[kids-lib] Online Professional Development opportunity

[Katie Anderson]

Hello!  I just received the email below.  It sounds like ALA's Association for Library Services to Children has a great line-up of 5 online courses starting in February.  This Fall I took an online class offered by YALSA and found Moodle (ALA's online wiki for class readings, discussions, and posting assignments) easy to use.  If you haven't contributed to a wiki before, but have experience with blogs and email you should pick it up fairly easily too.  The asynchronous nature of the class allowed me to do assignments whenever worked best with my schedule.  I particularly enjoyed learning from different types of librarians across the country taking the course.

Perhaps one of these topics is of interest to you:  
Connecting with Tween Readers
Information Literacy-From Preschool to High School
The Newbery Medal: Past, Present and Future
Reading Instruction and Children's Books
Series Programming for Elementary School Age. 
The cost is:
ALSC Personal Member: $95 
ALA Personal Member: $145 
Nonmember: $165
Katie Anderson, Library Development Services
* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528





From: Jenny Najduch [mailto:jnajduch at ala.org] 
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 10:09 AM
To: alsc-l at ala.org
Subject: [alsc-l] ALSC Online Education


Greetings,
 
Registration is now open for ALSC's winter Online Education courses.  All five courses being offered begin on Feb. 1 and last four to six weeks, depending on the course.  Course space is limited, so please register early to reserve your spot.  Don't miss this great opportunity to liven up your library this winter!
 
The winter course selections are: Connecting with Tween Readers; Information Literacy-From Preschool to High School; The Newbery Medal: Past, Present and Future; Reading Instruction and Children's Books; and Series Programming for Elementary School Age. Discounted rates are available for ALSC members.  
 
Courses are taught asynchronously using Moodle, an online learning community.  A certificate of completion will be sent to participants upon successful completion of the course.  Detailed descriptions and registration information is available on the ALSC Web site at www.ala.org/alsced.  Fees are $95 for personal ALSC members; $145 for personal ALA members; and $165 for non-members.  For more information, contact ALSC Deputy Director Kirby Simmering at ksimmering at ala.org.
 
If you know someone who might be interested in an ALSC Online Education course please feel free to forward this email.  Thank you!
 
Jenny Najduch, Marketing Specialist, Membership
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
A division of the American Library Association
 
50 E. Huron 
Chicago, IL 60611
phone: (312) 280-4026
fax: (312) 280-5271
jnajduch at ala.org
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