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Schedule of Board Meetings

RIEMA Annual Conference

New! RIEMA Conference Wiki. Share your reflections and knowledge from the conference using this collaborative learning tool.

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The conference was held Monday, April 28, 2008!

Keynote Speaker: AASL President Sarah Kelly Johns

Featured Author Luncheon Speaker: Richard Peck

Presentations by:
Stonington Public Schools Technology Coordinator Clint Kennedy, and more!

Vendors: Contact Zach Berger

RIEMA Awards: Nomination Forms (PDF)

 

Wilfred Berube Award for Administrative Excellence (for an administrator who supports library programs). Forms due May 16!

Linda Aldrich Leadership Award (for a library media specialist who is a leader in the profession). Forms were due March 7!

For additional information about these awards, and for past award winners, see the RIEMA Awards Page.

Programs: TBA

 

Questions about upcoming programs? Contact Karen Mann or Jamie Greene, RIEMA Programs Co-Chairs.

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Legislative Updates

Standards

The library media center portion of the Basic Education Plan is online! Read this 1960s era document to see the library standards that are still in effect today. These are the law, and are minimum standards.

Information Literacy Frameworks (Adopted by the Rhode Island Department of Education Board of Regents June 8, 2000. Not signed into law.)

The 2001 RIEMA Standards-Based Library Media Curriculum is also online!

AASL- New Learning Standards (American Association of School Librarians)

ISTE- NETS Standards (International Society for Technology in Education; National Education Technology Standards)

Past RIEMA conferences:

2007 handouts

2006 PowerPoint presentations by Dr. Ross Todd:

Information Technology and Learning in the Information Age School

Designing and TransformingThrough the School Library

Learning Through the School Library: Evidence-Based Practice: 21 Strategies

 More news to come!