[Michlib-l] Professional Development Opportunities

[bookwoman at mi.rr.com]

The Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME) is offering
opportunities for professional development and invites you to attend
one or more of these special events next month

 

 

The first is the MAME/MRA Collaborative Preconference focusing on
Project Based Learning, November 2, 2016 at the Amway Grand Plaza :

 

http://www.mimame.org/mame--mra-collaborative-preconference-ndash-2016
.html

 


Join us for a full day of Project Based Learning discovery and
exploration featuring keynote speaker Paige Jaeger!  Paige is the
Instructional Focus Editor for School Library Connection magazine. She
has co-authored three books with Mary Boyd Ratzer, Think Tank Library:
Brain-Based Learning Plans for New Standards for grades K-5 and grades
6-12 and Rx for the Common Core: Toolkit for Implementing Inquiry
Learning. 




Complete information may be found at the above link.


 


The second opportunity may be found by attending the MAME 43, two-day
conference: Think, Create, Share, Grow:


http://www.mimame.org/mame-43.html


The keynote speaker this year will be Marcia Mardis.  Her keynote
address is: STEM, STEAM, common standards, and entrepreneurship
reflect the current zeitgeist influencing education and information
research and practice, college and career readiness, and popular
culture.  


State Superintendent, Brian Whiston, will be speaking at the
Presidential Awards Gala, Paige Jaeger will be a featured speaker, and
nationally known Michigan librarians and columnists Lynn Rutan, Cindy
Dobrez and Travis Jonker will be sharing fantastic new publications we
all want to know about.  


Check out the schedule on the MAME website
(http://www.mimame.org/at-a-glance.html) for further professional
development opportunities.


 


Opportunity number three is the Sunrise Author Breakfast, held Friday
morning at 7:45:


Acclaimed authors and illustrator Gijsbert (Nick) and Robbyn Smith van
Frankenhuyzen will be sharing with us how doing what they love
provides the impetus for creating their books.  This year, each
attendee will receive one of their books, either Adopted By An Owl or
I Love You Just Enough.


Conference attendees can select the breakfast for a nominal additional
fee.  However, public librarians and teachers may take advantage of
this opportunity, by registering using this link:


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Please join us in Grand Rapids, at the Amway Grand Plaza, November
2-4!


 


 

 





 

Karen Becknell MALS

 <mailto:bookwoman at mi.rr.com> bookwoman at mi.rr.com 

Library of Congress TPS Trainer

 

MAME Database Manager

 <mailto:mamedatab at gmail.com> mamedatab at gmail.com 

 

Editor: Michigan Authors & Illustrators Database

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"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."  Henry
Ward Beecher

 

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