{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"admin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/admin\/","title":"Same Debate, Different Year","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xuJ2f4Vttf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/same-debate-different-year\/\">Same Debate, Different Year<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/same-debate-different-year\/embed\/#?secret=xuJ2f4Vttf\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Same Debate, Different Year&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"xuJ2f4Vttf\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"The world of online education has been making great advances behind my back!\u00a0 ALSC has offered online professional development courses, but I hadn&#8217;t taken advantage of any until recently when a class on the history and process of the Newbery Medal appeared.\u00a0 It turned out to be an amazing opportunity for research, reading, debate and stimulation.\u00a0 I would highly recommend challenging yourself with one of the courses.\u00a0 The tools for administering online education are maturing into an ideal process for fashioning your own continuing professional growth. K.T. Horning (this year&#8217;s Arbuthnot Lecturer) has constructed a class on the history of the Newbery Award called &#8220;The Newbery Medal: Past, Present and Future.&#8221;\u00a0 What a fulfilling class this was.\u00a0 We had an opportunity to read many Newbery winners and honors from the earliest decades (starting with the 1920&#8217;s) through the most current medalists, and then compare and contrast them.\u00a0 We were tutored..."}