May: Just Flip It: From the Front Lines of the Flipped Classroom

Tuesday, May 21, 2013
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CT

It’s easy to picture a traditional classroom – a lecturing professor with rows of students watching, listening and taking notes.

But that age-old model is turning a cartwheel in some of the best classrooms in academia. And chances are someone in your department is already flipping their classroom.

Professor Ralph Welsh of Clemson University started experimenting with this technology-driven pedagogy three years ago, redesigning and refining his courses over time and putting the onus on the student to come to class already having watched the lectures and ready to engage in conversation.  

During that time he’s met and overcome challenges and reset his teaching style to rave reviews from students. Join Ralph as he presents a how-to guide for introducing flipped instruction, and shares lessons learned along the way including:

• How to overcome the biggest challenges of the flipped classroom, including managing student expectations
• How to evolve a curriculum by taking in feedback, evaluating it and re-introducing new methods into the classroom
• Tips on how to educate your colleagues on your new workload and get your department on board with what you’re doing

Presenter:

Professor Ralph Welsh joined the faculty of Clemson University in 2002. Professor Welsh has served as an academic lecturer teaching a variety of knowledge and skill based courses across the curriculum. His academic preparation includes undergraduate education in “Health Science: Exercise Physiology” from a School of Allied Health and graduate level education in “Exercise Science” and “Health Promotion, Education & Behavior” from a School of Public Health. This broadly focused educational background along with his broad range of real world experiences provides him with a multidisciplinary perspective that enhances the skill based education he provides to students seeking academic preparation in the areas of Public Health Science and Health Care Delivery. During Prof. Welsh’s 20 plus years of teaching in higher education he has worked with a variety of populations in diverse community settings. Prior to joining the Clemson faculty, he taught at Anderson College, the University of South Carolina, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Moderator:

Sean Brown, VP of Education, Sonic Foundry

May: The future of teens and libraries

Yesterday was the kick-off of YALSA and Connectedlearning.tv’s month-long exploration of the future of teens and libraries.  You can view the recording at http://bit.ly/10tjKIP.  Anyone is welcome to attend and participate, and no registration is required.  Upcoming chats are:

·         May 7: The Importance of Youth Access to Technology in Libraries

·         May 14: Effectively Leveraging Social Media in Library Programs

·         May 21: Getting Library & IT Administrators On-Board with Leveraging Social Media

·         May 28: Teens and the Future of Libraries: Sharing Best Practices

Each virtual chat will take place from 1pm – 2pm, eastern.  YALSA President H. Jack Martin and Crystle Martin, Postdoctoral Researcher for the Connected Learning Research Network, will be the moderators for these free virtual chats, which will look at the roles social media and teens play in the future of public and school libraries. Crystle and Jack will facilitate discussions with Paula Brehm-Heeger, danah boyd, Renee Hobbs, Lee Rainie, Chris Shoemaker, Joyce Valenza, and many more about the challenges surrounding leveraging social media in library programs. YALSA members are invited to participate and to share what has or has not been working in their own libraries. Participants will explore best practices from across the globe to implement in their library.

Participants can watch in real time, connect via Chat with others, and ask questions on Livestream, watch live on the Connected Learning Google+ Page, and contribute to the #futureoflibraries conversation on Twitter. Be sure to check the YALSAblog the month of May, where discussions will continue there as well.  After the last session, connectedlearning.tv and YALSA will put together a free summary report with tools and resources for librarians and library workers to use in their library.

June: Readers’ Advisory for Children, Tweens, and Teens

An Infopeople online course, June 4 to July 1, 2013

How confident do you feel about your ability to recommend books to the children, tweens, and teens who use your library? If you want to be able to help parents and teachers find read-alouds, guide beginning readers to books they will enjoy, and provide tweens and teens with reading suggestions, this is the course for you. You'll learn about:

• Effective readers' advisory interview questions
• Trends in books for young people
• Popular nonfiction that fits the new Common Core Curriculum standards
• Free online tools to keep track of books you have read
• Reading apps, e-books for youth, and other online reading
• Booktalking and other techniques that "sell" books to young readers

Instructor: Penny Peck

Fee: $75 for those in the California library community and Infopeople Partners, $150 for all others.

For a complete course description and to register, go to http://www.infopeople.org/training/readers-advisory-children-tweens-and-teens.

June: The Accessible Website: If You Build It, Everyone Can Come

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Start Time:          12 Noon Pacific / 1PM Mountain / 2PM Central / 3PM Eastern

·         Is your library website open, user friendly and accessible to people with disabilities? or

·         Does an invisible door close when they try to use your site?

Libraries strive to be welcoming, friendly places for users of all types, including those with disabilities. From wheelchair ramps and handicapped parking to simple offerings such as large print books and good signage – these are some of the things that make a library’s physical space accessible. But what about the library’s online presence?

This webinar will shed light on some of the common barriers faced by certain users and will provide techniques for identifying and fixing the problems.

By the end of the one-hour webinar, participants will:

·         Be aware of accessibility issues that people with disabilities encounter when accessing online content on websites

·         Be able to utilize tools for checking websites, Word documents and PowerPoint slide presentations for accessibility problems

·         Be able to name at least three techniques for creating accessible content

This webinar will be of interest to all library staff who need an understanding of web content accessibility issues by users with disabilities, including administrators, managers, librarians, IT personnel and web developers.

For more information and to participate in the Thursday, June 6, 2013 webinar, go to http://infopeople.org/the_accessible_website

Webinars are free of charge, you can pre-register by clicking on the Join Webinar button now or go directly to the webinar by clicking on Join Webinar within 30 of the start of the event. If you pre-registered you will receive an email with login link and a reminder email the day before the event. If you did not preregister and you can register in the 30 minutes prior to the event and directly enter.

If you are unable to attend the live event, you can access the archived version the day following the webinar.  Check our archive listing at:  http://infopeople.org/training/view/webinar/archived

May: Planning an Adult Program on a Budget: Creative Library Program Solutions

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Start Time:          12 Noon Pacific / 1PM Mountain / 2PM Central / 3PM Eastern

·         Want to start programming but don’t know where to start?

·         Need help on providing quality programs on a limited budget?

This webinar will introduce the beginning program coordinator to the basic tools necessary to plan, implement and evaluate successful library programs for adult programming on a budget. From book discussions and author visits to craft programs and film screenings, this webinar is designed to help public librarians create programming that underscore the role of the public library as an important cultural, recreational and educational institution in the community.

This webinar will provide participants with ideas and samples of programs they can bring to their own library. A step-by step process and details including getting started, program types and associated costs, resources for low cost programs, and marketing and evaluating programs.

At the end of this one-hour webinar, participants will:

·         Be able to identify at least three types of low cost programs

·         Be able to identify potential community partners within the community

·         Be able to identify sources of invisible costs and in kind costs

·         Be familiar with free and low cost avenues to promote programming

·         Be able to collect and provide data to your organization and sponsors

This webinar will be of interest to public library staff newly assigned to coordinate programming for adults.

For more information and to participate in the Wednesday, May 15, 2013 webinar, go to http://infopeople.org/training/planning-adult-program

Webinars are free of charge, you can pre-register by clicking on the Join Webinar button now or go directly to the webinar by clicking on Join Webinar within 30 of the start of the event. If you pre-registered you will receive an email with login link and a reminder email the day before the event. If you did not preregister and you can register in the 30 minutes prior to the event and directly enter.

If you are unable to attend the live event, you can access the archived version the day following the webinar.  Check our archive listing at:  http://infopeople.org/training/view/webinar/archived