Archive for 'CPS SL Events' Category
“Getting Started with Teacher Professional Development in SL”
30 June 2008
Today, I facilitated a discussion entitled “Getting Started with Teacher Professional Development in Second Life” for the NECC Conference. This meeting was attended by face-to-face participants who dropped by the Second Life Playground at NECC as well as avatars at the ISTE Island in Second Life. I used a headset to talk in voice to […]
AdvancED Office at on CPS island
12 June 2008
Last week, Chicago Public Schools Department of Libraries hosted a professional development session for our teachers and librarians led by Paval Shostakovich (RL: David Hurst) of AvancEd or Advancing Excellence in Education. AdvancED is the unified organization of the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI), Southern Association of Colleges and […]
CPS Second Life Advisory Committee - 6/2/08
8 June 2008As a benefit of our Illinois State Library LSTA grant to create our sim in Second Life, we have been able to provide opportunities for twelve of our schools to create virtual offices. In addition, we are in final stages of developing a virtual branch of our CPS Professional Library. To solicit guidance from our […]
CPS Teachers in Second Life
1 June 2008The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Department of Libraries has sponsored a mini-grant program for CPS librarians and teachers in conjunction with our presence in Second Life. Librarians and teachers from twelve schools are busily preparing virtual office spaces to support the professional needs of the colleagues at their schools. These offices will provide information about educational […]
AASL Copyright Program with Doug Johnson
15 April 2008On Monday, April 14, the CPS Department of Libraries collaborated with the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), the AASL Web 2.0 Taskforce, and nationally known speaker Doug Johnson to host a program entitled “Beating the No U-Turn Syndrome: A New Approach to Teaching and Enforcing Copyright Compliance”. This event in Second Life focused on […]
Chicago Public Schools Dept of Libraries Sim Now Open!
20 March 2008We finally did it! On Monday, March 17th we officially opened the Chicago Public Schools Department of Libraries sim in Second Life. The event featured an informational presentation about our project followed by a St. Patrick’s Day bash complete with views of a dyed-green Chicago River and dancing at the new Sepia’s Blues Lounge.
The purpose […]
Maintaining Intellectual Freedom - ISTE Social 1-17-08
18 January 2008Last night, ISTE invited us back to continue Tuesday’s discussion about maintaining intellectual freedom. As we gathered around a virtual campfire, attendees took notecards from Tuesday’s event, new discussion questions, and a link to Doug’s website. Despite a sim restart about halfway through, we had an excellent conversation. Folks shared experiences about filtering in their […]
“Maintaining Intellectual Freedom in a Filtered World” - 1/15/08
16 January 2008Last night, the Chicago Public Schools Department of Libraries hosted the program “Maintaining Intellectual Freedom in a Filtered World”. The presentation was delivered by nationally recognized librarian/technologist, Doug Johnson. During the presentation, Mr. Johnson discussed issues related to Intellectual Freedom, student’s rights to access information, and the implications of CIPA. Also, he provided […]
ISTE Campfire Social - 12/13/07
19 December 2007On Thursday, Dec 13, I was invited to host a presentation/conversation at an ISTE campfire social. The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is the leading organization which develops educational technology standards for K-12 educators. During their weekly Thursday socials, educators have the opportunity to gather to discuss items of common professional interest. My presentation overviewed my work […]
Dec Virtual Librarian Learning Community Meeting
11 December 2007Yesterday, Chicago Public Schools Dept of Libraries hosted our December Virtual Librarian Learning Community (LLC) meeting. Members of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), the ISTE SIGMS, and the Illinois School Library Media Association were also invited. This month, we discussed the new AASL standard #2 “Learners use skills, resources, and tools to draw conclusions, […]