tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13140986302402767312024-03-12T17:42:29.332-07:00Picture-Book-a-DayA blog to share my favorite picture books. During 2012 I blogged about a picture book a day. Now that I've completed that challenge, I post a monthly round-up. Amy Seto Forresterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11917299912693299321noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314098630240276731.post-15249170272661058562017-01-31T06:41:00.000-08:002017-01-31T06:41:19.543-08:00Program-a-Rama at ALA Midwinter 2017 in Atlanta<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Last weekend at ALA Midwinter in Atlanta two Program-a-Rama sessions were held. Now in it's second year, Program-a-Rama was created as a way for children's librarians in public and school libraries to share and take home tangible programming ideas, tips, and resources.<br />
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After introductions, each person shared a favorite cheap, easy, and successful program. Participants shared their successes holding school literacy lunches, hosting a day of coding and Minecraft, throwing a glow-in-the-dark dance party, and lots more.<br />
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Next, we did some group brainstorming on programming topics using pens and sticky notes. Totally participant directed, topics included ideas for an Elephant & Piggie 10th Birthday Party, outdoor summer activities for little ones, titles to use for storybook walks, and many more.<br />
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Finally, we spent a few minutes discussing programming challenges and possible solutions, such as ways to attractive more middle schoolers and the pros and cons of ticketing for large events.<br />
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Sessions were lead by Danielle Jones (Multnomah County Library) and myself (Denver Public Library) and we look forward to hosting more sessions at ALA Annual 2017 in Chicago . We hope you can join us!<br />
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Wondering what we talked about? Here are the notes from both sessions: <br />
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<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y4AGTEN2lDQagBO8_G2dt6q69sKkty_S0d7S96wFaUw/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Saturday Program-a-Rama notes </a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IRadtufvfQggJdlwDYO0a6DxMktls6Kap01Mnc2mIW4/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Sunday Program-a-Rama notes</a> </li>
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Want more programming ideas? Take a look at previous Program-a-Rama session notes, as well as a the notes from a recent <a href="http://picturebookaday.blogspot.com/2015/09/passive-programming-brainstorming-notes.html" target="_blank">passive programming brainstorming session</a> held at the Colorado Association for Libraries 2015 Conference.<br />
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<li><a href="http://picturebookaday.blogspot.com/2016/07/program-rama-at-ala-annual-2016-in.html" target="_blank">Program-a-Rama notes</a> from ALA Annual 2016 in Orlando</li>
<li><a href="http://picturebookaday.blogspot.com/2016/01/program-rama-at-ala-midwinter-2016.html" target="_blank">Program-a-Rama notes</a> from ALA Midwinter 2016 in Boston </li>
<li><a href="http://picturebookaday.blogspot.com/2015/06/program-looza-at-ala-annual-2015.html" target="_blank">Program-a-Looza notes</a> from ALA Annual 2015 in San Francisco</li>
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Amy Seto Forresterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11917299912693299321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314098630240276731.post-51807962740232058742016-07-01T07:43:00.001-07:002016-07-01T07:44:34.741-07:00Program-a-Rama at ALA Annual 2016 in Orlando<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">Last weekend at ALA Annual 2016 in Orlando two Program-a-Rama sessions were held. Formerly known as Program-a-Looza (but changed because we do so love a good rhyme), Program-a-Rama was created</span><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> as a way for children's librarians in public and school libraries to share and take home tangible programming ideas, tips, and resources. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff9ee;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">After introductions, each person shared a favorite cheap, easy, and successful program. There were so many wonderfully easy, yet ingenious ideas. Big ideas, like holding a student mock award or throwing a Hogwarts open house, and smaller, yet fantastic ideas, like making light up animals with LEDs and pipe cleaners or having a paper airplane flight school. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff9ee;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">Next, we did some group brainstorming on programming topics using pens and sticky notes. Totally participant directed, topics included preschool maker projects, International Games Day, and obstacle course ideas. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fff9ee;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="background-color: #fff9ee;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">Finally, we spent a few minutes discussing programming challenges and possible solutions, such as what to do when you have more kids than computers at a Minecraft event. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">Sessions were lead by Danielle Jones (Multnomah County Library) and myself (Denver Public Library) and we look forward to hosting another session at ALA Midwinter 2017 in Atlanta. We hope you can join us! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">Wondering what we talked about? Here are the notes from both sessions:</span><br />
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<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Et9YqInLlLodgiYRG-H3sUCSngORG0bbGseo3TFXumE/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" target="_blank">Saturday Program-a-Rama notes </a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TJoZlLkn4WELWeyaNAYbKMqY_e1pDUBvQQtyTRb8YRM/edit?usp=sharing" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" target="_blank">Sunday Program-a-Rama notes </a></li>
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<span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">Want more programming ideas? Take a look at previous Program-a-Rama session notes, as well as a the notes </span><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;">from a recent </span><a href="http://picturebookaday.blogspot.com/2015/09/passive-programming-brainstorming-notes.html" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #667ccc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">passive programming brainstorming</a><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> session held at the Colorado Association for Libraries 2015 Conference.</span><br />
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<li><a href="http://picturebookaday.blogspot.com/2016/01/program-rama-at-ala-midwinter-2016.html" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" target="_blank">Program-a-Rama notes</a><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> from ALA Midwinter 2015 in Boston</span></li>
<li><a href="http://picturebookaday.blogspot.com/2015/06/program-looza-at-ala-annual-2015.html" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;" target="_blank">Program-a-Looza notes</a><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21.56px;"> from ALA Annual 2015 in San Francisco</span></li>
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Amy Seto Forresterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11917299912693299321noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314098630240276731.post-39553531536124946412016-01-19T13:09:00.000-08:002016-01-19T13:09:39.917-08:00Program-a-Rama at ALA Midwinter 2016<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Last weekend at ALA Midwinter 2016 in Boston the second Program-a-Rama session was held. Formerly known as <a href="http://picturebookaday.blogspot.com/2015/06/program-looza-at-ala-annual-2015.html" target="_blank">Program-a-Looza</a> (but changed to rhyme better), this grassroots session was created as a way for children's library staff to take home tangible programming ideas, tips, and resources.<br />
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After introductions, each person shared a favorite cheap, easy, and successful program. Next, we did some group brainstorming on programming topics using pens and sticky notes. Finally, we spent a few minutes discussing programming challenges and possible solutions.<br />
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This session was lead by Danielle Jones (Multnomah County Library) and myself (Denver Public Library) and we look forward to hosting another session at ALA Annual 2016 in Orlando.<br />
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Wondering what we talked about? Check out the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/176ZIhf4Qoe7hm_ADjmat-KFmoH_aIUWJFifPLbY_eUg/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Program-a-Rama Notes</a>.<br />
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Want more programming ideas? Take a look at my posts about last year's <a href="http://picturebookaday.blogspot.com/2015/06/program-looza-at-ala-annual-2015.html" target="_blank">Program-a-Looza</a>, as well as a the notes from a recent <a href="http://picturebookaday.blogspot.com/2015/09/passive-programming-brainstorming-notes.html" target="_blank">passive programming brainstorming</a> session.<br />
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<br />Amy Seto Forresterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11917299912693299321noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314098630240276731.post-83392521719701164002015-10-22T14:40:00.000-07:002015-10-27T16:14:09.081-07:00Brainstorming - CALCON 2015<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Recently, Kahla Gubanich, Warren Shanks and I presented at <a href="http://cal-webs.wix.com/calcon15" target="_blank">CALCON 2015</a>. Our session was called Hands Off!: Passive Programming for Children. During the session we asked participants to help us brainstorm ideas for a passive Halloween program for children. They came up with some super rad ideas compiled in this <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aS4r6BFkSkpkNSPU7hWU16VWw2ONAP55lXLanaZIuLI/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Google Doc</a>. You can also take a look at our <a href="http://prezi.com/x02d2wl-0z-5/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share" target="_blank">Prezi</a>.<br />
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Many thanks,<br />
AmyAmy Seto Forresterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11917299912693299321noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314098630240276731.post-57658704602442964952015-09-05T07:27:00.000-07:002015-09-05T07:27:06.250-07:00Passive Programming Brainstorming Notes<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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This week I co-lead a session on passive programming with my colleagues Warren Shanks and Kahla Gubanich. Although this wasn't an official <a href="http://picturebookaday.blogspot.com/2015/06/program-looza-at-ala-annual-2015.html" target="_blank">Program-a-Looza</a> session, we did a passive programming brainstorming activity and I'd like to share our results. The group of Denver Public Library staff came up with the brainstorming topics and then we all grabbed markers to jot down our ideas on big pieces of butcher paper. The three topics were a haunted house, LEGO, and Greek mythology. <div>
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Check out the cool ideas: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ceiefmbXdoDeKv7_VnTAg9pFoxqFoiAmNzQ8J6D1cL0/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Passive Programming Brainstorming Notes</a></div>
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For more programming ideas, check out my post about our first <a href="http://picturebookaday.blogspot.com/2015/06/program-looza-at-ala-annual-2015.html" target="_blank">Program-a-Looza </a>sessions at ALA Annual 2015. </div>
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-Amy</div>
Amy Seto Forresterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11917299912693299321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1314098630240276731.post-10845492395726395202015-06-30T16:29:00.001-07:002015-06-30T16:30:10.419-07:00Program-a-Looza at ALA Annual 2015<span style="font-family: inherit;">This past weekend at the American Library Association's Annual Conference in San Francisco the first Program-a-Looza sessions were held. <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;">This open share session, brainchild of Danielle Jones, Kahla Gubanich, Mary Pearl, and yours truly, focused on cheap, easy children’s programming for public libraries. Inspired by grassroots sessions, such as <a href="http://storytimeunderground.org/guerrilla-storytime/ideas-from-guerrilla-storytime/" target="_blank">Guerrilla Storytime</a> and <a href="http://www.slj.com/2015/02/teens-ya/ya-smackdown-at-2015-ala-midwinter/" target="_blank">YA Smackdown</a>, Program-a-Looza was created as a way for children’s library staff to take home tangible programming ideas, tips, and resources.</span></span><br />
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We held two sessions and participants were encouraged to brainstorm and bring their personal strengths and experiences to the table. First, each person shared a favorite easy to replicate program. Next, we picked a programming topic and spent 2 minutes brainstorming ideas using pens and sticky notes.<br />
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Wondering what we talked about? Check out the session notes.<br />
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<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_3CsGIUwK0iUf7ywY9cPXGdd-y1_vDW6CfzHU8WcjRs/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Program-a-Looza Notes - Sunday</span></a></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1akLVKH9yEV1AoO645qsrzPP7LoO_Vbwh_OLPc3ZnKRw/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Program-a-Looza Notes - Monday</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We plan to hold more Program-a-Looza sessions at ALA Midwinter 2016 in Boston. Stay tuned for more info on dates/times</span>. </span></div>
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