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**A** Announcing Announcing two webinars that support reading and library activities via the INSPIRE-supported TeachingBooks.net! These webinars are brought to you by the Indiana Department of Education, the Indiana State Library and AISLE (the Association of Indiana School Library Educators).

Monday, February 28, 3:30 PM – http://teachingbooks.net/ INTraining Elementary School Applications of TeachingBooks.net: An INSPIRE Resource Wednesday, March 2, 3:00 PM – http://teachingbooks.net/ INTraining Secondary School Applications of TeachingBooks.net: An INSPIRE Resource

Join a session to learn how to use the Inspire-supported Teachingbooks.net to transform readers' connections to books and authors with online, multimedia materials into library and reading activities. During the session we'll hear from award- winning authors as we explore video interviews, book readings, ready –to- use novel units and even something so brief as an author saying his or her name, all of which provide personal connections to literature that bring the reading experience to life for students, teachers and librarians alike. We are fortunate to have many resources on the site specifically devoted to Indiana-based events and awards.

The following actions are the pedagogical goals that we hope each participant of this webinar is inspired to take away and use at their school.


 * Perpetuate the joy of reading with relevant multimedia materials that enliven the reading and discussion of books.
 * Equalize access to authors for all readers, so that authors can be in any library and classroom—online, anytime.
 * Collaborate with colleagues to encourage the use of books in all content areas by adding a multimedia dimension.
 * Infuse multimedia into your studies of Young Hoosier Book Award activities.
 * Perpetuate quality professional development of educators so that they can both learn from authors, and have ready-to-use teaching materials at their immediate disposal.
 * Transform the teaching of writing by enabling students and educators to learn directly from professional writers.
 * Demonstrate alignments to the new Common Core standards (ELA in particular).
 * Demonstrate connections to the new AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.

To join these webinars, no pre-registration required. Simply go to the above URL at the designated start time and sign in as a “guest”.