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Learning2gether Episode 444
Skip down to the Zoom Chat Logs for the Webheads reunion
Skip down to events taking place between episode 443 and 444
With Australia having just gone on lockdown, Michael Coghlan wrote this in an email to Barbara Dieu and I on March 22, 2020.
I think I’m finally coming to terms with the fact that for the first time in my adult life I cannot go whenever I want whenever I want! And I think it’s time to put the skills many of us picked up years back back into good use. To that end: I was wondering whether we might rekindle the weekly webheads meeting till this crisis is over. You said you still have access to a (Blackboard) Collaborate room. What do you think? Not to teach English obviously 🙂 – but just a place and time to give any webhead who wants to come and chat about whatever’s on their mind. Or just hang out for an hour … Seems silly not to use the technologies and skills we have to help us all through this…
Then one week later, he asked me in Facebook chat if I could meet “now”. I told him I was about to attend another online meeting, but how about tomorrow. He agreed. Time? About this time. So it was settled.
On 30 March 11 am UTC we convened a 20 year Webhead in Action Reunion. We announced the event in various Webheads channels and met in Zoom;
recording here https://youtu.be/eieCKZj3C-I
Vance had already been thinking along these lines and had set up TALIN
Teaching and Learning in IsolatioN at https://tinyurl.com/talin2020
Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/talin2020/
The idea for TALIN was prompted by suggestions in numerous cross-fertilizing communities of practice that there was needed a space where members of these CoPs could meet online and talk informally to one another about how they are dealing with changes in their personal and professional contexts and what they are doing to help others in this trying time of pandemic.
More of Vance’s screenshots
- https://www.screencast.com/t/PCD8vL9jYVD1
- https://www.screencast.com/t/DEr7Ffef
- https://www.screencast.com/t/CSyktSFiCmb
- https://www.screencast.com/t/OwZXhJ62vZ
- https://www.screencast.com/t/NztMiHgdDgui
Chat logs from the Zoom chat
The 21 Participants (any more? Please inform us)
Aiden Yeh, Anisoara Pop, “Bee” Barbara Dieu, Chris Fry, Clair Siskin
Doris Molero, Elizabeth Anne, Heike Philp, Laine Marshall, Mbarek Akaddar
Michael Coghlan, Mike Kenteris, Nina Liakos, Saša Sirk, Sedat Akayoglu
Stella, Sus Nyrop. Susan Marandi, Teresa Almeida d’Eca, Tom Robb
Vance Stevens
Nina Liakos : Hi everyone. I lost my audio
Michael Coghlan : chat here
Heike Philp : Captain’s log Corona Stardate 79
Anisoara Pop : Hello everyone
Vance Stevens : chatting here, feel free to unmute and go on web cam if you wish
Vance Stevens : hi anisoara
Elizabeth Anne : Hi Anisoara 🙂
Anisoara Pop : Hi Elizabeth, Hi Teresa, Heike, Nina
Teresa : hi Anisoara!
Nina Liakos : Hi Anisoara
Elizabeth Anne : I get more people on my phone when I swipe left 🙂
Vance Stevens : cool
Basia : Hello, good morning! Basia is Barbara in Polish. I have used Zoom with the family, that’s why the name there.
Teresa : hi Basia and Aiden!
Vance Stevens : hi basia
Vance Stevens : welcome
Vance Stevens : bee
Vance Stevens : /basia
Vance Stevens : 🙂
aiden yeh : hi there
Vance Stevens : Hi Aiden, good to see you
Teresa : hi Sasa!
Bee : Hello Sasa!
Sasa : hi all
Teresa : Hi Bee!
Bee : Beijinhos Teresa 🙂
Teresa : beijinhos back 🙂
Michael Coghlan : – Sus is trying to get in but is being asked for a PW
Heike Philp : I didnt need a pw
Sasa : i wasn’t asked for one…
Heike Philp : what if she just adds the number – zoom.us
Heike Philp : 253 507 955
Michael Coghlan : wbhat number is that Heike?
Heike Philp : or the mobile
Michael Coghlan : OK.
Heike Philp : or try this K2tBbDBQR05Qb0xZOVFuWDBtYUsxUT09
Heike Philp : as a pw
Heike Philp : https://zoom.us/j/253507955?pwd=K2tBbDBQR05Qb0xZOVFuWDBtYUsxUT09
Vance Stevens : what is that?
(answering my own question, it’s the Zoom link I gave out with password encrypted, so no one would need to type it in)
Heike Philp : there seems to be a pw to the link
Heike Philp : can she try this link?
Bee : Sorry, I must go guys, just popped in to say hello. I have a meeting with the school board in 15 minutes and must get my stuff ready (show them I have been working…). Let’s meet again! Hugs to everyone.
Elizabeth Anne : Yes Great to see you all – I have to good too. Really pleased 2 have seen you all. BIG HUGS.
Anisoara Pop : bye Elizabeth
mbarek akaddar : Hi everyone! whohoooo
Heike Philp : haha
Heike Philp : Mbarek
Vance Stevens : woohooo mbarek
Vance Stevens : here is that document I mentioned, meant for heike https://tinyurl.com/covid19teaching
Heike Philp : is she Stella Maris Berdaxagar ?
Laine Marshall : Tapped In
susnyrop : Hello in the txt chat!
Heike Philp : must go now…
Anisoara Pop : bye Heike
Michael Coghlan : http://michaelcoghlan.net/webheads/WEBHEADS%20THEME%20%232.mp3?
aiden yeh : Susan, nice jammies
Susan Marandi : sorry, everybody. just realized my front camera is working
Michael Coghlan : 🙂
Susan Marandi : i’m guessing you’ve been watching my feet! LOL
Michael Coghlan : We weren’t sure!
Vance Stevens : we see your head now, frozen though
Anisoara Pop : No… just some flower
aiden yeh : no need to apologize, things like that happens when you’re live online 😉
Susan Marandi : still fooling around trying to figure this out
tom : Sorry, folks, I’ve gotta go. Great to see you all!
csiskin : by tom!
Susan Marandi : how nice! 🙂
Mike Kenteris : Awesome
Susan Marandi : I love this.
Susan Marandi : Brings so many memories
Susan Marandi : I really missed this
Nina Liakos : Me too, let’s do it again next week
Susan Marandi : great!
Susan Marandi : Agreed
Anisoara Pop : how do you take a snapshot?
Vance Stevens : https://tinyurl.com/talin2020
susnyrop : The link for the meeting planner?
Susan Marandi : it was great; thanks everybody!
Chris Fry : it was great to catch up with so many we heads. I must go and have lunch. Goodbye!
csiskin : Bye chris
Susan Marandi : bye chris!
Vance Stevens : https://tinyurl.com/covid19teaching
Tapped In is still online, did you know that? https://tappedin.org/
Announcements were made on these Facebook groups
- Learning2gether – https://www.facebook.com/groups/learning2gether/
- Webheads in Action – https://www.facebook.com/groups/webheadsinaction/
Feedback
On Groups.io lists
More pictures below courtesy of Nina
Aiden wrote: “I rushed home from my yoga class to be in this once-in-a-lifetime meeting with dear Webheads. 20 years of friendship and online teaching/learning- when technology was quite limited yet we had great collaborative online projects with our students- all with the help of the Webheads online community. Webheads was my source of Sunday happiness back in the day when TappedIn was the in thing; it was the coolest tool back then, and Yahoo messenger was our back channel. Today’s #Zoom meeting made me reminisce those days. We were already doing what first time online teachers nowadays are doing. Like what Laine Marshall said and I’m paraphrasing here ‘tools are just tools, and tools change, they always do, but it’s us (people/teachers) who make a great learning community’. We can say the same thing to our/your students.”
Earlier Events since episode 443
Wed 11 March 1400 UTC Blended Learning Classroom Showcase Event with Vance Stevens on the MOOC community space extension to the course
Thu 12 Mar 2200 UTC Immersive Language Learning Webinar by Heike Philp
Technology Enhanced Language Learning SIG is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Immersive Language Learning Webinar by Heike Philp
In Zoom, Time: Mar 12, 2020 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada; 6 a.m. in Malaysia)
Thu Mar 12 – ACE webinar on Swiftly Pivoting to a Fully-Remote Campus: Responding to COVID-19
Please join ACE for a free webinar TOMORROW, Thursday March 12: “Swiftly Pivoting to a Fully-Remote Campus: Responding to COVID-19.”
As COVID-19 spreads, a wave of campuses are migrating indefinitely to online-only courses. In this webinar, a panel of experts will address pressing issues, answer your questions, and share best practices to rapidly adapt regardless of the state of your campus’s online readiness. The webinar will include several breakout discussions, and one of them will no doubt appeal to the many hats you all wear. Note that we have a diverse panel of expert speakers including Kai Wang, Senior Dean of Strategic Innovations, Wake Technical Community College; Laura Niesen de Abruna, Provost, York College of Pennsylvania; and GianMario Besana, Associate Provost, Global Engagement & Online Learning, DePaul University.
The webinar will be hosted on the ACE Engage(r) platform. Click here for information about the webinar – if you’re not already registered for ACE Engage, just click “sign up” and you’ll be able to register, login, and access the webinar.
Just a note. I was blocked from signing up with my Gmail address. I tried putting in my last institutional address and this cleared the blockage (but I no longer get mail there) – Vance
Fri 13 March 1100 AM to 1600 UTC ALIS Webinar: TQ Authors Talk
This event is associated with Applied Linguistics (ALIS)
and was posted in this myTESOL forum
The forum would be available only to TESOL members but the invitation to the event states that all interested are encouraged to attend, so I am copying the announcement here:
DESCRIPTION
The aim of this webinar series is to connect the authors of popular TESOL Quarterly articles with TESOL practitioners. We hope to bring theory and practice closer together by encouraging researchers to tell the stories of their studies. In our first webinar, we feature the authors of one of the most downloaded TQ articles in the last few years: “Native and Nonnative Teachers of L2 Pronunciation: Effects on Learner Performance.” Those interested in pronunciation instruction and applied linguistics research are encouraged to attend. Webinar participants will have the opportunity to interact directly with the authors.
Levis, J. M., Sonsaat, S., Link, S., & Barriuso, T. A. (2016). Native and nonnative teachers of L2 pronunciation: Effects on learner performance. TESOL Quarterly, 50(4), 894-931.
PRESENTERS
John Levis, Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESL at Iowa State University, studies second language pronunciation and speech intelligibility, with a focus on how second language pronunciation research affects the teaching of pronunciation. He is the founder of the annual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching conference and is the founding editor of the Journal of Second Language Pronunciation. He is co-editor for the Phonetics & Phonology section of the Encyclopedia for Applied Linguistics, and two books, Social Dynamics in Second Language Accent (DeGruyter, 2014) and the Handbook of English Pronunciation (Wiley, 2015).
Sinem Sonsaat Hegelheimer received her PhD degree from the Applied Linguistics and Technology, Iowa State University in 2017. She is the editorial assistant of Journal of Second Language Pronunciation and an assistant professor at TED University in Ankara, Turkey. Sinem’s research interests include pronunciation teaching, materials evaluation and development, and computer-assisted language learning. She published her work in TESOL Quarterly, CATESOL Journal, and The Routledge Handbook of English Pronunciation.
Stephanie Link is an Assistant Professor of TESOL/Applied Linguistics at Oklahoma State University. Her research involves technology-mediated language learning with a focus on development and use of automated writing evaluation tools and intelligent tutoring systems for second language writing and written scientific communication. Her work can be found in top journals, such as CALICO Journal, Language Learning and Technology, System, and Journal of Second Language Writing. She is also the co-editor of Assessment Across Online Language Education (Equinox Publishing, 2018).
Taylor Anne Barriuso received her Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Utah, where she used an online implementation of high variability phonetic training to look at whether learners are able to implement target contrasts in a lexical task in parallel with perceptual gains. More recently she collaborated with John Levis’s team to investigate whether having a “golden speaker” model voice raises learners’ awareness of their non-targetlike pronunciation to a greater extent than other model voices. She is an instructor and undergraduate linguistics adviser at Iowa State University.
Online Instructions:
Url: http://global.gotomeeting.com/join/444647301
Time noon ET, 1400 UTC
CONTACT
Ben White on user name bwhite at domain smcvt.edu
ALIS feartured some articles from presenters it was planning to have speak at the conference in Denver in April, now canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, in its newsletter here
http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/tesolalis/issues/2020-03-06/email.html
Sun 15 Mar 1600 UTC Nellie Deutsch hosts an experimental GoBrunch session on Self-care for Educators
Nellie Deutsch is giving a GoBrunch session and inviting all to join: https://gobrunch.com/events/42226
Sunday March 15, 2020 at 4 PM UTC or 12 PM EST –
She hopes to have better success than she had with her students on Friday. But just in case, she also created a backup on Zoom session for an hour later,
I was unable to make the GoBrunch recording and wrote Nellie to ask how it went. Here is her reply
I was disappointed to learn that the MP4 only recorded the moderators’ webcam, if that was open, and the mods audio. I guess you have to screenshare to have ssomething else showing. An hour after the GoBrunch session on Self-care for Educators, I had a session with the same title on ZOOM.
Here’s the link to the recording of the session: https://youtu.be/taASAoDAc1E
I’m not happy with GoBrunch right now. I’m in touch with Richard, the CEO because he wants to learn how to improve it.
Nellie as given her permission for me to archive her remarks here.
Tue-Wed 17-18 March 1400-2300-1800 UTC – TESOL virtual town hall meetings
I’m not sure if this restricted to members only, but this comes from a mail sent out to TESOL members March 14, after cancelation of TESOL Conference in Denver this year. The links below take you to GoToMeeting.
TESOL will be hosting several virtual Town Hall meetings where you will have the opportunity to ask questions and share your thoughts and ideas with the Board and staff. We invite you to participate in these discussions and hope you will join us as your schedule allows.
More info for TESOL Members, https://www.tesol.org/town-hall-meetings
I’m not sure if this is available to the public, but for TESOL Members
To view each of the three virtual town halls, please visit TESOL’s YouTube channel
Wed 18 March 0001 UTC next ISTE Virtual Environments Network regular Tue meeting in SL
The International Society for Technology in Education’s Virtual Environments Network meets regularly for planning, exploring, socializing and more at this Eduisland HQ. Visit often, especially on Tuesday evenings at 5 p.m. (Pacific) which is midnight Wednesdays in UTC
More information
Wed 18 March noon and 2100 UTC – Free Webinar 1 of 3 by National Geographic Learning for English Teachers who are new to online teaching
TESOL Global Partner National Geographic Learning is offering a Free Webinar Series for English Teachers who are new to online teaching featuring online teaching experts Dr. Joan Kang Shin and Dr. Jered Borup from George Mason Unviersity.
Part 1: Engaging Students in Meaningful Learning Activities
Wed, March 18, 2020 8 am and 5pm EDT
- 8 am EDT is Noon UTC (8 pm Malaysia)
- 5 pm EDT is 2100 UTC (5 am Malaysia, next day)
You can register and access more resources here
Here are some highlights from the 8 am EDT session (screen shots by Vance Stevens)
Thu 19 Mar NYS TESOL webinar on making online quizzes from 4-5pm
This literally came in the mail, as is. “Today” not specfied. Time zone not specified. No link to more information.
If you like to join today’s NYS TESOL webinar on making online quizzes from 4-5pm,
here is info to join.
Meeting ID: 148 317 322
Warmly,
Christine Rosalia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of TESOL
Department of Curriculum and Teaching
Hunter College/CUNY
Sun 22 Mar 1400 UTC TESOL CALL-IS hosts Rob Howard – Chalk and Talk vs. Skype and Swipe: The Need for Proper Training of Teaching Technologies
TESOL CALL-IS cordially invites you to attend the webinar “Chalk and Talk vs. Skype and Swipe: The Need for Proper Training of Teaching Technologies” with Rob Howard.
Date: Sunday March 22, 2020.
Time: 10:00 am (EDT) / 2:00 pm GMT
Please join this webinar from your computer, tablet or smartphone by going to the CALL Interest Section-TESOL YouTube Channel.
Use the following links: www.youtube.com/channel/UChnWYx1ZGtHnzzpV5t98J4Q or bit.ly/call-ischannel
Then, go to the video that says “Live” Session and has the title of this webinar. Click the play button and enjoy it!
This is the direct URL, as in the screen shot below.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChnWYx1ZGtHnzzpV5t98J4Q/videos
Sun 22 March 1600 UTC – Nellie Deutsch hosts Free Tools for Online Instruction and Learning
Description – Nellie Deutsch will be discussing the following tools and others in this playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8JUcjyABKxlDfsBcdMzzaJUKLwwjbV9n
If you’d like, you may also join an ongoing online course I developed for educators on what they can do with their students these and other hard times: https://www.integrating-technology.org/course/view.php?id=554
Time – Mar 22, 2020 16:00 UTC; 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
There’s also a Smore to go with this,
https://www.smore.com/myzpc-remote-teaching?ref=email
which characterizes the course as:
Live Online Virtual Engagement (LOVE) is an 8-week free online course that aims to provide you with practical know-how on how to connect and interact with your students, family, business associates, colleagues, and others in a live online class. You will learn how to use ZOOM, WizIQ, GoBrunch, ezTalk, Google Meet, Microsoft Team and other free web tools.
Dr. Nellie Deutsch and other experts will discuss free platforms and tools you can use to engage your audience.
Later Dr. Deutsch informed us that
The meeting “Free Tools for Online Instruction and Learning ” at Sun, Mar 22, 2020 12:00 PM EDT has been cancelled.
I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
As far as I know the course it was introducing will go ahead as planned. – Vance
Mon March 23 2020 Learning Revolution online conference starts and goes on for 2 months
In a slight shift on the concept of free conferences, this one is free to attend. However, access to recordings will cost $99.
This puts presenters in a quandary. When you sign up to present at a conference like this you might get a handful of participants in your live presentation, but the recording of that presentation goes online, formerly on free access. You could yourself point to the freely available link on the free and open Internet where all your work was encapsulated.
In the old system of share and share alike, people were happy to contribute their time and effort. Under the new scheme, it remains to be seen what will happen. For me personally, this could be just enough of a bump in the road to prevent me from traveling down it, as a presenter.
I’ve written Steve about it and he’s replied. There is a complicated set of concerns here, some financial, and he deserves to be supported. And if you want to attend for free, you can still do that.
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Mon 23 March thru Apr 22 – First of 6 free PRISM workshops on Moodle begins
This was sent out in email to PRISM Members, with the suggestion that
If you know someone who may be interested in the courses, feel free to pass this email along to them.
PRISM are offering six FREE online Moodle training courses this spring. They offer Professional Growth Plan (PGP) points for each course.
Basic Moodle for Teachers (10 PGP Points) – A basic introduction to the Moodle LMS. You will learn how to build a classroom course and populate it with files, assignments and quizzes.
Dates: March 23 – April 20
Intermediate Moodle for Teachers (10 PGP Points) – A continuation from the Basic Moodle for Teachers course. Choose this course if you already have Moodle experience and would like to learn how to use some of the more advanced features like wikis, databases, lessons, and RSS feeds.
Dates: March 24 – April 21
Advanced Moodle for Teachers (10 PGP Points) – A continuation from the Intermediate Moodle for Teachers course. This course will take the Intermediate level course a step further as participants learn advanced grade book features, groups and groupings, conditional activities, and the workshop activity module.
Dates: March 25 – April 22
Crash Course Activities and Resources for Moodle (8 PGP Points)
This course focuses on learning how to use the Moodle activities and resources to develop quality lessons for students on the online Moodle platform. Teachers will learn how to grade assignments and other activities more efficiently and provide feedback to students in a secure online environment.
Dates: March 23 – April 20
Crash Course on Gradebook & Grading for Moodle (8 PGP Points)
This course focuses on learning how to use the Moodle grade book. Teachers will learn how to add, edit, and update grade items in addition to advanced grade book topics.
Dates: March 23 – April 20
Crash Course on Quiz Question Types for Moodle (8 PGP Points)
This course focuses on learning how to create and use the various Moodle quiz question types.
Dates: March 23 – April 20
Special Note: The Crash Courses are meant to be an introduction to the Moodle LMS and these specific features. These courses are intended for existing Moodle users looking to enhance their existing courses.
Let me know if you have any questions or would like more details about the courses. All of the courses are completed online at your-own-pace.
If you would like to register for a course, please visit the PRISM website (www.rose-prism.org), log in (create an account if you need one), and click the ‘Event Registration’ link. Use the drop-down menu to select the appropriate course. You will see a complete description of the course. To sign up, scroll down, enter your information, and click the ‘Submit Registration’ button. You should receive a confirmation email.
Wed 25 March noon and 2100 UTC – Free Webinar 2 of 3 by National Geographic Learning for English Teachers who are new to online teaching
TESOL Global Partner National Geographic Learning is offering a Free Webinar Series for English Teachers who are new to online teaching featuring online teaching experts Dr. Joan Kang Shin and Dr. Jered Borup from George Mason Unviersity.
Part 2: Making Your Screen Come Alive
March 25, 2020 8 am and 5pm EDT
- 8 am EDT is Noon UTC (8 pm Malaysia) – https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=March+25%2C+2020+8+am+EDT&iso=20200325T08&p1=263&ah=1
- 5 pm EDT is 2100 UTC (5 am Malaysia, next day) – https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=March+25%2C+2020+5pm+EDT&iso=20200325T17&p1=263&ah=1
You can register and access more resources here
Wed 25 March 1500 UTC International Association for Blended Learning QA on transitioning courses online
Everyone is cordially invited to the free webinar that Chadia Mansour, Past Chair of TESOL EFLIS 2019-2020, is co-moderating with Rima Al Tawil to answer questions about transitioning courses online. This webinar is organized by the International Association for Blended Learning (IABL). Bring you questions and join us!
Where: https://t.co/LCp8ykW8yS
Day: Wednesday, March 25th
Time: 11 AM EDT ( Toronto time)
Thu March 26 – Library 2.0 Special Pandemic Mini-Conference on Serving the Needs of Communities in Crisis
The following is replicated from an email send from the https://www.library20.com/ Ning
 We are expanding our planned Library 2.0 special broadcast webinar for librarians to a special mini-conference, being held in conjunction with PCI Webinars and Andrew Sanderbeck. Please note the new expanded times.
These events were streamed! Recordings might be available here: https://www.library20.com/youtube RECORDINGS: We’ve posted the a video recording, an audio-only recording, and the chat lot for each of the four sessions. Additionally, where provided, we’ve posted presentation slides and handouts. All are available at https://www.library20.com/page/crisis. You do need to be a member of Library 2.0, but there is no cost to join. DATE & TIMES: Thursday, March 26th, 2020 | 1:00 – 6:30 pm US-Eastern Time (4 one-hour sessions with 1/2-hour breaks) From 1 am in Malaysia COST: Free REGISTRATION: To register for the mini-conference, please join Library 2.0. Those who are already members of Library 2.0 do not need to do anything. ATTENDING: The schedule with the live session links will be sent to all members of Library 2.0. PLATFORM: The mini-conference platform is Zoom. To make sure your computer or mobile is configured for Zoom, please visit zoom.us/test. SESSIONS: 1. SELF-CARE DURING A CRISIS: BREATHE, THINK, AND GROW 1:00 PM US-Eastern Daylight Time Participants will:
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Cari is the Adult Learning and Information Services Manager at Twinsburg Public Library. She is also a writer, teacher, and podcaster. She is a former Library Liaison to Sisters in Crime, an organization of 3600 crime writers and readers nationwide.
2. WHY AND HOW TO PROMOTE YOUR ONLINE SERVICES DURING THE QUARANTINE
2:30 PM US-Eastern Daylight Time
Click here to see in your own time zone
We are certainly “living in interesting times” … and working in them too. Even if your building is closed, your library is still offering services—but are you telling people that?
While it’s tempting to look at these pandemic-related closures as much-needed downtime, librarians don’t have that luxury. People still need you. In fact, people who haven’t used libraries in years need your boredom-breaking services and your long-trusted guidance, too. So it’s vital to keep marketing your libraries now, for three reasons: 1) telling people what’s available online and how to get it; 2) being the trusted source of info that people expect; and 3) proving your value to retain funding after the crisis.
In this webinar, specially created to help your library be as useful as possible during the current Coronavirus pandemic, library marketing maven Kathy Dempsey will share her best advice on these topics:
- Working at home (Dempsey has worked at home for 10 years)
- Turning today’s chaos into a Crisis Communications Plan in the near future
- Exactly what services and products to promote (some might surprise you)
- How to get the word out, beyond your own social media followers
- How to approach messaging in trying times
- Why today’s promotion will help secure next year’s library funding
- Why to scratch out mini marketing plans to make your work effective
- Resources for self-care and for social sharing
In a time where everyone is inundated with information, the world still needs their librarians and librarians. The “new normal” will likely have super-tight budgets, so proving how essential you are during this crisis may well determine whether your organization survives the virus.
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Kathy Dempsey Libraries Are Essential |
Kathy Dempsey wrote the popular how-to tome The Accidental Library Marketer and founded her own marketing consultancy, Libraries Are Essential. Her work is dedicated to helping librarians and information professionals promote their value and expertise in order to gain respect and funding. Kathy has been the Editor of Marketing Library Services newsletter for 25 years, and was formerly Editor-in-Chief of Computers in Librariesmagazine. She also blogs at The ‘M’ Word. She’s a member of the New Jersey Library Association, and Founder of the Library Marketing and Communications Conference, which she chaired in 2015, 2016, and 2017. This writer, editor, and marketing maven has been giving presentations across the U.S. and Canada for 20+ years, always sprinkling them with humor to make marketing concepts more interesting and accessible. She continues to fight the stereotypes that librarians are boring and that “marketing” is a dirty word.
3. SERVING PATRONS IN A CRISIS
4:00 PM US-Eastern Daylight Time
Click here to see in your own time zone
Helping people make decisions based on facts and evidence is what libraries of all types do everyday. With libraries closing to the public and reducing services because of COVID-19, how can we continue to provide the facts in this fast-paced changing environment? And how can libraries provide the services that their communities will need to remain vital to the health and welfare of their communities?
This interactive and informative webinar will help attendees find the latest resources and information available to help them serve their patrons and communities, as well as looking into how libraries are responding to community needs of today and will focus on the work ahead as we shape the future of library services after the pandemic passes.
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Andrew Sanderbeck PCI Webinars |
Andrew has been developing and conducting training programs for libraries and library organizations for more than fifteen years. He has presented Web-based, On-line, and Face-to-Face sessions on Management and Leadership, Customer Service and Communication Skills in the U.S. and numerous countries around the world. He is a board member of the Haywood County Public Library and a monthly donor to EveryLibrary, advocating for libraries everywhere that support is needed.
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Kathy Zappitello Executive Director of the Conneaut Public Library in Conneaut, Ohio |
Kathy has worked for fifteen years in Ohio libraries and is currently the Executive Director of the Conneaut Public Library in Conneaut, Ohio. Kathy serves on the National Board of Directors for the Association for Rural and Small Libraries and is co-chair of the Partnership committee. Locally, she produces educational content for one of Ohio’s cable access channels that provides programming to households in Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.
4. PREPARING YOUR DIGITAL BRANCH FOR INCREASED USE
5:30 PM US-Eastern Daylight Time
Click here to see in your own time zone
As libraries engage in social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are placing new emphasis on our online services. Is your organization ready?
In this interactive and Informative program, we will discuss how to prepare your digital branch for an influx of users, and examine best practices for virtual reference and digital collections as you work to meet your community’s needs.
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Nick Tanzi Assistant Director of the South Huntington Public Library |
Nick Tanzi has been incorporating emerging technologies into the library as a children’s librarian, the founding member of a digital services department, and most recently, as the Assistant Director of the South Huntington Public Library. During this time, he has spoken in the U.S. and abroad on topics ranging from social media marketing to 3D printing. He is the author of Making the Most of Digital Collections through Training and Outreach (2016), and Best Technologies for Public Libraries (2020). He writes “The Wired Library” column for Public Libraries Magazine. Tanzi was named a 2017 Dewey Fellow by the New York Library Association, and currently serves as President of its Making and STEAM Round Table.
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Thu 26 March – Sat 28 March 13th Virtual World Best Practices in Education
This was STREAMED! No excuse now not to at least check it out 🙂
And each YouTube stream link becomes the archived recording when the session is done! https://www.vwbpe.org/watch
The 13th Virtual World Best Practices in Education takes place on March 26-28 2020
Theme : STELLAR
The VWBPE Conference is a completely virtual conference that is conducted using simulated environments. Participants experience the conference through a virtual reality type setting including conference rooms, theatres, exposition halls, meeting spaces, and other types of venues similar to a brick and mortar type conference.
The conference is free to attend. The cost of the conference is covered by sponsorship and donations.
Check how you can get involved and mark your calendar.
If you have never been in a Virtual World and you are interested in learning more, reach out. https://vwbpe.org/
THURSDAY 26 MARCH 2020 PDT
Recording links at https://www.vwbpe.org/watch
- 8:00 am Opening Ceremony
- 9:30 am Opening Keynote: L. Robert Furman
- 10:30 am Spotlight: Overcoming technical limits of LSL (SL and OpenSim)
- 10:30 am Spotlight: Design for Difficulties and Disorienting Dilemmas
- 1:00 pm Spotlight: Can SL improve access to STEM education
- 2:00 pm Above the Book: What’s up at the Lab?
- 3:00 pm Spotlight: Interstellar – Learning in Space
FRIDAY 27 MARCH 2020 PDT
Time range 1500 to midnight UTC
Stream and recording links at https://www.vwbpe.org/watch
- 8:00 am Keynote: Virtual Worlds and Social Justice
- 9:00 am Spotlight: Virtual conferences and social responsibility
- 10:00 am Spotlight: Scholars VR – Engaging New Audiences with the Scholarly
- 11:00 am Spotlight: Immersive Language Learning in virtual worlds
- 12:00 pm Spotlight: Only what we do is real. Let us do VR.
- 3:00 pm Spotlight: Join the Team: Ready to Launch?
- 4:00 pm Spotlight: Survey Says! Developing Criteria for VR Courses
SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2020 PDT
Time range where you are, 1600 to 0200 UTC
Stream and recording links at https://www.vwbpe.org/watch
- 9:00 am Spotlight: You Don’t Have To Go To Space for Effective PD!
- 10:00 am Spotlight: Boldly Go – Celebrate Success & Cataclysm Stories
- 11:00 am Keynote: Lessons Learned from the 2020 Educators in VR Conference
- 12:00 pm Spotlight: Soul of A Charioteer in Virtual Orbit Around Mars
- 1:00 pm Social: Second Squares
- 2:00 pm Above the Book: Catching up with the Thinkerers
- 3:00 pm Spotlight: Virtual Reality in Education: Intentional Immersion
- 3:00 pm Spotlight: Reflections from three-dimensional immersive digital environments
- 6:00 pm Closing Ceremony and Thinkerer Award
Sun 29 Mar 12 noon UTC Nellie Deutsch hosts Facilitating Learning Online
Teaching and learning online would be more effective, if we adopted a non-coercive attitude to instruction and learning. There are many erroneous ideas an practice on what to do online. Do we give online assignments and continue as usual or do we step up and change the way we teach and learn?
Join me in a discussion on “self-determination theory”, my personal and professional experiences as a teacher in the public school system (K-12 and higher eduction) and how they relate to the theory, your views on the topic, and what other stakeholders think of rewards and punishments.
Registration
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/v50lf-GqqDMtMc1m5ZLHPMNSVdj9hIPRuw/
On registration, you will be sent a link to the zoom room, unique to you
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