SLS 2/28 - Bookish Byte from O²CM

Ed Blog: Question: Is AI Harmful to Education?

Ed Blog: Celebrating Women’s History Month in Middle School

Ed Blog: How Can Bluesky Help You Building Your PLN

Article: Bringing Tabletop Role-Playing Games to the Library

Article: Tabletop Role-Playing Games | Multimedia Reviews

Article: PEN America Releases New Analysis of 2023-24 School Book Bans

Article: Teaching Media Literacy in an Era Awash With Misinformation

Article: Battle Over Books (Rochester)

Ed Blog: How I Genrefied My School Library and What I Learned Along The Way

Note: School Library Journal is provided to School Librarians in the O²CM Region.

Note: Edweek.org is provided to all educators in the O²CM Region

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Students in PreK - 6 grades, who complete 6 or more hours of non-school related reading from home, can earn one free ticket to Enchanted Forest Water Safari for the upcoming summer! Please follow this link for more information and to fill out the registration application for the program. Upon receipt of the application, Enchanted Forest Water Safari will email you with acceptance into the program, with further instructions to begin your program!

- Thank you Tammy McDougal, Marathon CSD for sharing with us!!

In Person Professional Learning

• March 6 - Lego Printmaking
• March 7 - Igniting Creativity and Collaboration with LEGO Spike
• March 10 - Library PD Day & Automation User Group (Open to All)
• March 11 - Communication Coordinator Mtg
• March 11 - SLS Council Mtg
• March 20 - Coding Across the Curriculum: Unplugged
• April 4 - Ken Shelton (Link TBA)
• Apr 29 - Bots and Plots: Tackling AI in Student Writing
• May 2 - Pawns and Play: Boards Games in Elementary EDU
• May 9 - The Power of Play: Transforming Secondary Education with Board Games
• June 6 - Learn with Jennifer LaGarde
• June 9 - EduProtocols: Student Engagement Made Easy
• June 10 - Game-Changing Gamification in the Classroom

Virtual Professional Learning

• Feb 27, Mar 6, Mar 13 - Manga Goes to School Webinars
• Mar 4 - The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
• Mar 3 - The Promises and Perils of AI in Education
• Mar 4 - Intro to Civic Online Reasoning: Teach Ss to Sort Fact from Fiction Online Webinar
• Mar 6 - Developing Digital Detectives by Jennifer LaGarde and Darren Hudgins
• Mar 12 - Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy Webinar
• Apr 7 - Elevating Educational Design with AI
• Apr 7-Jun 9 - Unleashing the Power of Canva (Group 4)
• May 6 - Building Critical Literacy and Empathy with Graphic Novels

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Coordinator of School Library Systems

Heather Turner - School Librarian

Paul Morrell - Systems Librarian

Andrea Viscusi - Media & Online

Bryan Acee - Automation & Interlibrary Loan

Bill Burke - Purchasing

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