[Michlib-l] REMINDER: Training Opportunity!! BritannicaSchool Workshops for PUBLIC LIBRARY STAFF Around the State!

[Biggs, Deb Renee (MDE)]

Hello All--this week of workshops is designed to especially introduce public library staff to BritannicaSchool in MeL so they can assist their kids and teens with a great source for school homework and projects!
Please feel free to invite your homeschool parents or teachers you may be working with in your communities to also attend.

August 29 - September 2, Jenn Keating from Britannica will be presenting training for public library staff, especially youth and teen librarians, to become more familiar with MeL's Britannica School<http://www.galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-brit.php?database=BRSCHOOL> for use as they work with students at their libraries during the school year. There will be 2 sessions- 9am-Noon for Youth and 1:00-3:00pm for Teens at each location. Attendees can register for either or both using the links and information shown below. Lunch is on your own. Britannica will be picking up the a.m. coffee/snack and the afternoon drinks/snack. Where good bandwidth is readily available, attendees are encouraged to BYOD.

Britannica School for Children:  Explore Britannica School through the eyes of your youngest patrons. Explore the world around us through interactive games, maps, and unique features.  Learn how children can explore new people, places, and things with Britannica's thousands of images, videos, text, and other interactive tools.  Find new ways to engage children in the library and at home and how to promote Britannica School and MeL in your community.
Britannica School for Teens: Bring research and non-fiction reading to life for your young adult and teen patrons.  In this hands-on session learn about how to use Britannica School to ignite inquiry and promote self-directed learning.  We'll explore ideas and strategies to uncover content, engage reluctant readers, and provide support to ALL users.

Monday, August 29 - Kent District Library, Grand Rapids area

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/britannicaschool-training-part-i-children-registration-26659272602?ref=elink

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/britannicaschool-training-part-ii-teens-registration-26659305701?ref=elink

Tuesday, August 30 - Sterling Heights Public Library, Sterling Heights
Loa Stanislawski, stanisll at libcoop.net<mailto:stanisll at libcoop.net> or 586-446-2666

Wednesday, August 31 - Community District Library, Corunna
Denise Hooks, dhooks at mmlc.info<mailto:dhooks at mmlc.info> or 810-232-7119

Thursday, September 1 - Petoskey Public Library, Petoskey
Nisa Kesseler, nkesseler at petoskeylibrary.org<mailto:nkesseler at petoskeylibrary.org> or 231-758-3148

Friday, September 2 - Pickford Community Library, Pickford
Ann Marie Smith, amsmith at uproc.lib.mi.us<mailto:amsmith at uproc.lib.mi.us> or 906-647-1288

Please share widely and let me know if you have any questions!

Best regards,
Deb

Deb Renee Biggs, MA AMLS
Michigan eLibrary & Outreach Coordinator
Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
Lansing, MI  48909
Phone:  517-373-4466
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Visit MeL at:  http://mel.org<http://mel.org/> and on Facebook at:  http://facebook.com/mel.org
Check out the curated content on the LM homepage including state and national CE offerings, LM events, stats reports, headlines from around the library world and intriguing snapshots of our varied collections at http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan



-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail3.mcls.org/pipermail/michlib-l/attachments/20160815/0fb669dc/attachment.html>