What a wonderful opportunity. I have already attended some fantastic presentations and met some amazing Canadian and American children's librarians.
The sessions I attended today were:
These were all excellent. Naturally I particularly enjoyed 'Beyond sensory story time' by Renee Grassi. I will be catching up with her during and after the conference. Her knowledge and experience in this area makes her one of the leaders. I am keen to learn as much from her as I can.
I will be posting some of the key points that I gained from each of this sessions in the US study tour - ALSC Conference page in my Blog. Hopefully I will be able to do this over the weekend.
I also had the wonderful experience of listening to the keynote speaker, Steve Sheinkin, talk about his new book, The Port Chicago 50. This is a true story book, written primarily for middle school children. It focuses on an historical event, dealing with issues of race, during World War 2 in the US. Absolutely fascinating. The research process that Steve had to undertake to discover the truth was also so impressive.
Can't wait for tomorrow!
The sessions I attended today were:
- Making advocacy awesome
- Easy programming for discerning tweens
- Beyond sensory story time: Expanding library services to children with special needs.
- Removing barriers to early literacy
These were all excellent. Naturally I particularly enjoyed 'Beyond sensory story time' by Renee Grassi. I will be catching up with her during and after the conference. Her knowledge and experience in this area makes her one of the leaders. I am keen to learn as much from her as I can.
I will be posting some of the key points that I gained from each of this sessions in the US study tour - ALSC Conference page in my Blog. Hopefully I will be able to do this over the weekend.
I also had the wonderful experience of listening to the keynote speaker, Steve Sheinkin, talk about his new book, The Port Chicago 50. This is a true story book, written primarily for middle school children. It focuses on an historical event, dealing with issues of race, during World War 2 in the US. Absolutely fascinating. The research process that Steve had to undertake to discover the truth was also so impressive.
Can't wait for tomorrow!