February 2017

Upcoming TL Workshops | LIBinars

Feb. 27 -Lessons Learned | Join Regina H., Becky V., Retta K. and John S. for a panel discussion about their library innovation journey. Please submit your questions in advance of the session, by 1 PM on Monday, Feb. 27, using this form.

March 8 - Empowering Student Voice with Wixie | Carolyn Keeney Daly, Wixie Acct. Manager

March 14 - TL Workshop | Alicia Sanchez Elementary, host Retta Kelly | 4 PM

Starting My Flexible Maker Space (Jon G.)
Coding for primary grades (Loran L.)
Screen casting (JoLynn S. )
Insignia v8.0.3 Q&A (Rae C.)

Now Available on Demand:

Feb. 2 - Embrace Your Inner Weeder | Bobbi Craig, Mackin - Click here to watch this event on demand.

Remember you can access all LIBinars on demand via the BVSD YouTube Channel.

Guest Blogger - Regina Hoskins, Teacher Librarian | Southern Hills Middle School (SHMS)

Putting Unstructured Play Back into Schools

"The Global School Play Day motto comes from Plato and reads 'You can learn more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.'" The rules...were simple: No screens. No electronics. Just let them play!... Read more here.

Innovate@BVSD 2017 | June 7 & 8

Save the dates and plan on joining us for this 2 day professional learning event. Event planning is in full gear and a detailed schedule of sessions, workshops, keynotes, and special events will be published in mid April.

Do you have a session or workshop you would like to lead at Innovate? If so, click here to complete and submit the workshop proposal form. The deadline to submit a session proposal is 4 PM April 7.

InnEdCO 2017 | June 12-15

registration is now open, click on the image to the left and go directly the InnEdCO registration page. Visit the InnEdCO 2017 site and preview the very impressive list of keynote speakers and the robust schedule of sessions and workshops.

CS Week Folder

Check out photos & videos from your colleagues documenting the work they did with students during CSEd Week. Thanks to Michelle Eckstein, Retta Kelly, Jolynn Scott, and Loran Lattes for sharing!

Grant Season Resource

"Grant Wrangler® is a free grant listing service. Grant t easier for educators, school libraries, and parents to find school funding. We list grants for teachers, school grants, and money for arts, history, mathematics, science, technology, literacy, and more. We also help education foundations, community foundations, corporate foundations, and other grant-giving organizations more effectively promote their grants and awards to teachers and schools."

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