Back to Michigan!

The CIL/Internet@Schools conference is now over. I will be leaving VA for MI tomorrow morning. I had a great time, met some very interesting people and learned a lot that I want to pass on to all of you. Next week I will try to get some posts out on sites, tips, etc. I learned about at the conference.

Arlington, Virginia

Day one of the Computers in Libraries/Internet@Schools conference in Arlington, VA. The weather is WINDY! They Hyatt in Crystal City is very nice. Information Today staff announced that there are about 2500 attendees at the conference including on-site registrations.

My session on “Wikis + Media Specialists = Community” took place this morning at 10:15 at the Internet @ Schools conference. About 100 attendees were present. The session went very well. Media specialists had really good questions and I had to hurry up at the end to finish on time.

I also attended a session on “Gadgets, Gadgets, Gadgets” and it was very interesting and entertaining. I will try to report on some of the gadgets mentioned in the presentation in a future post.

Another session was about new web features that people use to enhance websites. More later!

Wikis + Media Specialists = Community!

My Computers in Libraries/Internet@Schools presentation is next Monday at 10:15 at the Hyatt Crystal City Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. I haven’t had much time to blog in the last few days because I’m finishing projects at work and getting ready for the conference. Hopefully, I will blog from the CIL conference. There should be some interesting pieces of information to pass on.

The title of my presentation is: Wikis + Media Specialists = Community!

My presentation covers three wiki projects I have been involved in for the past 1.5 years. I will let you know how it goes!

Playaway Books at Office Max

I stopped into an Office Max today for a couple of items and I noticed that they have about 15 Playaway books on sale for $20 each. If your library does not have any Playaways and you want to try one out this is a pretty good deal. Some of the titles I remember seeing on the rack include The Broker (Grisham), The Purpose Driven Life, Learning Spanish, Learning French, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe and a David Sedaris book.

Computers in Libraries/Internet@Schools Conference

I leave next Sunday for Arlington, VA, where I will present at the Computers in Libraries/Internet@Schools conference. I am speaking Monday morning. My presentation is titled: Wikis + Media Specialists = Community! I will outline three wiki projects I have worked on over the past year and a half. I will try very hard to blog from the conference to let you know what’s going on. I am excited about this joint conference. I have attended twice before and I find it interesting and invigorating to hear librarians from all types of libraries talk about their use of and skills with Web 2.0 tools.