Sessions

Session 1: 10:15a – 11:30a

1. Engaging Students in a Conversation about Health Information – Leah Cordova & Melissa Cox (Interest Level: Middle, High)
   Given media coordinators’ role in delivering NC curriculum standards and their unique skills in library and information science, media coordinators are critical partners in delivering widespread health information literacy training to youth in North Carolina. Using the train-the-trainer approach, this session is designed to increase participants’ knowledge of NLM resources they can use to support students’ health literacy skills within their K-12 classrooms. Participants will be introduced to INQUIRY, a transferable one hour curriculum they can leverage in delivering health literacy instruction at their organizations. Additionally, throughout this session participants will discuss their own perceptions of students’ health literacy skills, barriers they are currently facing in delivering health literacy instruction, and potential opportunities they may have in incorporating health literacy into curriculum.
2. Using Games to Evaluate Proficiency on Information Literacy Skills for Students and Staff – Stephanie Rous & Angela West (Interest Level: Elementary, Middle, High)
   Why use presentations when students can be reached through what they love most: games! Start pre-conference Feb. 17 with our GooseChase by joining the L2L2019Game, then come learn how to create digital and physical breakouts to introduce, build upon, and evaluate proficiency with library skills. Are older students complaining they “already know this?” Review with games to refresh memories and reach new students. Gamify the library for research, genres, library organization, and more.
3. Coding for Beginners with Storytelling – Sabrina Steigelman (Interest Level-Elementary)
   Learn to use sequencing, recalling, and retelling skills to introduce coding to elementary school students!
4. Somehow, Someway, Our Two Worlds Will Be One: Navigating American History by Combining Digital, VR, and AR with Physical Breakouts – Delandrus Seales & Colleen Bergin (Interest Level: Elementary, Middle, High)
   Attendees will experience a breakout that combines both physical and digital tools as they navigate an American war from its start to conclusion using primary source documents, robotics, and more.Facilitators will share how they created the activity and how it can be applied to other grade levels and content areas. Participants will be able to walk away with resources and a tool kit to replicate in their own libraries/media centers. Participants will also see results from 4th grade/5th grade breaking out.
5. From Dictionaries to Reference to Data – Julia C. Mielish (Interest Level: Middle, High)
   This presentation will include a demonstration of four Oxford University Press products targeted for school libraries; Oxford Research Encyclopedias, Oxford English Dictionary, Very Short Introductions Online and Social Explorer. Covering a broad range of subject materials, these four products support multiple core areas of competency within the classroom. Following the demonstrations will be a facilitated discussion of how the resources will work in the classroom together with a question and answer session on how Oxford University Press can better support North Carolina Media Coordinators in their daily work.
6. We Are All Connected to Each Other: The Role of Global Awareness in Libraries – Dr. Barbara Marson & Dr. Kaye Dotson (Interest Level: Elementary, Middle, High)
   In this session, we will discuss why global awareness is important for both media specialists and students and how libraries can promote this awareness. Providing a window into global issues can help both students and professionals to engage in communication with people from a wide range of different cultures and traditions as well as promote critical thinking. The session will provide examples that others are implementing and explain how the MLS program is facilitating opportunities for global study and continuing education. We will solicit ideas and feedback from the participants and discuss the implications of global awareness.
7. Student Helpers – Lisa Baker (Interest Level: Middle, High)
   This session will focus on using middle school students to handle day-to-day tasks of running a media center from circulation to computer repair. After a brief description of her management style, the facilitator will open the floor up for questions with her helpers answering the questions. Current student helpers will be present to talk about what they do. Notes will be documented on a Google Doc or Padlet to keep track of these questions and their answers for other librarians to refer back to, as well as a list of ideas generated by the group as a whole.
8. The Art of Storytelling: Telling Made Easy – Dr. John B. Harer (Interest Level: Elementary, Middle)
   This is a chance to improve storytelling in an interactive, practical experience–storytelling skills workshop. Reading aloud and “stand and deliver” storytelling skills will be demonstrated. Participants will get hands-on opportunities to learn and practice these storytelling skills through individual and group exercises. The workshop will train participants on how to deal with telling mistakes and when the teller gets stuck during a telling. Participants will also receive critiques of their telling styles offering individual improvements in telling.

Session 2: 11:45a – 1:00p

1. Contemporary School Library Media Programs – Kathy Parker (Interest Level: Elementary, Middle, High)
   Why do students and teachers need school libraries in the age of Google? Join this session to examine the purpose of contemporary school libraries and how they support the visions and missions of their schools. This will be an interactive session, so please bring a fully charged computing device.
2. Connecting the Dots: Collaboration in a Virtual World – Natalie Strange, Enrique Cachafeiro, & Jessica Tidmore (Interest Level: Middle, High)
   Creating collaborative projects can be an overwhelming task. However, bringing together skills from classroom teachers, local experts, and librarians can create valuable tools to ignite learning. This session will discuss collaboration from each perspective. This Virtual Biology team will briefly share the creation of an online virtual reality breakout room to review enzymes, with each team member presenting data, challenges, and successes with this particular collaboration. The team will then lead a discussion and brainstorming session to help clear collaborative hurdles and develop ideas to encourage co-teaching and collaborative resource development.
3. Finding and Using Open Educational Resources in K-12 – Jeanne Hoover & Heather Seibert (Interest Level: Elementary, Middle, High)
   Open Educational Resources (OER) are materials that are free to use and contain a copyright license that allows for sharing, remixing, and adapting. In recent years, OER have been gaining in popularity due to two reasons: the materials are free and educators can customize the resources to fit their class. In this session, we will discuss OER, in particular, where to find, identify, and use OER that are geared towards k-12 students. The group will also explore Creative Commons Licensing as it relates to OER. Attendees will gain familiarity with OER repositories and creative commons licensing. Additionally, attendees will receive a copy of an short introductory guide on OER.
4. Flipping the Script: Make a HS Library Media Studies Elective Work for You! – Kristel Behrend & Jennifer Koch (Interest Level: Middle, High)
   This is a session to share how a Library Media Studies elective can work for middle and high school librarians and their library programs. Facilitators will review the utilization of Canvas, blended learning, Capturing Kids Hearts, and Project Based Learning to have an engaging and meaningful Library Media Studies class that truly covers Wake County course curriculum and NC Information and Tech Standards. Facilitators will share how their course allows them to form tight relationships with students, promote the library programs/resources, and benefit the school community.
5. Don’t Let Storms Blow You Away – Nancy Cravey, Jennie Hunt, & SuAnn Klawitter (Interest Level: Elementary, Middle, High)
   You go home on Friday thinking that the next Monday will begin as normal. But what if a natural disaster blows you into a tailspin. Will you be ready? Join three school librarians who have lived and worked through a disaster. Learn how to be ready, prepare for recovery, and begin thinking about how to make the transition work. We will discuss cataloging and collection strategies to be prepared for whatever comes, how to approach the immediate aftermath and salvage books, setting up and teaching in a new space, and building mental strength to deal with the uncertainty that the future brings. We survived (and are surviving!) with the support of each other and our colleagues. Join our support group, hear about our experience, ask questions, and be ready if it happens to you!
6. Advocacy: Why Its Important to Tell Your Story – Sedley Abercrombie (Interest Level: Elementary, Middle, High)
   Advocacy is all about informing and persuading. Its about placing one’s school library media center in the spotlight at every opportunity. Its about saying and doing the little things on a daily basis that give others positive feelings and an appreciation of the schools library, and doing the big things when times are hard. Don’t wait for a crisis to advocate for the library. Practice it every day, and, when there is a special issue or concern, it will be much easier to handle.
7. Connect with Funding Opportunities – Sara Levin (Interest Level: Elementary, Middle, High)
   Having trouble connecting to funding opportunities? This session opens up the world of grant writing and looks at the different types of grants that are out there and the information required to submit them. Be prepared to collaborate and begin a grant journey. Participants need to bring a list of projects they would like to get funded including estimated costs, general information about their schools, and a WiFi-enabled device on which to begin writing. Assistance with grants will continue after the Summit.
8. Meeting the Needs of Autistic Students in the Library – Lindsay Santiago & Ashley Clark (Interest Level: Elementary)
   Join a discussion on how to best meet the needs of your Autistic and Special Needs students. Hear how one librarian developed a structure to effectively teach self-contained Autistic students in the library on a fixed schedule. Discuss best practices and helpful ways to ensure all students are successful in the library.
9. Storybook Theatre – Patch Clark (Interest Level: Elementary, Middle)
   Storybook Theatre will bring global folktales from around the world to life, including new adaptations of classic stories, such as “The Dragon of Krakow,” recently performed at the International Youth Arts Festival in Poland. Tales from Japan, Mexico, Russia, Finland, and the United States will also be included in this exciting journey through global folktales. Come celebrate literacy from around the world through theatre arts!

Session 3: 2:30p – 3:45p

1. What Is My Why? – Joanna Gerakios (Interest Level: Elementary, Middle, High)
   As a school librarian, one must wear many hats and meet the needs of students and staff throughout the school. In this interactive session, the attendees will participate in several activities to help them focus on the purpose behind their everyday activities, and channel their efforts and energy toward that purpose. Laptop or tablet recommended.
2. Hour of Code-Unplugged and Plugged In – Sara Levin & Courtney Beckman (Interest Level: Elementary, Middle, High)
   Find out what the Hour of Code is and how to participate no matter the access to resources or students’ abilities. Session participants will work together to create working lesson plans. There will be robots, websites, and non-device activities to sample.
3. 3D Printing & Design Throughout the Curriculum – Laura Mangum (Interest Level: Middle, High)
   Got a 3D printer (or want one), but not sure how to integrate it into the curriculum? Then attend this session! For the past five years the teachers and the media coordinator at North Pitt High School have designed lessons that purposefully integrate 3D design & printing in many different curriculum areas.
4. e-MERGE Yourself and Explore a New World (from the Palm of Your Hand) – Delandrus Seales (Elementary, Middle, High)
   Attendees will learn how to integrate 10+ free or low-cost digital tools using MergeCube into their library/media instruction to help students experience virtual field trips and augmented reality. Attendees will also explore 3-D design and creation tools that align with NCSCOS, using the MergeCube. Then, attendees will be guided through the steps and create practice products. Attendees will leave the workshop/session with all apps downloaded; accounts created with browser-based tools; a ready-to-use tool kit; practice products; lesson plan ideas; and they will have the knowledge to immediately use/recreate these products with their students upon their return to their campus.
5. Connecting Students to the World: Connected Learning Approach – Dr. Fadekemi Oyewusi & Dr. Monica Colón-Aguirre (Interest Level: Elementary, Middle, High)
   The Connected Learning Approach recognizes that in order for young people to be prepared for the 21st-century, they need to continue learning beyond the traditional classroom. A library space is a great for providing these connections. Everyone at the session will LEARN, SHARE, and DISCUSS the great things they are doing to provide learning opportunities for students through their libraries. Handouts on the Connected Learning Approach will be available.
6. Embarking on a Genrefication Journey? – Margaret Sullivan Brannon & Karen S. Meier (Interest Level: Elementary, Middle, High)
   Genrefying a library is a big task not easily undone. Professionals in library science want to know: How does it benefit the school community? What support is needed to bring the current users along and help them see the benefits? What resources are needed and will the investment pay off? Join this session for a discussion of the pros and cons and all the considerations involved in deciding to undertake this massive project. What does the research say about it? What successes and failures are reported among librarians who have done it, and what challenges can be anticipated and how do we prepare for them? The facilitators are at different stages of this journey and willing to share their research and experience with attendees in exchange for their valuable insights and professional opinions. This session will look at some examples of libraries that have made the change and some recommended procedures for getting started.
7. You Are What You Read: Book Tastings Help Promote a Healthy Literary Diet – Pamela Sands & Aritia Smalls (Interest Level: Elementary, Middle, High)
   Sometimes, the simple act of choosing a book can be intimidating. Book tastings allow readers to sample books to help them select options that they are excited about reading. They also serve to take readers outside of their literary comfort zones and introduce them to a variety of genres. Join the session for a sample book tasting and receive tips on how to create one.
8. Save the Drama for Your…Librarian? – Sarah A. Kennedy (Interest Level: Elementary, Middle)
   Attendees will explore how dramatic arts can be used in the library to reinforce literacy skills, improve fluency, increase creativity, and bring learning to life.