webinar training

Re-energizing Your Preschool Storytime: New Ideas for Busy Children's Staff

Free Webinar

Thursday, December 2, 2010, from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EST

Registration is not required. More information and access information is available online.The link to this program will be available at 2:30 p.m. on December 2, 2010.

It's Monday morning, AGAIN! Time to get your storytime ready for the week. Ho Hum. You could always recycle a previous storytime or... you can jazz up your repertoire with new fingerplays, flannels, puppets and book suggestions.

Try something new!

• Learn how to use Readers Theater and bring your story alive with the help of your audience. A dramatic read aloud of a story is great for children's communication skills, collaboration skills and learning to use expression.

Make better connections with storytime parents!

• Set up a "Stay and Play" after your storytime. Learn how to plan developmentally appropriate activities and share early literacy information with your participants Does this mean parents? If so, I think it would be clearer if it said parents, since the participants are really the children. It's reference, but you're just not sitting behind a desk.

Save time!

• We sure don't have enough. Let this webinar help you refresh your love of storytime and provide you with new material. You won't have to spend time planning, just get out there and try out these fresh new ideas!

At the end of this one-hour webinar, attendees will learn about:

Free Webinar

Monday, November 8, 2010, from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. CDT

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How do teens learn the fine art of conversation?  A teen book group can be the perfect forum for creating meaningful dialogue, developing listen and communication skills, discussing existential issues common to all, and building community. Teens with good conversation skills have a great advantage when they enter the wider world. Find out how to help them develop communication and conversation skills -- while having fun!"

Presenter Ellen Snoeyenbos,YA librarian at the Duxbury Free Library, has held a weekly book discussion group for teens for the past six years. She views YA fiction as a perfect vehicle for exploring larger issues and perspectives with teens.

Participants are encouraged to view the following YouTube videos of teen book discussion groups led by Ellen Snoeyenbos prior to attending the webinar.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-1yTXXT-Qs (5.42 minutes)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MF3WJOlUR0 (4.14 minutes)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km5lIQWvZv0 (2.37 minutes)

The Texas State Library is hosting this webinar and has invited people from anywhere in the country to join in. It is free, so take a look. Note that the time is CENTRAL and adjust for your location.

Defending the Right to Read: Celebrating Banned Books Week

Free Webinar

Tuesday, September 28, 2010, from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. EDT

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Note: If this time doesn’t fit your schedule, you can find links to this and other Booklist webinars at http://bit.ly/BooklistWebinars.

Librarians and teachers face more challenges than ever when it comes to defending children’s right to read. In celebration of Banned Books Week, this webinar features a stellar panel of experts, including renowned author and longtime advocate of intellectual freedom Judy Blume discussing book rating systems, the impact of the Internet on challenges, the effect of censorship on children’s publishing, and how to best prepare for book challenges.

Additional speakers include Beverly Horowitz, Vice President and Publisher of Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers; Pat Scales, former school librarian and a member of the National Coalition against Censorship Council of Advisors; Kristin Pekoll, a young-adult librarian at the West Bend (WI) Community Memorial Library; and Nanette Perez, program officer at ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom.

Seating is limited for this webinar. All registrants will receive an archived video of the live event.

Back to School Special: Making You and Your Library Indispensable

Free Webinar

Monday, September 13, 2010, from 8:00 p.m. EST

A casual discussion to generate ideas on how to build school allies, support new teachers, & become indispensable to admin & staff at the beginning of every school year.

Host: Gwyneth Jones

Guests:

Gwyneth Jones aka The Daring Librarian, is a blogger, a tweeter, a plurker, a citizen of Nings and a resident of Second Life. She is a digital immigrant with a longtime green card and a passion for educational technology, school librarianship, and being a change agent within in her learning community both geographically and within the æthernets. Admittedly, she is a geek and a goofball with a penchant for writing in the third person.

Shannon McClintock Miller is the district teacher librarian and technology specialist at Van Meter Community School in Van Meter, Iowa. Shannon has a passion for teaching others about technology, a love for reading, connecting to others, and being heard through creation. She is making noise within her school through the Van Meter Library VOICE and by being a leader at Van Meter and within the fields of school librarianship and educational technology. Shannon has created an environment where students, teachers, and others can learn, create, connect, share, and be heard throughout the world.