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=Author Events Wiki!=

===On this wiki, we plan to collect information & resources about authors whom we've hosted in Klein's schools. I hope that this space will be a collaborative one-**-if you know of another useful resource about an author you are hosting, add it to their page!** If there's not a page for that author yet, **create one** by clicking **New Page** (top left corner below flower pot)! ===

Learn More About Wikis!
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**Here's how you can add resources to our wiki:**

 * Click on an **author's name** on the left to see the author's resources. If you know of another web page, journal article, etc. that would be useful to other librarians as they plan their author event,
 * Click on **Edit This Page** (top left of the tabs at the top of the page).
 * Make any changes you want to
 * Click **Save** at the bottom of the page.
 * If you see a mistake or find a dead link, you can fix it this way as well!

**Members So Far:**
Jamie Camp, Benfer Elementary librarian Mary Ellen Petrie, Eiland Elementary librarian Annet Riley, Program Coordinator, Klein Library Services

[[image:Two_Handed_by_Darwin_Bell.jpg width="152" height="203" align="right" caption="Two Handed by Darwin Bell Flickr CC" link="http://flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/3007679748/"]]**Purpose:**
The purpose of this wiki is for Klein librarians to communicate and collaborate about author event information in a convenient and effective way, using technology. All our libraries host author visits or conduct author studies with students, and this is a way to share our resources about each of the authors and about how to make author visits more successful.

It is also our goal to explore the use of 21st century communications tools such as wikis in a school setting. In studying the **Campus STaR Chart** for Benfer, I found that **Educator Preparation & Development** is the area that has improved the least over the last three years. I hope to use this opportunity to create and share in an online community, and helping me to learn and improve my use of such online communications with faculty within my own school.

**Please join our discussion!**
Please join the **[|discussion]**--just click on the discussion tab at the top of the page to find our first discussion question!

As noted above, one of the STaR Chart focus areas for all Texas schools, and one that could be improved upon within my particular elementary school is **Educator Preparation & Development**. With this fact in mind, take a look at the discussion topics! Discuss and add **your own questions** when you have some that will get other librarians thinking about hosting better author events or facilitating the use of 21st century tools (like this wiki)!

jamie
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 * A note from Jamie:** please note that all content created on the wikispaces site is licensed under the [|Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 License]. This basically means that anything created here__ can__ be used by other people, as long as they attribute it to the original author and agree to share their creations freely as well. Learn more about wikispaces' open content policy.