Start Thinking

You should start thinking now about your nominations for this year's WEMTA awards and grants. Check out our website for updates, deadlines, and forms.

Banned Books Week displays

Now's the time to plan eye-catching displays to entice students and staff alike to celebrate Banned Books Week, September 21 - 27, 2014!

Adobe License Options for WEMTA Members

Greetings from JourneyEd !!

I just wanted to provide you with an update in regards to the Adobe options you have as a WEMTA member. Since Adobe is transitioning to subscription based model, you have two ways you may license your school / district –

EEA – Education Enterprise Agreement

This program is releasing May 1st and is based off a site location (high school / middle school / elementary). You have district based option as well, but there is a minimum FTE you need to be at to enroll in a district-wide license. You purchase based off the FTE for the site (location) and would be able to deploy the CCE licenses on every computer owned by the school at that location. The pricing could range anywhere from $70/ FTE to 30/ FTE depending on the FTE for the school

ETLA – Enterprise Term Licensing Agreement

This is an agreement negotiated by WEMTA with Adobe and we act as a fulfilment partner and a point of contact for WEMTA members. You purchase based off your FTE for the district (no minimum) and would be able to deploy Adobe licenses at all locations (district-wide). You would be able to deploy CCE at the high schools and middle schools and Photoshop Elements, Premiere Elements and Acrobat at the Elementary schools. The price negotiated with Adobe under WEMTA is $24.00 / FTE

FTE can be calculated by using this formula –
(Full Time Faculty) + (Part Time Faculty/3) + (Full Time Staff) + (Part Time Staff/2)

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Amrita Sethi | Regional Account Manager
asethi@journeyed.com | www.JourneyEd.com | www.AcademicSuperstore.com
Office: 800.876.3507 x7100 | Fax: 866.947.4604
JourneyEd.com | 5212 Tennyson Pkwy. Ste. 130, Plano, TX 75024 | USA

Please see more program details here.

By June 16th join G+ Community, DPI WEMTA ListServ being decommissioned

WEMTA Members,

We are pleased to offer you this opportunity to join the WEMTA PLC Google+ Community and the WI DPI School Libraries PLC Google+ Community.  Both of these communities use PLC to stand for Professional Learning Community whereas it’s members learn and share together in their profession.

Before June 16th, please make sure to join, because the DPI WEMTA ListServ will be decommissioned on that date.

During the WEMTA 2014 Conference we invited everyone on the WEMTA listserv and at the conference to join the new WEMTA PLC Google+ Community.  Joining this community will provide a place to discuss hot topics in education surrounding Library Media & Technology.  To date we have 600+ members that have joined and many are actively participating, sharing, and learning with each other.

The WI DPI School Libraries PLC Google+ Community is part of the WISE Learn platform, our state’s educator portal. Joining this community will provide an opportunity to share information, curate resources and develop a collective wisdom to provide a high quality 21st century school library programs.

If you currently have a Google+ account and can access it from school, work, or home, you can join the WEMTA PLC here, and the WI DPI School Libraries PLC here by clicking on the red “Join Community” button in the top right of the screen.  

If you would like notifications of posts delivered to your email, you will need to adjust your settings for both Communities.  Here is a video (2.5 minutes) to show you how to adjust your settings to receive emails of the posts to the communities.  Otherwise notifications will appear when you click on the bell icon in the top right corner of your screen when you are logged into your Google account.

If you do not have a Google+ account, we ask that you set up a professional Google+ account at home.  Adjust the settings for automatic email notification (you may include your school or work email account), and then you will continue to receive posts from the Community.  However you are not able to post to the Community from your email, if the Google+ website is blocked in your workplace.

If you want to join in on the conversations on the Communities, you can start a new post, you can show your appreciation by adding a comment or a +1 to someone elses post, or you can reshare the post with your circles.  Watch this video (1 minute) to learn more.

Contact the communities if you have questions.  We are our best resource.

Donna Smith Nancy Anderson

WEMTA President School Library Consultant, WI DPI

2014 Golden Archer Award

Primary: Big Mean Mike by Michelle Knudsen

Intermediate: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney

Middle/Jr. High School: The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan

Bookmark of winners can be found here: http://goo.gl/eUwlVn

More information about the the award and the process for voting and nomination can be found here: http://goo.gl/5JbdDm

A Quarter Million for a Quarter Century

The WEMTA Permanent Endowment Trust (PET), established in 1992, has begun a fund raising campaign A Quarter Million for a Quarter Century to celebrate the 25th anniversary of PET in 2017. Please participate in this campaign by making your tax deductible contribution to PET. Donations may be sent to the WEMTA Office at PO Box 44578, Madison, WI 53744-4578. Individuals are also encouraged to pledge annual contributions to PET. Please contact the PET committee at pet@wemta.org for information on making contributions, making a pledge, or applying for scholarships and grants. The WEMTA PET has provided over $50,000 in scholarships and project grants to Wisconsin recipients. Contributions to PET are tax deductible and donors are honored through a cumulative giving program (details below). For a donation brochure please click here.

Banned Books Week & Banned Websites Day September 22nd-28th

Banned Books Week September 22nd-28th
Check out resources and potential activities here
http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/

For those in the Milwaukee area there is a free talk http://www4.uwm.edu/sois/news/events/bannedbookweek09222013.cfm

Banned Websites Awareness Day September 25th 2013
http://www.ala.org/aasl/advocacy/bwad
To raise awareness of the overly restrictive blocking of legitimate, educational websites and academically useful social networking tools in schools and school libraries, AASL has designated one day during Banned Books Week as Banned Websites Awareness Day. On Wednesday, September 25, AASL is asking school librarians and other educators to promote an awareness of how overly restrictive filtering affects student learning.