Each month we post upcoming free virtual conferences to our training calendar page. Here are the the offerings coming up for April:
Thursday, April 1 (10 am-1 pm)
Supporting Learning in a New Age for Technology Leaders (Future Ready Schools/Alliance for Excellent Education)
The Future Ready Technology Leaders™ summit is a free, virtual, interactive, high-quality professional learning experience for leaders who are interested in learning, growing, and expanding their professional practice through collaboration and networking with like-minded colleagues from across the country.
Tuesday, Apr 6 (8 am-3 pm)
Penguin Random House Book & Author Festival (Library Journal)
Thursday, Apr 8 and Friday, Apr 9
Responding to the COVID-19 Infodemic: An NNLM Virtual Symposium (Network of the National Library of Medicine)
Thursday, Apr 15 (12-4 pm) and Tuesday, Apr 27 (12-4 pm)
Teaching Technology in the Library (Nebraska Library Commission)
In this workshop, you will learn new ways to figure out which technology and digital skills people need to learn, and how to design a learning experience that really works. The process of Teaching Technology in the Library has been broken down into six steps to help you get started. There are plenty of resources available to inspire ideas or share directly with patrons in this curated collection of Digital Skills Clusters. Those Clusters will complement several of the activities we will do during the workshop. By the end of the workshop, you will have developed a plan for a new library service offering you can start implementing immediately.
Thursday, April 15 (10 am-1 pm)
Creating Future Ready Schools Workshop (Future Ready Schools/Alliance for Excellent Education)
The Creating Future Ready Schools® Workshop will dive deeply into the Future Ready Framework, the five-step planning process, and the tools and resources available to you and your district to create an innovative learning environment for students.