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Oregon Educator Network

for School Library Staff

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What is OregonEdNet?

  • Fall 2015
  • Sponsored by ODE and the Chief Education Office
  • Online resource to support educator PD, connection, collaboration
  • Interactive professional learning space
  • Allows educators to connect with others with similar roles or interests, to share tools, resources, and best practices, and create groups to advance their professional learning.

www.ode.state.or.us/news/announcements

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What is OregonEdNet?

The Oregon Educator Network is a place for educators to:

• Collaborate and engage in dialogue about professional practice�• Share, discover, and rate education resources�• Create and participate in groups, blogs, and events�• Find professional development opportunities�

www.ode.state.or.us/news/announcements

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What is OregonEdNet?

OEN is aimed largely at educators in rural schools, because they often work in isolation from others who work with their subject or grade level, minimizing their opportunities to collaborate effectively.

Sound like anyone else you know?

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OEN and Libraries

OregonEdNet is a great place for librarians and library staff across the state to connect and share resources and information.

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Getting Started

  • Navigate to www.oregonednet.org
  • Click on “join now” in the upper right corner.

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Getting Started

Choose “Groups” from the tab menu.

This will show you all the groups currently available in OregonEdNet.

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Getting Started

Use the “Search Groups” box to look for OASL.

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Getting Started

Join the OASL group, click “Read more” under the welcome message, and briefly introduce yourself in the comments.

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Getting Started

Start a new conversation:

What would you like to have the opportunity to talk to your library colleagues about?

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Resources

Take a look at the Resources tab.

If you’re not yet a member, take a look at the OASL resource.

You do not need to be a member of OASL to join the OASL group on OEN, but there are great benefits to OASL membership, whether you are certified or classified library staff.

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Resources

Think of a resource you can access right now, from the Web or your Google Drive or elsewhere, that would be of interest to other school library staff.

Add a new resource to the OASL group.

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Resources

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Resources

Take a few minutes and look for other resources that might be useful to you and/or your colleagues.

You can mark resources as favorites, and copy them to add to another group you think may find them useful.

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Groups

Are there other groups you may be interested in?

Take a few minutes and search through the groups.

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Events

Know of an upcoming event that would be of interest to library staff?

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Check back often

We will build OEN into a useful resource only by using it!

Think about sharing resources and conversations around…

  • Programming ideas and resources
  • Book and publisher news
  • Library-related technology
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