Session 3
1:45 - 2:30
Peeking into Your Digital Drawers: Apps and Websites
A002 (lower level)
Presenters: Angenine Goode - Library Media Specialist
Joquetta Johnson - Library Media Specialist
Kyra Kreinbrook - Instructional Specialist
Appropriate for ALL LEVELS
Category: Inquiry provides a framework for learning.
Peek inside our digital drawers. Come see D.R.E.A.M Team Maryland showcase what’s in their digital drawers. Make connections to K – 12 curriculum, including Common Core State Standards, using various apps and websites to engage and empower our 21st Century Learners. You won’t be disappointed. D.R.E.A.M. = Dynamic, Resourceful Educators Accessing More
Apps & Websites Presentation
A002 (lower level)
Presenters: Angenine Goode - Library Media Specialist
Joquetta Johnson - Library Media Specialist
Kyra Kreinbrook - Instructional Specialist
Appropriate for ALL LEVELS
Category: Inquiry provides a framework for learning.
Peek inside our digital drawers. Come see D.R.E.A.M Team Maryland showcase what’s in their digital drawers. Make connections to K – 12 curriculum, including Common Core State Standards, using various apps and websites to engage and empower our 21st Century Learners. You won’t be disappointed. D.R.E.A.M. = Dynamic, Resourceful Educators Accessing More
Apps & Websites Presentation
Are They Getting This? - Tools and Apps to Determine if your Students are Mastering your Content
A300
Presenter: Laura Hicks - Media Specialist
Appropriate for ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL
Category - Technology skills are essential for future employment needs.
Going paperless in your classroom/media center is a process. One of the biggest challenges teachers face when students are using their own devices is whether or not they are learning the objectives. This session will share tools and apps which can be used quickly and easily to check for understanding. Bring your own device and some sample questions to create quizzes and polls during the session that you can use when you return to your school.
Presentation (with codes for interaction and Google Classroom)
Tool Tutorials
A300
Presenter: Laura Hicks - Media Specialist
Appropriate for ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL
Category - Technology skills are essential for future employment needs.
Going paperless in your classroom/media center is a process. One of the biggest challenges teachers face when students are using their own devices is whether or not they are learning the objectives. This session will share tools and apps which can be used quickly and easily to check for understanding. Bring your own device and some sample questions to create quizzes and polls during the session that you can use when you return to your school.
Presentation (with codes for interaction and Google Classroom)
Tool Tutorials
Teaching for Learning with Primary Sources: Resources and Project Examples that Raise the Rigor of Research Projects
A302
Presenter: Kimberly Dyar - Media Specialist
Appropriate for MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL
Category - Inquiry provides a framework for learning.
The Common Core emphasizes integrating primary sources across content areas, but most instructional materials are secondary sources like textbooks. Media specialists are instructional partners poised to support teachers with resource identification and innovative teaching strategies. Come explore examples of primary source analysis resources and projects across content areas. http://tinyurl.com/dyarps
A302
Presenter: Kimberly Dyar - Media Specialist
Appropriate for MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL
Category - Inquiry provides a framework for learning.
The Common Core emphasizes integrating primary sources across content areas, but most instructional materials are secondary sources like textbooks. Media specialists are instructional partners poised to support teachers with resource identification and innovative teaching strategies. Come explore examples of primary source analysis resources and projects across content areas. http://tinyurl.com/dyarps
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Genrefication : A Tale of Two Libraries: the Why, the How, and the Outcomes
A303
Presenters: Heather Hyatt - Media Specialist
Julia Younkins - Media Specialist
Appropriate for ALL LEVELS
Category - Reading is a window into the world.
Do you want to increase your fiction circulation and better serve your students? Are you constantly hearing “where are the scary books?” and don’t have a good answer? Come listen to two elementary librarians discuss the process of genrefication, challenges and solutions along the way, and the results. Spoiler alert…we love it!
A303
Presenters: Heather Hyatt - Media Specialist
Julia Younkins - Media Specialist
Appropriate for ALL LEVELS
Category - Reading is a window into the world.
Do you want to increase your fiction circulation and better serve your students? Are you constantly hearing “where are the scary books?” and don’t have a good answer? Come listen to two elementary librarians discuss the process of genrefication, challenges and solutions along the way, and the results. Spoiler alert…we love it!
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Make It Happen
A304
Presenter: Rebecca Oxley - Teacher-Librarian
Appropriate for ALL LEVELS
Category - Inquiry provides a framework for learning.
Question: What kind of magic can we ignite with a “Make It Happen” attitude and approach to innovation within the library program? Answer: Lots!!
Join Rebecca Oxley to hear about her successes with "gamification" - game-based learning and assessments, blended instruction, and cultivating maker spaces and culture during her first year of teaching. Learn how librarian leadership in making innovation happen can affect a shift towards student-driven instruction and thinking outside the box with collaboration.
A304
Presenter: Rebecca Oxley - Teacher-Librarian
Appropriate for ALL LEVELS
Category - Inquiry provides a framework for learning.
Question: What kind of magic can we ignite with a “Make It Happen” attitude and approach to innovation within the library program? Answer: Lots!!
Join Rebecca Oxley to hear about her successes with "gamification" - game-based learning and assessments, blended instruction, and cultivating maker spaces and culture during her first year of teaching. Learn how librarian leadership in making innovation happen can affect a shift towards student-driven instruction and thinking outside the box with collaboration.
Link to Make It Happen PowerPoint: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By3WSTCYDhlOQkptYU1RdHVaZlE/view?usp=sharing
MDK12 Online Resources - What Are They and What Can They Do for You?
A306
Presenters: Robbie Reasoner - Coordinator, Evaluation and Selection of Instructional Materials
Jay Bansbach - Program Specialist, Instructional Technology and School Library Media Program
Melodi Power - Media Specialist
Appropriate for ALL LEVELS
Category - Technology skills are essential for future employment needs.
Did you know all students in Maryland have access to high quality online resources that support inquiry and literacy? The MDK12 Digital Library Consortium presents some practical ideas and examples for using the EBSCO and SIRS databases related to the MD Career and College-Ready Standards.
A306
Presenters: Robbie Reasoner - Coordinator, Evaluation and Selection of Instructional Materials
Jay Bansbach - Program Specialist, Instructional Technology and School Library Media Program
Melodi Power - Media Specialist
Appropriate for ALL LEVELS
Category - Technology skills are essential for future employment needs.
Did you know all students in Maryland have access to high quality online resources that support inquiry and literacy? The MDK12 Digital Library Consortium presents some practical ideas and examples for using the EBSCO and SIRS databases related to the MD Career and College-Ready Standards.
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The Appeal of Graphic Novels: Why and how graphic novels appeal to young readers and ways you can use them to expand their desire to read more.
A307
Presenters: Jon Cohen - Owner, Beyond Comics
Appropriate for ALL LEVELS
Category - Reading is a window into the world.
Graphic novels continue to explode as an alternate form of reading that should be fairly represented in your media center. Learn a few new tricks to generate the interest of your students and find out about many of the graphic novels that you need to carry.
A307
Presenters: Jon Cohen - Owner, Beyond Comics
Appropriate for ALL LEVELS
Category - Reading is a window into the world.
Graphic novels continue to explode as an alternate form of reading that should be fairly represented in your media center. Learn a few new tricks to generate the interest of your students and find out about many of the graphic novels that you need to carry.