Last Sunday I flew to Madison, Wisconsin for the 2009 WEMTA conference. Thanks to an invitation from conference chair Allison Kaplan, I was able to head north and share with the folks in Wisconsin. The added bonus was I got a chance to learn from them and all the great speakers at their conference, too. The Monona Terrace Convention Center, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is right on Lake Monona in Madison. While I arrived the lake was frozen, but in a few short days the ice was melting. While the rain kept me from getting too close, you can see the white lines are where the pieces of ice has crashed into each other. Inside the convention was a collision of great ideas about library media and technology and ways to make our schools even better. It was great fun to share about how library media specialists can be part of the school improvement process, and we also talked about how we use the Big6 research model in our school. Thanks to the folks at WEMTA for such a great visit to Madison!
As one can imagine, when you are gone the rest of the week was spend catching up. Not sure if I’m quite there, yet, but making progress. There is always the week ahead to keep plugging away at it!
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Hi Carl,
I was one of the participants at WEMTA who really appreciated your ideas on using the Big 6 with elementary students. You said that we could find your slides on your website. Is that still possible?
I had a great time in Madison last week. If you click on Speaking on the navigation bar of my website, you should find all the resources from my session. Thanks!