikispaces.com/home|http://tlvirtualcafe.wikispaces.com]]. Register and log in to this event at [[@exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.learncentral.org/node/50898|http://www.learncentral.org/node/50898]].

Archive: http://tlvirtualcafe.wikispaces.com/WhatsinaName_Resources

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"Fighting the Filter" Presented by Buffy Hamilton on January 13, 2010
Want to start your new year off by making a positive difference in your library program? Join SIGMS for our next webinar on January 13 at 8 pm E.S.T. when Buffy Hamilton, The Unquiet Librarian, will share her ideas on "fighting the filter." Internet filtering policies are a significant area of concern and frustration for school library media specialists across the country. How can school library media specialists create a participatory culture of conversation with filtering policy decision makers? How can we as school library media specialists become a voice of leadership in our efforts to provide equitable access to web-based information sources? In this webinar, we’ll explore the reasons for the current state of restrictive filtering policies and discuss concrete strategies for effectively challenging and changing filtering policies.

Link to the archived webinar **"Fighting the Filter."**

Webinar Presentation from SlideShare

Strategies for Fighting Internet Filtering

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**Buffy Hamilton's LibGuide resources for the webinar**

**Buffy Hamilton's "Fight the Filter" de-li-cious bookmarks**

Library Media Marketing Through Easy Animation Presented by Gwyneth Anne Bronwynne Jones on December 10, 2009
Promoting your library media center and program has never been easier. Using quick, free, and easy animation studios teacher librarians can create engaging videos to market their media center, databases, research resources, special programs, and their love of reading to students, teachers, and the community. Combining easy animation with a wiki, website, or a blog your message will captivate your audience and reach beyond the brick and mortar walls of your school.

Link to the archived webinar Library Media Marketing Through Easy Animation

Webinar Presentation from SlideShare


Animation Studios and Sites
A wiki full of resources, how-tos and examples that Gwyneth maintains.

Library Media Marketing Samples from Gwyneth Jones
GoAnimate.com: Live Long & Animate! by gwyneth

Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!
GoAnimate.com: Beam Me Up Databases! by gwyneth

Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!
GoAnimate.com: School News for Teens! FREE TV Show Opening! by gwyneth

Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!