National Library Week - April 14-20, 2013 and Snapshot Day - April 16, 2013

Help the SERC Library celebrate National Library Week and Snapshot Day!

Come on into the SERC Library during the week and especially on Snapshot Day April 16th to participate in our celebration!  We will be offering some FREE resources for patrons to take, SERC Library bags, and more!

Snapshot Day is celebrated in Connecticut so libraries all over Connecticut can take a "snapshot" -- collecting information to capture the impact that Connecticut libraries have on their communities on a typical day.  We will ask for comments and take pictures and submit our entries to be posted online at http://snapshotctlib.wordpress.com after April 30, 2013. 

For more information on National Library Week, http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/natlibraryweek

Come on in and have some fun!!!!! 

Purple Up! for Military Kids!

Wear PURPLE Monday April 15, 2013!

Show the children of our men and women servicing in the military that our community supports them.

Purple symbloizes all the branches of the military, as it is the combination of ARMY green, COAST GUARD red, MARINE navy, and AIR FORCE blue.  Purple Up! acts as a visible way to show support and thank military youth for their strength and sacrifices as well.

Let's see if we can get everyone to join this statewide show of support on Monday April 15, 2013!  Spread the news about Purple Up!

Military kids all over Connecticut are heroes too! 

Send your photos to post on the CT Operation: Military Kids and the NLC 4-H  Facebook pages, where military youth and families from across the state will be able see them!

UConn Cooperative Extension, Operation: Military Kids & 4-H Military Club Programs
New London County Extension Center, 562 New London Turnpike, Norwich, CT 06360
For more information, contact: Lisa Marcinkowski
https://www.facebook.com/pages/CT-Operation-Military-Kids/123348571035116?ref=ts
phone 860-885-6106 • fax 860-886-1164
 email lisa.marcinkowski@uconn.edu                                                                     
The University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension is an equal opportunity employer and program provider.

Classroom resources to help CELEBRATE National Poetry Month!

Yes, April is also Nation Poetry Month! 

Check out Edutopia Editorial Assistant Matt Davis's blog post for resources teachers can use to include poetry in classroom lessons --- http://www.edutopia.org/blog/national-poetry-month-teacher-resources-matt-davis

What's A Poem?

A whisper,
a shout,
thoughts turned     
inside out.

A laugh,
a sigh,
an echo
passing by.

A rhythm,
a rhyme,
a moment
caught in time.

A moon,
a star,
a glimpse
of who you are.

--Charles Ghigna

National Autism Awareness Month

April is National Autism Awareness Month and the Autism community has been clebrating April as National Autism Awareness Month since the 1970s.  The United States recognizes April as a special opportunity to highlight the growing need for concern and awareness and to educate the public about autism and issues within the the autism community. 

Check out the Autism Society website page on National Austism Awareness Month.

In addition, The IDEA Partnership has put together an awesome list of resources on autism, follow this link to the list http://www.ideapartnership.org/documents/ASD-Collection/2-2013/ASD_resource-guide.pdf?utm_source=Copy+of+Autism+Final&utm_campaign=ASD+Campaign&utm_medium=email

A Bunch of FREE Webinars!

Okay, I am listing all the free webinars I have so far so I can get on to posting other good April "stuff" --- there is a lot of "stuff" that will be coming your way for April!    Here goes the free webinars in date order:

Herff Jones/Nystrom presents:

"Houston, we have a problem."  Social Studies & the Common Core State Standards, Thursday, April 11, at 3:30 CDT with Robert Austin, to sign up for this event, go to http://bit.ly/HoustonWeHaveAProblem.

Education Week presents:

State Networks Propel STEM Education, Thursday, April 11 2 to 3 pm ET, with Jeff Weld and Marcella Klein Williams and moderated by Erik Robelen, to sign up for this event, go to http://www.edweek.org/topics/stem/index.html, scroll down the page and on the right hand side you will find a link to register for this webinar.

eSchool News and JAMF Software:

Extending Apple's Native Tools, Tuesday, April 16, at 2 pm CT, to sign up for this event, go to http://info.jamfsoftware.com/extending-apples-native-tools-register/?utm_source=eschool-news&utm_medium=custom-email&utm_term=extending-apples-native-tools&utm_content=education-webinar-series&utm_campaign=webinar-3-2013

eSchool News and JDL Horizons:

Empowering Learning with Video, Wednesday, April 17, 2 pm EST, with Shannon Miller, Connie Jaeger, and Jon Bergmann, to sign up for this event, go to https://eschoolmedia.webex.com/mw0307l/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&siteurl=eschoolmedia&service=6&rnd=0.19292591202524279&main_url=https%3A%2F%2Feschoolmedia.webex.com%2Fec0606l%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26confViewID%3D1003703445%26%26%26%26siteurl%3Deschoolmedia

School Improvement Network:

Implement the Common Core into Curriculum and Assessments, Thursday, April 18, 2 pm ET, presented by Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs, to sign up for this event, go to https://events-na8.adobeconnect.com/content/connect/c1/1093648891/en/events/event/shared/default_template/event_landing.html?sco-id=1125847922&campaign-id=e2-4-2&_charset_=utf-8

Free webinar on Technology and Cognitive Support: Strategies and Tools for Organization and Planning - April 2nd!

This is a series of live free webinars from AbleNet University.  You do have to register follow this link:  https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=rrmbs28zfry4.  The webinar is from 11:30 am to 12:15 pm CST.  This is the second in the series, sorry missed the notice on the first one.  The third one is on Strategies and Tools for Task Completion and Routines on April 11th from 11:30 am to 12:15 pm CST and all of the series was presented by Gayl Bowser.  You can also check out some of their archived webinars.