I am a member of the International Reading Association's Teacher Advisory Panel.  As a member of TAP, I enjoy receiving first-hand information from IRA. Currently IRA is having a book sale, and many premium educational resources are being sold for $7!  I always find current information in the resources I get from IRA.  Just look for the marketplace on http://www.reading.org/ . 
I am a member of the Kentucky Reading Association as well, and am looking forward to a great conference on Halloween weekend.  I will be presenting about RTI strategies, so if you are attending and need some reading intervention strategies come to my session! 
On September 30th, at 6:00pm, the Western Kentucky Reading Council of KRA will hold a meeting at WKU in room 366 of Tate Page Hall.  We will have the opportunity to hear Dr. Pam Petty of WKU speak about helping your students shift from passive to active reading. 
I also have to share a great happening in my classroom today! Last weekend I attended a technology conference with the Kentucky Writing Project where I received a free IPod Touch and webcam for attending.  Today, I told my second grade students I was giving it to the class to use this year.  I showed them how to make a voice memo and put it in a reading station with the Arnold Lobel book, Days With Frog and Toad.  Those kids were so excited!  They couldn't wait to use it!  They did a pretty good job too!  I am so glad that there are ways we can get expensive technology into student hands who would normally not have access to it.