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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Capital Region BOCES School Library System</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/</link><description>Updates from the Capital Region BOCES School Library System.</description><generator>FeedSpring - http://feedspring.com/</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:13:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Contemporary Genocide - Let Me See That - Social Studies</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/letmeseethat/social-studies.html</link></item><item><title>Squeaky Clean Kids - Let Me See That - Health</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/letmeseethat/health.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:13:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New York State History - Let Me See That - Social Studies</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/letmeseethat/social-studies.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:12:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Ocean, The Sea - Let Me See That - Science</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/letmeseethat/science.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:12:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>School Library Systems and the New York State Budget Crisis</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/</link><description>The Capital Region BOCES School Library System joins all other SLS's in the state in concern about the state's fiscal crisis. At this writing, funding for systems is at a standstill. </description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 02:31:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Upcoming Training Opportunities</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/calendar.html</link><description>Oct 15, 2008	E-Books Training	
Oct 16, 2008	AASL Workshop Elementary - Reading and the Elementary SLMS!	
Oct 16, 2008	YA Book Group	
Oct 21, 2008	Learners! Thinkers! Doers! Evidence Based Practice	
Oct 27, 2008	SLS Open House for New Librarians	
Nov 1, 2008	Tech Camp - 2.0 Applications
Nov 6, 2008	2008 NYLA Annual Conference
Nov 12, 2008	E-Books Training	
Nov 19, 2008	YA Book Group	
Nov 22, 2008	Tech Camp - 2.0 Applications - part 2</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:27:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Inquiry Learning in the Capital Region - A 21st Century Snapshot</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/</link><description>An amazing group of librarians and classroom teachers demonstrated their work at Hudson Valley Community College on Friday October 3, 2008.

Inquiry Based Learning was the focus for these educators as they showed us their practical integration of the New York State Learning Standards and the Capital Area Information Fluency Curriculum.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:17:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Let Me See That Publications</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/letmeseethat/index.html</link><description>New publications for : Music (Arts), Election 2008 (Social Studies), Autumn Season (Holidays) and Rock the SAT (Misc)</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:47:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Your School Library Open 24/7 with online databases and now – E-Books!</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/index.html</link><description>Capital Region BOCES is happy to announce E-Books! Through a consortia purchase, students have access to their school reference collections online – any time, any place where Internet is available.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:57:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Inquiry Learning in the Capital Area: a 21st Century Snapshot </title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/calendar.html</link><description>Oct 3 at HVCC, 8:30 AM  -  3:30 PM. Share inquiry based learning experiences with your peers. </description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:57:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fall Events Updated</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/calendar.html</link><description>e-books training, Learners, Thinkers, Doers. Book Discussion Groups. And more! Check it ou. </description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:55:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Council Meeting Schedule Updated</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/council/</link><description>First meeting is: October 15, 2008 </description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:53:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Liaison Meeting Schedule Updated</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/liaisons/index.html</link><description>First meeting is: Oct 3, 2008 - Hudson Valley Community College</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:53:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Summer Opportunities for Librarians and Teachers</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org</link><description>Check out these great summer training opportunities: Inquiry Boot Camp,  Information Fluency Curriculum Rewrite and Inquiry Meets Web 2.0. 
</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:46:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Summer Olympics, Feature Films - New &quot;Let Me See That&quot; updates</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/letmeseethat/index.html</link><description>Check out new media listings for the Summer Olympics and updated listings of feature films. 

The BOCES Instructional Media Service provides members with access to curriculum related learning resources in a variety of formats through the Web/Max III database. The collection holds over 6,000 unique titles in such formats as VHS, DVD, audio-book, jackdaw, and literature box.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:43:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title> Inquiry Meets 2.0 Workshp - August 2008</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/events/special-registration-2008-08.html</link><description>August 13, 9 am till August 14, 4 pm at The Rensselaerville Institute - Spend an overnight working with your team at the beautiful campus of the Rensselaerville Institute. Polly Farrington and Mary Ratzer will be our facilitators for this two day workshop. Who should participate? Teams of teachers, specialists and school librarians. Participants are encouraged to come as teams!</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:54:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Let Me See That - Updates</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/letmeseethat/</link><description>Some new listings in the the Let Me See That media collection: 
Harry Potter in DVDs and Audio Books
April is Poetry Month
Dr. Seuss, Happy Birthday to You!
Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears Holocaust
Women's History Month
Chemistry in Video, DVD and Digital Video Streaming</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:52:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Materials Selection Policies: Who Bought This Stuff</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/professional/powerpoints.html</link><description>PowerPoint slides from the Dec 13, 2007 meeting are now available. </description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:01:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>School Library 2.0 Tech Camp - Advanced</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/events/register.html</link><description>Library 2.0 Tech Camp - Advanced on April 4 and 5 at Rensselaerville Institute. Trainer - Polly Farrington. Note: This program is ONLY for those who have attended a previous Library 2.0 Tech Camp either through Questar III BOCES or Capital Region BOCES.
</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:42:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AASL has released the new &quot;Standards for the 21st Century Learner&quot;!</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/</link><description>These are completely in line with the Capital Region BOCES SLS Information Fluency Curriculum. We are ahead of the curve here - thanks to all of our cutting edge library media specialists!

</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:46:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Capital Region BOCES School Library System announces Mini-Grants to schools</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org</link><description>The Capital Region BOCES SLS will award mini-grants of up to $1000 to eligible schools for the purchase of library materials to support instruction and teacher-librarian collaboration.

These mini-grants are intended to boost school library collections, update the average age of collections and provide resources for inquiry-based, collaborative experiences for learners. </description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:06:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Let Me See That - New Files</title><link>http://www.crbsls.org/letmeseethat/</link><description>New files for:  &quot;Halloween&quot;,  &quot;Social Studies K-12 - What's New for 2007/08&quot; and &quot;This is Daniel Cook&quot;. </description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:04:53 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>