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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_GoBack"></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'>The Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME) is offering </span><span class=im><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#500050;background:white'>opportunities for professional development and invites you to attend one or </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'>more of these special events next month<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>The first is the </span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'>MAME/MRA Collaborative Preconference focusing on Project Based Learning, </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>November 2, 2016 at the Amway Grand Plaza</span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'> :</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><a href="http://www.mimame.org/mame--mra-collaborative-preconference-ndash-2016.html">http://www.mimame.org/mame--mra-collaborative-preconference-ndash-2016.html</a></span><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Join us for a full day of Project Based Learning discovery and exploration featuring keynote speaker </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Paige Jaeger</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>!</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#24678D'>Paige is the Instructional Focus Editor for <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>School Library Connection</span></em> magazine. She has co-authored three books with Mary Boyd Ratzer, <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Think Tank Library: Brain-Based Learning Plans for New Standards</span></em> for grades K-5 and grades 6-12 and <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Rx for the Common Core: Toolkit for Implementing Inquiry Learning</span></em>. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Complete information may be found at the above link.<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>The second opportunity may be found by attending the </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>MAME 43, two-day conference: Think, Create, Share, Grow:<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.mimame.org/mame-43.html">http://www.mimame.org/mame-43.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>The keynote speaker this year will be Marcia Mardis. Her keynote address is: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#24678D'>STEM, STEAM, common standards, and entrepreneurship reflect the current zeitgeist influencing education and information research and practice, college and career readiness, and popular culture. <o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#24678D;font-weight:normal'>State Superintendent, Brian Whiston, will be speaking at the Presidential Awards Gala, Paige Jaeger will be a featured speaker, and nationally known Michigan librarians and columnists Lynn Rutan, Cindy Dobrez and Travis Jonker will be sharing fantastic new publications we all want to know about. <o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#24678D'>Check out the schedule on the MAME website (http://www.mimame.org/at-a-glance.html) for further professional development opportunities.<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#24678D;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#24678D;font-weight:normal'>Opportunity number three is the </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#24678D'>Sunrise Author Breakfast</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#24678D;font-weight:normal'>, held Friday morning at 7:45:<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#24678D;font-weight:normal'>Acclaimed authors and illustrator </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#285685'>Gijsbert (Nick) and Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#285685;font-weight:normal'>will be sharing with us how doing what they love provides the impetus for creating their books. This year, each attendee will receive one of their books, </span><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:green;font-weight:normal'>either <i>Adopted By An Owl</i> or <i>I Love You Just Enough</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></h2><h2><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:green;font-weight:normal'>Conference attendees can select the breakfast for a nominal additional fee. However, public librarians and teachers may take advantage of this opportunity, by registering using this link:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></h2><h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><a href="http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ed64t367dfeb0cb0&llr=5dyn98jab">http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ed64t367dfeb0cb0&llr=5dyn98jab</a><o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Please join us in Grand Rapids, at the Amway Grand Plaza, November 2-4!<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222'><br><br></span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#17365D'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bangle Thin";color:#548DD4'>Karen Becknell MALS<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bangle Thin";color:#548DD4'><a href="mailto:bookwoman@mi.rr.com"><span style='color:#548DD4'>bookwoman@mi.rr.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bangle Thin";color:#548DD4'>Library of Congress TPS Trainer<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bangle Thin";color:#548DD4'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bangle Thin";color:#548DD4'>MAME Database Manager<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bangle Thin";color:#548DD4'><a href="mailto:mamedatab@gmail.com"><span style='color:blue'>mamedatab@gmail.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bangle Thin";color:#548DD4'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bangle Thin";color:#548DD4'>Editor: Michigan Authors & Illustrators Database<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bangle Thin";color:#548DD4'><a href="mailto:miaieditor@gmail.com"><span style='color:blue'>miaieditor@gmail.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bangle Thin";color:#548DD4'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Bangle Thin";color:#548DD4'>“A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.” Henry Ward Beecher<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>