Library
Expo 2007 – Program Descriptions
Program times subject to change
10:15-11:05
EBSCO Package How do I get
it! Scott Moseley, EBSCO
Free DATABASES how do I get signed up for
the free databases provided by the state, and what is included in this package.
Target audience: PreK-12
If You Give a Kid a Book: Books for Tweens to Teens Nancy Kubasek,
What's new in young adult literature? Join a public and a school librarian as they
booktalk recommended titles for grades 4-12.
Target audience: Elementary
& Secondary
Marketing Collaboration Doug Valentine, Skyview Elementary, Richardson
ISD
Getting a school staff's attention and
holding it is a a key step in working to collaborate. Learn techniques for
marketing your library to your school using video and humorous in-service
PSA's. We will discuss the steps, the materials, and the planning involved for
a successful presentation to your staff. An example of a video will be
presented. Target audience:
Elementary
Why Not Join “The Club”. . . Book Club That Is! DeeAnn Douglas,
Mohawk Elementary and Denise Enriquez, Wallace Elementary, both Richardson ISD
Want to get your students excited about
reading by participating in campus book clubs? Want to support TEKS/TAKS
objectives in a “user friendly" way thereby affecting increased student
achievement? Want to get the entire community involved in a "One
Read" program? Walk away from this presentation armed with valuable tips, tools,
materials, and motivation to implement your "version" of a Book Club
that works for you and your school community!
Target audience: Elementary
Virtual Visit Jody Kennedy,
Videoconference
with Jody Kennedy, nationally-known
for her use of interactive
videoconferencing in the classroom, as she uses video clips to demonstrate how students in White,
Plains,
Photostory: How it Can
Pump Up Your Program
Introduce the Photostory program (a free
download from Microsoft), walk participants through how to create a Photostory
and present various ways that the Photostory program can be used in a library
and school environment. Target
audience: PreK-12
Survival Skills for the Information Jungle: What All
Kids Need to Know About Using the Internet Doug Johnson, Director of Media and Technology,
Jungles can be confusing and even dangerous
to the inexperienced traveler. The sheer abundance of resources and multitude
of paths in them demand the explorer have special skills if they are going to
survive and thrive. This presentation describes six Information Jungle Survival
Tips for students and suggests how they can be taught. Target audience: PreK-12
Library Night: Community Connection
Sandra Bennett, Stipes Elementary, Irving ISD
Opening the
school library on special evenings is an effective outreach to the school
community. Library Nights can be casual events, yet quite meaningful to students
and their families. The session will focus on ways to communicate with parents
to get them involved in the Library Nights. Discussion will include how librarians
can prepare for the event and how they can conduct the evenings with little
stress Target audience: PreK-12
11:10-12:00
Booktalking - Don't Get Us Started Michelle Wright,
We
will booktalk some of TAYSHAS' and Lonestar's recent, most popular titles. Relax and enjoy as
these ladies whet your appetite with great stories appropriate for 9th through
12th grade students. You will leave motivated and inspired to dive right in
to a variety of titles in a variety of genres. Target
audience: Secondary
Texas
Authors,
Ellen Leventhal, author of Don’t Eat the
Bluebonnets, is a
Both authors present at schools and they will be
available to autograph their books after the session. Target audience: Elementary
Dewey Need to Get Organized? Johnnie Wright, Library Administrator, Dallas ISD
Participants will learn their personal organizational style. They will receive
tips on creating a master list, how to organize paper, and much much more.
Based on the book, Dewey Need to Get Organized: A Time Management and Organization
Guide for School Librarians. Target audience: PreK-12
Building Influence Dorette Putonti,
Learn how
to make connections and build influence with your faculty and community.
Target
audience: PreK-12
Academic Integrity: What’s a Librarian to Do? Donna MacKinney,
Noticing an increase in plagiarism? In work being copied from student to
student? Ever heard a student say,
"My teacher said I don't have to cite my sources on this project?" What's a librarian to do? Do we have any jurisdiction or responsibility
here at all? We'll discuss that question and offer some solutions that other
schools have developed. (Note: This is
not a copyright rules session - this is a larger discussion surrounding honesty
in the educational environment and creating an atmosphere in which students
understand and avoid dishonesty.) Target
audience: Secondary & Elementary
Budgeting for Mean, Lean Times Doug Johnson, Director of Media and Technology,
Based on a track record of building,
obtaining and administering excellent library/technology budgets on both a
building and district level, the presenter discusses current funding realities
facing schools, gives a short primer on school district finance, describes six
types of budgets, outlines the three elements of effective budgets, and suggest
ways media professionals can increase their influence in the budgeting process.
Target audience: PreK-12
Dazzle with Digital Storytelling Vicky Selznick, Lowery
This
is a 2 block session split by lunch
Enhance classrooom instruction and student
presentations with accessible and free tools for both PC and Apple computers.
A demonstration will be provided along with clicksheets, tips, and
examples to stimulate your imagination and creativity!
You'll be impressed at the increase in student engagement as well as
teacher enjoyment with programs that are as much fun as they are easy to use!
Target audience: Elementary
& Secondary
Library Research with Emergent Readers: Collaborating
to Meet the Standards Christa
Harker,
This program will give practical guidance
to librarians and teachers wishing to conduct library research with emergent
readers, specifically focusing on students in K-2. Instructional strategies,
teacher collaboration tips, and integrated curriculum standards will be
highlighted. Each project discussed will include a possible student product, as
well as modifications and extensions for differentiated instruction. Target audience: Elementary
2:10-3:05
Booktalking for the Middle Schoolers Carol Valdez, Carpenter Middle School, Plano ISD, CarolAnn Knoles, Hendrick Middle School,
Plano ISD, Melissa Bowman, Armstrong Middle School, Plano ISD, Leslie LaMastus, Frankford Middle School, Plano ISD and Shana Nowlin, Renner Middle School,
Plano ISD
Hear
about popular titles that you will want to know and share with your middle
school students! Target audience:
6-8
Big Six Refresher Judy Koehl,
Join us
for a round table discussion of how Big Six works for us. This is an informal
sharing session of how we have been using the Big Six strategies. Sally uses
the Super 3 when researching with her Special Education students and Judy
focuses on the 1st three parts of the Big Six with her middle school
students. Target audience:
Secondary
Dazzle with Digital Storytelling Vicky Selznick, Lowery
This
is a 2 block session split by lunch
Enhance classrooom instruction and student
presentations with accessible and free tools for both PC and Apple
computers. A demonstration will be provided
along with clicksheets, tips, and examples to stimulate your imagination and
creativity! You'll be impressed at the
increase in student engagement as well as teacher enjoyment with programs that
are as much fun as they are easy to use!
Target audience: Elementary
& Secondary
Virtual Visit Jody Kennedy,
Videoconference
with Jody Kennedy, nationally-known
for her use of interactive
videoconferencing in the classroom, as she uses video clips to demonstrate how students in White,
Plains,
Teaching Storytelling to Your Students Janet Latham,
Storytelling improves self-confidence and
self-esteem. Storytelling works as a terrific reading motivator and provides
students with a reason to improve their writing skills. Storytelling is relevant
in all areas of the curriculum as well as encouraging understanding of other
cultures and good citizenship skills, such as listening and audience behavior.
Kids can tell stories In the class, to another grade level, to the whole school,
in a bookstore or nursing home, for a Scout badge, at a local guild meeting.
Come see how you can teach storytelling to your students.Target audience: PreK-5
Bloomin' Bluebonnets across Texas Mary Pruitt, Borman Elementary, Denton ISD and Debra Marshall, Head Librarian/Wilson Elementary Librarian, Coppell ISD
Punch up your Bluebonnet Program with technology
integration. This session will include information on online voting, distance
learning, blogging and more. Target audience: Elementary (3-6)
Java
Makes Me Jump
Java Makes Me Jump promotes reading with
middle school students in a city-wide collaboration between schools and Barnes
& Noble at monthly meetings which are held in the store. This program will
be shared so that other middle school libraries can adapt the model to fit
their community. Middle school librarians, teachers, and the Barnes & Noble
Community Relations Manager partner to provide this program for the students at
the eight different
School Library Learning 2.0
Discover a new online learning opportunity
where librarians can find out about the tools of the new Internet: Web 2.0
tools that are bringing our kids in touch with the entire world through social
networking, video, audio, and gaming sites. Target audience: PreK-12
3:05-4:00
Talkin' 2X2's Dennise Schuler,
What has eggs, bats, horses, ducks,
geese, moose, alligators, friends, dogs, squirrels, ovejas, a sea horse and
mice? You guessed it--the 2007 Texas 2X2 Reading List. Ideas abound for sharing
these books. Target audience: PreK-2
iLearning in an eWorld
Learn how the use of itunes and video ipods
can help facilitate learning and impact
student achievement at a Title 1 Bilingual campus. Participants will learn
about downloading podcasts, converting YouTube videos and United Streaming
clips that correlate with grade level TEKS. Target audience: Elementary & Secondary
Librarians as Leaders
This session will show librarians the
difference they can make on their campus.
We will look at the research that proves effective library programs
affect student success. Librarians will
know how to get started in the role of leader.
If they are already leaders on their campus they will receive other
steps they can take that will make them indispensible on campus. Target
audience: PreK-12
EBSCO Package How do I use
it! Scott Moseley, EBSCO
Some of the features that Ebsco Host has to
offer will be covered. How can I be
notified of new articles of interest, how can the system send journal alerts
and MORE! Target audience: PreK-12
Participants will be treated to booktalks as they are exposed to new titles in children’s literature. All books shared will have 07-08 copyright dates. Target audience: Elementary Handout Presentation slides
Supporting Science in the Elementary Library Kellie Vaughan, Lee Elementary, Mary Pruitt, Borman Elementary, and Janet Latham, W. S. Ryan Elementary, Denton ISD
With support from our Elementary Science Coordinators, several librarians
have developed units that focus on supporting science through lessons and
centers in the library. Three Denton ISD librarians will demonstrate units
our librarians have designed as well as share ideas of ways you could support
science with traditional library activities. Target audience: Elementary