This event is being co-sponsored ALA's Games & Gaming Round Table.

Description:

Tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) – Dungeons & Dragons being the most popular example - can positively impact the multiple facets of students’ lives: academics, durable skills, social-emotional learning. In Part One of our two part series, let's quest together as we encounter how research supports using TTRPGs in education, explore stories of teachers using TTRPGs in their classrooms, and discover ideas and ways that librarians and the library can play a critical role in making such transformative game-based learning a success. 

Before the webinar begins, please complete Slides 3-5 of the “Character Sheet Reflection Tool” (i.e. “Before the Quest”). We will complete the second half (“At the End of the Quest”) of the Reflection Tool at the end of the webinar.

Webinar Date & Time:

Wednesday May 8, 2024 at 3:30 PM EDT

This webinar is worth 1 LEU

Registration:

https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_T0Cq-RgTTNGOfPm1QCT3DA

Contact information:

Adam Watson

email: awatson@ovec.org

Kentucky Educators for Role Playing Games website: kyedrpg.com

social media:  @watsonedtech and @kyedrpg (#kyedrpg)

Short Biography:

ADAM WATSON (@watsonedtech) has been a Kentucky educator since 2005, starting out as a high school English teacher and became National Board Certified in 2013.  In 2014, he was hired at Shelby County Public Schools to be its district Digital Learning Coordinator, where he was a leader in several initiatives, including a 1:1 Chromebook implementation and the launch of Shelby's Profile of a Graduate.  In his role at Shelby, Adam also was the lead liaison for the district’s librarians.   In 2022, he joined the Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative (OVEC) as a Deeper Learning Design Specialist.  Adam is a frequent presenter, PD facilitator, and published writer on innovative education, particularly on the topics of edtech and game-based learning.  In 2019, KySTE (the state chapter of the International Society for Technology in Education) named him the Outstanding Leader of the Year.  For more on Adam’s educational journey, please visit adamwatson.org.

The Indiana State Library will make all reasonable modifications to policies and programs to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy all of its programs, services, and activities. If you require an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in this program, service or activity of the Indiana State Library, please contact Michele Johnson, the Indiana State Library’s ADA Coordinator (micjohnson2@spd.in.gov or 463-271-5168). Notice of a needed accommodation should be provided as soon as possible to allow time for the State Library to arrange for the accommodation; however, notice of a needed accommodation must be provided to one of the above contacts no later than 48 hours in advance.

Government Information Day, or GID, is a free biennial conference for librarians interested in learning about government resources and improving information literacy. The conference is Friday May 17th at the Indiana State Library and serves as an excellent networking opportunity for Indiana or government documents librarians. Indiana public librarians can earn up to 4 LEUs toward their certification. For any questions, please contact Brent Abercrombie, Federal Documents Librarian, at (317) 232-3677 or babercrombie@library.in.gov. 

This registration is for in-person attendance only. A separate registration page is available for virtual attendance. To learn more about GID24, including program titles and descriptions, please visit the conference page, https//feddocs.lib.in.us/government-information-day-2024/. 

Would you like to connect with other library staff members in Indiana who are tasked with their library's webpage?  This roundtable shares skills, brainstorms and mentors each other.

This group meets 4 times a year:  Tuesdays @ 2:00 pm eastern / 1:00 pm central

• February 27, 2024
• May 28, 2024
• August 27, 2024
• November 26, 2024

If you have questions you can email Paula Newcom, Northeast Regional Coordinator – pnewcom@library.in.gov

(No need to travel to the Indiana State Library, you can attend from the comfort of your own library!)

This presentation will cover my staff training on “Grace in the Workplace.”  I will cover what I presented to my staff and how I worked the theme throughout the year. I will talk about what has worked well and what did not. I will also share other staff themes that I have done with my staff and discuss what made me choose those ideas.  Staff themes help bring the staff together and give them things to talk about when they have nothing else in common. Themes can help you work through difficult transitions and bring the staff together to work toward a common initiative. This “Grace in the Workplace” really helped us all come back together after the pandemic created a lot of upset and frustrated people in the world. 

• Presenter: Stephanie Rawlins, Director of Pike County Public Library
• Webinar date and time: Wednesday, May 29, 2024 / 10:00 am - 11:00 am Eastern
• This webinar is eligible for 1 LEU.
• Register at: https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_cV0N2gFnTdGwUJIPcf_-uA
• LOG IN on the scheduled day and time at (login link to webinar will be sent by Zoom)

The Indiana State Library will make all reasonable modifications to policies and programs to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy all of its programs, services, and activities. If you require an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in this program, service or activity of the Indiana State Library, please contact [Lacey Klemm (lklemm@library.in.gov or 317-691-5884)] advance of the webinar/program in which you would like to participate. Alternatively, you can contact Michele Johnson, the Indiana State Library’s ADA Coordinator (micjohnson2@spd.in.gov or 463-271-5168). Notice of a needed accommodation should be provided as soon as possible to allow time for the State Library to arrange for the accommodation; however, notice of a needed accommodation must be provided to one of the above contacts no later than 48 hours in advance.