Game On! Using Game Based Learning To Ramp Up Your Instruction
In this session, participants will learn about a successful collaboration between a SLMS and MS math teacher that both incorporates console video game systems like the Nintendo Wii/xBox Kinect and Game Based Learning strategies to impact student learning.
Jennifer LaGarde, Educator on Loan, NCDPI
Ryan Redd, Myrtle Grove Middle School
Audience: Elementary, Middle, High, Professional
Presentation Strand: Technology, Professional Development, Instructional Collaboration
Room: North Main B
Saturday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
Our Story
Our story is the history of African Americans. One story, "How the Hurricane Came to Be" is similar to Sharon Draper's Copper Sun. The story is shortened so that it can be told to an elementary audience. Also, "The Emancipation Proclamation" is the story of Negro freedom. Some of the Poetry such as, Bronze my body beautiful is about building young African American girls’ self-esteem. The poem Africa is explaining the beauty of Africa.
Jackie Ruffin-Pittman, Halifax County Schools
Renee Andrews, Winston Salem Public Library
Audience: Elementary, Middle, High
Presentation Strand: Reading, Library Promotion
Room: North Main C
Saturday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
Meet the Author: David Macinnis Gill
Come and meet young adult author, David Macinnis Gill. He is the author of Black Hole Sun, Invisible Sun, and Soul Enchilada and a previous NC Young Adult Book Award Nominee.
David Macinnis Gill, Author
Audience: Middle, High
Presentation Strand: Reading
Room: North Main D
Saturday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s... a school media specialist!
With the transition to the new standards in full-swing, school librarians and media specialists are true super heroes in schools these days. During this session, we’ll share how LEARN NC is helping all educators with this standards transition. We’ll also share updates about our latest projects and partnerships.
Check out our presentation highlights on our Symbaloo! -- http://www.symbaloo.com/?desktopId=1000008002561139
Lesley Richardson, LEARN NC
Melissa Harden, LEARN NC
Audience: Elementary, Middle, High, Professional
Presentation Strand: Technology, Professional Development
Room: North Main E
Saturday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
Empowering Digital Classroom Curriculum
This session will explore ways we’re partnering with schools to integrate resources into classroom curriculum, enhancing learning. We’ll show how digital tools help students assimilate information literacy skills, critical thinking and problem solving into everyday research assignments. Educators will learn to engage students in unique ways, preparing them for success.
Kelsey Hagan, Cengage Learning
Audience: Elementary, Middle, High, Professional
Presentation Strand: Reading, Technology, Professional Development
Room: North Main F
Saturday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
Fresh Books! A Read 2 Succeed Grant
Fresh Books is my way of adding the "freshest" books to our media center--and who better to pick the books than the students? It's amazing what goes in our shopping cart! Freshman English classes + Barnes and Noble + $20 per student = tons of fun!
Sarah Justice, Rosman High School
Audience: Middle, High
Presentation Strand: Reading, Library Promotion
Room: North Main G
Saturday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
The Parents' Book Club: A Tool for literacy, leisure reading, and advocacy
A Parents' Book Club can be a powerful tool for your Media Center and your school. Learn the benefits of hosting a Parents' Book Club, as well as, the 'nuts and bolts' of organizing and conducting the meetings. You will leave this session with ideas to motivate parents to read 'tween' and teen literature and, in the process, help them promote reading in their homes, while gaining an appreciation of your impact on students and the school.
Here is the Powerpoint link: https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B1m5K_61hNosVF9KZFlOS0pPdU0/edit
Cynthia Curtis, Hanes Magnet School
Audience: Middle
Presentation Strand: Reading, Library Promotion
Room: Ayers
Saturday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
We took 22 Kindergarteners to SeaWorld and Were Back in Time for Lunch!: Project-based Learning and 21st Century Skills in the Elementary Classroom
Can a "Research Day" be as much fun as a pizza party or pajama day for a bunch of 5-year olds? You bet, especially when they choose the topic! See how one phone call changed teaching and learning at our school and broadened SeaWorld's educational outreach.
Nancy Torborg, Root Elementary
Jane Hemingway, Root Elementary
Audience: Elementary, Middle, High
Presentation Strand: Technology, 21st Century Skills
Room: Ardmore 1
Saturday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
Everyone Reads: Building a Culture of Reading
Our panel discussion will present Piney Grove’s efforts to build a community of readers through a one-book school culture. Students took a pre and post survey to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. We will share our results, the survey questions, discussion questions and events related to Trumpet of the Swan.
Natalie Strange, Piney Grove Elementary
Susie Routh, Piney Grove Elementary
Audience: Elementary
Presentation Strand: Reading
Room: Ardmore 2
Saturday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
QR Codes in The Library Revisited
What started out as collaboration between a high school and an elementary librarian has developed into more uses for QR codes. Presenting ideas on how to use QR codes in the media center to promote reading and to collaborate with classroom teachers. Also if you haven't used them before we will explain how to create them.
Email us if you have any questions.
Joann Absi, Ashley High School
joann.absi@nhcs.net
Celesta Woodard, Carolina Beach Elementary School
celesta.woodard@nhcs.net
Audience: Elementary, Middle, High
Presentation Strand: Technology
Room: Gaines 1
Saturday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
How do our media centers meet the needs of our teachers and students through the implementation of Common Core and NC Essential Standards? Come see how two media centers are working to provide nonfiction resources to help teachers combine Social Studies, Science and Health with the new ELA standards. This will be a panel discussion and a website with resources will be provided.
Stephanie Bode, Dobson Elementary
Kristi Calton, Rockford Elementary
Audience: Elementary
Presentation Strand: Reading, Technology, Library Promotion, Common Core and Essential Standards
Room: Gaines 2
Saturday, 10:00 - 10:50 am
It's the Hook in the Book!
Looking for a way to encourage circulation of those great books that often get overlooked? Book talk those books by "hooking" your patrons and watch their interest be peaked for reading. Presentation will include book talk demonstrations and discussion of various types of book talks. Handouts and Example Book talks will be included.
Brene Duggins, Pilot Elementary School
Sheila Allen, South Davidson Middle/High
Audience: Elementary, Middle, High
Presentation Strand: Reading, Library Promotion
Room: Terrace 3