Vermont School Library Association

Vermont School Library Fall Conference: Making Connections

When:     Thursday October 23rd 2008  9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Where:     U-32 School, Montpelier, Vermont
What:     The VSLA  Annual 1-Day Conference

Keynote: Susan Ballard: Director of Library, Media and Technology Services for the Londonderry (NH) School District.
Susan Ballard’s Handout (pdf) & Powerpoint presentation

Some of Susan’s documents that she links to in her Powerpoint can be found in this zip file :ballard-docs

Be sure to check out: Standards for the 21st Century Learner in Action from the AASL

Susan Hennessey, Harwood Union High School
Library Research with Web 2.0 Tools
Learn how to use current Web 2.0 technologies to help students search for, organize, and synthesize relevant, credible information.  We will explore push technologies like Netvibes and Pageflakes, social bookmarking sites like Delicious and Diggo, and organizing tools from Intel and ReadWriteThink.org.  Best of all, all of these tools are free to educators

See the  VSLA Central Wiki & Susan’s Presentation Wiki Page

Pam Burke, Marlboro Elementary School & VSLA web person
Fun Connecting With Blogs
We’ll take a look at some excellent examples of using blogs in school library programs and discuss ways you can use this fun 2.0 technology to engage students. We’ll discuss best practices with blogs in the classroom, and ways to encourage your school to embrace these great learning tools. We’ll also look at how you can use blogs as a public relations tool to keep your library websites fresh & interesting.

Hands-On Fun With Blogs
In the afternoon, we’ll all register for a free blog with Edublogs and … play! We’ll try on some new themes, add some fun plugins, and learn a little about managing blogs. We’ll have time for lots of questions and if you’re interested I’ll show you some fun tricks too, like how you can grab your feed and display it on your existing website or use your delicious tags to maintain links on your blog. Registrants are encouraged to create a free Edublogs account before we meet; sign up at http://edublogs.org/

Pam’s Blog & Presentation Materials

Anne Gallivan, Barstow Memorial School Library & Mary Danko, Proctor Library
Book Talking & Web 2.0
Bringing Book Talks into the 21st century is easier than ever with all the great Web 2.0 technologies that are available.  Anne Gallivan and Mary Danko will give an overview of different options for you to consider.  Blogs, FaceBook, Delicous, Twitter & YouTube are just some of the social networking tools that can be adapted to publicize books to the tech savvy kids of today.

Mary Danko’s Slideshow & Anne Gallivan’s Slideshow (on Slideshare.net)

Michael Roche, Northeast Regional Library, Vermont Department of Libraries
Copyright in the Digital Age
Here is a zip file of Michael’s handouts (in Word format): copyright-vsla

Stephanie Chase, Stowe Free Library
Audiobooks & ListenUp Vermont
Find out about different formats (including mp3 cds and playaways), issues surrounding collection and downloadables, including DRM, copyright, and iPod compatibility.
Stephanie’s Handout (pdf) & The Listen Up! Vermont website

Peter Gould, performer and author of Write Naked spoke about his new book.