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The twitter stream from the ASLA 2009 conference continues.

Many conference attendees tweeted highlights from presentations and workshops. Pru Mitchell [@pru on twitter] set up a twapperkeeper to collect and archive all the tweets using the hashtag #asla2009.

The tweets [clipped below] give links to Mark Treadwell’s and Dr Michael Stephens notes to support their presentations and concurrent presentations.

ASLA_National Mark Treadwell’s notes for keynote #asla2009 Paradigm shift for learning http://www.i-learnt.com/

ASLA_National Concurrent session Dr Michael Stephens #asla2009 http://bit.ly/18n29l Tech trends for school librarians

ASLA_National Dr Michael Stephens keynote #asla2009 Dr Laurel Anne Clyde Memorial Address = The Hyperlinked School Library http://bit.ly/3dLGLn

ASLA_National Check images #asla2009 http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=asla2009 If any delegates have pics then upload to Flickr with asla2009 tag

Use the twapperkeeper link above to read all of the 1000+ tweets from the conference.

Thanks to Niels Damgaard (twitter.com/NielsD) for tweeting news from the IASL Conference and providing access to podcasts from the conference.

Embedded here, courtesy of Neils and MediaFire, are links to podcasts of Carol Kuhlthau’s (Professor Emerita of Library and Information Science at Rutgers University, Brunswick New Jersey – USA) keynote address [5.6MB download]

More podcasts, including keynote addresses by  Laura_Kaspari , Gino_Rocaglia and Misako_Ito and Niels_Damgaard’s_Session -_Education_in_Norway, as well as other workshop sessions, are available  from nielsdamgaard’s Shared Files / Podcasts from IASL2009

Tuesday Sept 15th: Please note changed url – see Niels Damgaard’s comment below.

The Twitter feed from the tag #iasl this morning contained a pointer to a site that is hosting video links from the International Association of School Librarianship 2009 Conference.  Currently available on the site are Ross Todd’s presentation Guilded Inquiry meets Web 2.0 and Roberto Pittarello from the University of Padua speaking about Stimulating Creativity and Reading through making books according to Bruno Munari’s Method. More material will be added to the site as the conference progresses.

This is a slidecast created by Kathryn Greenhill of her presentation at Educause Australasia 2009

Educause Australasia 2009, [Perth Western Australia 5 May 2009] session papers are available online from this conference webpage.

The CMIS School Library Support pages provide library staff with information about normal school library operating processes as well as background information relevant to the purpose of the school library.

The Sea Week Educators’ Expo is on again this year.

The 2009 theme — ‘A Climate for Change – Education and Action‘ is aimed at  educating teachers and students to reduce the community collective carbon footprint.

The main venue for the expo is the Naturaliste Marine Discovery Centre at Hillarys Boat Harbour. Participants will be able to choose from a variety of marine adventure workshops targetted for different age groups. These include Intertidal Discovery – involves snorkelling; Get Hooked on Fishing - learn correct fishing techniques; The Coast -where the ocean meets the land – Marine Touch Pool and Coastal Crusade.

Registrations close on March 3rd and cost $66 per person. [Registration Form]

Contact the Community Education Officer – Carina for further details.

Resources to support the topic of the Ocean can be found on the  CMIS Oceans theme page

Earthwatch engages people worldwide in scientific field research and education to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment.

The Woodside TeachLive Program is offering eight fully funded places for teachers from rural and remote regions of Western Australia to participate on the research project Whale Sharks of Ningaloo Reef in May 2009. TeachLive is an interactive program where teachers will report daily to their classes through the TeachLive website and participate in forums answering questions and detailing their activities.

The program is open to secondary school teachers in the following subjects (at any year level):
- Science / Senior Science / Biology
- Earth and Environmental Science
- Geography
- Information Technology

• All participants must be over 18 years of age
• Demonstrated interest or knowledge in environmental conservation
• All participants must meet the fitness requirements specified by Earthwatch for the Whale Sharks of Ningaloo Reef project
• Some experience in updating websites desirable

Please read the following information material to find out more about the TeachLive program.

• Woodside TeachLive information brochure 09
• Woodside TeachLive Application form 09

Applications must be received by Earthwatch by 31st March 2009.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact

Caroline Bayer
Manager, Partnerships & Supporter Relations
Earthwatch Australia
126 Bank Street
South Melbourne Vic 3205
T: +61 (0) 3 9682 6828
F: +61 (0) 3 9686 365
http://www.earthwatch.org.au