LSTA grant recipients from 2009 are now beginning to post their updates to the WJIL site on the LSTA Grant page. Here is just a sampling of what some of your Illinois colleagues have done with their LSTA grant funds. Click on the links to download the full updates and look for a weekly list of LSTA grant updates in upcoming months.

• Fostering Information Fluency Through Technology: Catherine Oedewaldt, Pleasant Plains High School, This In Sync with Technology Grant Program was designed to equip the students and staff of Pleasant Plains High School with technology to facilitate information fluency instruction
• In Sync with Active Learning: Kathy Wickline, Unity Junior High School Library, This grant provided Unity Junior High School Library with the necessary technology to energize UJHS students to improve their skills in the areas of reading, writing, math, and science. The use of laptops and a projection system allowed for all students to actively participate and delve into developing new skills as well as furthering existing aptitudes.
• Read, Blog, Grow: Promoting Book Genre Variety: Karen Zuber, St. Joseph Library, Encourage students to read genre new to them and to share their books with classmates on their blog.
• Think Outside the Box: Jennifer Henderson/ Lincolnwood Jr. Sr. High School/ Panhandle CUSD#2, Think Outside the Box expands library services by providing technology presentation tools (interactive white boards, laptop computers, projectors and carts) to empower students and faculty with information literacy skills.