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Librarian Days 2007:
Educating the Digital Learner: 21st Century Learning, Literacy & Thinking
Special Event for Colorado Educators,
Friday and Saturday, February 23 and 24, 2007
On Friday, February 23 and Saturday, February 24, 2007, Teaching With Primary Sources – Colorado in conjunction with the Auraria Library and the Denver Newspaper Agency will host the third annual Librarian Days. This two-day event brings together educators from across Colorado to learn about the Library of Congress American Memory Website and instructional applications for using digital resources in the classroom.
Instructional support professionals such as librarians, media specialists or instructional coaches throughout Colorado are invited to attend free of charge on Friday, February 23 with a teacher of their choice. Enrollment on Friday is limited to 100 collaborative teams. Friday’s Librarian Day will be held in the King Center Concert Hall (KC 145) on downtown Denver’s Auraria Campus.
In addition to Friday’s Librarian Day for instructional teams, all Colorado educators are welcome to sign up for 1 or 2 half-day sessions on Saturday, February 24. Saturday’s sessions are free of charge and will take place on the Auraria Campus. Enrollment on Saturday is limited to room capacity. See the schedule for session topics and locations. The option of one graduate credit is available through The University of Colorado at Denver to those attending both days. Please review the Graduate Credit Worksheet if you are interested.
TPS-Colorado will provide substitutes for up to 100 instructional teams who attend on Friday. Complimentary parking and continental breakfast will be provided for participants who register for either of these events. Complimentary lunch will also be provided on both days for participants who pre-register. Lunch will not be provided for on-site registrants. Librarian Days participants should park in the Tivoli lot at Auraria Parkway and Ninth St. or the Parking & Transportation Center garage at Seventh St. and Lawrence Way to obtain complimentary parking passes. A map to the campus is available at: http://TPScolorado.mscd.edu/Librarian_Days_Map.pdf.
A drawing and raffle will be held on Friday only. Prizes will include laminated printouts of primary source materials, document cameras, Interactive Books, Software packages, and a full classroom performance system from E-Instruction valued at over $2,000.
See the schedule below for presentations and times. Registration is closed! You may still register on site for Friday, but will not be offered the free lunch . To learn
more about Librarian Days 2007, call 303-352-4945 or e-mail
mscd-tpscolorado@mscd.edu.
Librarian Days Schedule
Friday,
February 23, 2007, 7:30
a.m. – 3:15 p.m. in the King Center Concert Hall (KC 145)
K-12
librarians are invited to attend with a teacher of their choice
from their school. Substitute reimbursement is limited to 100 librarian/teacher
teams. |
| 7:30
- 8:00 a.m. |
Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Welcome by Peggy O’Neill-Jones in the King Center Concert Hall (KC 145). Click for a campus map. |
8:00 a.m.
- 8:30 a.m. |
Welcome: Associate Librarian for Strategic Initiatives, Library of Congress, Laura Campbell |
| 8:30 a.m.
- 9:30 a.m. |
The Lessons of Chaos: Rethinking the Learning Process: Stevan Kalmon |
| 9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. |
Break |
| 9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. |
Digital Learning - The San Francisco Earthquake Learning Activity: Kathie Powell |
| 10:15 a.m.
- 10:30 a.m. |
Library of Congress' American Memory: Donna Levene |
| 10:35 - 10:50 a.m. |
Virtual Newspapers – Denver Newspaper Agency: Dana Plewka |
| 10:55 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. |
Historic Newspaper Project: Mary Johnson |
| 11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. |
Social Networking: Michelle Pearson |
| 11:35 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. |
What's New with the American Memory Learning Page: Sherrie Galloway |
12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. |
Lunch (provided by TPS-Colorado) |
| 12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. |
21st Century Learning – 21st Century Technologies: John Kuglin |
| 1:45 - 2:00 |
Break |
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
21st Century Teaching, Learning, and Literacy: JoAnne Hibbard, Michelle Brown
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3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. |
Wrap Up and Drawing for Raffle |
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Registration is now closed for Librarian Days 2007!
For more information, please contact TPS-Colorado at 303-352-4945 or
mscd-tpscolorado@mscd.edu.
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