<div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class=""><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Did you miss the last session on Digital Literacy and Lifelong Learning?* Curious about this series? Registration for the second event in the series is now available!</span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></b></p>
<p class=""><font><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">*You can still view the last session here: <a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/digilit12/">http://www.districtdispatch.org/digilit12/</a></span></font><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
</span></b></p><p class=""><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Registration Open: Free ALA Webinar on Digital Literacy and Libraries<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<span style="color:blue">December 3, 2012</span></a> by <a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/author/jazzy/" title="View all posts by Jazzy Wright" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">Jazzy Wright</span></a></span></p><p class=""><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/2012/12/registration-open-free-ala-webinar-on-digital-literacy-and-libraries/" target="_blank">http://www.districtdispatch.org/2012/12/registration-open-free-ala-webinar-on-digital-literacy-and-libraries/</a></span></b><br>
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<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">How do librarians and educators keep up with the continual stream of new advancements? How do they motivate
 and support library staff in staying current?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">To facilitate a national dialogue on digital literacy education, the American Library Association (ALA) will
 host the free webinar “<a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/digilit12/" title="Link" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Assessing Digital Literacy: Outcomes and Impact</span></a>” on December 11, 2012 from 7:00-8:00p.m. EST. (<a href="mailto:alawash@alawash.org?subject=Digital%20Literacy" title="Link" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">RSVP
 now</span></a>)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The December webinar, which will be hosted by the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) and the
 ALA Digital Literacy Task Force, is a follow-up to the highly attended web-based forum that the ALA hosted in November.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Attendees will hear from participants who are exploring ways to measure the effectiveness of digital literacy
 programs. Speakers include:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Karen Hanson, federal program officer, National Telecommunications and Information Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce<u></u><u></u></span></li>

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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Julie Coiro, assistant professor, University of Rhode Island School of Education<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="">
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Moderated by: Renee Hobbs, ALA Office for Information Technology Policy Fellow<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
<p class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">To RSVP for the webinar (which will be streamed live at
<a href="http://www.districtdispatch.org/digilit12/" title="Link" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">http://www.districtdispatch.org/digilit12/</span></a>), email OITP Assistant Director Marijke Visser at
<a href="mailto:alawash@alawash.org?subject=Digital%20Literacy" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">alawash@alawash.org</span></a>, using “Digital Literacy” in the subject line.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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