AzLA PD Monthly Webinar Series.
Listening Connects: Podcasts for Kids
Date: September 9, 2021
Time: 1 pm
Registration Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_40GOc2LARXql_mThVMI7_Q
Program Description:
In a recent National Science Foundation/Brains On! study, 91% of kids listen to podcast episodes with their family and 96% of kids talk about what they heard after listening. Survey results like these are building awareness about the impact and educational value of kidcast listening. Anne Bensfield and Pamela Rogers, two kidcast-loving independent librarians, have been listening, reviewing, and connecting families to kids podcasts for five years. With kids and families home during the pandemic, listening took off as families searched for screen-time alternatives for their kids. During the first three months of 2020, children's podcast listening increased 24%, and now 25% of kids, ages 6 to 17, listen to podcasts. Join us as we share information about the growth in kidcast content, recent survey results about how kids and families listen together, new tools for discovering kidcast shows, and ideas for how you can connect and engage kids and families with kidcasts.
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The Professional Development Committee wants to add more voices to our group. If you are ready to help shape the direction of AzLA professional development, contact Patty Jimenez at devel...@azla.org. We are interested in adding librarians from all types of libraries, from all over Arizona.
Want more professional development? Check out the sources below!
$ = This webinar requires a fee
Children and Young Adults
Sep 1: Setting Kids and Teens Up for Success with Your Digital Library (Booklist)
Sep 6-Oct 3: Developmentally-Appropriate Media for Storytimes $ (Library Juice Academy)
Sep 6-Oct 3: Foundations of Early Literacy $ (Library Juice Academy)
Sep 8: Leap into Science Fundamentals (Arizona State Library)
Sep 9: Listening Connects: Podcasts for Kids (Arizona State Library)
Sep 10: Kids Have Stress Too! Preschool and Kindergarten Training (Arizona State Library)
Sep 13: MacKids School & Library Winter 2022 Preview (Booklist)
Sep 14: Kids Have Stress Too! Grades 1-6 Training (Arizona State Library)
Sep 14-Oct 11: Children’s Services Fundamentals $ (Infopeople)
Sep 20-Oct 15: Stories, Songs, and Stretches II: Stretches and Silliness $ (Library Juice Academy)
Information Literacy & Teaching
Sep 6-Oct 3: Active Learning Strategies $ (Library Juice Academy)
Sep 8: Anti-Racist Education: Building Your Inclusive Collection & Curriculum (Booklist)
Sep 9: School Librarians: Agents of Change 2.0 (Booklist)
Sep 15: Accessible Music Library for the Visually Impaired $ (ALA)
Sep 22: Teaching with Digital Primary Sources $ (ALA)
Leadership and Staff Development
Sep 2: Seven Elements of Successful Online Presentations (Arizona State Library)
Sep 6-Oct 17: LSSC Elective Competencies: Collection Management $ (Library Juice Academy)
Sep 6-Oct 3: Charting a Course for the Future with Strategic Planning $ (Library Juice Academy)
Sep 6-Oct 3: Introduction to Genealogical Librarianship $ (Library Juice Academy)
Sep 7-Oct 18: Library Supervision and Management $ (Infopeople)
Sep 8: Actively Anti-Racist Library Services to Leisure Readers (Arizona State Library)
Sep 15: All Things to All People: Navigating Middle Management $ (ALA)
Sep 22: Neurodiversity: A Primer for Librarians (Arizona State Library)
Sep 23: Creating Fundable Grant Proposals in Libraries (Arizona State Library)
Sep 29: Welcoming Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patrons to your Library (Arizona State Library)
Sep 30: Positive Reinforcement: Motivation that Works for Library Spaces (Arizona State Library)
Library Outreach, Marketing and Advocacy
Sep 14-Oct 11: Design for Libraries: Designing materials for your library, from image editing to social media $ (Infopeople)
Sep 16: Library U: Transforming Educators into Library Ambassadors $ (ALA)
Technology & Tech Services
Sep 6-Oct 3: LRM: A New Foundation for RDA and RDA Toolkit $ (Library Juice Academy)
Sep 6-Oct 3: Introduction to Text Encoding $ (Library Juice Academy)
Sep 6-Oct 3: Developing a Website Content Strategy $ (Library Juice Academy)
Sep 6-Oct 3: Introduction to Digital Preservation $ (Library Juice Academy)
Sep 6-Oct 3: The SPARQL Fundamentals III $ (Library Juice Academy)
Sep 6-Oct 3:Transforming and Querying XML with XMLT and XQuery $ (Library Juice Academy)
Sep 6-Oct 3: Metadata and Description for Digital Special Collection $ (Library Juice Academy)
Sep 22: Realizing the Untapped Potential of VR/AR for Libraries $ (ALA)
User Services
Sep 1: A Ready Reference Refresher (Arizona State Library)
Sep 6-Oct 3: Creating Digital Learning Objects for Libraries $ (Library Juice Academy)
Sep 6-Oct 3: Creating Digital Exhibits $ (Library Juice Academy)
Sep 6-Oct 3: Digital Accessibility for Library Work $ (Library Juice Academy)
Sep 8: Anti-Racist Education: Building Your Inclusive Collection & Curriculum (Booklist)
Sep 9: User Experience Design: A Human Centered Approach to Designing Libraries (Arizona State Library)
Sep 14: Identity-Celebrating Stories (Booklist)
Sep 15: Building Your UX Toolkit $ (ALA)
For a complete listing of webinars, see below:
AZ State Library [for a complete listing]
American Association of School Librarians [for a complete listing]
American Library Association [For a comprehensive listing see ALA’s E-Learning Catalog]
Booklist [Check out the webinar archives for past classes]
EBSCO has hundreds of webinars in their training center to choose from each month.
Infopeople [For a comprehensive listing see all upcoming training | archived webinars | on demand--Niche Academy Classes]
Infopeople offers a variety of webinars and self-paced online courses on topics of high interest for library staff. Webinars are free, and the Arizona State Library has purchased a block of registrations for the online courses. Arizona library staff may register for courses by sending an email to Ann Marie Creegan at acre...@azlibrary.gov, containing:
The course name and dates
Registrant’s name
Registrant’s email
Library name
Library address
Library phone number
Library Journal: Online Courses | All Webcasts | School Library Journal Webcasts
Library Juice Academy: Online Courses
Arizona library staff may register for courses by sending an email to Ann Marie Creegan at acre...@azlibrary.gov, containing:
The course name and dates
Registrant’s name
Registrant’s email
Library name
Library address
Library phone number
Library Juice Academy offers a range of online professional development workshops for librarians and other library staff, focusing on practical topics to build new skills. Workshops are taught asynchronously, so you can participate as your own schedule allows, within a four or six-week period.
Medical Library Association
PCI: The Arizona State Library now has a subscription to PCI Webinars, giving Arizona library staff access to one live webinar a week and to the webinar archives. PCI Webinars offers webinars specifically for library staff. Email Ann Marie Creegan at acre...@azlibrary.gov to register.
Public Library Association – On Demand Webinars
Archived Webinars by Topic:
TechSoup for Libraries [check here for updates]
WebJunction: Search Course Catalog Browse all Webinar Recordings
Access to WebJunction’s self-paced online library courses is now available and free to all library staff members. Simply create an account at http://learn.webjunction.org and then explore the catalog of library-focused courses and archived webinars. Certificates of completion will be available to you for any of the courses or archived webinars you complete from the catalog.
YALSA: Registration | Upcoming Live Webinars | Free Competencies Webinars | Webinars-on-Demand
The Arizona State Library has purchased a subscription for Arizona Library staff to access the YALSA member or subscriber only webinars. Email Email Ann Marie Creegan at acre...@azlibrary.gov for access.
We appreciate your feedback! Please contact Patricia Jimenez (devel...@azla.org) with any questions, comments, or upcoming professional development opportunities you'd like to see featured.
Yours sincerely,
The AzLA Professional Development Committee