Teaching with Nonfiction
Common Core and Essential Standards emphasize teaching with nonfiction. Are you ready? In this workshop we will introduce nonfiction titles, and present teaching strategies that use nonfiction to enhance instruction. This session is appropriate for elementary and middle school media specialists. Handouts will be provided.
Margaret Gregor, Appalachian State University
Connie Green, Appalachian State University
Audience: Elementary, Middle
Presentation Strand: Reading
Room: North Main B
Friday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
Finding Rhyme and Reason: Celebrating Poetry
Common as an apple core,
The joy of poetry is more!
Come to this session of verse
And learn poetry’s no curse!
New titles, technology, and ideas will be the handout at the door.
Sue C. Kimmel, Old Dominion University
Audience: Elementary, Middle
Presentation Strand: Reading
Room: North Main C
Friday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
SMARTBoards @ the core
Do you have a SMARTBoard and don't quite know what to do with it? Come see how SMART tools are used to engage students during library lessons. SMART Notebook 11 will be showcased and the SMART slate, SMART document camera, and SMART Response System will be demonstrated.
Laura Bowers, Westwood Elementary School
Audience: Elementary, Middle, High
Presentation Strand: Technology, Lesson Planning and Development
Room: North Main D
Friday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
Bring Your Glasses, We're Going to Read the Fine Print!
With the rise of electronic devices in our schools we are responsible for reading the fine print. What are COPPA and CIPA, why do we care? Where can students get resources that they can use? Our session will outline best practices for Media Coordinators and others to follow when introducing and using online tools (checking Terms of Service and Privacy Policies). We will also share our lists of places to find creative commons media. Join us in our backchannel.
Casey Rimmer, Instructional Technology Facilitator, Union County Public Schools
Lisa Thompson, Instructional Technology Facilitator, Union County Public Schools
Audience: Elementary, Middle, High
Presentation Strand: Technology
Room: North Main E
Friday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
Collection Development for a Common Core School
What should adoption of the Common Core Standards mean for school libraries? How do we find quality non-fiction materials? How will you get the word out about how you fit into the Common Core? Quality non-fiction resource lists will be shared along with traditional journal review sources and less traditional web review sources. Suggestions for how to make a difference for your library program, your students, and your school within the Common Core philosophy.
Selected non-fiction titles in sortable Excel spreadsheet. Just a few good and interesting titles to get you started.
See also the original Appendix B from the 2010 Common Core Proposal: Appendix B
Karen Perry, Retired Media Coordinator
Audience: Professional
Presentation Strand: Professional Development
Room: North Main F
Friday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
Dilution effects in nature nonfiction books: Can real science be fun?
The broad spectrum of substance and style in nature nonfiction children’s books invites important questions for librarians and authors. From cotton-candy fluff to encyclopedic tomes, this session will review this spectrum with a focus on benefits and costs of specific approaches. Interactive demonstration; includes handouts.
Dawn Cusick, Author, Haywood Community College
Audience: Elementary, Middle
Presentation Strand: Reading
Room: North Main G
Friday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
Retooling Research
Does the thought of research make you, your teachers, or your students cringe? Join Fran, a veteran English teacher and school librarian, as she shares web tools that can simplify and enhance your next research project. Leave armed with a “research toolbox” designed to lessen the “cringe factor”! Handouts.
Retooling Research Presentation
Questions? fran.bullington@gmail.com
Fran Bullington, Boiling Springs High School
Audience: Middle, High
Presentation Strand: Technology
Room: Ayers
Friday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
Implementing Common Core and NC Essential Standards with Intel Teach Tools and Resources
Come join us for a session on how Intel Teach tools and resources can help assist North Carolina teachers with implementing the Common Core and NC Essential Standards.
Deborah Goodman, NCDPI, Instructional Technology, Region 2 Consultant
Gail Holmes, NCDPI, Instructional Technology, Educator on Loan
Audience: Elementary, Middle, High, Professional
Presentation Strand: Professional Development, Technology
Room: Ardmore 1
Friday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
Freadom! Using Newspapers to Teach About the First Amendment
Come learn how to make better use of an under-utilized resource in your library! Our 10th grade Civics/Economics students found examples in newspapers of our Constitution at work in everyday life and created a portfolio of articles about the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment. Handouts.
Trudy Moss, Watauga High School
Judy Brown, Watauga High School
Susan Lawrence, Watauga High School
Audience: High
Presentation Strand: Reading, Library Promotion
Room: Ardmore 2
see Power Point w/embedded assignment below
Friday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
New Release Books Your Students Will Love (Elementary)
Thousands of children's books are released each year; which do you choose? This booktalk highlights some of my new favorites among this season’s outstanding new or soon-to-be released titles (Fall and Winter ‘13). The talk will include discussion of possible classroom uses, target audience, and why these particular books are so appealing. Participants will have access to personally review the titles discussed and will leave the session with a detailed hand out.
Leslie Bermel, Junior Library Guild
Audience: Elementary
Presentation Strand: Reading
Room: Gaines 1
Friday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
GLBT Literature in NC School Libraries: Is GLBT Lit Taboo in North Carolina
This presentation discusses GLBT literature for secondary school audiences, describes the results of a survey of NC secondary media specialists towards GLBT literature collections, and reports the results of a data gathering project on the prevalence of GLBT novels NC high school library collections, between rural and urban school libraries.
John B Harer, East Carolina University
Audience: Middle, High, Professional
Presentation Strand: Reading, Intellectual Freedom
Room: Gaines 2
Friday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
Copyright & Digital Literacy
As 21st Century media/technology specialists ever wondered whether copyright rules have changed with evolving technology tools and digital media? Wonder who is responsible for promoting ethical use in NC Essential Standards for Information & Technology Skills & Common Core? Join us as we present, discuss real life examples & Q & A on copyright. Handouts & Chocolate.
Susan W. Jackson, Davis Dr Middle School
Sonja S. Beckham, Wake County Public Schools
Audience: Elementary, Middle, High
Presentation Strand: Technology, Professional Development, Ethics, Digital Literacy
Room: Terrace 3