Make It LIT: Library and Information Technology Program

Presenters Name and Title:

Craig Seasholes, Librarian Sanislo Elementary School, Seattle WA and WLMA President

Mike Eisenberg, UW I-School dean-emeritus

Sarah Applegate, Librarian, River Ridge High School, North Thurston Co WA

Area of the World from Which You Will Present: Washington State,

Language in Which You Will Present: English

Target Audience: K-12 Teacher Librarians, Ed Tech professionals, district administrators

Short Description:

WLMA's Library and Information Technology (LIT) program delivers an essential program description to ensure that school libraries thrive by addressing IT Literacy Instruction, Reading Advocacy and Information Management.

Full Description:

We, in Washington State have drawn a line in the sand. The decline of school libraries and loss of school librarian positions stops right here, right now. It’s time to reverse the trend – by making it LIT: Library, Information and Technology programs focused on direct and measured impact on student learning.

Embrace the brand (teacher-librarians, LIT programs), re-envision and restructure our programs, and shout it from the rooftops and across the electronic universe. We are essential because information & technology skills instruction, reading advocacy, and information management and services are basic and central to K-12 education in the 21st Century.

Our webinar invites participants to explore the power of our succinct LIT program description and its implications for teacher-librarians, districts and legislative initiatives based on our experience in Washington State. Get a preview when "Make It LIT" is presented as keynote address at WLMA's annual conference Friday October 14th, available online.

Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:

http://wlma.org/

http://wlma.org/Resources/Documents/LIT_Program_Framework.pdf

Tags: &, Information, Librarians, Libraries, Professionals, School, Teacher-Librarians

Attachments:

LIT Programs for 21st Century Learning.doc, 52 KB
LIT doc student version.docx, 19 KB

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hargadon on October 4, 2011 at 12:43am

Craig: this looks GREAT, but you need to re-do by putting the information in the correct format. See http://www.library20.com/pages/call-for-proposals.

Cheers,

Steve