Webinar - Resources for Information Literacy

Join Kathy for the first webinar in a new professional development series on edWeb, PD in Action.  The free webinar "Resources for Information Literacy" will showcase information literacy models to meet the needs of various grade levels. Having a standardized model across the curriculum is important so students understand that information literacy is not just something done in one content area.  

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The webinar will provide some strategies and online resources to help students determine their information need, strategies they can use to locate information easily, the process of evaluation of the validity and usefulness of the information found, and how to organize and communicate information and ideas.

When: Wednesday, October 19th - 3PM Eastern Time

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Webinar - Marketing: Librarians as web search experts

Webinar - Marketing: Librarians as web search experts  

Date and time: September 13, 2011—11 am (Pacific)/ 11:30 pm (IST)

Duration : 1 hour

Description: Librarians at Grand Valley State University offered a workshop to faculty called “Using Google Like a Librarian.” The deceptively simple idea of teaching faculty how to Google resulted in some of the most popular workshops the library has ever offered. Presenters will share their workshop content, talk about why it is so important for all librarians to teach their user groups about Google, and will leave time for discussion among participants. 

Presented by Colleen Lyon and Mary O'Kelly

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Free Webinar "Big6 by the Month" Overview

Free Webinar "Big6 by the Month" Overview session on August 18th will introduce a series of 9 monthly webinars. Mike Eisenberg and his team provide us with tools, templates and tips for a Defined, Predictable, Measured and Reported information literacy program at our school. 

When is it?  7PM Eastern, Thursday August 18th (4:30 am IST, Friday August 19th)

Where is it?  Online webinar.

Price: $0 Free overview hour.

Register to enroll. 

Free Webinar - Evaluating Digital Literacy Programs

TechSoup free webinar: "Evaluating Digital Literacy Programs", on June 30, 2011.  
Access to the Internet and computer training are key services public libraries and some nonprofits provide. To bolster their efforts, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided $7.2 billion to expand access to broadband services in the United States. Many groups received BTOP funding (Broadband Technology Opportunity Program) and are busy creating and updating computer centers, recruiting trainers and volunteers, creating lesson plans, and developing ways to keep their community engaged and interested in improving their computer skills.

In this free webinar, Linda Hofschire, Research Analyst at the Colorado State Library and a BTOP grant recipient, will discuss the systems they use to track their impact, what they report, other indicators they track, and how this data will benefit their libraries beyond the grant period. We will also provide a broad overview of evaluation fundamentals and highlight some reporting tools.