Saturday, October 27, 2007
This is our last full day in the land of cowboy hats, plaid shirts, spurs, and rhinestone belts worn in earnest at 8 a.m. Our bus driver assured me that the attire is authentic. Another visitor commented about two little brothers she had seen in the hotel hallway, the 7 year old tormenting his younger brother by lassoing his feet so he couldn’t walk.
Morning entailed final preparation for our presentation. Bob and I had plenty of time to set up and rehearse. Bob noted that our competition included a repeat concurrent session presented by Joyce Valenza, in the convention conference room next to ours.
Having just completed our concurrent session, Bob and I are very pleased. We had about 40 participants, the presentation went well and the podcasts created by Clemente students were well received. School librarian participants laughed and clapped and created podcasts! The handouts that Bob and I produced to enable participants to create their own podcasts are available to you, too, at
http://www.eshow2000.com/aasl/handouts.cfm
I am in the General Closing Session featuring Omar Wasow, co-founder of BlackPanet.com and an on-air technology analyst. He is funny, articulate, and loves libraries. He describes himself as a nerd and is a third year Ph.D. student at Harvard who says he owes his interest in technology to a childhood playing Donkey Kong. His is very comfortable talking to us about technology because we appreciate his journey through technological innovation and laugh at all the right spots during nerdy insider comments. He believes that school libraries offer not only information, but also transformation to its student patrons. He says that the space itself is unique in that it provides a noble space for individual reflection and group collaboration.
Tonight is the wrap-up party in the Reno National Automobile Museum. Tomorrow morning we will be in the taxi to the airport soon after 4 a.m.
See you at the ALA Mid-winter meeting in Philadelphia in January 2008!
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