Multi-District Inservice

On October 25, 2012, several school districts (Cambridge, Deerfield, Johnson Creek, Lake Mills, Marshall, and Waterloo) combined efforts to hold a multi-district inservice in Lake Mills.  The keynote speaker was Will Richardson.  Educational Law Attorney, Tom Shorter, also spoke during break-out sessions.  We had the opportunity to meet with educators in our content areas.  There were seven other library media specialists in attendance.  What a pleasure it was to meet with this group to share ideas, challenges, and what the future holds.  **It was an extra special bonus that I got to catch up with some of my teacher friends from JC!

I took away several things this day...

• innovation in education can occur without lots of fancy technology (Will Richardson recommended reading Bringing Innovation to School: Empowering Students to Thrive in a Changing World by Suzie Boss)
• schools are the only place where kids are asked to power off - why??
• kids need to see how teachers learn
• seamless approach k-12 when it comes to information literacy
• by graduation, every child in every district should be found via full name google search
  "I want my own children to be found by strangers online". A must. Online I can engage in conversations around the world.  Digital footprint.