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Connecticut Educational Media Association

25 Elmwood Avenue. Trumbull, CT 06611-3594
Phone: 203-372-2260 E-Mail: aweimann@snet.net

CEMA is the professional association of Connecticut school library media specialists.

ATTENTION:

With our new name, CASL (CT Association of School Librarians), comes a new website. Please check our new site at http://www.ctcasl.com/ for all new information.

Library Media Center Site-of-the-Month for May 2008.

Please check the Workshops page for more information about workshops.

CEMA's Annual Conference - 2007

The Connecticut Educational Media Association (CEMA) and the Connecticut Educators' Computer Association (CECA) teamed up to create the first New England regional conference for technology educators. The conference was held at the Connecticut Convention Center in downtown Hartford on October 23, 2007.

The keynote speaker was forensic scientist, Dr. Henry Lee. His keynote address was on the importance
of educating independent thinkers, inquiry-based learning and complex problem solving.

For more information from the conference (pictures, handouts, etc.):

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The 6th annual Northeast Media Literacy Conference: April 11, 2008 - University of Connecticut , Storrs .
The New Media Literacies for Today's Plugged-In Generation!

Whether you are a teacher, parent, counselor, or others who work directly or indirectly with young people, the upcoming 6th annual Northeast Media Literacy Conference should be of great and timely interest.
The full brochure with conference schedule and online registration information can be found at http://medialiteracy.education.uconn.edu.
Kathy Paquette from Wolcott Elementary School was named West Hartford "Teacher of the Year."
As part of her responsibilities this year she had the opportunity to speak at West Hartford Public School's New Teacher Orientation and at the Opening Day Convocation for all teachers and administrators in the district. Read her speeches by clicking the links above.
Current Job Openings in Connecticut!

Read School Library Receives $5,000 Grant

The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries recently named Read School as one of this year’s recipients of the America’s Libraries Award. Read School will receive a $5,000 grant to expand, update and diversify its library book collection. The foundation has announced that 263 school libraries are being awarded $1,286,757 in grants for 2007. Read was one of two school in Connecticut to receive this award.

“The $5000 Laura Bush Award is a wonderful gift to support learning and love of reading at Read. This award will improve the book collection available at the Read Library. The books chosen will support the curriculum in social studies, science, and language arts as well as supplement the reference section with dictionaries and encyclopedias,” Patricia Colonnese, Read School Library Media Specialist, said. “Read School is very fortunate to receive this award. The budget cuts across the district have had a huge impact on having the right books for our students at our school library.”

According to the Laura Bush Foundation, more than 129,800 students will benefit from new books in their school libraries from this year’s Laura Bush Foundation grants. The 2007 awardees include 234 public schools, 11 charter schools, 14 private schools and 4 alternative schools. Grants were made in 48 states plus the District of Columbia.

The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries states that its mission “is to support the education of our nation’s children by providing funds to update, extend and diversify the book and print collections of America’s school libraries.” For more information, visit http://www.laurabushfoundation.org.

For information about upcoming workshops as well as handouts from past ones, please check the Workshops page.
iCONN has ordered a large supply of newly designed iCONN bookmarks that libraries can hand out to their patrons. The bookmarks measure 1.25" x 7.5 " and will replace the 4" x 9" rack cards whose supply is nearly depleted.

Libraries and library media centers may obtain iCONN bookmarks at no charge by completing the order form
at http://www.iconn.org/ICONNBookmarks.aspx and faxing the form to 860-757-6503. The bookmarks come in shrink-wrapped packages of 100 each. You can view the bookmark at http://www.iconn.org/documents/iCONN_bMark_proof.pdf
Download a copy of the new Strategic Plan: Word • PDF

AASL Affiliates -

If you would like to have an ad or logo to use in your state newsletter to promote the 2007 AASL National Conference, feel free to contact Andrea Parker (aparker@ala.org) in the AASL office! Additional information about the conference can be found at: http://www.ala.org/aasl/reno/

Click here for information on the 2006 CEMA Award winners!
The CASLgram is now available online within the Members-Only section of this website! You can access the most current issue, and past issues of the CEMAgram will be archived.

The Members-Only webspace requires a username and password. If you should ever lose or forget it, please contact the Administrative Secretary. Please note that the password has been changed for 2007! Look for it in the CEMAgram, or contact the Administrative Secretary.
Click here for a membership application and send it in today!
 

Site Map

For convenient navigation through the rich resources of the CEMA Website,
click on the CEMA Logo in the upper left-hand corner of each screen.
This links directly to the homepage, where the navigation bar includes pop-up menus.


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Last Updated: May 7, 2008