Archive for July, 2007

Partner with Teachers & Parents for Disability Conference Scholarships, 2/08

July 19, 2007

>The PEAK Conference on Inclusion is scheduled for February 14-18, 2008, Valentines Day Weekend.
>The conference has several sessions for self advocates.
>The conference is usually geared toward general and special education teachers and administrators.
>Continuing education credits are given for teachers who register.
>Scholarships are given by CDE to parent and staff teams who attend together.
>Unfortunately CDE never [...]

Discussion: What do YOU call your profession?

July 19, 2007

WOW–Check out the discussion on the difference between librarian and media specialist at http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/
As CASL President-Elect Su Eckhardt points out following a great meeting yesterday following up on ‘Crisis in School Libraries’ virtual rally: How will community partners know what to call us if we don’t agree ourselves??
CAL President-Elect Martin Garnar likes to say, [...]

21st Century Learning @ Your School Library – by Nancy White

July 15, 2007

Lately, I’ve been involved in multiple levels of discussions centered around 21st century learning. In March, I was invited to travel with administrators from my school district to visit Loudon County School District in Virginia, a “21st Century School District” featured on a tour sponsored by NSBA.   In April, as a representative of CASL, I [...]