From katie.anderson at state.or.us Wed Sep 4 09:01:50 2013 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 16:01:50 +0000 Subject: [OYAN] $5, 000 grant if you library receives most "thank yous" on FaceBook Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA243E00E940@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Hello! I just received the following grant opportunity announcement. It looks like a fun one! Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 From: Joanna Ison [mailto:jison at ala.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 1:57 PM To: alsc-l at ala.org Subject: [alsc-l] ALSC and LEGOR DUPLOR invite you to thank your public library for making summer reading fun ALSC and LEGO(r) DUPLO(r) invite you to thank your public library for making summer reading fun CHICAGO - The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and LEGO(r) DUPLO(r) continue to support constructive play in libraries through the 2013 LEGO DUPLO Read! Build! Play! giveaway. The two organizations invite parents, children, teachers, community members and everyone in between to "thank" their local public library for their great summer programs. With school doors opening across the country it's hard to believe summer has come to an end. Your public library's hard work this summer has not gone unnoticed. LEGO DUPLO would like to thank public libraries for the creative ways they have made summer reading fun for children with $5,000 to be used for future children's programs. Until Oct. 15, 2013 ALSC and LEGO DUPLO invite the public to visit http://apps.facebook.com/duplo-prod/, enter their name, state and zip code to vote for their public library. In recognition of all of the meaningful programs, reading lists and activities that are carried out across the country, LEGO DUPLO will grant $5,000 to the public libraries in the neighborhood with the most entries. If there are multiple public libraries in the winning zip code the award money will be divided equally amongst them. Official rules are included. ALSC and LEGO DUPLO have worked together through Read! Build! Play! to bring tools and resources to libraries to help them incorporate constructive play into their programming. "Through play, young children learn about their world. With this knowledge, they can understand books and stories once they begin to read," said Starr Latronica, ALSC's President. To learn more about the partnership please visit http://readbuildplay.com. About ALSC ALSC, a division of the ALA, is the world's largest organization dedicated to the support and enhancement of library service to children. With a network of more than 4,000 children's and youth librarians, literature experts, publishers and educational faculty, ALSC is committed to creating a better future for children through libraries. To learn more about ALSC, visit ALSC's website at http://www.ala.org/alsc. About LEGO DUPLO Double the size of traditional LEGO bricks on all dimensions, DUPLO bricks offer children so many ways to creatively play, learn and explore. LEGO Systems, Inc. is the North American division of The LEGO Group, a privately-held, family-owned company based in Billund, Denmark. The company is committed to the development of children's creative and imaginative abilities, and its employees are guided by the motto adopted in the 1930s by founder Ole Kirk Christiansen: "Only the best is good enough." Visit www.LEGO.com. Joanna Ison Program Officer for Projects and Partnerships Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) jison at ala.org 312.280.1398 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jennifer.maurer at state.or.us Wed Sep 4 10:10:04 2013 From: jennifer.maurer at state.or.us (Jennifer Maurer) Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 17:10:04 +0000 Subject: [OYAN] ALA: Engaging Teens with Gaming, Technology (eCourse) & Serving Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Workshop) Message-ID: Starting on Monday, October 7th, ALA is offering an asynchronous 4-week eCourse called Engaging Teens with Digital Media: Creating Stories and Games. As educators tout the value of game design and interactive media in teaching 21st-century skills, related library programs are proving to be immensely popular with teens. You'll learn the basic skills to get teens started in designing, producing, and telling their stories? Participation will require approximately five hours a week, at times that fit your schedule. There are no live sessions. http://bit.ly/1dPGgZa The eCourse will be taught by Kelly Czarnecki. She authored the October 2009 issue of Library Technology Report: Digital Storytelling in Practice. This and books about gaming are available for ILL from the State Library. http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2829 http://catalog.willamette.edu/record=b2213401~S2 http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/school/index.aspx#Requesting_Materials_from_OSL_ On Wednesday, November 13th and 20th from 11:30 to 1:00 Pacific each day, ALA is offering a 2-part online workshop called Serving Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism is now the second most commonly diagnosed serious developmental disability, and the number of children identified as autistic continues to grow. In this workshop, Dr. Lesley Farmer will take you through the basics of autism, explaining the forms the condition can take and how diagnosed children tend to be unique. You will learn the library-specific challenges of dealing with this population, as well as best practices for both interacting with the children one-on-one and making the library environment as a whole more friendly. You will learn about resources and instructional strategies for dealing with this population? Once you register, you will be given very simple instructions that will help you ensure that you have the proper software and capabilities on your computer to run this event. http://bit.ly/13ehEm9 The Autism workshop will be taught by Lesley S. J. Farmer. She authored a book called Library Services for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder which is available for ILL from the State Library. http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=4023 http://catalog.willamette.edu/record=b2316669~S2 http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/school/index.aspx#Requesting_Materials_from_OSL_ FYI, Jen Jennifer Maurer School Library Consultant Oregon State Library 250 Winter Street NE Salem, OR 97301 503.378.5011 jennifer.maurer at state.or.us OSLIS || www.oslis.org Learn to research. Research to learn.? From: jennifer.maurer at state.or.us [mailto:jennifer.maurer at state.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 9:33 AM To: Jennifer Maurer Subject: Engaging Teens with Gaming, Technology - popular eCourse returns A colleague of yours thought you would be interested in this. http://bit.ly/17EJ1FD Engaging Teens with Gaming, Technology - popular eCourse returns Having trouble viewing this e-mail? View as a web page. Forward this to your colleagues. [ALA Store] [From ALA Editions] Engaging Teens with Digital Media: Creating Stories and Games Facilitated by Kelly Czarnecki 4-week eCourse Beginning Monday, October 7, 2013 As educators tout the value of game design and interactive media in teaching 21st-century skills, related library programs are proving to be immensely popular with teens. You'll learn the basic skills to get teens started in designing, producing, and telling their stories. Kelly Czarnecki is a Teen Services Librarian at ImaginOn with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library in North Carolina and an experienced collaborator with community groups in teen programming. [Learn More!] Also of interest [New from ALA TechSource] Serving Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder 2-part workshop with Lesley Farmer Wednesdays, November 13 and 20 [Learn More!] [New from ALA TechSource] Gathering and Using Community Data: Making the Best Decisions for Your Library 90-minute workshop with Marie Pyko and Thad Hartman Wednesday, November 6 [Learn More!] Shop the ALA Store for a full selection of products! Follow ALA Editions on alaeditions.org, Facebook and Twitter! ALA Store purchases fund advocacy, awareness and accreditation programs for library professionals worldwide. [ALA Publishing Logo] Having trouble viewing this e-mail? View as a web page. Manage your e-mail subscriptions to ALA Editions communications here. American Library Association, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611 www.ala.org. [Informz for iMIS] [http://ala-publishing.informz.net/clk/red6d.aspx?mi=3459381&u=0&b=4634] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Below is a great article from OLA Hotline about other ways to support OBOB: [obob] Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) has an updated logo! This new design will replace the former one of the knight, and will be used in all publicity, including the OBOB wiki. Hav Havran, a professional graphic artist, was asked by De Ann Orand, an OBOB Executive Board member, to modernize the OBOB logo and he?s drawn a crisp, new design of two teams of children pulling open the pages of a book. And speaking of OBOB, here are 12 ways, developed by Nancy Spaulding of the Cedar Mill Library, that public libraries can support their local OBOB teams: 12. Get OBOB: include multiple copies of OBOB titles in your library collections ? don?t forget audiobooks. 11. Make OBOB easy to find: mark your OBOB books with a special sticker (nab the nifty NEW logo on the OBOB website). 10. Make OBOB even easier to find: shelve OBOB books together for easy access. 9. List OBOB: reproduce and distribute the OBOB title list (download the brochure from the OBOB website). 8. List OBOB-digital: include the titles on your library?s webpage or blog about them. 7. Link OBOB: link the OBOB titles from your webpage or blog to your library catalog. 6. Spread the word: let local schools and teachers know the OBOB books are available at your library. Find locally participating schools and OBOB contacts in the Registrations Received and Paid document on this wiki. 5. Give the books: include OBOB titles in prize book giveaways (like summer reading). 4. Have a challenge: challenge kids to write their own OBOB questions. Stick ?em on a bulletin board, have a question round-robin OBOB event, post them on your website. 3. Host OBOB event #1: host OBOB book discussion groups at the library. 2. Host OBOB event #2: hold just-for-practice battles at the library over winter break 1. Volunteer: send library staff to the school and/or regional tournaments. For more information about the OBOB, please refer to the OBOB website. Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 [http://www.ala.org/bbooks/sites/ala.org.bbooks/files/content/BBW13_CoverArt.jpg] Celebrate the Freedom to Read in Oregon! Plan Banned Books Week Activities. [http://ola.memberclicks.net/message/image/c5b04eda-71f6-4a38-aeb6-afbae040f56f] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 6930 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The survey sent to your director and Ready to Read Grant key contact does not include an opportunity to provide feedback. You will have an opportunity to provide feedback on all things summer reading via the SRP feedback survey conducted and sent by Abbie Anderson, the Oregon Young Adult Network's (OYAN) CSLP Liaison. The SRP feedback survey will go out to all Oregon library staff via the kids-lib, OYAN, and libs-or email discussion lists. This allows you and your colleagues to share your professional opinions about summer reading individually. Be on the lookout for that survey from Abbie. To learn more about summer reading resources in Oregon please visit: http://cms.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/youthsvcs/oregon.srp.certificate.aspx Thank you, Katie Anderson Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 [http://www.ala.org/bbooks/sites/ala.org.bbooks/files/content/BBW13_CoverArt.jpg] Celebrate the Freedom to Read in Oregon! Plan Banned Books Week Activities. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jennifer.maurer at state.or.us Thu Sep 12 09:02:41 2013 From: jennifer.maurer at state.or.us (Jennifer Maurer) Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 16:02:41 +0000 Subject: [OYAN] Free Access to Online K-12 Books on myON Extended to Nov. 15th Message-ID: Please pardon the cross-posting. The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) partnership with myON (www.myon.com), a digital book platform vendor, to offer all Oregonians free access to K-12 books has been extended through November 15th. For details, see the earlier announcement below. Note that some folks have had problems with the login. For the "school name," Oregonians should begin typing "Oregon Readers" (no quotes) and select "Oregon Readers, Oregon Department of Education" (no quotes) from the dropdown box. Then fill in the other two boxes with "read" (lower case, no quotes). Permission has been granted to share the login widely within Oregon, and that includes posting the login instruction sheet online. * ODE announcement about myON: http://www.ode.state.or.us/news/announcements/announcement.aspx?ID=9173&TypeID=4 * Login instructions: http://www.ode.state.or.us/superintendent/priorities/myon-user-login-details.pdf * myON logo to download for use on webpage, in advertising, etc.: http://oslis.org/resources/myon-logo or http://oslis.org/resources/myon-logo/view FYI, Jen Jennifer Maurer School Library Consultant Oregon State Library 250 Winter Street NE Salem, OR 97301 503.378.5011 jennifer.maurer at state.or.us OSLIS || www.oslis.org Learn to research. Research to learn.(c) From: oyan-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:oyan-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Jennifer Maurer Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 5:12 PM To: oyan at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: [OYAN] Free Access to Online Books for Summer Reading on myON =>Oregon Summer Reading Opportunity Hi, The State Library is helping to promote a last-minute opportunity that ODE had to partner with myON (www.myon.com), a digital book platform vendor. Together they are offering all Oregonians free access to myON books through September November 15th with the goal of encouraging reading in the summer. Content includes nearly 4,000 books, materials are for PK-12th grade, 70% are nonfiction, some are in Spanish, all can be read independently or listened to, and users can access them from the website or download a free Apple or Android app. There is one universal login that anyone in Oregon can use. For details, see the announcement below and the attachment. Please help spread the word. Permission has been granted to share the login widely within Oregon, and that includes posting the attached information sheet online. I also included two versions of the myON logo for those who choose to post an access point on their library websites. If you advertise library activities via social media, please consider promoting this opportunity there, too. By the end of next week, we'll add an access point on OSLIS that will stay through September 15th. What a great resource for summer reading programs! Questions? Please ask. Thanks, Jen Jennifer Maurer School Library Consultant Oregon State Library 250 Winter Street NE Salem, OR 97301 503.378.5011 jennifer.maurer at state.or.us OSLIS || www.oslis.org Learn to research. Research to learn.(c) From: superupdate-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:superupdate-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of ODE Communications Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 1:39 PM To: superupdate at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: [SuperUpdate] Oregon Summer Reading Opportunity: Free Online Books for Summer Reading on myON! To: Oregon Educators Re: Oregon Summer Reading Opportunity: Free Online Books for Summer Reading on myON! There is little that impacts student success as much as strong literacy skills, and we are pleased to invite you, your children, and your community to join our statewide efforts to develop a culture of reading in Oregon. ODE is partnering with organizations including schools, libraries, Boys & Girls Clubs, scout troops, schools, faith-based organizations, United Way and other non-profits statewide to promote reading over the summer months. Join us by including reading within your summer programs this year. Thanks to a new partnership with myON BOOKS, students and their families across the state will have unlimited access to thousands of digital books on myON, giving families an opportunity to share rich, grade-appropriate, literacy experiences together regardless of socioeconomic status, access to a local library, or whether or not there is a proficient reader in the home. Through this summer partnership, Oregon students and families can access: * More than 3,000 digital books from Capstone and additional publishing partners, ranging from illustrated and picture books to chapter books, graphic novels, literary non-fiction, photo and informational texts spanning multiple eras and cultures. * Capstone imprints include Capstone Press, Heinemann-Raintree, Picture Window Books, Compass Point Books and Stone Arch Books. * Digital books from the following publishing partners will also be available: August House Little Folk/ Story Cove, Bellwether, Hothouse, Mikaya Press, Orca, Reference Point, Saddleback and Sylvan-Dell. * The collection includes 70% nonfiction, 10% Spanish or dual language, 20% high interest books for struggling readers, and is continually growing. * A wide range of titles and topics provides varying levels of text complexity and supports close reading in a range of genres and content areas, including history/social studies, science and technical works. * Users can read the books independently or listen to them, and they can choose whether or not to have sentences highlighted while in narration mode. * Through a secure environment, students have unlimited access to the entire digital library, within the parameters set by the Oregon Department of Education. We are encouraging all of our readers to read anything that interests them -including graphic novels, non-fiction books, magazines and newspapers- whether online or in print. We suggest that they: * Read with someone * Read to someone * Share with someone what he/she has read * Listen to someone read * Help others read * Read independently The Oregon summer reading partnership with myON will be available at NO COST until September 15, 2013. For more on gaining access to myON BOOKS at http://myOn.com, please see the attached document for login directions. If you have questions or need additional assistance, please contact Carla Wade at Carla.Wade at ode.state.or.us or Drew Hinds at Drew.Hinds at ode.state.or.us. Please share this resource and opportunity with your communities and help build a strong reading culture in Oregon this summer! For even more reading opportunities, take advantage of the magazine, newspaper, and reference book content in the Gale databases available on OSLIS (www.oslis.org). For example, students can read articles from Cobblestone, Faces, and The New York Times or learn about their favorite creatures in Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. OSLIS is an information literacy website from the Oregon Association of School Libraries in partnership with the Oregon State Library and is supported with an IMLS grant. For database login questions, please contact Jennifer Maurer, Jennifer.Maurer at state.or.us, the School Library Consultant at the State Library. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We can have up to four presenters, so first come... > > Thanks, > > Aimee > > Aimee Meuchel > > Teen Services Librarian > > City of Tualatin | Tualatin Public Library > > 18878 SW Martinazzi Avenue, Tualatin, OR 97062-7092 > > 503-691-3083 | www.ci.tualatin.or.us > -- _________________________ Abbie Anderson Assistant Director North Bend Public Library 541.756.1007 www.northbendlibrary.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ssomerville at cityofsalem.net Thu Sep 12 14:57:15 2013 From: ssomerville at cityofsalem.net (Sonja Somerville) Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 14:57:15 -0700 Subject: [OYAN] Book Rave presentation In-Reply-To: <7548B27D8AAFED41A13C1D7CB60350A20F168FD8@Tual-Exchange.ci.tualatin.or.us> References: <7548B27D8AAFED41A13C1D7CB60350A20F168FD8@Tual-Exchange.ci.tualatin.or.us> Message-ID: <5231D64B0200000D00052459@GWGate.cityofsalem.net> Oh! I very much want to present. :-) SONJA Sonja Somerville Teen Services Librarian Salem Public Library Phone: 503-588-6083 E-mail: ssomerville at cityofsalem.net FAX: 503-589-2011 Address: 585 Liberty St. SE Salem, OR 97301 >>> AIMEE MEUCHEL 9/12/2013 8:37 AM >>> Hello Everyone, I?m writing up the proposal for the Book Rave presentation at OLA next spring. Please let me know if you are interested in presenting the books! We can have up to four presenters, so first come? Thanks, Aimee Aimee Meuchel Teen Services Librarian City of Tualatin | Tualatin Public Library 18878 SW Martinazzi Avenue, Tualatin, OR 97062-7092 503-691-3083 | www.ci.tualatin.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dawnp at smalltalklearning.com Fri Sep 13 14:39:24 2013 From: dawnp at smalltalklearning.com (Dawn Prochovnic) Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 14:39:24 -0700 Subject: [OYAN] Five Authors to Appear at A Children's Place Bookstore at 2PM, Saturday, September 14 Message-ID: <31851682-9935-4A21-840B-D80C0CF44A65@smalltalklearning.com> Apologies for the late notice, but in case you are not working at 2 PM tomorrow (Saturday, September 14), I wanted to share this info about a multi-author event scheduled in NE Portland. A cool bonus about these types of events is that other children's authors typically show up in the audience in addition to the person/people scheduled to present (so it's a feast for kidlit enthusiasts). Here is the event info: A Children's Place Bookstore (4807 NE Fremont Street) is hosting a "can't miss" event Saturday, September 14 at 2:00! Five local authors will participate in a special 1920's presentation that is being coined a Great Gatsby Book Party. Here's the author lineup for the event: Teri Brown (BORN OF ILLUSION); Janet Fox (SIRENS); Susan Hill Long (WHISTLE IN THE DARK); Rosanne Parry (WRITTEN IN STONE);Cat Winters (IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS). Dawn Prochovnic, MA SCBWI-OR Library Liaison Author, Story Time with Signs & Rhymes Magic Wagon/ABDO Publishing Group dawnp at smalltalklearning.com www.smalltalklearning.com dawnprochovnic.blogspot.com Facebook: Dawn Babb Prochovnic 503.223.5622 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jennifer.maurer at state.or.us Fri Sep 13 17:19:48 2013 From: jennifer.maurer at state.or.us (Jennifer Maurer) Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 00:19:48 +0000 Subject: [OYAN] Letters About Literature Contest Has Begun; Two Deadlines This Year Message-ID: [LALimage2014.png] Please pardon the cross-posting. Letters About Literature is a national reading and writing contest sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress (LOC) and by Oregon's equivalent at the State Library. Students write letters to any author explaining how that author's book changed their way of thinking about the world or themselves. Please help promote this program, including among homeschoolers. The LOC asks teachers/parents to allow students to choose a book that is meaningful to them and asks students to explain *why* or *how* the book was significant to them instead of summarizing the plot. The focus of a participant's letter is to make clear the connection one has with a book. Here's what Lynette Gottlieb, a teacher in Corvallis, had to say about the contest: Letters about Literature was a completely positive experience for my students...importantly, some of my students who do not identify as writers, and do not generally enjoy the experience, were able to write about something meaningful to them and participate in an inclusive contest that also recognized them...the process connects them to the human experience of literature. It supports my English classroom where I give students choice about reading whenever possible and teach that literature and writing are first and foremost about communication. There are three competition levels: Level I for 4th-6th graders, Level II for 7th-8th graders, and Level III for 9th-12th graders. Note that high school juniors and seniors may participate, which was not true last year because of national program funding limitations. Oregon's three winners - one from each competition level - will go on to compete nationally. Entry forms and guidelines are available online at http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/youthsvcs/aboutlit.aspx. All Level III entries must be postmarked by December 10, 2013 and Level I and Level II entries by January 10, 2014. In 2013, about 810 students in Oregon entered the contest, and 1 in 7 received cash prizes or bookstore gift certificates. These prizes are made possible through support from the national Center for the Book, Oregon Reading Association, and three divisions of the Oregon Library Association: Oregon Association of School Libraries, Children's Services Division, and Oregon Young Adult Network. Thanks for passing along the information and encouraging participation. Jen Jennifer Maurer School Library Consultant Oregon State Library 250 Winter Street NE Salem, OR 97301 503.378.5011 jennifer.maurer at state.or.us OSLIS || www.oslis.org Learn to research. 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She'll be speaking at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library on October 8th 2013 at 7:00 pm; the event is free and open to all. **Parents of Gender Nonconforming children are invited to enjoy a personal visit with Lori Duron that same night from 6:00 - 6:30 pm. Contact Robin Fosdick at robin.fosdick at corvallisoregon.gov to sign up. Press release and event flyer are attached. Hope to see you there! Robin Robin Fosdick Reference Librarian, Youth Services Corvallis-Benton County Public Library 645 NW Monroe Avenue Corvallis, OR 97330 541.766.6489 www.thebestlibrary.net/teengraphics -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Raising_My_Rainbow_flyer.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 269503 bytes Desc: Raising_My_Rainbow_flyer.pdf URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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You can get information about the books and promotional materials at the ORCA homepage http://www.olaweb.org/orca Plus, students and adults can post comments, as well as get information and promotional materials, at the ORCA blog http://oregonreaderschoiceaward.wordpress.com Students have up through the end of March to read at least 2 books in any one division in order to vote. It's a great way to encourage students to read, especially to break out of their comfortable base, since the 8 books in each division cover a wide range of genres. It's also a great way to involve students, since they get to suggest books that will eventually become the official ORCA Nominees. You can find Prezis, booktalks, and bookmarks on the websites http://www.olaweb.org/orca. Also, there will be a session at the October 12th OASL Conference to get a hands on experience of how to promote and run the ORCA at your library or school. If you know anyone who works at a library, who is not on this listserv, please forward the message on to them. If you have any questions, you can send an email to orca at olaweb.org. ORCA is co-sponsored by 3 OLA divisions (CSD, OASL, and OYAN), plus the Oregon Reading Association (ORA) and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA). Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 [http://www.ala.org/bbooks/sites/ala.org.bbooks/files/content/BBW13_CoverArt.jpg] September 22-28, 2013 Celebrate the Freedom to Read in Oregon! Plan Banned Books Week Activities. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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You'll leave with clearly identified prospects, and the specific things they want, all of which are blessedly simple to deliver. This interactive session promises illuminating stories, hands-on examples, immediate application to your own organization, and chocolate! Linking Philosophy and Activities Through Outcomes - Tammy Marino, OregonASK Consultant Let's start at outcomes! What do you want the children and youth in your program to be able to know or do? How does your program philosophy and activities reinforce this? What are outcomes? Outcomes are different than outputs, or the activities that you do to accomplish your outcomes. In this session we will untangle outcomes from activities and discuss ways to integrate these two concepts with the philosophy of your program! CKC: Set One PM Integrating Arts with Literacy - Leilani Larsen Esping, Consultant How do you make a book come alive....integrate it with art! This interactive session will include hands on activities such as Harold's Purple Crayon, Ish...and other fantastic literature/art activities. You will discover fun, adventure, art and literacy and creative ways to infuse them into your curriculum! CKC: Set Two (Pending) LEC Making Homework Work in Afterschool - Leilani Larsen Esping, Consultant Does the thought of homework after school make you groan? Create an inviting and engaging homework environment that is responsive to individual student needs, encourages communication between teachers, parents, students, and staff and promotes effective learning habits. We will discuss strategies for lightening the homework load with a special focus on literacy and math. CKC: Set Two LEC Engaging Families Leads to Success for All - Mia Jackson, Foundation for Family Science & Engineering There are powerful benefits to engaging parents as active participants in their child's educational experiences. However, implementing effective family engagement efforts can be a challenge in the afterschool program setting. Learn about research-based strategies and discover effective resources that can help you increase parent involvement in your program and encourage and support families to get engaged and stay engaged in their child's education. CKC: Set One LEC Getting your Hands On, Arms and Mind Around STEM! - Jo Oshiro, OPAS What is STEM? What is scientific inquiry? Why should I learn about engineering? New to STEM and looking for answers? Join our STEM experts in an engaging session that will introduce you to science, technology, math, and engineering (STEM) concepts and how to foster it in your program. CKC: Set One LEC Increasing STEM Engagement for Girls: Strategies & Resources - Nimisha Ghosh Roy, Pacific Northwest Girls Collaborative Project Explore a variety of national programs and strategies effectively engaging girls in fun, inspiring STEM activities across multiple disciplines and settings. Learn about resources, engage in hands-on activities and experience curricula from the National Girls Collaborative Project, SciGirlsTM and The FabFems Project. Leave with professional development tools and opportunities for your staff as well as ready-to-implement strategies and curricula. SciGirls(r)Live Healthy: Hands-On Activities to Engage Girls in STEM - Nimisha Ghosh Roy, Pacific Northwest Girls Collaborative Project Learn the latest research for exciting and engaging girls (and boys) in STEM; experience hands-on STEM activities focusing on health and nutrition; and gain access to free materials for hands-on, video-enhanced activities that put a creative twist on teaching STEM. Leave with ready-to-implement strategies and curricula integrating inquiry-based science instruction with a commitment to gender equity, based on the PBS television series, SciGirlsTM. CKC: Set One LEC Traveling Circuits Teaching Computer Science Without Fear/Makerspace - Kiki Prottsman, Thinkersmith & Makerspace Traveling Circuits is an innovative new curriculum that allows any instructor to teach the basics of computer science and computational thinking without the need for advanced preparation and intimidating assignments. Using games, and arts & crafts, instructors will get a hands on lesson in computer science foundations such as variables, functions, programs and algorithms. CKC: Set One LEC Philosophy of Engagement - Ian Mouser, My Voice Music What does it take to create experiences that engage youth in meaningful ways? What skills do older teens possess that we are not leveraging or challenging as program leaders? During this session participants will be asked to accomplish hands on tasks as a group that simulate an after-school music group experience as we try to answer these questions. CKC: LEC Set One Set Your Board on Fire - Susan Howlett, National Girls Collaborative You need your board to be strategic governors, compelling ambassadors, and powerful fundraisers, but they're not all stepping up to those roles on your behalf. Find out what's in their way, and how to remove the barriers that are keeping them from optimal leadership. You'll leave this interactive session with practical, no-cost solutions to problems that have plagued you for years! CKC: Set One PM Get Your Lips Smackin' Over These Snackins - Dustin Melton & Chris Bosak, ODE-Child Nutition Program & Crista Hawkins, Oregon Dairy Council Participants will learn how to create healthy, kid-friendly snacks in the Afterschool environment. The presentation will focus on the nutritional differences within each food group, how to spice up the traditional snacks served in Afterschool programs, and a review of fun, interactive nutrition resources. CKC: Set Two (Pending) HSN Successful Environmental Service Learning Projects - Quinton Bauer, SOLVE Are you looking for ways to energize your curriculum? Are you interested in Service Learning as a teaching and learning stategy? Do you aspire to make more connections between your classroom and the field? SOLVE staff will provide an overview of environmental service-learning, ideas for and examples of partnerships with local community resources, and examples of service-learning instructional strategies. CKC: Set One LEC Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 [http://www.ala.org/bbooks/sites/ala.org.bbooks/files/content/BBW13_CoverArt.jpg] September 22-28, 2013 Celebrate the Freedom to Read in Oregon! Plan Banned Books Week Activities. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Two collection development / readers' advisory series can help, and the books and supplements are available for loan from the Oregon State Library. Libraries Unlimited, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, publishes the Best Books series. (Can't see the pictures below? You can by clicking on the links.) [cid:c207b17b-eebb-44bb-b6ac-0d1281ca2363] [cid:198368f8-fae3-4556-92bd-1706711061d0] http://osl-lis.blogspot.com/2013/09/best-books-for-middle-school-and-junior.html http://osl-lis.blogspot.com/2013/09/barr-catherine.html H. W. Wilson publishes the Core Collections series. [cid:2d495dca-2ac9-4507-906c-c731138a2633] [cid:43a856cc-f9fc-4081-b8ac-76bc76cde6d8] http://www.hwwilsoninprint.com/midjun_core.php We have the 10th ed. and supplements. The 21st ed. will be available in November 2013. http://www.hwwilsoninprint.com/senior_core.php We have the 18th ed. and supplements. The 19th ed. will be available in November 2014. If you would like to request these or other materials from the Oregon State Library, please use your library's established interlibrary loan process or send your full name, the name of your library, complete title information, shipping address, and a phone number to the document delivery department at library.request at state.or.us or (fax) 503-588-7119. Items will be checked out to your library, not to you personally, for 4 weeks (print materials) or 2 weeks (videos). Materials will be delivered via mail or Orbis Cascade Alliance Courier, and you may return them the same way. Normally a single copy is purchased and is loaned on a first-come-first-serve basis. Should the item prove popular, you may be put on a hold list for several weeks. Thank you for your patience. Be sure to check out our Library and Information Science (LIS) blog (http://osl-lis.blogspot.com/) to discover the most recent additions to our LIS collection, and search our catalog (http://oregon.gov/OSL/index.shtml) for our complete holdings. The library science collection is meant to support the whole Oregon library community. The Library Development Division welcomes your suggestions for acquisitions. See the blog for an input form or email us! This collection is supported in whole by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Oregon State Library. Thanks, Jen P.S. I'm using web mail and am having trouble with text formatting. Please excuse any wonkiness. :-) Jennifer Maurer School Library Consultant Oregon State Library 250 Winter St NE Salem, OR 97301 503.378.5011 jennifer.maurer at state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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[cid:21452a62-7065-4707-aaa6-cbacf4d0f6b5] Wadham, Rachel L., and Jonathan W. Ostenson. Integrating Young Adult Literature through the Common Core Standards. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-61069-118-5 This book advocates for a stronger role for young-adult literature in ELA classrooms, compellingly documenting how this body of work meets both the needs of adolescent students and the demands of the common core for complex texts and tasks. The first part of the book addresses the widely adopted common core state standards by examining... Read more at http://osl-lis.blogspot.com/2013/09/integrating-young-adult-literature.html. [cid:19178bf6-525c-499a-9660-29398013f9db] Nichols, Joel A. iPads? in the Library: Using Tablet Technology to Enhance Programs for All Ages. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-61069-347-9 This book provides detailed plans and instructions with specific literacy goals for child, teen, and adult audiences?exactly what librarians seeking to integrate iPad and other tablet use into their programs need. The plans provide easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and are designed to... Read more at http://osl-lis.blogspot.com/2013/09/ipads-in-library.html. If you would like to request these or other materials from the Oregon State Library, please use your library's established interlibrary loan process or send your full name, the name of your library, complete title information, shipping address, and a phone number to the document delivery department at library.request at state.or.us or (fax) 503-588-7119. Items will be checked out to your library, not to you personally, for 4 weeks (print materials) or 2 weeks (videos). Materials will be delivered via mail or Orbis Cascade Alliance Courier, and you may return them the same way. Normally a single copy is purchased and is loaned on a first-come-first-serve basis. Should the item prove popular, you may be put on a hold list for several weeks. Thank you for your patience. Be sure to check out our Library and Information Science (LIS) blog (http://osl-lis.blogspot.com/) to discover the most recent additions to our LIS collection, and search our catalog (http://oregon.gov/OSL/index.shtml) for our complete holdings. The library science collection is meant to support the whole Oregon library community. The Library Development Division welcomes your suggestions for acquisitions. See the blog for an input form or email us! This collection is supported in whole by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Oregon State Library. Thanks, Jen P.S. I'm using web mail and am having trouble with text formatting. 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Now when reviewing search results, users will be able to identify Lexile levels for magazine and newspaper results. An example is shown below. If you can't see the screenshots, view the attachment. [cid:5BF42BE3EDA93180A1CE10C84F792F0F663275F6 at corproot.local] In addition, users can utilize Advanced Search to look for periodicals content with a particular Lexile reading level range or score. [cid:A3A1C7243A78E1924D514DB1457DE0616164693E at corproot.local] Remember that not all content has been assigned Lexile ratings. The In Context and InfoTrac databases already have these Lexile features. Thanks, Jen Jennifer Maurer School Library Consultant Oregon State Library 250 Winter Street NE Salem, OR 97301 503.378.5011 jennifer.maurer at state.or.us OSLIS || www.oslis.org Learn to research. Research to learn.(c) [2013OASLconferenceLogo3] Hope to see you at the OASL Fall Conference! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jennifer.maurer at state.or.us Fri Sep 27 15:44:03 2013 From: jennifer.maurer at state.or.us (Jennifer Maurer) Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 22:44:03 +0000 Subject: [OYAN] Audio Options of Print Resources for Students on 504 and IEP Plans Message-ID: I posted the below email on the OASL listserv. The information may be of interest to youth services librarians. FYI, Jen Jennifer Maurer School Library Consultant Oregon State Library 250 Winter Street NE Salem, OR 97301 503.378.5011 jennifer.maurer at state.or.us OSLIS || www.oslis.org Learn to research. Research to learn.? From: oasl-all at memberclicks.net [mailto:oasl-all at memberclicks.net] On Behalf Of Jennifer Maurer Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 3:33 PM To: Jennifer Maurer Subject: [oasl-all] Audio Options of Print Resources for Students on 504 and IEP Plans I recently received basically the same question from two different school librarians. They asked about sources for audiobooks or audio options of print resources for students on IEP and 504 plans. After doing some research, I shared the following. But before we get started, here?s a random nugget: November is Picture Book Month. ?Every day in November, there is a new post from a picture book champion explaining why he/she thinks picture books are important.? http://picturebookmonth.com/ And now back to our regularly scheduled email? TBABS Many IEP or 504 plan students qualify for Talking Book and Braille Services, a service based out of the State Library and which is free to the user. Qualifying patrons receive an audio player and access to downloadable or physical audiobooks. Note that textbooks are not part of the TBABS library. Elke Bruton is the TBABS outreach librarian. If you still have questions after viewing the TBABS website, Elke will be able to answer them. http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/TBABS/pages/index.aspx elke.bruton at state.or.us 503.378.5455 Who is eligible for the service? The legally blind, visually disabled, physically disabled, deaf-blind, and reading disabled all qualify. Note that for reading disability only, the application must be signed (certified) by a doctor of medicine (MD) or osteopathy (DO). For all other qualifying conditions, you or the teacher could sign off on the application. That being said, if you?re unsure about whether or not a student would qualify, call or email Elke. Sometimes she/TBABS recognizes a qualification that we would miss. http://www.oregon.gov/osl/TBABS/Pages/registration.aspx Here?s info about BARD, the portion of the TBABS collection that can be downloaded straight to a mobile device or onto a flashdrive to use in the TBABS player. http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/TBABS/Pages/bard_info.aspx ODE-Adopted Materials and NIMAC Per Melissa Glover with the Oregon Department of Education, all publishers whose instructional materials are adopted in Oregon must provide alternate accessible formats. The publishers do this through the National Instructional Materials Access Center, although some publishers also post files on their own websites. NIMAC is a ?national electronic file repository that makes National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) files available for the production of core print instructional materials in specialized formats. Created under IDEA 2004, the NIMAC receives source files in NIMAS format from textbook publishers, and makes these files available for download to Authorized Users (AU) in the United States and its territories through an online database.? While districts can have a designated NIMAC authorized user, there are also other ways to access NIMAC files. For example, Bookshare and Learning Ally offer access to NIMAC files. http://www.nimac.us/ Melissa Glover Education Specialist, Oregon Department of Education melissa.glover at state.or.us 503.947.5811 Accessible Instructional Materials: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1827 Bookshare Bookshare bills itself as ?an accessible online library for people with print disabilities? and claims to have over 200,000 titles. If offers both literature and instructional materials. On the How Bookshare Works page, it indicates that ?through an award from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), Bookshare offers free memberships to U.S. schools and qualifying U.S. students.? Per Melissa Glover, any student with an IEP or 504 plan qualifies for Bookshare. To learn about audio options for Bookshare books, review the section called Reading Tools found under Getting Started. Learning Ally is another company with a similar mission, but best I can tell, it costs money for students to participate. https://www.bookshare.org/ https://www.bookshare.org/_/aboutUs/howBookshareWorks https://www.bookshare.org/readingTools https://www.learningally.org/educators/ Audiobook Vendors Vendors like Audible, Overdrive, and 3M offer a large selection of audiobooks from a variety of publishers. Also, there are options from standards like EBSCO, Follett, Mackin, etc. It looks like Audible may not have a K-12 program? Overdrive and 3M are more known for eBooks, but their sites indicate that they have audiobooks, too. Plus, maybe eBooks can be listened to via Kindles, etc. (read-to-me features). If your school or district (special ed department?) won?t pay for this kind of access, you could see if your public library subscribes. For example, many belong to Library2Go, which is an Oregon public library consortium that contracts with Overdrive. Students or teachers with library cards could download audiobooks from Library2Go. It is not ideal to have to rely on an outside source, but it could help in a pinch. http://www.audible.com/ http://www.flr.follett.com/intro/av.html http://www.overdrive.com/education/k-12-schools/ http://www.mackin.com/SITE/AUDIO_BOOKS.aspx http://bit.ly/15bXPiF http://www.ebscohost.com/ebooks/schools/subscriptions Gale Databases When you need informational text, remember that all articles found in the Gale databases, part of the statewide database package, can be listened to, and the audio files can be downloaded. It?s machine-read audio, but it?s pretty good. Click on this article (http://tinygaleurl.com?eit66lk) and click on Listen (towards the top left). If you are prompted to log in, try your school district?s Gale login. If there is only one textbox, usually you just enter the password portion of the login. Once you click on Listen, a small box will pop up, and in that is the download link. Depending on the database, the Listen feature is in different places towards the top of the page. An audio feature is likely available in periodicals and reference databases from other vendors, too. FYI, Jen P.S. Please note that my mention of specific vendors is meant to serve as examples and is not an endorsement. Jennifer Maurer School Library Consultant Oregon State Library 250 Winter Street NE Salem, OR 97301 503.378.5011 jennifer.maurer at state.or.us OSLIS || www.oslis.org Learn to research. Research to learn.? [2013OASLconferenceLogo3] Hope to see you at the OASL Fall Conference! [http://ola.memberclicks.net/message/image/85e22ac9-baf7-4468-97f7-9b0315cbe79f] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Some ideas interested public libraries might think about: * Print contest rules and make them available for patrons to take home after visiting your library * Post information about the contest on your website or FaceBook page * Host a poetry reading where kids can bring and read their favorite poems and promote the contest afterwards * Host a poetry writing workshop (feel this it out of your comfort zone, ask a local poet or retired English languages arts teacher to do it!) * Partner with a school that is participating by offering the public library as a venue for an evening/weekend poetry reading event at which the students could read the poems they wrote in school and entered into the contest Questions? Contact Tiel Aisha Ansari tielansari at gmail.com Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 [http://www.ala.org/bbooks/sites/ala.org.bbooks/files/content/BBW13_CoverArt.jpg] September 22-28, 2013 Celebrate the Freedom to Read in Oregon! Plan Banned Books Week Activities. Oregon Poetry Association 2014 Oregon Student Poetry Contest Poems accepted between November 1, 2013 and February 10, 2014 (postmark deadline) Four Divisons: I: Kindergarten-Grade 2 II: Grade 3-Grade 5 III: Grade 6-Grade 8 IV: Grade 9-Grade 12 Oregon Student Contest Prizes: 10 prizes in each Division: 1st Place: $30, 2d Place: $20, 3d Place: $10, 7 Honorable Mentions: $5 Each of the 40 winners will receive a certificate and a copy of Cascadia: The Oregon Student Poetry Contest Anthology, in which all 40 winning poems will be published. The top 10 poems (3 winners and all Honorable Mentions) in Divisions III and IV will be entered into the 2014 Manningham Trust Student Contest by the OPA Student Contest Co-Chair, Steve Jones. This nationwide contest, sponsored by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, also awards cash prizes and a publication furnished to Manningham Contest winners. Oregon Student Contest Rules 1. Submit one original poem (your own individual creative work) on any subject, in any style or form, with a maximum of 40 lines. The poem must be titled, except for haiku, senryu, or limerick. 2. Type or word process your poem on a single sheet of standard 8 1/2 X 11 white paper, one side only, in a standard type face; no fancy fonts, graphics, or illustrations. 3. Send two copies of your poem. ON THE FIRST COPY, in the upper right hand corner, type your category (I, II, III, or IV) and grade level, name, school, school address and phone number, and the name (first and last) of your writing teacher. Also on this copy, type, and sign the following statement: This poem is my own original creative work and has not been copied, in whole or in part, from any other author's work, including poems posted on the Internet. ON THE SECOND COPY, type the category and grade level only-check to make sure your name does not appear anywhere on this copy. 4. Mail to: OREGON POETRY ASSOCIATION, P.O. Box 1775, Corvallis, OR 97339 5. The deadline is February 10, 2014 (postmarked). 2014 Oregon Student Poetry Contest Checklist * The one best poem you are submitting is your own original work and no more than 40 lines * Your poem is typed or word processed on one sheet of standard 8.5x11 white paper * Your poem appears on one side of the paper only in a standard 12 point font * You are sending two copies of your poem * One copy has your poem & in the upper right corner, the Division (I, II, III, or IV), your grade, your name, your school, your school's address and phone, & your teacher's first and last name * On that copy, beneath your poem, you have typed and signed the following statement: THIS POEM IS MY OWN ORIGINAL CREATIVE WORK AND HAS NOT BEEN COPIED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FROM ANY OTHER AUTHOR'S WORK, INCLUDING POEMS POSTED ON THE INTERNET * On the second copy of your poem, in the upper right corner, you have typed only the Division (I, II, III, or IV) and your grade--with no name appearing * (Optional) You have enclosed a stamped, self-addressed envelope to receive the Winner's List * Questions? Contact: contest co-chair, Tiel Aisha Ansari, tielansari at gmail.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 23, 2013 Contact: Tiel Aisha Ansari tielansari at gmail.com OPA SPONSORS 2014 OREGON STUDENT POETRY CONTEST The Oregon Poetry Association (OPA) is sponsoring the sixteenth annual Oregon Student Poetry Contest. Tiel Aisha Ansari of Portland, OR and Steve Jones of Corvallis, OR are the 2014 student contest co-chairs. All Oregon students, kindergarten through 12th grade, enrolled in public, private, parochial and alternative schools, and home schooled, are invited to submit a poem. There is no entry fee. The deadline for entries is February 10, 2014 (postmark). Teams of OPA members that include established Oregon poets and poetry teachers will judge the poems. Ten winners each in four age categories receive cash prizes ranging from $5 for honorable mentions to $30 for first place. All forty winning poems will be published in Cascadia: The Oregon Student Poetry Contest Anthology. Each winner will receive a certificate and a copy of the anthology. The winning poems and honorable mentions in the middle and high school divisions will be sent to the annual Manningham Trust Student Contest sponsored by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NSFPS). This national competition also awards cash prizes and publication in an anthology. Oregon students who have won awards in the national contest include South Medford alumnus Kylan Rice, whose poetry can be sampled online at http://dailydoseoflit.com/2012/08/21/poem-kylan-rice/ and http://www.softblow.org/kylanrice.html among others. Writing poetry to enter in the contest is typically a class project organized by teachers in the various types of schools. OPA urges parents and teachers to encourage students to enter the contest. This is an excellent opportunity both to encourage and to reward creativity in Oregon students. Complete guidelines can be found at http://oregonpoets.org/contests/student-contest/ or obtained by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: OREGON POETRY ASSOCIATION, 1724 NE Prescott, Portland OR 97211 or requested by email, Tiel Aisha Ansari, tielansari at gmail.com OPA is a not-for-profit association whose mission is to: * build and sustain a diverse community of Oregon poets * provide Oregon poets opportunities to exchange ideas and learn from one another * further the appreciation of poetry throughout the state * raise awareness of Oregon poets. The Oregon Student Poetry Contest serves to nurture poetic talent among young Oregonians by providing an opportunity for their poems to be widely shared and celebrated. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 9191 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: