Session "spotlights" from the Intellectual Freedom Committee

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Recently we asked the chairs of TLA units (divisions, round tables, interest groups, and committees) if they had sessions that they were sponsoring or that other units were sponsoring that they would like to shine a little spotlight on before conference to let people know about them.  These could be sessions that they felt needed a little extra publicity, they were personally excited about, or felt that they were highly topical to their membership or the TLA membership as a whole.  

We will be sharing these summaries with our readers over the next few weeks as we get closer to conference.  

Our first set of "spotlights" comes from the Intellectual Freedom Committee.  The link is to the full description on the mobile optimized website.  You can always search for the sessions and add them to your schedule in the mobile app by clicking on the star icon in the upper right hand corner of the app.

• Social Media 101 with Nathan Wright of Lava Row, cosponsored by TASL and YART. Learn the benefits of social media and why children need access to social media at school to learn about privacy and other safety issues. Schools should play an important role in teaching kids to manage their online lives.

• Wikileaks and the Age of Transparency with Micah Sifry, author and head of the Personal Democracy Forum. Micah Sifry, author of the book, Wikileaks and the age of transparency, argues Wikileaks is a symptom of an ongoing generational and philosophical struggle between older, closed systems and the new age of the Internet.

• Kids need to Read program. Literacy continues to be a crisis in schools, especially with funding cuts. This nonprofit program provides grants, and Nathan Fillion.

• Writing Thrillers for All Ages with Chris Grabenstein, author. Chris writes thrillers for all age. Find out how he does it.

• Crime Time - Thriller author panel: Marcia Clark, Victoria Laurie, Matthew Quirk and Janice Hamrick will talk about their books and how to write thrillers.

You can find all the information you need for conference on the 2012 conference page - register, book hotel reservations, fill out your session preference form, download the mobile app, and lots more!