With today�s tech-savvy youth, teachers may sometimes feel as though they are the students.

But the 2010 Library Technology Mini-Conference, set from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 5 at the University of Houston-Victoria, will help teachers get a leg up on technology trends in the classroom, said Dennis Riedesel, a UHV associate professor in the School of Education & Human Development.

Dennis Riedesel

The conference will feature 20 presentations held throughout UHV�s University Center and University West buildings, 3007 N. Ben Wilson St. Also, vendors will set up in the University Center Multi-Purpose Room. Librarians, library paraprofessionals, technology directors, teachers and UHV faculty, staff and students are invited to attend.

�All the new technology offers educators many different options to reach students in ways that keep them interested,� Riedesel said. �This conference will showcase some of the classroom options available to teachers and librarians.�

Riedesel said the conference is presented in two parts.

�One is the librarian component because in many schools, the librarian is the custodian of the technology equipment,� he said. �But it is also for any type of librarian professional who uses technology to process the library�s book checkout system or has computers in the library for students to use.�

The second, he said, is the educational technology component, which includes social media, blogs, podcasting, whiteboards, iPods and more.

�These tools are the chalk and blackboard of our generation,� Riedesel said. �It�s important that we continue to train ourselves as educators on the use of these different tools for teaching.�

Sessions include �Top 10 Must-Do�s for Technology Leadership Professionals,� �There�s an App for That,� �Integrating World Book Technology in the Classroom� and �Power Up Your Curriculum: Finding and Using Digital Information.� Other sessions address �The Power of Puppets� and �The Remedy for Information Overload.�

The event is sponsored by UHV, Texas Computer Education Association Area III and the Region III Education Service Center. The conference cost is $50 for nonmembers of specific Region III cooperatives, free for members of those cooperatives, and $10 for college and university students.

For more information, go to https://sites.google.com/site/2010libtech/, or contact Riedesel at 361-676-2208 or riedeseld@uhv.edu. Student registration is available at https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=TCEA&WebCode=EventDetail&evt_key=9f8f1fc6-404a-40e5-aad2-224077493e41.