ITSCO is excited to announce the award of a LSTA grant supporting our Literature Lounge program. 

In collaboration with Worthington Libraries, Worthington City Schools, Upper Arlington Library and Columbus Metropolitan Library,  ITSCO is excited to continue the Literature Lounge, a professional development series for K-12 teachers, to our members. Through the Literature Lounge, teachers are able to take part in a series of literature talks offered via interactive video conferencing (IVC). Each Book Talk presented by the participating libraries will be approximately one hour long and will introduce and review noteworthy books for students.

Check out the schedule below to see which Book Talks interest you.  In addition, teachers looking to further their experience or receive graduate credit will be able to choose one of the highlighted books to complete an online book study. Participants will learn how to incorporate emerging technologies to create an interesting and fun book study with their students.

For more information about becoming a participating library or school go to www.itsco.org/content/literature_lounge_participant

To view current Book Talks at Ohio on iTunes U go to Book Talks.

Not sure what interactive video conferencing is? Visit www.itsco.org/multimedia/ivc.html

ATS Members: $50 per site, unlimited participants per site Basic Members: $100 per site, unlimited participants per site

October 14 - Worthington - New Books for Children, K-6, 3:45

October 21 - Upper Arlington - Character Education, K-5, 3:45

October 28 - Worthington - New Books for Teens, 7th-12th gr., 4:15 

December 2 - Worthington - Fun Readers for Beginning Readers, K-2, 3:45

January 13 - Upper Arlington - Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, 3:45

February 24 - Columbus Metropolitan - Teen Choices, 9-12, 4:15

March 10 - Worthington - Books for Gifted Readers, Elementary, 3:45

March 31 - Upper Arlington - Math/Science fiction/nonfiction, K-4, 3:45

April 21 - Worthington - Graphic Novels, 3rd-6th, 3:45

Register Now for the Book Talk you are interested in.

Please fill out the evaluation form after participating in the Book Talk sessions.

Online Book Study Wikis for Book Studies $200(Two semester hours of graduate credit is available for $240 from Ashland University.) * 11/2/09-12/11/09* 1/25/10-2/26/10 * 4/12/10-5/14/10

Register Now for the Online class

This project was supported in whole or in part by federal Institute of Museum and Library Services funds, granted through the State Library of Ohio. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of IMLS or the State Library of Ohio, and no official endorsement by either agency should be inferred.