Archive for 'CPS SL Events' Category
“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, [...]
December Orientation Meeting
5 December 2007On Monday, December 3rd, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Dept of Libraries hosted our December Orientation meeting. Attendees from the ISTE Media Specialists Special Interest Group (SIGMS), the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), and the Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA), joined CPS librarians in learning about navigating in Second Life. Each person was provided [...]
Librarian Learning Community Mtg - 10/29/07
30 October 2007Yesterday, the CPS Virtual Librarian Learning Community held its first meeting of the school year on the top of our temporary offices in Songnisan. Five of us gathered to discuss the new AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner. (See http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/standards.cfm) In this meeting, we focused our comments on reactions to the Nine Foundational Common [...]
Integrating Visual Thinking Strategies Program - 6-12-07
10 June 2007Integrating Visual Thinking Strategies into Educational Web Resources
Presented in the “Second Life” Virtual Reality Environment
The ISTE Media Specialists SIG sponsored a program, “Integrating Visual Thinking Strategies into Educational Web Resources” in the virtual reality environment Second Life (www.secondlife.com). This online program took place on Tuesday, June 12th. It was highly successful, maxing out the sim to [...]
New Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA) Office
31 May 2007My latest project is to help the Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA) (http://www.islma.org) set up their virtual office on Cybrary City. While I am not finished yet, there have been some early impromptu visits to the office. Incoming ISLMA president Jane Sharka (AV=JaneAnn Allen) has visited several times and has given her input into [...]
Geofferson Qinan 5-28-07
31 May 2007On May 28th, the Chicago Public Schools Department of Libraries received a visit from Geoffferson Qinan of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (http://freedomcenter.org) in Cincinnati, Ohio. I gave him a tour of the office and we also discussed ways that we can use Second Life to provide additional educational resources for teachers and librarians.
Second Life Best Practices in Education Conference 5-25-07
26 May 2007The Second Life Best Practices in Education Conference occurred yesterday in Second Life. (See the conference wiki at http://slbestpractices2007.wikispaces.com) By latest reports, it was attended by over 1,200 avatars. From my experiences, it was very valuable and well-organized. In this 24-hour international conference, there were presentations occurring almost every hour in various locations around Second [...]
Meeting - 5-22-07
23 May 2007I’ve been meeting with various people lately just to catch up and hear what they are working on now. Last night, Amarris Aabye (in real life, a CPS elementary librarian) and I met in the CPS Department of Libraries office to discuss a recent conference she had attended and its implications for training in Second [...]