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Exploratorium
Thursday, November 5
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Exhibit Hall C2
Explore learning stations that exemplify best practices in school librarianship. Experience this two-hour conference opener by browsing tabletop exhibits that showcase the excellence of school libraries, and the organizations and institutions that support them.
Learning Stations:
Librarian Initiative for Better Schools
Presented by Janice Newsum
An IMLS grant between two entities, Houston ISD and the University of North Texas, seeking to improve school libraries with 30+ ALA certified librarians.
From A-Z to Barnes & Noble
Presented by Kim Gangwish
Learn about the process of changing the organization of a fiction collection from alphabetical to a genre based system.
Stampede to Read
Presented by Shannon Bogert
The Stampede to Read Project reaches at risk students through inviting, invigorating, and exciting programming!
Lunchroom Library: A Feast for Readers
Presented by Amelia Bell
The Lunchroom Library - a simple, innovative way to promote reading and Rev Up Learning in an unlikely place - your school cafeteria.
Yes, it's okay to eat in the library!
Presented by Mary Simmons
Our library offers "tastings" to celebrate a culture or to learn about a time period and the materials related to that study!
Mother Goose Is Loose: Nursery Rhymes That Teach
Presented by Lisa Wright
Nursery Rhymes come alive for preschool and kindergarteners in a multi-disciplinary unit (including math and science) implementing classic nursery rhymes and learning basic skills.
Taming the Savage Beast--Getting Middle School Boys to Read
Presented by Jenny Salladay
Discover ways in which librarians may work with faculty and administration in a middle school to promote reading through creating cooperative projects; developing a print rich environment including hardback books, paperbacks, and magazines; inviting authors; and participating in reading incentives and summer reading book groups
Gaming To Teach Library Skills
Presented by Karen Figgatt
Acquire library skills while having fun with games! Online resources and games specific to your own library will be demonstrated.
Middle School Parents as Partners
Presented by Mary Shukie
Bring parents and students from diverse backgrounds together as you promote literacy and independent inquiry at your middle school library media center.
Boosting Collaboration and Information Literacy Skills Through Bibliographic Assessment
Presented by Megan Dolan
A bibliography grading program can increase collaboration, assess the effectiveness of information literacy lessons, and improve your level of involvement in your school.
Self-censorship: An Investigation of School Library Media Specialists
Presented by Wendy Rickman
Conducted in 2006-2007, this was a dissertation study conducted by a former library media specialist and current faculty member of a school library media specialist graduate program, to look at a topic (self-censorship) that is not often discussed other than in professional programs.
Fundraising with a Literacy Theme
Presented by Juanita Gresh
We raised $2,000.00 in a weekend of literary activities! Observe the step-by-step process of having a successful Barnes & Noble book fair.
OSLIS- Oregon's Champion Literacy Web site
Presented by Deanna Draper
OSLIS is a LSTA funded resource project providing access to quality information & research for K12 students & teachers.The site is available and instruction is available for all school and public libraries in Oregon.
Scoping Out Research K-5
Presented by Boni Hamilton
A collaboration of a doctoral student (and technologist) and an elementary school librarian produced a high quality K-5 research scope and sequence to share.
Pave the way for a Library Science Intern: Lead as a Site Supervisor
Presented by Kaye Dotson
Rev up professional development of future librarians! Discover how to offer your expertise to library interns in the capstone experience of their coursework.
Smart Copyright Compliance: How to do it
Presented by Rebecca Butler
Presented by the author of Smart Copyright Compliance for Schools: A How-To-Do-It Manual (2009), this presentation addresses developing, maintaining, and evaluating school copyright compliance programs.
Arkansas Library Media Frameworks
Presented by Connie Zimmer
The process of developing the Arkansas School Library Media Frameworks. The presenter was involved from beginning to end. Materials will be available.
Inspiring Middle School Literacy: Reading & Writing in Science & History
Presented by Daniella Quinones
Learn how interactive media resources from WGBH (Boston's PBS) can enhance the literacy skills of struggling readers in grades 5-8 and foster 21st century learning.
"Rev Up" Reviews for the 21st Century Learner
Presented by Claudine Dixon
Motivate students using technology they use everyday. Turn your students' traditional written book reviews into podcasts and post them online for everyone to hear.
PSLA Legislator @ Your Library Campaign
Presented by Debra Kachel
Learn how the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association initiated a campaign to get legislators into school libraries facilitated by trained "event planners" and a unified message.
Geocaching for Educators
Presented by Lisa Rose
G.P.S. receivers are everywhere and the sport of geocaching is popular worldwide. Learn how to use this technology in your classroom. Geocaching truly provides a window to the world and integrates science, social studies, technology, and of course reading and writing. K-5 lesson plans, including literature tie-ins and writing activities will be available.
Picture This!: Teaching the Holocaust in a short amount of time!
Presented by Angela Perry
Need to cover the Holocaust, but are short on time? Try picture books! (Yes, we said picture books!)
History Mysteries: Geocaching for Primary Resources
Presented by KirstenMcDonald
See how one media coordinator took students outside and got them working in cooperative learning groups, thinking about primary resources, and using lots of technology.
Model of Health
Presented by Arlene Stach
Learn how a Health teacher and the librarian collaborated to engage students in the study of health topics. See student projects that demonstrated knowledge transferred to 3-D models.
"Tales With Tails"
Presented by Marilyn Garnto
"Tales with Tails" is a program for children to read to our therapy dogs at the public library with plans to extend into public schools.
Integrating Standards
Presented by Hilda Weisburg
AASL's Standards for the 21st-Century Learner, NETS-S, NETS-T, and more! How can you do it all? Here’s help from The School Librarian’s Workshop Lessons for a Scientific Literature ReviewRandellLessons for a Scientific Literature ReviewRandellSchmidtWorkshop introduces a high-school guided-inquiry scientific curriculum: Lessons for a Scientific Literature Review containing instructions for teaching how to research and write a SLR.
Worlds of Words: International Collection of Children's and Adolescent Literature
Presented by Judith Moreillon
Open a wide window on the world! Bookmark exciting online resources from Worlds of Words: International Collection of Children's and Young Adult Literature at wowlit.org.
Fact or Fiction? Using Hoax Web sites with Students to Teach Information Literacy Skills
Presented by Kathryn Tvaruzka
Information literacy instruction using hoax websites provides a lighthearted, fun and poignant way to evaluate information sources with students, and gets them to think critically about their research.
Beyond American Memory: Engaging Students in Historical Inquiry and National History Day
Presented by Kathryn Tvaruzka
Focusing on free historical digital collections these academic librarians will share their experiences collaborating with schools and helping students with National History Day projects.
Get Reading @ Your Library: Student Book Reviews
Presented by Linda Herward
"What’s Falk Reading!: Promote reading with student book reviews. What better way to get your students reading? Peer sharing, peer encouraging, peer modeling with displays and wikis."
Action Research: You Can Do It!
Presented by Barbara Ray
Steps will be shared on doing action research. Actual projects will demonstrate how action research can lead to strengthening the library and its services.
Adolescents and their Fiction: A Content Analysis of Most Circulated Novels In Texas Middle Schools
Presented by Paula Griffith
Librarians and teachers will learn about the characteristics that distinguish series books, sequels, and stand alone novels and how they related to adolescent development.
The Medieval Faire: A Third Grade Specialist Collaborative Unit
Presented by Karin Kugel
Come Knights and Damsels to our third grade Medieval Faire! When teachers of art, music, physical education, computer and library collaborate, students achieve and thrive!
Sticky Note Wikis: A Research Tool to Model Online Wikis
Presented by Craig Coleman
Learn to use a combination of learning strategies with students to conduct collaborative research, simulate a Wiki, and highlight the pros/cons of online Wikis.
Wonder Wall
Presented by Beth Auwarter
Knights, space ships and dinosaurs inspire wonder in curious children. Sixth grade students interviewed younger children and created multimedia projects introducing our library "Wonder Wall."
Youth Community Informatics
Presented by Chera Kowalski
By exploring the potential of partnerships, Youth Community Informatics is helping youth develop socially-aware voices by engaging them as researchers and content creators.
Turbocharged Marketing @ Your Library
Presented by Kimberly Hopkins
Increase circulation and library usage while promoting your school library with these economical marketing tools and strategies.
Zig Zag...a zine
Presented by Susan Vanneman
"Zig Zag ... a zine" claims the Mickle Media Center as its home; and bright and early, once a week, a group of creative students produce cartoons and stories that evolve into a colorful indie magazine popular with our school community.
Are We on the Same Page? Creating a guide for research and writing at your school
Presented by Elise Thrash
Using the Big6 as a model for information-finding and MLA as the format for citation, you'll get everyone on the same page at your school or district!
ABC-Easy as 1-2-3: Creating a student generated book and podcast about your community
Presented by Jean Lowery
Inspire students to become authors and experts about their community through a collaborative project involving research, writing, photography, art, and technology.
Promoting Recreational Reading in the Elementary School and at Home: Programs that really work!
Presented by Nancy Baumann
Learn how to implement a variety of promotional programs which involve inexpensive but extremely popular reading activities which stimulate recreational reading at home and school.
Collection Development: Selecting Resources for 21st Century Learners
Presented by Marcia Morrell
See how three media coordinators and their program manager selected resources to open three new media centers, each with a unique theme and student population.
Master's students in Library Media Conducting Research to Improve Learning in the Media Center
Presented by BarbaraFiehn
Library Media Specialists MS students are conducting action research as part of their studies. See the studies and results. Get ideas for validating your programming.
Info-Think Literacy Curriculum
Presented by Teresa Diaz
Incorporating critical thinking, the Big6 and the I-Search process, this pilot information fluency curriculum explores the "skills within" the research process via a middle-school study skills elective.
Taming the Research Paper Monster
Presented by Julie Burwinkel
How do you quiet fears and dry tears while helping students tame the "Research Paper Monster?"
What Would They Do Without Us?
Presented by Julie Burwinkel
How do you "train" your faculty,staff and students to think of the library first--no matter what they need?!
Linking Standards for the 21st-Century Learner and Brain Research
Presented by Betty Morris
Explore how brain research and Standards for the 21st-Century Learner can be linked to promote lifelong learners to meet the needs of future generations.
Adopt a Lonely Book
Presented by April Bunn
Students save books from being weeded! They "adopt" a "lonely" book- read it, re-market it and track whether their book starts circulating again.
Rev up Reading All Year!
Presented by Jennifer Winstead
Learn how we keep our students revved up about reading all year through high-interest book clubs, Book Character Parade, and author visits.
Teen Pregnancy in Young Adult Novels: Traits and Trends
Presented by Marie Kelsey
Teen pregnancy in young adult literature presents recurring traits and themes. Learn about these themes, see the dust jackets, and receive pre-written book talks for recent novels that address this life changing event.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your SMARTBoards!
Presented by Laura Bowers
See how to use SMART tools from SMART Technologies to create lessons and activities that will keep students engaged while learning in the media center.
Amazing Resource Race
Presented by Ann Marie Wik
Ever have students drag their feet when learning about the many wonderful resources and assistance available in the LMC.We turned our LMC discovery unit into an exciting fast-paced race competition.
Move your Media Center to the Fast Lane with Public Relations campaigns
Presented by Jill Rooker
Help your students take a victory lap! See week-long school library PR campaigns that have been test driven and recalibrated to rev up library advocacy.
From Classrooms to Castles: Ten Projects to Inspire Literacy
Presented by Marcia Thompson
Digital photography,literature,technology--explore ways to link children's and young adult books with photos through a variety of techniques. Projects include displays, podcasts, blogs, multimedia presentations and webquests.
Maximum Access
Presented by Brenda Phetteplace
One librarian - two libraries with self-serve systems. Using two circulation computers makes it possible to be open full time. No special software needed.
The Library Leadership Team: How to get Your Principal Onboard
Presented by Maureen White
Attendees will discover how school library program students are learning how to work with their administrators and become leaders who advocate for their library program.
Have MLS will travel
Presented by Jean Lowery
Who knew that school librarians could travel the world for free? Learn about exciting travel opportunities available to such places as Japan, Saudi Arabia, and Korea.
Celtic Adventure in the Roman Republic
Presented by Judith Geary, MA
Experience ancient Rome with Getorix, Celtic captive, hero of the SREB recommended novel, Getorix: The Eagle and The Bull, and with author Judith Geary.
The Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl,a Grassroots Program,Spreads Across Georgia
Presented by Barbara Hallstrom
Come and see why the highly interactive Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl (HRRB) has caught several thousand students reading to compete to become state reading champions.
What's Up in the Robert Clow Elementary School Library Media Center?
Presented by Beverly Frett
What's Up in the LMC? Visit the 2009 AASL NSLMPY finalist - Clow Elementary School Library Media Center Web site and find out!
Collaboration to Enhance Student Learning in a 3D Virtual World
Presented by Carol Truett
This presentation shares a collaborative 3D Virtual World where teachers, library media specialists, university faculty, and graduate students create enriched educational experiences for their students.
Top Ten Library Skills for Incoming College Freshman
Presented by Renee Tkacik
Ten basic skills to assist incoming college freshman in their transition from high school to college to make their research productive and successful.
The Boy Zone: Bringing Boys, Fathers and Books Together
Presented by Debra Rosenblum
It is a well researched fact that boys are not as interested in reading as are girls. How do we get not only the "right book into the right boy's hands" but also ignite that spark that entices boys to read for fun? "The Boy Zone" will introduce creative ways to bring boys to books by showcasing exciting programs that include guest speakers, father-son collaborations and performers that bring the world of print alive!
Caldwell Reads
Presented by Annamarie Stuckey
Looking for a great way to combine the efforts of the school libraries and public library - have a read.
Tune Up Your Information Literacy Plan Using TRAILS
Presented by Barbara Schloman
This session will highlight how library media specialists can use TRAILS (Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills) to further their information literacy plan.
What Every First Year Media Specialist Wants to Know...But is Afraid to Ask!
Presented by Candace Sample
Are you mired in media center mayhem? Surrounded by chaos? Wondering how you'll ever survive your first year as a media specialist? Help is here!
Differentiated, Integrated Novel Study in Ancient Rome
Presented by Betty Pollard, NBCT, EdS
Ancient Rome came to life in the library with a Saturnalia feast serving to showcase student presentations. Classes AIG to resource shared the Forum.
Think Digital Media!
Presented by Rachel Murphy
School library media programs are launching students into the 21st Century. Are you ready? See how iTunes podcasts, iTouch applications, & digital booktalks can help!
Wikis, Red Font and Revision: Riding the Revision Wave of the Future
Presented by Carol Baldwin
In this interactive workshop participants use progressive technology to collaborate with peers in writing and revising. Instruction first focuses on how students can learn to show, not tell by using muscle words: specific nouns, vivid verbs, image-drive adjectives, and figurative language. Following a "jazz-it-up" writing activity that is adaptable to second-twelfth grade classrooms and useful for narrative and expository writing, participants with laptop computers log unto a wiki and learn how to revise online.
Seeing is Believing: Loertscher's Taxonomy As a Leadership Development and Self Awareness Tool
Presented by Daniella Smith
Are you an inactive, reactive, or proactive media specialist? Learn how to assess your involvement level. Then get tips to help you reach your potential.
Books and Readers: How to Find a Perfect Match
Presented by Maria Cahill
Help students select "just right" books. Get a hands-on opportunity at matching readers with text that is neither too easy nor too difficult.
Media Literacy & Information Literacy: Motivational texts meet critical standards
Presented by Angel Kymes
Make the connection between media literacy and the library media center with helpful websites, new media texts, technology applications, sample lesson plans, and standards integration.
10 Bucks = 10 Great Ideas...Dollar Daze and Thrifty Finds To Engage Students in Literacy and Learning
Presented by Julia Andreacchi
Utilize the magic of dollar and thrift store finds to deliver a novel study that "rocks". The buck stops here.
CSI: Cultivating Skilled Investigators
Presented by Media Daniels
The CSI Project Exploratorium is designed to display exciting techniques used to teach library research skills to millennial learners by combining technology and investigative strategies.
"Technologizing" Student Projects
Presented by Michelle Kowalsky
Help teachers infuse and integrate technology into existing student projects . . . you know, the usual boring ones! Get ideas for helping teachers convert traditional projects into exciting technology-enhanced products, or simply use technology as part of the process to help students meet teacher-expected outcomes.
Libraries as First Amendment Battlegrounds
Presented by Nathan Richie
The Freedom Museum is launching a brand new traveling exhibit program for libraries that examines the many ways that libraries become hotbeds of First Amendment controversy.
Write Around The World!
Presented by Margriet Ruurs
Kidswwwrite, an online site, shares students' writing and bring them a worldwide audience while a global bookmark exchange brings the world into your classroom!
Using an Arsenal to Teach High School Freshman 21st Century Research Skills
Presented by Donna Hitchings
An arsenol of tools are used to teach freshman research skills need to be successful in high school and beyond
Celebremos Los Libros! Create a Collaborative Community-wide Celebration of Children and Reading
Presented by CynthiaHouston
Learn how a local univerisity, an elementary school, and the public library engaged in collaborative planning to develop a community-wide celebration of El día de los niños in Bowling, Green Kentucky.
Vigilant Visibility: Lobbying Legislators
Presented by Christie Kaaland
WLMA's Advocacy collaborating with "Spokane Moms" have achieved great strides with legislators in support for school libraries - both policy and funding - through constant, activist involvement.
Information Literacy Assessment - Perception versus Performance
Presented by Charlene Zehner
Are your students' information literacy skills sufficient for college or the world of work? Are their perceptions of their skill accurate? Learn helpful trends.
Role of the Librarian in Reading
Presented by Laura Warren-Gross
Gear up for leadership in reading! The Librarian's Role in Reading Taskforce will present strategies the support the new AASL position paper on reading and the school librarian.
