Apps bring technology, functionality, and creativity into your school library program. Since apps are a part of our everyday lives, especially those of students, they have the power to totally change the way students and teachers think about learning. In “Virtual Library Program Development,” Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, New Canaan High School, CT, reviewed an A to Z list of 50 apps to virtualize your school library program.
Join Michelle Luhtala (a 2015 Library journal Mover & Shaker) as she explores how school librarians can enhance their learning communities’ capacity for personalized learning experiences through collaboration, instructional partnership, direct instruction, professional development, and leadership.
In this session, facilitators will share effective and replicable workshop ideas that will help faculty adapt their teaching for the 1:1 environment.
In this session, facilitators will highlight strategies to engage school-aged learners with summer reading. This webinar will benefit librarians.
Digital collection development is integral to the “future ready” pledge. As the number of districts committing to personalizing instruction through digital learning grows, so does the demand for digital content. Join us for a webinar with Michelle Luhtala, Library Department chair at New Canaan High School in Connecticut (a 2015 Library Journal Mover & Shaker) and Andy Marcinek, Former Chief Open Education Advisor for the U.S. Department of Education. They will discuss what’s new in digital collection development, including the #GoOpen initiative, and how to make all resources discoverable, accessible, and usable for all learners.
edWeb has presented over 1,200 edWebinars with more than 1,000 amazing “Webinators” who are educators who generously share their knowledge, practices, and tips with peers. Educators from all over the world benefit from this free, anytime/anywhere learning. At the ISTE 2017 conference this year, edWeb.net held a poster session to “Meet the Webinators” where three… read more →
Networking Lunch on the Riverwalk at ISTE Hosted by Lisa Schmucki, edWeb Dennis Harper, GenYES Karen Billings, BillingsConnects Tuesday, June 27th | Anytime between 11am and 2pm | Hotel Contessa Join us for a buffet luncheon of Cobb salad and wine! You’ll need a breather in the midst of such a jam-packed conference. Join us… read more →
As students are released for the summer, is sending them off with a summer reading list the best way to promote independent reading? Since research indicates that attention spans are waning for learners of all ages, teachers must do more to keep students interested in reading over the summer and prevent the summer slide. In “Summer Reading 501: Helping Generation App Read This Summer,” Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, New Canaan High School, CT; and Jane Lofton, Teacher Librarian, presented creative ideas to get students excited about summer reading.
Starring in an ISTE Poster Session Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, New Canaan High School Shannon Holden, Assistant Principal, Republic Middle School Rachel Langenhorst, Tech Integrationist, Rock Valley Community School District Monday, June 26th | 11am – 1pm Tower View Lobby, Table 33 Meet many of edWeb’s webinators and fellow edWebbers! edWebinar “movie” clips. Free… read more →
Whether you’ve had a makerspace for years, don’t have one yet, or are just getting started, this webinar has something for you!