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Common Sense Media's Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum maps to a number of national and Common Core standards. Use these charts to identify the ways in which our lessons and units help meet the learning objective for your students. English Language Arts Common Core (ELA) American Association of School Librarians (AASL) International Society of Technology Education (ISTE)

SIGMS provides a community for school library media specialists to gather and learn about technologies that improve the operation and programs of the school library media center, increase access to information, and create a more effective and efficient teaching and learning environment.

The Media Specialists Special Interest Group (SIGMS) released an important advocacy statement, The Role of School Librarians in Promoting the Use of Educational Technologies to provide information on the role school librarians play in promoting the use of educational technologies in their schools and the need for libraries to have available technologies.  Please share this statement with administrators and other library stakeholders.

SIGMS provides the SIGMS SCANNER newsletter to its members to share current information related to technology for school librarians.

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This is what a P.L.N. (Personal Learning Network) is all about

Participants will learn how to meet and communicate with people in a PLN that you will create. Discover why Ning's are like subject area resource rooms in a large school. They’re social networks connecting teachers with common interests. Connect to discussion forums, utilize a blog, share resources, and plan group activities.

We will demonstrate 5 PLN's that include, Classroom 2.0, Educators PLN, ProTeacher, Teachers.net, and Global Education Network. Discover how educators around the world are willing to share their ideas/information back and forth, provide creative and refreshing new ideas; get advice from a very supportive group. and a great place to meet teachers from all over the country.

Dare to be Out There! More than ever we need to be "out there" not only in our school, local districts but on the state & national level. If you have a passionate voice & vision for our profession - don't be shy...TALK about it!