CASL10

Honored to be invited to be the keynote speaker for the CASL10 conference
 * Sunday - Monday, November 7-8, 2010** at the Crowne Plaza, Cromwell, CT

Dear [|CASL] family of school librarians, Thank you so much for your time today! It is such an honor to be invited to talk to you! The people of CT have been so wonderfully warm, friendly, whipsmart, & inspiring! I truly met some "kindred spirits" in your state! Thank you Jackie, Irene, & Sara for welcoming me - I'd come back ANY time! Heart You!! And on a personal note, can I say what a thrill and an honor it was to share the billing with [|The Unquiet Librarian: //Buffy J//. //Hamilton//]? I so treasure her mentorship and friendship! She rocked it at the pre-conference! Ok...enough of the mushy stuff - Let's get onto the resources, links & goodies!

//**Don't Hate the Hashtag: A Social Media Revolution for School Librarians**// //Having a web presence, keeping hip with cultural literacy, transliteracy, and building strong personal learning networks is not just an extra burden, but a necessity for the modern teacher librarian. It’s never too late to start...and it’s easier than you might think! Advocate for our profession by embracing change: Don't Hate - Appreciate! Viva la Revolucion!// The slidedeck from my keynote preso is above - I added a slide below to it that's not included.

More cool stuffs can be found on my Daring Librarian Wiki, our MHMS Learning Wiki, and my [|Electronic portfolio].
 * Want all the Don't Hate the Hashtags resources & links?** Check out the [|Sqworl group]: thoughtful ideas, brilliant blogs, and musings for change agents (and my MASL & CASL keynote) cause I'm too lazy to take notes!

media type="custom" key="7934364" Keynote Presentation: All the resources, links, extra tidbits for the Keynote can be found on [|The Daring Librarian blog]. More cool stuffs can be found on my Daring Librarian Wiki, our MHMS Learning Wiki, and my [|Electronic portfolio].

Session Presentations: **Animation Session Links** are on my Animation Studio Wiki Page and as quick links on this [|Sqworl group]!

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 * Liked all the Comic Life tutorials?** Here's a [|whole gallery of them]! Here's more about Comic Life, how to use it, and examples of how I (and my staff!) integrate it into my lessons!
 * "**Use Comic Life to explore **storyboarding** of students' plays and movies, document school outings, **acquire language skills** and as an easy-to-use tool for creating **worksheets**, flash cards, lesson plans and **much more**. This license is for students and educators."

One last important thought and something I'm gonna blog about in more detail soon! > A new digital divide going on: > - Those who know how to “think” about search vs. those don’t. > - Those who know how to validate soft informationvs. those don’t. > - Those who know where to find information in new “hot” channels vs. those don’t. > - Those who understand the current culture of informal languages vs. those don’t from Helen Blowers at the Columbus Metro Library Change is scary, shifting our practice is uncomfortable.... but dare to try a few things and you'll see and make a difference! You and your library are already invaluable...now, let the world see it!
 * Gadget-A-Go-Go & Web 2.Oh! Tools Session** links...click banners below.