Fwd: Invitation to Kids Read

From: Phoebe Kao <pkao@tiseagles.com>

Date: Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 1:18 PM
Subject: Invitation to Kids Read

Greetings from Tianjin! This is Phoebe again from Tianjin International School (Tianjin China). 

As the organizer of the 2011-2012 Kids Read event, I'd like to extend a personal invitation to you and your students. Kids Read is a literature competition focusing on recreational reading. Middle School students in grades 6-8 (or Years 7-9 if following IB curriculum) work in team of 4 to answer 100 questions in 10 different categories. The purpose of Kids Read is to foster students' love for reading through recreational reading and ultimately turn them into lifelong readers. You can find the practice questions that Nadine Rosevear (International School of Beijing) has generously shared with all of us on http://kidsread-network.wikispaces.com/Question+Bank. She will keep posting new questions on the wiki. Everyone is welcome to share the questions with all of us.

Unlike BoB, Kids Read does not provide students with a list of titles to read from, however, that's exactly the best part about it. We simply encourage our students to read so they can broaden their horizons. It may seem hard to approach it at first, but since there is really not a way to "prepare" them for the competition, we can just enjoy the fun without the pressure. 

The event of this year is scheduled to take place on March 9, 2012. Tianjin is not far from Beijing, the capital city of China. Tianjin was one of the earliest treaty ports opened to foreign trade and it still keeps traces of foreign concessions. Those architectures add an exotic flavor to today's Tianjin, 6th largest and fast-growing. If you can make it, I can arrange some sightseeing activities on Saturday if that's when you are planning on leaving.  You can send in your registration anytime, but in order to facilitate the planning, it will be a tremendous help if you can let me know as soon as you decide to attend. Feel free to email me or Nadine (nrosevear@isb.bj.edu.cn) if you have any question. 

It is my sincere hope to see you at the 2011-2012 Kids Read China Finals in Tianjin. 

Regards,

Phoebe Kao

Head Librarian

Tianjin International School

Tianjin, China

86-22-8371-0900 ext. 304

Librarian Results from Learning 2.011 in Shanghai, Sep 8-10

The librarian cohort of the conference was led by Ann Krembs and all our notes were gathered in a wikispace - L2Librarians:

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From: Ann Krembs <krembsa@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 10:46 AM
Subject: L2Librarians

Dear Fellow Librarians,

I had such a great weekend meeting and sharing with you. Are you all buzzing with ideas just like me? I bet! Now to find the time...we forgot about that one! Although we did discuss some great timesavers.

Anyway, I wanted to write to let you know I've attempted to organize the notes from each of our sessions. Please feel free to add or change anything. On a personal/professional note I have joined SILCAsia and ECIS! Oh, and yesterday I also joined Library 2.0. Did you know they will be having an online conference across the timezones in November (12 and 13)? It looks very interesting: http://www.library20.com/.

 Again, I was really happy to meet all of you. I have been energized by our time together. 

Have a great week! And stay in touch...

Ann

-- Submitted by Katie Day, UWCSEA East

Fwd: Library: 2nd Shanghai Librarians Network Symposium - 5 November 2011 Registration is now open!

Posted on the ECIS iSkoodle forum for librarians:

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From: Fiona Collins <librarianfchk@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 12:15 PM
Subject: Library: 2nd Shanghai Librarians Network Symposium - 5 November 2011 Registration is now open!

Library » Forums » Professional development » 2nd Shanghai Librarians Network Symposium - 5 November 2011

2nd Shanghai Librarians Network Symposium - 5 November 2011 Registration is now open! by Fiona Collins - Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 04:35 AM

2nd Shanghai Librarians' Symposium 2011 November 4th-6th Western International School of Shanghai http://schoollibrarysymposium.wikispaces.com/ This year's theme:   Make and Take… Last year's Symposium was a great success and from the feedback, librarians wanted MORE! So this year we are restructuring based upon the feedback and giving more time to each session, offering workshops more than 1 time. Everyone will have 2 opportunities to attend a workshop as well as attend some open sessions of "Show me how to…" We have two highly experienced and inspiring Librarians leading the Symposium this time: Karen Gockley from ISB, Beijing will be leading a workshop on "How to Get Your Next Job: Tips and insights to prepare yourself for getting that next great job!" and Dianne McKenzie from Discovery College, Hong Kong will be looking at "Copyright, copyleft, creative commons, public domain, fair use, attribution, permissions, - do these words confuse you about what is required when students do their work? Our goal is that you come to the workshop, make something and take it home on Monday ready to use! Registration is open now! The symposium fee (55 Euro) includes attendance of the Symposium on Saturday 5th November, all refreshments, lunch and the Symposium Dinner on the Saturday evening. There will be an optional dinner and pre-conference session on Friday evening and School Library visits on Sunday morning. Please visit the Symposium Wiki, http://schoollibrarysymposium.wikispaces.com/ for more information on how to register and make payment. We look forward to seeing you at the symposium! Sincerely, Organising Committee Barbara Boyer Fiona Collins Marion van Engelen

Kids Read China Finals, Feb. 2012

You and your students are invited to join the 2011-2012 Kids Read China Finals, a literature competition for middle schools students. Kids Read is our very own reading initiative, thanks to the effort of Nadine Rosevear, the MS Librarian of International School of Beijing (ISB), China, back in 2009. This year's event will be held at Tianjin International School (TIS) on February 24, 2012 at their brand new campus.

Please visit the following wiki to learn more about the event and to read questions from the past competitions. These will be great resources to start up your own reading group and to start practicing. The wiki has a question bank and members are invited to add and share their own questions on books to this resource. It will also serve as a communication tool between international schools in China to share ideas on how to promote the KIDS READ program.

http://kidsread-network.wikispaces.com/

For more information, please send an e-mail to Phoebe Kao (pkao@tiseagles.com ) who will be the event organizer this school year.