Here are listed presentations about the development of the learning commons. Please add your own presentations as they are developed.

• Jan. 27-28, 2012 Transforming the School Library into a Learning Commons. EDUCON 2.4, Philadelphia PA David Loertscher and Joyce Valenza at: https://sites.google.com/site/educon24learningcommons/
  
• Jan. 12, 2012 INFOhio Webinar https://sites.google.com/site/infohiowebinar/
• March, 2011 Norman Public Schools: https://sites.google.com/site/normansuper/

• February, 2011: Ontario School Library Association Web 2.0 Hockey Faceoff: https://sites.google.com/site/oslahockeyfaceoff/

• January 2011: Nazarene College, Oklahoma City, OK: https://sites.google.com/site/nazarene2011/

• January, 2011: New York City schools: https://sites.google.com/site/learningcommonsnyc/

• June 17, 2010: Presentation  by Loertscher and Koechlin at the Learning Commons Conference of academic librarians in Kingston, Ontario Canada about Knowledge Building.

• March 25, 2010: Se Henry Thiele’s presentation about Google Apps at: http://docs.google.com/a/maine207.org/present/view?id=dg76jc2d_3023jdqprfw  His recorded video is at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah2rg5tIEeE  His case study is at: https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B5AOHQcS-cAeOTA3YjExYTEtZjg5NS00M2RiLWE3NWMtZmVkMjRiOTJkOTdk&hl=en

• March 24 webinar with tech director of Main West Township district, IL about project-based learning and use of Google Aps Education

• March 23 IStE Learning Landscapes Webinar with Doug Johnson, Joyce Valenza, and David Loertscher

• March 22 Knowledge Building Centers Seminar Fourth Session recording at: https://nexus.sjsu.edu/play_recording.html?recordingId=1259811330683_1269302505961 Back Channel Discussion  See also PowerPoint Slides

• March 8 Knowledge Building Center Seminar Third Session recording at: https://nexus.sjsu.edu/play_recording.html?recordingId=1259811330682_1268096720404 Back Channel Discussion ;  PowerPointSlides

• Joyce Valenza's March 1 Webinar at: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2010-03-01.0940.D.40F698971780B7AEE5FAD85F5E2D6D.vcr

• Feb 22 Knowledge Building Center Seminar Second Session recording at:  https://nexus.sjsu.edu/play_recording.html?recordingId=1259811330681_1266886961570 and Feb 22 transcript; PowerPoint

• Feb 8 Knowledge Building Center Seminar First Session recording at: https://nexus.sjsu.edu/play_recording.html?recordingId=1259811330677_1265677655304  and transcript of the ChatFeb8Transcript.doc; Slide Presentation; PowerPoint

• A knowledge building center is like this YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW6G23_9GeM

• David Loertscher's NESLA presentations, Jan. 2010
• 1 FirstSlide
• 2 PLN presentation.ppt
• 3 Collaborative Inquiry.pptx
• 4 Access.pptx
• 5 Culture Central.pptx
• 6 Faculty Perspective.pptx
• David Loertscher's Hilliard School District, OH presentations, Jan. 2010
• 22 FirstSlide.pptx   administrators and teachers
• 13 Learning Centered Technology.pptx
• 12 Collaborative Inquiry.pptx
• 11 FirstSlide.pptx

• Joyce Valenza did a one-hour+ presentation to the teacher librarians of California about Web 2.0 tools. Her slides will be up soon. In the meantime, you can access her presentation at: Go to: https://nexus.sjsu.edu/recordings.html

  On the calendar, click on Jan. 23

  Click on David Loertscher's recording

For the blog attached to Joyce's webinar with the list of everything she talks about, see: http://joycevalenzawebinar.wikispaces.com/

Her list of web tools is at: https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B7kozrgPeTnpMDJlYmZiNDQtMTlhYi00MDJjLWFhNTUtOWZlYjAxODA5ZGMz&hl=en

Her Wonderful World of Apps video is at: http://wiki.k12onlineconference.org/home/for-participants/2009-schedule

• Roger Nevin's Boston presentation (Jan. 2010) about Google Docs, impact of technology, and Google Aps Education Edition, and cloud computing at: http://docs.google.com/a/adamscott.ca/present/view?id=df4kfnhg_25ddftqffb

• Sydnye Cohen uses a knowledge Building Center in the high school Greatest Greek unit and sees the impact on database usage and the quality of the resulting presentations at: http://voicethread.com/share/849046/

• Roger Nevin's video on creating a $3,000 mobile computer lab with netbooks and Google Apps Education: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-56h6shMV5w

• Micah Melton's presentation about progress in the San Francisco CA schools at: http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dcwg456v_55gnjdh5dw

• Oct. 09: Dr. James Tracy of Cushing Academy in MA discusses his decision to go digital in the library and weeding half the collection of books. http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/buniverse/videos/view/?id=434

• Valerie Diggs about the Chelmsford High School, MA Learning Commons: Third Place

• Markham Middle School, Watts, CA,    Kamilah Jackson (Open commons and Experimental learning center complete with tours): http://sites.google.com/site/markhamlibrary/

• Elizabeth Waturbury's presentation about a learning commons: http://www.davidvl.org/The_TRIUMPH.pdf

• Loertscher/Koechlin  at: http://www.davidvl.org/Learning_Commons_Webinar.wmv  (requires Windows Media Player to view. Mac users may have to move to a Windows machine to view)

• Donna DesRoches and Carlene Walter's presentation at the 2010 Saskatchewan School Library Conference.  Inquiry and Social Media - an inquiry tools smack down.