Hurrah!Global Education Day at TCEA in Austin

We’re thrilled to announce that we will be at the TCEA Convention and Exposition on February 5, 2018! We hold an annual Global Education Day at the ISTE conference and are now expanding to bring this face-to-face global event to other conferences.

Join Lucy Gray, Steve Hargadon, Edmodo, and many members of the Global Education Conference community on Monday, February 5th PM at the Austin Convention Center for one or both of two special half-day face-to-face meetings in which you can connect and collaborate with other globally-minded educators.

• Inspirational ignite talks by noted educators and organizations working to connect classrooms;
• Round-table discussions in which educators will showcase specific examples of global projects;
• A global resource cool tools smackdown in which attendees will share the best resources and tools for creating global experiences for students.

This meetup will take place at the TCEA Convention and Exposition as part of TCEA’s premium registration hands-on workshops. Registration is required, and premium registrations do sell out each year, so don't delay! Also: workshops and events on this premium day are filled on a first-come, first-served basis to registrants. We cannot guarantee that there will be space in our events so we recommend that you plan ahead and get there early. If our sessions are filled, there will be other workshops you can attend.

REGISTER HERE

Note: this is a physical, face-to-face event, not a virtual or online event. Please register ONLY if you can be in Austin, Texas on February 5, 2018.

Contact Lucy Gray directly at lucy@globaledevents.com if you are interested in serving as a roundtable discussion facilitator and/or an ignite speaker. Spaces are limited. Roundtable facilitators will lead networking discussions on a topic of their choice related to global education. Ignite speakers will deliver short presentations (20 slides at 15 seconds each) on a topic related to globally connected teaching and learning.

Here's our schedule:

Session 1
9:00 - 9:15 AM Open remarks by Lucy Gray and Steve Hargadon
9:15 - 9:30 AM First three ignite talks
9:30 - 10:15 AM Roundtable Discussion - Round 1
10:15 - 10:30 AM Next three ignite talks
10:30 - 11:15 AM Roundtable Discussion - Round 2
11:15 - 11:45 AM Global Resources/Tools Duel
11:45 - 12:00 PM Last set of ignite talks

Session 2
1:00 - 1:15 PM Open remarks by Lucy Gray and Steve Hargadon
1:15 - 1:30 PM First three ignite talks
1:30 - 2:15 PM Roundtable Discussion - Round 1
2:15 - 2:30 PM Next three ignite talks
2:30 - 3:15 PM Roundtable Discussion - Round 2
3:15 - 3:45 PM Global Resources/Tools Duel
3:45 - 4:00 PM Last set of ignite talks

Many, many thanks to Edmodo for their sponsorship of this event, and to TCEA for their support and the use of this meeting space. Here’s a flyer that you can share with friends and colleagues: https://www.smore.com/gc43y-global-education-day-at-tcea-2018. We would appreciate it you could distribute this widely.

Library 2.018 - "Design Thinking" Registration and Call for Proposals Open, Keynote Updates

We're excited to announce our first Library 2.018 mini-conference: Design Thinking: How Librarians Are Incorporating It Into Their Practice, which will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, March 8th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone).

This event is being organized in partnership with Steven J. Bell, who will serve as moderator for the opening panel and as the closing keynote speaker.

When IDEO, a globally recognized design firm, partnered with the Chicago Public Library to create the Design Thinking Toolkit for Libraries it greatly demystified the design thinking process and gave the library community a resource to more easily implement a design challenge in their own organization. Design thinking is a process designers use to thoughtfully identify problems and then, using a team-based approach, develop prototypes useful for implementing an elegant solution. In response to the growing interest in design thinking, this event will provide attendees with both insights into the process and examples of how librarians are integrating it into their practice. If you’ve been hearing about design thinking and want to learn more about how you can develop and lead a design challenge at your library, this is your opportunity.

We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to provide input and participate this event.

This is a free event, being held online.
REGISTER HERE
to attend live or to receive the recording links afterwards. Please also join this Library 2.0 network to be kept updated on this and future events.

Participants are encouraged to use #library2018 and #librarydesignthinking on their social media posts leading up to and during the event.

MORE INFORMATION:
The School of Information at San José State University is the founding conference sponsor. Please register as a member of the Library 2.0 network to be kept informed of future events. Recordings from previous years are available under the Archives tab at Library 2.0 and at the Library 2.0 YouTube channel.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS:
We will have a limited number of slots for presenter sessions. The call for proposals is open HERE. We encourage all who are interested in presenting to submit.

Steven J. Bell Associate University Librarian for Research and Instructional Services at Temple University blendedlib Steven J. Bell is the Associate University Librarian for Research and Instructional Services at Temple University. He writes and speaks about academic librarianship, learning technologies, library leadership, textbook affordability, higher education, design thinking and user experience. Steven is a past-president of ACRL. He currently writes at Designing Better Libraries, a blog about design thinking and library user experiences. He authors weekly columns for Library Journal Academic Newswire, "From the Bell Tower" and "Leading From the Library". He is co-author of the book “Academic Librarianship by Design” and editor of the book “Crucible Moments: Inspiring Library Leadership”. Steven is an adjunct instructor for San Jose State University's iSchool where he teaches the Design Thinking seminar. For additional information about Steven J. Bell or links to his projects, point your browser to http://stevenbell.info​ http://stevenbell.info​

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Sidsel Bech-Pertersen Head of projects and co-creation, Aarhus Public Libraries, Dokk1 As a library transformer through 10 years my job was to support the process of transforming the Main Library in Aarhus into our new library: Dokk1. Dokk1 opened up to the public in 2015 and is the largest public library in Scandinavia. As head of projects and co-creation I now support our projects and the way we do user involvement across Aarhus Public Libraries. Since 2013 I have been working on a joined project with Chicago Public Library and IDEO – the end result has just been published as a toolkit: Design Thinking for Libraries. The toolkit gives you tools to design library services and make sure that your library constantly adapt to the needs of the local community by using human-centered design. https://www.aakb.dk/users/sidsel-bech-petersen

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Rachel Ivy Clarke Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University archivy Formerly the cataloging librarian at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Rachel Ivy Clarke is currently an assistant professor at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies. Her research focuses on the application of design methodologies and epistemologies to librarianship to facilitate the systematic, purposeful design of library services. She holds a BA in creative writing from California State University Long Beach, an MLIS from San Jose State University, and a PhD from the University of Washington Information School. http://archivy.net/

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