ALA+MindWinter

ALA MidWinter Meeting 2008 Philadelphia Convention Center
Amtrak from Penn to 30th St. Station, Philadelphia Hilton Garden 4:00 Exhibits Opening Reception AASL Committee Handbook - business center print capabilities
 * Arrive Thursday, January 10, 2008**

9:00 - 5:00 AASL Reading and the Elementary School Library Media Specialist** Presented by, Christina Dorr, PhD Agenda:
 * Friday, January 11, 2008
 * Session I: Legislation, trends, and studies
 * "teach students how to read by teaching them to want/love to read."
 * provide good, updated titles
 * Scholastic Study - highlight key points to submit to administrators & newsletter
 * Scan books being used in the library (during research, etc.) to be included in your monthly circulation statistics
 * Session II: Classroom reading instruction
 * Electronic reading programs - such as AR. Overall research does not support that these programs create life-long readers. However, if circulation reports are important to your district, these programs will show an increase in statistics.
 * Krashen, Steven - a study on the importance of graphic novels (challenging vocabulary) and Free Voluntary Web Surfing
 * Closed Caption - Tell parents to turn it on! Norwegian study has proved the benefit on reading fluency.
 * Daniels, Harvey - //Literature Circles and How to Run Them//
 * Word Central - Dr. Dorr's favorite online dictionary - perfect for word wall
 * RACA - Reading Across the Content Areas, nonfiction is so important - seek out those titles that include a storytelling element.
 * [|Jon Scieszka] announced [|Ambassador to Children's Literature] - good for future workshop
 * Session III: Reading Strategies
 * Vocabulary Word Maps (included in handouts)
 * Think Aloud or Talk-to-Text
 * Tracking - recording genres students have read
 * 5 Ws - share with Christina
 * Session IV: Professional literature
 * Review AASL professional resources from handout to share with colleagues
 * Share //What Works//, //Your Library Goes Virtual// & //Reading Interest Survey// (ideal for steering students toward new genres)
 * Session V: Advocacy
 * Get my website on school's homepage
 * Session VI: Technology and reading
 * Prior to podcasting a book review share the book review Reading Rainbow Video

9:00 - 12:00 Exhibits Vendor - mini sessions** Highlights: AASL All Committee Meeting** I am on the AASL Collaborative School Library Media Award ALA Annual June 30, 2008 - Awards Day Other Items: "My 1st AASL"
 * Saturday, January 12, 2008
 * New Tim Gunn READ poster :)
 * Jeff Kinney - author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid (meeting and signing)
 * 1:30 - 5:30
 * Leslie Forsman - all awards chairperson
 * Joanne Proctor - AASL collaborative SLMA chairperson
 * Andrea Parker - works for ALA, one of her responsibilities is the Awards committee
 * Receive proposals around March 1, 2008 (apx. 10-15)
 * Discuss proposals via listserv
 * Have approximately three weeks to select a winner
 * Joanne will notify Leslie and Andrea of the winner
 * Andrea, ALA will notify the winner
 * 8:00 - 10:00: AASL Award pre-session. We decided this will be a showcase. Award recipients will share their proposals, including the thought process that went into it. Committee members may ask questions or share why they chose that recipient.
 * 10:30 - 12:00: Green Room
 * 12:00 - 2:00: Awards Luncheon. Each committee will have several minutes to present their recipient with the award. Possible speaker, Wendy Mass. Presidents dessert, authors present
 * 2:30 - 5:00: All Committee Meeting - the purpose of this meeting is to discuss success and failures of the awards committee this year. What would we like to change next year?
 * Suggestions for sponsorship of Research grant award - used to be sponsored by Highsmith. Contact Leslie with any ideas.
 * AASL Awards committee is often an intro to other committees
 * Jim Bennett - knows Betsy
 * New Grant:
 * 12 travel stipends awarded to 1st time AASL attendees.
 * Used to be sponsored by ALA
 * Myself and three other volunteers need to develop a: rubric, timeline, promotion, application form and submit them to Leslie by mid March

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