Archive for 'ISTE MS-SIG' Category
Marla McGhee & Barbara Jansen in Second Life - 5/19/09
20 May 2009On Tuesday, May 19, 2009, Marla McGhee and Barbara Jansen served as guest facilitators for the AASL-ISTE SIGMS learning community meeting. Their program was entitled “Keeping School Libraries Relevant in the Age of Accountability.” They identified four emerging issues related to this topic: (1) unintended consequences of the accountability system, (2) how the new AASL [...]
Jon Mueller in Second Life - 3/19/09
28 March 2009
On Thursday, March 19th, Jon Mueller served as the guest facilitator for the AASL-ISTE SIGMS Learning Community. The title of his program was “Assessing Critical Skills”. Attendees discussed the role that school librarians can play in assessment and how that assessment can be conducted most effectively. Also, we looked at how school librarians can help [...]
St. Pat’s Party - 3/12/09
17 March 2009On Thursday, March 12, the Chicago Public Schools Department of Libraries hosted a St. Patrick’s Day party in Second Life on our sim. The party featured a live DJ playing Celtic and blues songs. Approximately 85 people attended from the education and library communities. Many came with their avatars dressed in green for the occasion. [...]
Mike Eisenberg in SL - 1/20/09
25 January 2009On Tuesday, January 20, Mike Eisenberg met with the AASL-ISTE SIGMS Learning Community. In a program entitled “The Crisis Facing School Libraries and Librarians”, Mike led about 35 participants in a discussion about the status of school librarianship as a profession. Some important ideas that were discussed included staying involved with students and teachers, avoiding [...]
Oct 08 AASL-ISTE SIGMS Learning Community Mtg
22 October 2008On Tuesday, October 21, David Loertscher facilitated a AASL-ISTE SIGMS Librarian Learning Community meeting. About 35 persons participated in a lively discussion about the learning commons concept. The Learning Commons includes an Open Commons, which is a flexibly scheduled space operated by para professionals and is a demonstration center of the best teaching and learning. It [...]
AASL - ISTE SIGMS Sept 08 Learning Community Mtg
16 September 2008Tonight, almost 30 persons gathered for our September AASL - ISTE SIGMS Librarian Learning Community meeting on the American Library Association sim in Second Life. Our discussion was moderated by guest facilitator Joyce Valenza. We talked about the various Web 2.0 technologies used by librarians, how to use them effectively with students, challenges, and how [...]
Sept AASL-SIGMS Orientation Meeting
11 September 2008On Tuesday, September 9th, we held a joint AASL-SIGMS orientation meeting to help people become comfortable communicating and navigating in Second Life. This is part of an ongoing series of monthly orientation and librarian learning community meetings being held jointly by the two organizations in collaboration with CPS Department of Libraries. See the entire schedule [...]
SLEDcc Poster Booth Session - 9/7/08
8 September 2008On Sunday, September 7th, the poster session “Media Specialists Projects in Second Life” was held as part of the SLEDcc Conference (http://sledcc.wikispaces.com/SLEDcc+in+Second+Life). I was fortunate to be called on to help organize that portion of the conference. Over a dozen organizations were featured, including the Chicago Public Schools Dept of Libraries, the ISTE Media Specialists [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]