Showing posts with label BWAD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BWAD. Show all posts

Sunday, September 25, 2011

BWAD is in 3 days!

AASL's Banned Websites Awareness Day (BWAD) is just around the corner on September 28, 2011. A special thank you to all those who contributed posts about the impact of filtering on teaching and learning to the AASL blog over the past several weeks. 

Vice President Cengage Learning (Gale)
Librarian
Author of Stephen's Lighthouse Blog







Former School Librarian and Technology Coordinator (WI)
Online Instructor for Mansfield University, PA
Chair of the AASL Intellectual Freedom Committee











School Librarian
New York City Public Schools
Author of Education on the Plate Blog

 






Adjunct instructor at the University of North Texas
Librarian





 





Director of Media and Technology
Mankato (MN) Public Schools




Technology Innovation Expert
New York City Department of Education

Associate Director
Children’s Librarian/ Director of The Center for Children’s Literature











At New Canaan High School library, we will show solidarity with blocked schools by BLOCKING Facebook, Twitter, and  YouTube on 9/28. Students will video interview the learning community about the impact of filtering on our learning and post their footage to Facebook.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

#15 edWeb.net/emergingtech Session15 (Sep. 14, 2011 4PM, EST)

August 17, 2011 11AM EDT – Session 14

Title: #bannedsites: The Webinar

Synopsis: We’ve been talking about this event for months. The time to celebrate our freedom to learn is now. This session is the Banned Sites Awareness Day (September 28, 2011) tool kit. We will reveal our national filter and access survey results, feature innovative lessons using commonly blocked resources, offer justification for lifting bans, showcase sensible policies, and provide resources to help librarians celebrate Banned Websites Awareness Day.
For broadcast recording and certificate of attendance, please visit edweb.net/emergingtech (it's free!)

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