MEMO Fall 2009 Conference
October 1-3, 2009
Mayo Civic Center -- Rochester, MN

MEMO (Minnesota Educational Media Organization) will be holding its annual fall conference, School 2.0: Get Connected!, from October 1 – 3 at the Rochester Mayo Civic Center. Keynote speakers include Dr. Scott McLeod, Anita Beaman and Amy Eberts, and author Lynne Jonell. The conference includes over 60 breakout sessions with regional school library and school technology experts, visits from 20 regional authors, and a large vendor area.

Why you don’t want to miss the fall MEMO conference:
• Local experts are providing breakout sessions on web 2.0 tools, top new books, library management, policy, motivating readers, book clubs, and more!
• Nationally known keynote speakers, including our MYRA winning author!
• Networking with media specialists & technology staff (a great way to get input on all the current issues)
• Local authors: great contacts for future author visits!
• Connections with technology & book vendors: with new items to preview!
• A chance to try out new tools with expert guidance!
• You are the leader in your district & school: attendance provides you the tools you need to lead!

For registration information, a map of Rochester, and other conference details, visit: http://www.memoweb.org/htmlfiles/conference.html

Just a couple of additional things to note about registration this year:

 If you are a MEMO member and you register for the full conference by June 30, 2009, you will save 10% on the cost of full conference registration!

 The Nonmembers Comprehensive rate for the full conference includes a year of MEMO membership, so be sure to send in a membership form. If your district is submitting your registration, the membership form can be sent directly to MEMO’s Administrative Assistant, Deanna Sylte, with a note that your registration form is on its way.

This year’s conference looks like it will be the best ever with something for everyone. Please plan to join us in Rochester in October!

Mary Garlie - Conference Registration Chairperson

Two Rochester hotels have offered a special MEMO rate and reserved blocks of rooms for our conference. Reservations must be made directly with the hotels; mention the MEMO conference when making reservations. Both hotels are connected to the Mayo Civic Center by the skyway system.

The Kahler Grand Hotel 800-533-1655
Room rates: $89.00 (single, double, triple, quad) + 11% tax per night – rates guaranteed until Sept. 3, 2009 Doubletree Hotel (formerly the Radisson Plaza Hotel) 507-281-8000 or visit www.doubletree.com Room rates: $102.00 (single, double) + 11% tax per night – rates guaranteed until Sept. 10, 2009.

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The fall MEMO Conference in Rochester holds some great learning opportunities for school technology staff. Please share these awesome breakout session topics with your technology directors, integration specialists, technicians and others interested in school technology.

Register for the MEMO Conference (School 2.0: Get Connected! Oct. 1-3 at the Rochester Civic Center)at: http://www.memoweb.org.

Technology & Media Advocacy:
These sessions provide support for advocating for your media and/or technology program in your school/district.
 Technology Elevator Speeches: Using Research Data and Learning Surveys to Advocate for Technology Integration
 Selling Your Library to Administrators and Staff - presented by a media specialist, curriculum director and assistant principal
 MEMO/MLA Legislative Update - presented by Elaine Keefe, lobbyist for MEMO/MLA
 Media Center Promotion: Using Webjunction MN to share Library Outreach Ideas
 Your Web 2.0 Media Presence: Using Wikis, Blogs and Moodle to Interconnect
 Creating an Indispensable Media Program: - Northfield Middle School

Technology Staff:
The following sessions provide training and information of interest to technology coordinators, technology integrationists, and others who work with school technology.
 Technology Elevator Speeches: Using Research Data and Learning Surveys to Advocate for Technology Integration
 PreK-8 Games for your Classroom
 rSchool Today user’s group
 Successfully Implementing a K-12 & Parent Cyber Safety Program
 The Implications of Internet Filters in Secondary Schools
 Teaching and Learning in an Online Environment
 Moodle: Open Source E-Learning
 How Scared do we Need to Be? Internet Safety and Cyberbullying
 Your Web 2.0 Media Presence: Using Wikis, Blogs and Moodle to Interconnect
 Fast & Fun: Lightning Presentations on Library 2.0 Tools and Topics
 Distance Learning via Video Conferencing
 Using Google Earth for Classroom Investigations

Web 2.0 Tools:
 Library 2.0, cont: a Conversation with Anita Beaman and Amy Oberts
 Web 2.0 for Organizing Research and Resources
 Enhancing Reading Instruction with Web 2.0 Tools
 Pre-K - 8 Games
 2.0 Tools for Readers Workshop Resources
 VoiceThread and Other Web 2.0 Tools
 Your Web 2.0 Media Presence: Using Wikis, Blogs and Moodle to Interconnect
 Fast & Fun: Lightning Presentations on Library 2.0 Tools and Topics

Cyber Safety:
 Successfully Implementing a K-12 & Parent Cyber Safety Program
 The Implications of Internet Filters in Secondary Schools
 How Scared do we Need to Be? Internet Safety and Cyberbullying

Online Learning:
 Teaching and Learning in an Online Environment
 Teaching a Hybrid Course
 Distance Learning via Video Conferencing
 Minnesota Learning Commons

Collaboration:
 Web 2.0 for Organizing Research and Resources
 Pre-K to 8 Games for Your Classroom
 Thinkfinity Curriculum Resources
 Mexican History@ Your Library
 Keyboarding Issues in the Elementary
 Brewin’ Up a Good Storm
 Library of Congress: Teaching with Primary Sources
 Using Google Earth for Classroom Investigations

Educational Change:
 Technology and Learning in an Online Environment
 Moodle: Open Source Elearning
 Change from the Radical Center
 Where to From Here? An Open Conversation with Scott McLeod

Minnesota Resources:
 Minnesota Knows
 Minnesota Reflections
 The Only Stupid Questions is the One You Don’t Dare AskMN
 WebJunction MN
 MN Learning Commons
 ELM Resources
 MYRA, Youth Reading, Voting and the Maud Hart Lovelace Award

Additional Sessions and Resources
 Keyboarding:
 Destiny Software User: Learn and Share
 SIRS Issues Researcher: It’s all new!
 rSchool Today



Laurie Conzemius
Library Media Specialist
Pine Meadow Elementary School
Sartell, MN 56377
320-656-3701 X4111