Summer is flying by!
By Rebecca Amerson
I just got back from a great conference at NECC! The planning committee did an excellent job! Planning is the key to any successful program. I am attaching a calendar that I hope will aid you in planning for teaching and learning @ your library!
Try some of the Web 2.0 tools. Collaborate with a colleague using GOOGLE's Docs & Spreadsheets. Take a field trip using GOOGLE Earth. Do your library orientation using an interactive whiteboard. Update your webpage. Get active in your professional organizations. Explore the new K-12 databases on GALILEO. Do some weeding. Take a class at the ETTC. Get caught up on your professional reading - SLJ, LMC, Teacher Librarian, and Edutopia are some of my favorites....remember that you can read them online using GALILEO! Search UnitedStreaming for videoclips, images, and songs that could "spice up" your instruction.
Have a great summer.....and a great year!
Rebecca Amerson, Media Specialist.
GLMA Treasurer
National Board Certified Library Teacher
Woodstock High School
Planning for 2007-08 @ your library®
August 3
GOLD GALILEO, Athens
http://www.georgialibraries.org/lib/gold.html
August 31-Sept. 2
Decatur Book Festival
http://www.decaturbookfestival.com/
September 8
International Literacy Day
www.reading.org
September 17
Georgia Reading Association Leadership Forum, Macon
www.georgiareading.org
September 29 Georgia Literary Festival, Blue Ridge
http://www.georgialiteraryfestival.org/
Sept. 29-Oct. 6
Banned Books Week
www.ala.org/bbooks/
October National Book Month
http://www.nationalbook.org/
October 5-6
Georgia Conference on Information Literacy, Savannah http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/infolit.html
October 5-7
National Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, TN
www.storytellingfestival.net
October 14-20
Teen Read Week
www.ala.org/teenread/
October 17-19
COMO, Jekyll
http://www.georgiacomo.org/
October 25-28
AASL, Reno
www.ala.org/aasl
November 12-18
Children’s Book Week
www.cbcbooks.org
November 14-16
Georgia Educational Technology Conference, College Park
www.gaetc.net
January
Caldecott and Newbery announcements
www.ala.org
February 9
Regional Helen Ruffin Reading Bowls
www.glma-inc.org/readingbowl.htm
February 4
Children’s Services Annual Conference, Macon
http://www.georgialibraries.org/lib/child.html
Feb. 29-March 1
Children’s Literature Conference, UGA
State Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl
www.coe.uga.edu/gachildlit
March 2
Read Across America Day
www.nea.org/readacross
March 2-8
Teen Tech Week
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teentechweek/ttw.htm
March 27 (MS/HS)
Conference on Literature for Children & Adolescents, KSU
March 28 (Elem)
http://www.kennesaw.edu/education/mge/childlit/
April
National Poetry Month
http://www.poets.org/npm/
April 13-19
National Library Week
www.ala.org/pio/nlw/
April 23-29
National TV Turnoff Week
www.tvturnoff.org
May
Get Caught Reading Month
http://www.getcaughtreading.org/
May 4-8
International Reading Association, Atlanta
www.ira.org
June 10-11
GLMA Summer Institute, Macon
http://www.glma-inc.org/
June 26-July2
ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA
www.ala.org
June 29-July 2
NECC, San Antonio
http://www.iste.org/