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My original question related to the opportunity that I have to provide
"technology" workshops for my teachers.  Our teachers have little experience
with our databases, using online resources (even the free-web) effectively,
or using basic software such as powerpoint. Here is the HIT for the
Professional Workshop Ideas:


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What about an Introduction to Information Literacy; Effective Internet
Searching and evaluating
websites for student use; Questioning Techniques and setting quality
assignments (Jamie McKenzie
http://fno.org); and Collaborative Online Projects such as those from
www.iearn.org or Friends and Flags or book raps.


What about some of the book review sources? social
studies, science and the like, even Amazon.com <http://amazon.com/>  I've
found that teachers don't know how to find reviews.

Are you going to include some of the free databases?
I've been collecting the ones that have been mentioned
here on the list.


One of our media specialists did a very helpful one that taught us how to
use Marc Magician AND how to import our student names from our school's
database into our circ system.  We also had the public librarian do a
workshop on Marc records.  I know we've all worked with them forever, but
it's amazing what a good cataloger can teach us that we didn't know.
If it's done within the context of the circulation system, it is still using
technology.


Don't know if you are involved in it, but I've gone to some great digital
video and tv production workshops over the years.



*How about using WinXP movie maker to do video book talks? You can import
the book talk from your digital camera and/or digital video camera into
Movie maker or I movie (MAC) and then have the kids add title and credit
slides and music. You could then build a collection of booktalks done by
students that is linked to your web page. Loertscher had us upload to
Youtube and Google video this summer with my YA class. I know that I plan to
do that this year at my elementary level (4-6) but I can't upload to Youtube
or Google. I plan to put the talks on my intranet for the kids to access in
a library folder with different folders for different genres. The teachers
are excited about learning movie maker and having book reports be more
meaningful for the kids with the technology.  Just a thought… *

 Your list of professional development workshop topics sounds great.
However, I couldn't help but notice that there is nothing there about
books.  I admit to a bias, but I bet that teachers would like to know about
some of the new books in your library and strategies you have for using them
in the classroom.  Certainly, many books can be easily connected to your
excellent list of technology topics.




-- 
Shonda Brisco, MLIS
Technology Librarian
Fort Worth Country Day School
Fort Worth, TX
http://www.fwcds.org
sbrisco@gmail.com

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