SLANZA Conference 2011

Thanks Lisa for gettting us started here on our Northland SLANZA blog with some feedback from the Conference to our colleagues in Northland, and beyond...

There was a great group from Te Tai Tokerau...

• Lisa Salter, Ruawai College - Northland SLANZA National Executive rep
• Di Eastwood, Kerikeri High School - Northland SLANZA Chairperson
• Julia Smith, Kerikeri High School
• Liz Christensen, Ohaeawai School
• Angela Margison, Excellere College
• Trina Yuretich, Ahipara School
• Elaine Shields, Kaikohe East School
• Dee Brooker, Whangarei Boys' High School
• Stephanie Gibbons, Whangarei Girls' High School
• Jeannie Skinner, National Library

Here are most of us, sitting front and centre in the front row, early birds waiting for the rest of the crowd to appear... From left to right, Steph, Dee, Angela, Julia, Liz, Elaine, Lisa.

Lisa presented a workshop on good reporting, Julia presented a workshop on blogging, and Liz and Jeannie presented a session together on young fiction creating readers, and we can share elements of those workshops here. There is so much other good information to share too from all the various workshops we attended, so hopefully we are all going to have a go at posting here on this blog to pass on information and links with you.

To start off, here is a link to the two main keynote presenters, Judy O'Connell from Australia and Joyce Valenza from the United States. They were impressive, inspiring, challenging, overwhelming, encouraging, expert, articulate, generous, knowledgeable, passionate, and 100% committed to student learning and empowerment.

Judy O'Connell - see her blog Hey Jude and her presentation "Do you have the keys to tomorrow?" http://heyjude.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/do-you-have-the-keys-to-tomorrow/

Here is the link to the public document written during Judy O'Connell's workshop session, showcasing many of the great ideas shared during Find it fast and get things done http://bit.ly/mYILEn

Joyce Valenza - here is the link to Joyce Valenza's SLANZA conference 2011 presentation and many more of her fantastic ideas http://joycedownunder.wikispaces.com/

You can post and share learning and ideas in the SLANZA ideas section.

From here you can follow links to her school's virtual library at http://springfieldlibrary.wikispaces.com/ and her School Library Journal hosted blog The Neverending Search at http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch/


The next SLANZA conference is in Wellington in 2013, so start planning to attend that one if you can !