A recent study found that 50% of students use YouTube as a tool for learning. Librarians celebrate the power of books, media and technology, but some have overlooked YouTube as a tool for teaching and learning, for creative expression, for research, and even as a source of recommendations for pleasure reading. Reflect on your complex love-hate film/media discussion clubs, BookTubers, virtual author visits, and other uses of audiovisual media can help to deepen your school library learning community.
Founder, Communications Professor, Media Education Lab, University of Rhode Island
Renee Hobbs is one of the world’s leading authorities on digital and media literacy education. As a teacher, researcher, activist, and media professional, she has offered programs for educators on four continents and produced some of the leading empirical research on the subject. She has published... Read More →
Thursday February 6, 2020 5:00pm - 7:00pm PST
Pebble Beach
In this session, Melissa Fisher (librarian) and David Beshk (science teacher) will discuss how they have collaborated over the last two years and present the units they have created and taught to students in first through third grade. During this session, the presenters will explain the advantages of working together, how they have made the partnership work, and will provide all the needed information to teach the unit at your own school. The presenters will also discuss the use of Seesaw and Book Creator throughout the units.
Melissa Fisher teaches kindergarten through fifth grade students at St. Margaret's Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano, CA. This is her 7th year in this position which focuses on teaching students research and technology through library curriculum. Prior to holding this position... Read More →
"Multiple literacies" is essentially the content area in which teacher librarians are expected to provide instructional leadership to their students and faculty. In this session participants will define “multiple literacies,” discuss effective strategies for integrating them into the curriculum, and share the best resources for cultivating ongoing expertise in these literacies. Participants will also explore methods for describing and promoting the teacher librarian as an instructional coach in multiple literacies.
Dr. Melanie Lewis is currently Assistant Professor in Media at the University of West Georgia. She previously served as Assistant Professor of Education and Program Director of Teacher Librarian Services at Fresno Pacific University; a district coordinator of libraries, technology... Read More →
Friday February 7, 2020 11:45am - 12:45pm PST
Bandon Dunes
In this session, you will learn about how the library and CTE teamed up to increase the rigor of not only CTE related programs, but across campuses as a whole. In this presentation you will learn about how to find partners, lessons that can be created, and how to make these partnerships work. Hear from a CTE facilitator and a teacher librarian, ask questions, and create a plan to find your unlikely partner in crime.
Are you looking for new and creative ideas to enhance your library curriculum? This session will offer five lesson ideas, complete with digital materials and ideas for adapting the curriculum to your particular needs. The five lessons are: Power Reading; Defend Your Book; Art Criticism; Willett Wall of Records; Digital Citizenship.
Christopher has spent his teaching career in non-traditional settings. He uses that experience to create engaging curriculum for his library program. He is a devoted backpacker, SCUBA diver and reader.
Friday February 7, 2020 2:15pm - 3:15pm PST
Bandon Dunes
People created history. People make the present. People will build the future. The stories of people are powerful inspirations; their lives serve as lessons. In this panel, authors of nonfiction picture biographies discuss their commitment to telling stories about people that matter. Some possible discussion questions could include: What are the challenges of writing about people? What is the research process?
Nancy Churnin is the award-winning author of ten picture books about people who persevered to achieve their dreams and make the world a better place. Among her awards: a Junior Library Guild selection, South Asia Book Award, Kirkus Star, multiple National Council for the Social Studies... Read More →
I released a nonfiction picture book- THE ETERNAL SOLDIER- with little bee books last May and this June, I am set to release another nonfiction picture book- UNBEATABLE BETTY- with HarperCollins. It tells Betty Robinson’s story, the first woman who won Olympic gold for track and... Read More →
I am a picture book author who believes that every kid should get to see themselves as the hero on the cover of a book. I love to discuss the power of animal stories, nonfiction, biographies, and diversity including race/ethnicity as well as social class, religion, sexual orientation/identity... Read More →
Saturday February 8, 2020 9:00am - 10:00am PST
Bandon Dunes
With the use of writing prompts, paper and fabric, Charlotte Watson Sherman, debut author of BROWN SUGAR BABE, will help participants create simple books that feature beautiful shades of brown. She will also discuss her new diverse book!
Today’s youth face tough choices; some may even have tough lives. Grief. Trauma. Shame. These themes are things that touch every preteen and teen’s life. But they are also things that can be difficult to talk about and to write about. The authors in this panel deliberately handle tough topics with care and consideration. Join the discussion on why and how to use books in an effort to reach kids who are dealing with issues that are often kept in the dark, and that these books shine a light on.
Nicole Maggi began writing poems about unicorns and rainbows at a very early age. She detoured into acting, earned a BFA from Emerson College, and moved to NYC where she performed in lots of off-off-off-Broadway Shakespeare. After a decade of schlepping groceries on the subway... Read More →
Melanie Sumrow is an Upper Middle Grade author. Her debut novel, THE PROPHET CALLS, was a 2018 Writer’s’ League of Texas Award Finalist. Her next book, THE INSIDE BATTLE, releases March 3, 2020.
Saturday February 8, 2020 4:00pm - 5:00pm PST
Bandon Dunes
