Library of Congress 2014 Summer Teacher Programs – Teaching with Primary Sources

The Library of Congress is now accepting applications for its week-long summer programs for K-12 educators. Held at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the professional development provides educators with tools and resources to effectively integrate primary sources into K-12 classroom teaching, with an emphasis on student engagement, critical thinking, and construction of knowledge.

Tuition and materials are provided at no cost. Selected participants are responsible for transportation to and from Washington D.C., and any required overnight accommodations.

The Library is offering five programs this summer: three of the programs are open to teachers and librarians across the content areas, another focuses on civil rights, and one concentrates on primary sources in science education. (Previous Teacher Institute participants are eligible to apply for the science program.)

Institutes Open to K-12 teachers and school librarians across the content areas

Institute Session 1: June 9-13

Institute Session 2: July 7-11

Institute Session 3: July 21-25

Civil Rights Institute Open to K-12 teachers and school librarians with teaching responsibilities related to the Institute focus

Civil Rights Institute: July 28-Aug 1

Science Seminar Recommended for K-12 educators who teach science or collaborate with science teachers

Science Seminar: July 14-18

Applications are due March 24^th and require a letter of recommendation. Read more and apply now:

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/professionaldevelopment/teacherinstitute/

Edweb hosts free webinar on Reading Information Texts

Reading Informational Text

Focus on Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

Tuesday, November 5th at 4pm ET

REGISTER HERE

Attendees will receive a free downloadable booklet of 18 map and graph activities.

Presented by:

Suzanne Zimbler, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME For Kids and Jaime Joyce, Assistant Managing Editor, Education, TIME For Kids

Nonfiction books and articles are often packed with charts, graphs, maps, diagrams and time lines. These graphic features are terrific entry points for students to begin engaging in a topic. They are also important sources of information that contribute to an understanding of the text in which they appear.

In this TIME For Kids webinar, we will share examples of nonfiction articles that have significant visual components, and we will provide Common-Core aligned activities to help support students in grades 2—8 as they work to integrate information from a text with knowledge gained from amap, chart, or other graphic.

We will also focus on the integration of information from two or more sources, print or digital. Of course, today’s students are accustomed to having many sources of information at their fingertips. With that in mind, we will provide tools for helping students evaluate the reliability and accuracy of sources.

Our goal is to help you build independent readers who are capable of conducting their own research in order to become knowledgeable on topics of their choice. These real-world literacy skills are critical across the curriculum, and we invite teachers who focus on all subject areas to join us.

NYSECTA seeking proposals for workshops for statewide conference for elementary classroom teachers

NYSECTA is a new statewide organization of elementary classroom teachers.  They are hosting a conference in our neck of the woods in August.  They have issued a call for proposals for workshops.  Wouldn't it be wonderful if some our elementary library colleagues -- that means you -- would represent librarians at this inaugural conference?  Think of all of the elementary teachers you might reach and inspire.  Find the application for submitting a proposal:  http://www.nysecta.org//pdf/2013-NYSECTA-Call-for-Programs-Application.pdf

The NYSECTA conference will be held  Monday, August 12, 2013 ~ Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at the Hilton Westchester, Rye Brook, NY

Additional information about the conference can be found:  https://www.signup4.net/Public/ap.aspx?EID=NYSE10E

Library of Congress Summer 2013 Institutes

Each year the Library of Congress provides the opportunity for K-12 educators to attend one of its Summer Teacher Institutes in Washington, D.C. During the five-day institutes, participants work with Library of Congress education specialists to learn best practices for using primary sources in the K-12 classroom, while exploring some of the millions of digitized primary sources available on the Library’s Web site.

After participating in the Summer Teacher Institutes, participants will:

• Know how to access primary sources from the Library of Congress.
• Become skilled at analyzing primary sources of different formats.
• Learn various teaching strategies for using primary sources in the classroom.
• Be able to successfully facilitate a primary source-based activity with students.
• Gain knowledge of how to use primary sources to enable students to be engaged, think critically and construct knowledge.
• Develop a Primary Source Activity Plan that will be implemented in the participant’s instructional setting.

The application for the 2013 Summer Institutes is now open

The 2013 Institutes will be held the following weeks:

• June 10-14
• June 17-21
• July 22-26
• July 29-August 2
• August 5-9

Application Deadline: February 4, 2013

Learn more and apply

Webinar: December 1, 21011

Tasha Bergson-Michelson brings Debbie Abilock (of NoodleTools) and Jole Seroff to our device screens tonight as they host a webinar on Search Literacy in Classroom 2.0. The webinar is 1 hour starting at 5pm Pacific (8:00 pm EST).

What sources should students be using?
How do we help them evaluate what they find?
What are the biggest misconceptions about search?
What is the school's role in teaching search literacy and skills?

Join them for what promises to be a great conversation.

AASL hosts Knowledge Quest webinar 12/13

Tuesday, December 13 at 7:00 PM CST
“The Solo Librarian” by Audrey Church
Audrey Church, Guest Co-Editor of the upcoming Nov/Dec 2011 Knowledge Quest issue on “The Solo Librarian,” will discuss the challenges and opportunities available to school librarians when operating a library, or multiple libraries, on their own.

For more information: http://bit.ly/uXjdHk

Great PD at Rockland's Supt. Conference Day sessions

Follett representative: Regina Yeager. The access and use of eBooks in schools via the Follett eShelf in the library

Digital Research Tools with Polly FarringtonHands-on session to explore and use 2.0 technologies which help to work more efficiently and enhance student learning. …tools to help students find information, manage the information flow, organize everything, get feedback and connect with others and create and present.

Robert Lackie: Professor-Librarian Rider UniversityWorkshop on Web 2.0 initiatives. Free tools and technologies to enhance teaching, collaboration and communication

The Common Core
Lynn Miller, Director, Sullivan SLSWorkshop focused on informational texts and other key resources for SLMS in developing lessons that are aligned with the Common Core Learning Standards.