Program Descriptions
Keynote with David Warlick from 8:30-9:40
"Cracking the Native Information Experience, Much has changed! Change is constant!" Handouts -
10:15-11:05 (Program times subject to change)
Dan Verdick, author and library speaker, ABDO
executive
Learn how
to use superheroes to promote a knowledge of the popular graphic novel genre,
and how to foster creativity across content areas with a “How to Create a
Superhero” program for students.
Includes a brief history & aspects of the graphic novel genre,
creative ideas for student-generated graphic novels and characters, advice for
attracting reluctant readers, ways to incorporate graphic novels with more
traditional formats, more.
Target audience: All
Library Research with Emergent Readers
Christa
Harker and Dorette Putonti, Richardson
ISD
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
Making Thinking Visible to Increase
Elaine
Sloan, Garland ISD
Learn
how to implement key strategies which will increase your students’ reading
comprehension by using the techniques from Debbie Miller’s book Reading with
Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades and another book Reading
is Our Business by Sharon Grimes.
Reading comprehension skills for over 100 current picture books will be
at your fingertips by accessing my website, Texas Librarian. Current research inspired me to utilize these
techniques when reading aloud to students during their library time which led
to the development of TexasLibrarian.com.
Target audience: Elementary
Teaming up on TEKS-Library and Technology Together
Jodie McConnell and Pamela Crofoot,
Irving ISD
Why not work
together? When the librarian and technology instructor collaborate with
classroom teachers, students benefit from a learning environment rich in
literacy and technology. Lessons/units in all content areas can be created
using library resources and technology such as video streaming, NetTrekker,
PowerPoint, websites, and other on-line resources. Examples of lessons/units
from language arts, math, science and social studies will be shared by this
team of librarian and instructional technology specialist.
Target audience: Elementary
Animoto
and Shelfari: The Basics and Beyond
Leesa Cole, Highland Park ISD
These Web 2.0 / Social Networking tools not only have appeal but also have
applications in the education setting. We will explore the basics of each then
move beyond the basics to the exploration of uses such as: book sharing, library orientation, research
projects, and more.
Target audience: All
In-Time, On-Going, & Self-Directed Professional Development: Personal Learning Networks
David Warlick ,
keynote speaker
This presentation will describe and demonstrate a number of emerging
technologies that are increasingly being used by educators to
form and cultivate their Personal Learning Networks –
connecting themselves to people
and resources that help them do their jobs.
Target
audience: All
Dear "Library
Lady"
Dee Ann Douglas, Denise Enriquez and Martha Gluck,
Need sage advice from the "Dear Abby" of the library
media specialists' world, then our workshop will be the place for you.
Practical advice and specific lesson plans on how to align 21st century
literacy to varying library situations will be presented from the perspective
of three librarians in quite different situations. Walk away with lesson plans
that connect with all areas of the curriculum and ready to use with your next
library class.
Target
audience: Elementary
Twilight “Focus for Literacy” Event
Hope Krum and Lisa Cartwright, Irving ISD
Combine literacy events with that popular Twilight series to motivate students
to read. See how two middle schools have capitalized on the student’s reading
interest and created literacy events revolving around the books. Centers (Bite
Me, Make Your Corsage, etc.) and whole group activities (Graffiti Wall, T-shirt
Contest, etc.) will be shared. Ways to collaborate with students and staff will
be discussed as well.
Target audience: Secondary
11:10-12:00
Creating Positive Working Relationships with
Paraprofessionals
Joyce Chaffin, Richardson ISD
The session will include (1) defining
or redefining responsibilities; (2) empowering paras to be creative in finding
solutions to problems; (3) establishing positive language for a better
communication; and (4) finding more positive methods of working with students
and staff to improve customer service and create a better library climate.
Target
audience: Secondary
Getting Boys to Read:
See Your Library Through a Guy’s Eyes
Dan Verdick, author and library
speaker, ABDO executive
Why is the gap
between boys' and girls' reading levels a major concern among health experts
and educators? Why are the vast majority of reluctant readers boys? In this
informative seminar, getting boys to read is the focus. Learn ways to see your library through a
"guy's eyes," tips to promote genres that boys like, advice for
creating reading role models, and more for boys grades K-12. If you want ways
to get books in the hands of "little guys," this fun session will inspire
you.
Target audience: All
Reaching
Out Beyond the Library Shelves
Jayme
Karen, Kelly Hamilton and Glynda Welch,
Learn
how three elementary librarians have successfully provided outreach programs
for their community and beyond. Information
will be shared about Books of Hope (students create books and send them to less
fortunate areas), Book Bazaar (a school book drive provides students with books
to encourage summer reading), and Catch the Reading Wave (a community effort to
encourage summer reading.) Discover
outreach ideas that you can implement at your school or library.
Target
audience: All
Second Learning Environments: A Primer on using Virtual Worlds in
Education
David Warlick ,
keynote presenter
A growing community of educators are staking claim
to portions of Second Life and other virtual worlds, even inviting their
students in
to the
Teen Grid to use this 3D virtual space as a canvas for exploration and
expression. This presentation will uncover some of the
most
intriguing aspects of Second Life, teaching and learning potentials, and some
other emerging environments that are holding even
more
promise for teachers.
Target audience: All
See What's Cooking
K-12 Database
Terry Roper,
Region 10
This workshop will cover the new training resources and Instructional
Recipes available on the K-12 Databases website. We will focus on the recipes that contain the
new ELA TEKS and discuss how librarians can use these resources to inform and
collaborate with their campus colleagues.
Target
audience: All
Today's Merchant
Librarian
Cindi Rockett Irving ISD
Learn the basics of organizing and displaying your library with some
borrowed business principles. Through many visual examples see how to maximize
your collection’s appeal and value to patrons within your facilities with just
a few subtle changes
Target
audience: All
Video Book Talk on
Teacher Tube
Melissa Hall,
Lewisville ISD
The presenter will share a project that involved creating and
posting student video book talks using Movie Maker to edit and Teacher Tube to
post them. She will give step by step
directions on the process that she followed for permission forms, how to post
to Teacher Tube and how to link the videos to a web site.
Target
audience: Secondary
If You Give a Kid a Book: Books for
Tweens to Teens
Nancy Kubasek, Richardson ISD
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: Upper Elementary & Secondary
What to do with a Lunch Bunch Book Club
Suzanne Cahill and Amy Graem Irving ISD
Librarians will present “The Cougar Readers Book Club.” This club meets with
students over lunch to discuss various novels.
The program goal is to support Language Arts TEKS in a fun, less
stressful environment. Cumulative
projects (technology based) are designed to summarize and conclude each novel
study.
Target audience: Elementary
TEKS and
Charlotte Place
If story times with students has become a luxury, and one that
you frequently feel the need to forego due to other demands, come and be
reminded of why we can’t afford not to read aloud to elementary students
of all ages.
Target audience: All
Spice
up your Webpage: Web 2.0 Tools Make it Easy
Patty Windsor,
Come explore some great web 2.0 tools you can easily integrate into your
webpage. We'll look at Delicious as a new way to organize and display your
resource links, Twitter widgets and Social Oomph to schedule tweets, Face Out
book jacket widgets,
and Gale
search widgets. An additional list will be provided for exploration on your
own.
Target
audience: All
Collaborate
with Google.docs and Zoho
Diane Lutz and Mary Lynn Skinner,
Learn how to use Google.docs and Zoho to
collaborate with your colleagues on projects.
Target audience: All
3:05-4:00
User Group Sessions for the most commonly used library
automation systems
Come sit
with others who use the same automation system and get answers to common
questions you may have. Target audience: All