1. Mike Cross retires from DPI
2. See how BadgerLink can perk up your classroom!
3. Seminars on Public Records and Open Meetings laws
4. "Read On Wisconsin" enters its seventh year
5. Website of the Week - September 11: Bearing Witness to History
6. Calendar
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1. MIKE CROSS RETIRES FROM DPI
Mike Cross, director of the Public Library Development Team at the Department of Public Instruction, has announced his retirement from DPI. Mike joined the DPI's Public Library Development Team in 1998 as Consultant for Public Library Administration with considerable prior experience with Wisconsin libraries and library systems. Mike had also been active with a number of Wisconsin library organizations. At the DPI, Mike chaired the group that wrote the Trustee Essentials handbook, as well as a group that updated one of the editions of the Wisconsin Public Library Standards. He also helped staff the 2002 Legislative Task Force that resulted in significant updates to Wisconsin library law. As Director of the Public Library Development Team, Mike led a team of library consultants who provide a wide range of services that support Wisconsin public library service.
Mike's last day at the DPI will be September 14.
2. SEE HOW BADGERLINK CAN PERK UP YOUR CLASSROOM!
Join us this fall for BadgerLatté on Thursdays afternoons at 3:30. BadgerLatté is a series of 30-45 minute webinars lead by vendor professional trainers that explore BadgerLink's rich collection of information tools. Each session covers one resource, database, or interface and is open to anyone who wants to learn. Fall 2011 is designed for teachers and library media specialists.
Topic: Curriculum
DATE SESSION TITLE
9/15 Ready, Set, Watch: Using ECB VideoLink in Your Classroom
To Join Click: http://ow.ly/5x0HY
9/22 Plan on Encyclopædia Britannica: Using EB Resources to Find Lesson Plans
To Join Click: http://ow.ly/5x0Mf
9/29 More than Books: Using TeachingBooks.net to Prepare Your Curriculum
To Join Click: http://ow.ly/5x0Qk
10/6 Standardize Me: EBSCO's Guide to Finding and Using State Standards
To Join Click: http://ow.ly/5x0TF
Topic: Professional Development
DATE SESSION TITLE
10/13 What's New?: EBSCO's Guide To Professional Development Materials, Part 1
To Join Click: http://ow.ly/5x0W7
10/20 What's New?: EBSCO's Guide To Professional Development Materials, Part 2
To Join Click: http://ow.ly/5x0ZA
You can also obtain the schedule by going to the BadgerLink homepage or by clicking http://www.badgerlink.net/BadgerLink%20Webinar%20Series%20Announcement_Fall2011.pdf.
If you have any questions about BadgerLatté, please contact Kara Ripley at kara.ripley@dpi.wi.gov.
3. SEMINARS ON PUBLIC RECORDS AND OPEN MEETINGS LAWS
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has announced that the public, media representatives, and government officials and employees can begin registering online to attend upcoming Department of Justice seminars on the public records and open meetings laws. These topics are of interest to public library board directors and trustees, municipal officials, and others who work with public boards. Space is limited for the free programs, so anyone interested in attending the seminars should register early.
The three-hour, live programs will be held the afternoons of Monday, October 3 (Pewaukee) and Monday, October 10 (Madison). An online webinar also is scheduled for Thursday, October 20.
To register for either of the live seminars or the webinar, access the link below.
http://www.doj.state.wi.us/dls/OMPR/PROM-2011/OMPRreg_.asp
Additional information on the seminars is available here:
http://www.doj.state.wi.us/news/files/PROM-invitation-2011.pdf
4. "READ ON WISCONSIN" ENTERS ITS SEVENTH YEAR
The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will assume an administrative role of Read On Wisconsin, the statewide online book club for Wisconsin students and educators now in its seventh year.
Read On Wisconsin features recommended books each month for students at five different age levels. The book club's new website will allow students and teachers from around the state to find out more about the month's selections by linking to information about the books and their creators through resources from TeachingBooks.net. Beginning in early 2012, the site will also feature student-created book trailers for the selected books.
First launched by former First Lady Jessica Doyle in 2004, the program has proven popular with both students and educators.
Read On Wisconsin's featured books for September are:
5. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
September 11: Bearing Witness to History -- http://americanhistory.si.edu/september11/2011/ -- To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the National Museum of American History is providing visitors with a close-up view of more than 50 objects recovered from the three sites attacked that fateful day-New York, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, PA-as well as recent acquisitions that relate to how American lives have changed since then.
6. CALENDAR
September 9, 2011 - Council on Library and Network Development meeting, Madison
September 22, 2011 - Youth Consultants Annual meeting, Madison
September 23, 2011 - Continuing Education & Certification Consultants meeting, Madison
November 1-4, 2011 - Wisconsin Library Association annual conference, Milwaukee
November 11, 2011 - Council on Library and Network Development, Milwaukee
November 16-17, 2011 - LSTA Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
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To access previous issues of Channel Weekly, or to subscribe or unsubscribe,
go to: http://channel.dpi.wi.gov/chn_chweekly
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Roslyn M. Wise
Editor, Channel Weekly
Department of Public Instruction
Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning
PO Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
Phone: (608) 266-6439
FAX: (608) 267-9207
2. See how BadgerLink can perk up your classroom!
3. Seminars on Public Records and Open Meetings laws
4. "Read On Wisconsin" enters its seventh year
5. Website of the Week - September 11: Bearing Witness to History
6. Calendar
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1. MIKE CROSS RETIRES FROM DPI
Mike Cross, director of the Public Library Development Team at the Department of Public Instruction, has announced his retirement from DPI. Mike joined the DPI's Public Library Development Team in 1998 as Consultant for Public Library Administration with considerable prior experience with Wisconsin libraries and library systems. Mike had also been active with a number of Wisconsin library organizations. At the DPI, Mike chaired the group that wrote the Trustee Essentials handbook, as well as a group that updated one of the editions of the Wisconsin Public Library Standards. He also helped staff the 2002 Legislative Task Force that resulted in significant updates to Wisconsin library law. As Director of the Public Library Development Team, Mike led a team of library consultants who provide a wide range of services that support Wisconsin public library service.
Mike's last day at the DPI will be September 14.
2. SEE HOW BADGERLINK CAN PERK UP YOUR CLASSROOM!
Join us this fall for BadgerLatté on Thursdays afternoons at 3:30. BadgerLatté is a series of 30-45 minute webinars lead by vendor professional trainers that explore BadgerLink's rich collection of information tools. Each session covers one resource, database, or interface and is open to anyone who wants to learn. Fall 2011 is designed for teachers and library media specialists.
Topic: Curriculum
DATE SESSION TITLE
9/15 Ready, Set, Watch: Using ECB VideoLink in Your Classroom
To Join Click: http://ow.ly/5x0HY
9/22 Plan on Encyclopædia Britannica: Using EB Resources to Find Lesson Plans
To Join Click: http://ow.ly/5x0Mf
9/29 More than Books: Using TeachingBooks.net to Prepare Your Curriculum
To Join Click: http://ow.ly/5x0Qk
10/6 Standardize Me: EBSCO's Guide to Finding and Using State Standards
To Join Click: http://ow.ly/5x0TF
Topic: Professional Development
DATE SESSION TITLE
10/13 What's New?: EBSCO's Guide To Professional Development Materials, Part 1
To Join Click: http://ow.ly/5x0W7
10/20 What's New?: EBSCO's Guide To Professional Development Materials, Part 2
To Join Click: http://ow.ly/5x0ZA
You can also obtain the schedule by going to the BadgerLink homepage or by clicking http://www.badgerlink.net/BadgerLink%20Webinar%20Series%20Announcement_Fall2011.pdf.
If you have any questions about BadgerLatté, please contact Kara Ripley at kara.ripley@dpi.wi.gov.
3. SEMINARS ON PUBLIC RECORDS AND OPEN MEETINGS LAWS
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has announced that the public, media representatives, and government officials and employees can begin registering online to attend upcoming Department of Justice seminars on the public records and open meetings laws. These topics are of interest to public library board directors and trustees, municipal officials, and others who work with public boards. Space is limited for the free programs, so anyone interested in attending the seminars should register early.
The three-hour, live programs will be held the afternoons of Monday, October 3 (Pewaukee) and Monday, October 10 (Madison). An online webinar also is scheduled for Thursday, October 20.
To register for either of the live seminars or the webinar, access the link below.
http://www.doj.state.wi.us/dls/OMPR/PROM-2011/OMPRreg_.asp
Additional information on the seminars is available here:
http://www.doj.state.wi.us/news/files/PROM-invitation-2011.pdf
4. "READ ON WISCONSIN" ENTERS ITS SEVENTH YEAR
The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will assume an administrative role of Read On Wisconsin, the statewide online book club for Wisconsin students and educators now in its seventh year.
Read On Wisconsin features recommended books each month for students at five different age levels. The book club's new website will allow students and teachers from around the state to find out more about the month's selections by linking to information about the books and their creators through resources from TeachingBooks.net. Beginning in early 2012, the site will also feature student-created book trailers for the selected books.
First launched by former First Lady Jessica Doyle in 2004, the program has proven popular with both students and educators.
Read On Wisconsin's featured books for September are:
- Preschool: Always in Trouble by Corinne Demas
- Grades K-2: How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills; City Dog Country Frog by Mo Willems
- Grades 3-5: The Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians by Jarrett T. Krosoczka
- Middle School: The Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- High School: Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers
5. WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
September 11: Bearing Witness to History -- http://americanhistory.si.edu/september11/2011/ -- To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the National Museum of American History is providing visitors with a close-up view of more than 50 objects recovered from the three sites attacked that fateful day-New York, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, PA-as well as recent acquisitions that relate to how American lives have changed since then.
6. CALENDAR
September 9, 2011 - Council on Library and Network Development meeting, Madison
September 22, 2011 - Youth Consultants Annual meeting, Madison
September 23, 2011 - Continuing Education & Certification Consultants meeting, Madison
November 1-4, 2011 - Wisconsin Library Association annual conference, Milwaukee
November 11, 2011 - Council on Library and Network Development, Milwaukee
November 16-17, 2011 - LSTA Advisory Committee meeting, Madison
==================================================
To access previous issues of Channel Weekly, or to subscribe or unsubscribe,
go to: http://channel.dpi.wi.gov/chn_chweekly
==================================================
Roslyn M. Wise
Editor, Channel Weekly
Department of Public Instruction
Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning
PO Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
Phone: (608) 266-6439
FAX: (608) 267-9207
For questions about this information, contact Roslyn Wise (608) 266-6439