Day 3: Saturday: CSLA Conference

• Scary, Gross and Enlightening Books for Boys by Deborah Ford. Her lists of books and other resources can be found at http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listboysandau.html  She also has a blog called Libraries Matter at http://deborahford.blogspot.com/ 

• Librarian without a Library by Leigh Ann McCready. She talked about what happens to a school library when a new one is being built and weeding. Good ideas for obsolete books: 1. Bookmarks for weeded books.  2. Goodwill takes hardcover books.

• The Future of digital and Information Literacy by Rosemarie Bernier. Look into Tech training with Google and community colleges. I will share her PFD as soon as I get a copy (I took notes on my hardcopy).

• AASL's Best Websites for Teaching and Learning by Jane Lofton and Sue Heraper. http://www.ala.org/aasl/standards-guidelines/best-websites

• CCSS Literacy Lessons Hidden in Library Books by Patricia Ohanian. This was the best session of the conference! She teaches at Addison ES in Palo Alto, Ca and with come a speak at schools in the Bay area. 

• Connecting Families: Rethinking Education About Parenting in a Digital Age by Kelley Mendoza from Common Sense Education (branch of CSM). She shared idea about how to run parent nights.

• A Journey into Inquiry: Using Children's Books to Teach Science by Julie Andreacchi. I will share her PowerPoint as soon as I get a copy.