AASL @
ALA Annual Conference

June 24-29, 2010
Washington Convention Center
801 Mount Vernon Place NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

For information regarding graduate credit email acline@ala.org

AASL Preconferences

Top 25 Web Sites for Teaching and Learning:
Categories, Criteria, and Collaborative Strategies
Friday, June 25 | 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Washington Convention Center, room 140A/B

Take an in-depth look at AASL’s 2009 Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning. During this fast-paced, hands-on, collaborative workshop you’ll learn which websites best support the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner, inquiry learning and the curriculum. You’ll be actively involved as we Skype, tweet, survey, organize, create, click, video and have fun learning about these Web 2.0 tools. Bring your laptops and you will leave energized with resources to implement these exciting tools in your school. You might even get a sneak peek at the 2010 winners! A continental breakfast and boxed lunch is included in registration fee.

Tickets:
AASL members $179
ALA members $219
Non-members $269
Retired AASL members $179
Student AASL members $179

Library Service for Children Along the Autism Spectrum
Friday, June 25 | 1:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Renaissance Washington, meeting room 12-14

As a follow-up to the ALA 2009 program “Serving Students Along the Autism Spectrum” this preconference will focus on specific activities for librarians working with ASD children, in both school and public library settings. This hands-on interactive workshop will feature an overview of the Autism Spectrum Disorder and related behaviors seen in children; general guidelines of creating programming for ASD children; specific examples of programs and activities for ASD children in libraries; and lead discussion of support of ASD children’s families and caregivers in the library setting.

Tickets:
AASL members $79
ALA members $129
Non-members $184
Retired AASL members $79
Student AASL members $79

Ticketed Events

Independent School Section (ISS) Tour
Friday, June 25 | 1 – 5 p.m.
Departs from Renaissance Washington Hotel, across from Washington Convention Center

The bus for the ISS School Tour will depart from/return to the Convention Center. EDMUND BURKE is a college preparatory school that consciously brings together students who are different from each other in many ways. ST. PATRICK'S EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL educates more than 500 students in Nursery School through Grade 8 in the Palisades section of Washington, D.C. GEORGETOWN VISITATION is a college preparatory school rooted in the Roman Catholic faith, committed to educating young women from diverse backgrounds. Note: One of the schools on this tour is not wheelchair accessible.

Tickets: $50

Independent School Section (ISS) Dinner
Friday, June 25 | 6 – 8 p.m.
Guapos Mexican Restaurant
4515 Wisconsin Avenue NW

After the ISS tour of Washington D.C. independent schools, join your colleagues for dinner at Guapos Mexican restaurant, a local favorite, conveniently located next to the Tenleytown metro station and close to the schools on the ISS tour. Enjoy a social dinner in the party room at Guapos from 6-8 p.m. Menu items may include chicken and beef fajitas, chicken and cheese enchiladas, Guapos salad, and pollo lupita lupita (chicken breast with fresh onions sauce). Transportation to/from the restaurant is on own.

Tickets: $32

Independent School Section (ISS) Social
Sunday June 27 | 1:30 – 3 p.m.
Embassy Suites Convention Center, Capital C/D

After lunch, head on over to the ISS Social and join your colleagues for coffee, dessert, and conversation. This event will feature guest speaker, best selling author of contemporary fantasy novels for teens and chilren, Holly Black.

Tickets: $35

AASL Awards Luncheon
Monday, June 28 | Noon – 2 p.m.
Washington Convention Center, room 207B

Celebrate the accomplishments of your colleagues and enjoy lunch at the presentation of the 2010 AASL Awards, including the prestigious National School Library Media Program of the Year Award. Don't miss special guest speaker Carla Killough McClafferty, author of Forgiving God, the story of her journey through grief after the death of her youngest son, Corey. Immediately following the Awards Luncheon is the AASL President’s Reception providing the opportunity to meet and greet the AASL President, Board Members and other member leaders.

Tickets: $55

AASL President's Program

President's Program - Leading the Transformation of Education for the 21st-Century
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A call to action! School librarians should be at the forefront of the push to transform American education into the 21st-century, but instead too many are fighting just to preserve jobs, keep classroom teachers coming to the library, and encourage students to read. It's time to tear down the walls in our thinking that confine what is possible; the students are counting on you to usher in a new era of learning. By tapping into common sense, best practice and the AASL learning standards, the path to a more powerful and purposeful school library program begins.

Free.