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Ever felt frustrated because you see a demonstration of a new Web 2.0 technology but don't have a chance to try it right away? Well, here's your chance to learn and play -- at the Web 2.0 Playground for Library Media Specialists TASL pre-conference in Houston. Details are below -- please note, you must register for this separate from your TLA conference registration because it is off-site.

CPE#204: SBEC 7.0; TSLAC 7.0
Web 2.0 Playground for Library Media Specialists

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, 500 MCKINNEY

Librarians will demonstrate how wikis, blogs, personal home pages, flickr, and other 2.0 tools can be integrated into library programming. Participants are encouraged to bring their own wireless laptop to experiment with online collaboration tools. Some computers are available for those without a laptop. Take the TLA Shuttle route to the Doubletree Hotel. Houston Public Library is about a 0.2 mile walk from the Doubletree to the library.

[Preregistration required: space is limited. Registration for members is $120 and non-members is $135; lunch is included. Please include a cover letter with the name and address of the registrant and whether registrant will bring a wireless laptop. Checks, payable to TLA, should be sent to Mary Jo Humphreys, 1102 South Gabriel Drive, Leander, TX 78641.]

Dayna Dees, librarian, Bluebonnet Elementary; Emily Gardner, librarian, Caldwell Heights Elementary; Mary Jo Humphreys, director of instructional technology; Lindsay Jones, librarian, Cactus Ranch Elementary; Linda Kay, librarian, Ridgeview Middle School, Round Rock ISD; and Barbara A. Jansen, librarian, St. Andrews Episcopal School.

Please note: because we are offering this off-site, you must register for it separately.

Cindy Buchanan