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AuthorPalooza is an OELMA conference event- your chance to meet local authors! The event takes place near and around our vendor/exhibit area with appetizers available to munch on while you listen to your favorite authors. There are also beverages available to purchase. We want you to attend AuthorPalooza when you attend the OELMA Fall Conference. My question is- what can we do to entice you to spend some time with the authors? Please respond by clicking on comments.
Thanks- Marie Sabol, 2008 OELMA Conference Chair.

More conference 2009 thoughts!  We are exploring the idea of moving to a hotel & the Hilton @ Easton in Columbus seemed to be a logical place.  The Ohio Middle School Conference and the Gifted Conference have both been there in the past.  If Hilton is booked, of course, we have to have a block of rooms.   Is $179 too much to spend on a room?  Will folks eat @ Easton restaurants instead of supporting our food events?  Would shopping be too much of a lure & we’d loose folks to that instead of attending sessions??  Tell us what you think!

A group of librarians in  the Central Region are exploring the possibility of creating a class w/ our Ed. Tech, ITSCO.  For once, someone approached us instead OELMA initiating the discussion.  This class would be taught next school year & we are debating content for the class now.  It would be offered to teacher and/or adminstrators! We are brainstorming ideas on what would be helpful for administrators to know about how school libraries make a difference for students and teachers.  I would love to hear your comments!

The OELMA Board of Directors is considering dates for the 2009 conference.  One set of dates being reviewed runs from Thursday through Saturday, as opposed to the traditional conference days of Wednesday through Friday.

Let us know:  if the OELMA Conference ran from Thursday through Saturday, are you more or less likely to attend?  Leave comments here and the Board will consider them as we plan for the future!

My high school’s Technology Committee is looking at a variety of options to upgrade and/or update the technology in the building with the limited funds provided from a recent bond issue. 

1)  If you could wave a magic wand, what types of technology would you permanently install in a classroom to make instruction more effective?

___Desktop Computer

___Digital Camera

___DVD

___Flat Screen

___Flex Cam

___Laptop Computer

___Smart Board Type Device

___Sound System

___Student Response Systems

___Subject Specific Software

___VCR

___Video Projector

      ____other  (Please name specifically)                                                                                                                       

2)  If classrooms had a video projector, how often do you envision it being used?

____One class per week

____2-3 classes per week

____All 5 classes every day

____Other                                                                                                                                                          

3)  Under ideal circumstances, what would the students in your building be able to do with classroom technology on a daily basis?

Thanks for your input.

Krista Taracuk

Library Media Specialist

Thomas Worthington High School

ktaracuk@worthington.k12.oh.us

Does anyone have a suggestion for an author for the October 2008 conference?

Kathy Cybulski- East Region Director

Hello OELMA members-

It’s time to start exchanging our ideas using a blog. The OELMA Board members will post thoughts, and you can comment or give advice using the blog. As we get better at this- we will have subcatagories (author visits? technology idea exchange?) that you can use to exchange ideas. Tell us what you think!