Want to Be a Nationally Board Certified Teacher?

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 8 pm ET/ 7 pm CT/ 6 pm MT/ 5 pm PT Presenters: Wendy Stevens Cathy Jo Nelson (Dorman HS, Roebuck, SC) (Buckhorn High School, New Market, AL) and

Candidacy for National Board Certification is among the most rigorous professional development experiences any educator can undertake. School librarians working in collaborative environments can face additional logistical challenges as they assemble a series of portfolio entries demonstrating their teaching facility. Hear from National Board Certified Library media specialists who share their own experiences in pursuing the credential. The webinar will offer an overview of the certification process, share a range of resources available for candidates, and describe ways media specialists can begin work towards certification over summer break.

Directions to join the SIGMS webinar event

1. Check that your computer is set up for Adobe Connect by visiting Adobe Connect Pro Connection Test 2. Use this URL to enter the webinar room 10 – 15 minutes before starting time: http://Montgomery.na4.acrobat.com/SIGMS 3. Enter as a guest and type your first and last name. 4. Here is a link to a Visual Quick Start guide (pdf) to help you if this is your first webinar event.

Photo from: CathyJoNelson.com

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adapted from Diane Cordell

Tribe: A unit of sociopolitical organization consisting of a number of families, clans, or other groups who share a common ancestry and culture and among whom leadership is typically neither formalized nor permanent… A group of people sharing an occupation, interest or habit.

“Due to copyright issues (about which librarians are VERY serious), we were unable to continue offering Library Tech Geek Squad buttons for sale.”

The good news, is that we (Diane Cordell and I!) were UNDAUNTED so redesigned it and we are now the Library Tech Geek Tribe!

Items currently available on Zazzle include Tribe buttons and stickers, with other products in the works.
As before, any and ALL profits from the Geek Tribe swag line will be used to help support the Teacher Librarian Ning.
An AWEsome resource for all Teacher-Librarians and technology educators!

Please visit our Zazzle page for ordering information.

*Bonus!
A week before ALA and ISTE we’ll be publishing a copyright free conference badge for new Tribe members to print out FOR FREE and proudly display!



The photo “The group” by Grzegorz Łobiński

parts of this blog were reposted from: Library Tech Geek Tribe – by Diane Cordell

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International Reader Shoutout!
In honor of the featured artist Grzegorz Łobiński this posting is dedicated to my 13 readers from Poland – Cześć! and Dziekuje!

Thank you for reading my blog!

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GoAnimate.com: Live Long & Animate! by gwyneth

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

Second Life: AASL-SIGMS Virtual Learning Community
Wed, May 19th: 8pm ET/7pm CT/6pm MT/5pm PT
“Animating Your Library Program“
Presenter: Gwyneth Jones
Location: ALA Main Stage SLURL

If you missed the ISTE SIGMS Webinar back in December – I’ve updated it and will beg giving a preso tonight on this same (a fave of mine!) subject in Second Life! Hope you can join us!

“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. Watch this Go!Animate video to get a “taste” of the presentation.”

If you are new to Second Life, set up an account to join us:
1. Go to the Second Life Education website several days in advance to set up your free basic account.
2. Verify that your computer and connectivity meets the systems requirements by checking here
3. Click on the orange “Get Started!” button. Go through the subsequent screens to create your avatar account.
4. Download and install the Second Life viewer software HERE.
5. Open the software and log into Second Life using your avatar first name, last name, and password. Watch your avatar “be born”. Complete the orientation activities to learn about how to communicate, move, search, and edit your appearance.
6. When finished, search “Places” for locations such as the Community Virtual Library, ISTE, or the American Library Association. Teleport to a favorite location, explore, and become acquainted with Second Life. (When searching, make sure the “search mature places” square is checked.)
7. Fifteen minutes prior to scheduled meetings, log on and IM Elaine Tulip or Redgrrl Llewellyn for a teleport to the meeting location or use provided SLURL.

ALA Mainstage

If you can’t join us tonight, or aren’t a member of Second Life, here’s an archived version of the December webniar. We can’t (as of yet) archive in Second Life.

Resources:

Series of ISTE Connects articles:

UPDATE:
Had a bit of a glitch with Lisa’s viewer….so had to show the slides on a prim but i think it went great! Thanks to Joyce Story aka Joyce Valenza & Miss Eleanor Anderton (Linda Dougherty) and everyone else for showing up!

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