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SARASWATI'S WAY - Inspiration and Challenges of Writing a Novel set in India
Monika Schröder, author of the middle grade novel, SARASWATI’S WAY (Farrar 2010), who lived and worked for eight years in India, will tell how she came up with the idea of writing about an Indian street child and share her research and writing process as well as challenges she encountered while working on the story. The presentation includes teaching ideas around the novel.
Monika Schröder, author
Audience: Elementary, Middle, Professional
Presentation Strand: Reading
Room: North Main C
Saturday, 11:00 - 11:50 am
Meet the Author: Beth Revis
Come and meet young adult author, Beth Revis. She is the author of Across the Universe and A Million Suns. She is also a previous NC Young Adult Book Award Nominee.
Beth Revis, author
Audience: Middle, High
Presentation Strand: Reading
North Main D
Saturday, 11:00 - 11:50 am
Leveraging NCWiseOwl as a resource for Common Core
NCWiseOwl is an excellent resource provided by DPI for schools to use which includes free online subscription databases. NCWiseOwl engages students in critical thinking related to research projects, homework assignments, and digital reading. The rigor emphasized within Common Core for "high-level cognitive demand includes reasoning, justification, synthesis, analysis, and problem-solving" can be successfully integrated into student learning with NCWiseOwl. This workshop will focus primarily on the Common Core ELA standards for middle schools but can be adapted for all grade levels. Participants will receive a resource guide for NCWiseOwl and the relevant crosswalk to the Common Core ELA standards.
Kevin Washburn, Alexander Graham Middle School
Audience: Elementary, Middle, High
Presentation Strand: Technology, Library Promotion, Common Core
Room: North Main E
Saturday, 11:00 - 11:50 am
Dream Big: Read
Discover an amazing reading assembly designed to help students celebrate reading and live their dreams. Here is your chance to preview our newest motivational reading program. See firsthand how students are captivated by stories, magic tricks, puppets, music and more! This show is a perfect way to celebrate Read Across America, Reading month, Black History month or any reading incentive you might need.
Steve Somers, Amazing Teacher
Audience: Elementary
Presentation Strand: Reading, Library Promotion
Room: North Main F
Saturday, 11:00 - 11:50 am
APPilicious
Are you overwhelmed with all of the amazing apps available for your iPad? Join us for a smackdown type session where we briefly share some amazing apps for you to use. Be prepared to not only use apps to increase productivity but to enhance student learning.
Jennifer Northrup, Flat Rock Middle School
Jennifer Abel, North Henderson High School
Audience: Middle, High, Professional
Presentation Strand: Technology
Room: North Main G
Saturday, 11:00 - 11:50 am
Weeding with Students: Exciting, Authentic learning for real world information literacy
Demonstrating weeding with middle school students. Students love weeding, and they develop a more profound understanding of sources, librarianship, and collection development. This unit teaches real-world information literacy as students learn about developing collections alongside the curriculum and the budget. I would include the forms the students and I use.
Heather Siekkinen, Our Lady of Lourdes School
Audience: Middle, High
Presentation Strand: Reading, Collection Development
Room: Ayers
Saturday, 11:00 - 11:50 am
Journaling and the Media Center
Journaling is a great way to effectively manage artifacts! Find out how year-long K-5 journals for large numbers of students can provide artifacts, effective student strategies for research, reflection and supporting data for individual education plans. Preparation strategies, cost and time lines will be provided.
Janice Corbett Williams, North Ridge Elementary School
Audience: Elementary
Presentation Strand: Reading, Research/Artifacts
Room: Ardmore 1
Saturday, 11:00 - 11:50 am
Truth at the Core of Fiction
Gloria Houston, Internationally celebrated educator and author, Judith Geary, NCDPI-recommended author, Julia Ebel, “keeper of stories,” and Terry Roberts, Director of the National Paideia Center, discuss the truth at the core of their fiction -- the role of research and the social sciences in bringing historical fiction to life. Handouts.
The CD handout for this presentation will include the following:
Getorix’s World, by Sandra Horton & Judith Geary, the curriculum to accompany the novel, Getorix: The Eagle and the Bull, Celtic Adventure in Ancient Rome. This curriculum includes plot summaries, historical background, factual and discussion questions based on the text, maps and timelines of the Roman era and activities based on Roman history and Roman life. (100 pages) Complete text.
Handout on the Essential Standards, Analysis of the Common Core Standards for sixth grade Language Arts and Social Studies matched with springboards to address those standards found in the text of the novel, Getorix: The Eagle and the Bull.
Draping the Toga, a PowerPoint presentation.
The Socratic Seminar, an activity based on topics and questions from the novel text and from the parallel study of the historical era.Judith Geary, Appalachian State University
Handout--Truth in Fiction: a look at different ways truth provides a core for fiction and fiction reveals the truth. Classroom application suggestions included. Examples from Julia Taylor Ebel https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vHwddrCUS3GUO_V2tXvvCY_AgWPJJHMj4LdtjtG6k2o/edit
Gloria Houston, author
Julia Ebel, author
Terry Roberts, The National Paideia Center
Audience: Elementary, Middle, High, Professional
Presentation Strand: Reading
Room: Ardmore 2
Saturday, 11:00 - 11:50 am
Great Ideas for Every Educator
Get new ideas from Britannica Digital Learning for interactive whiteboards, differentiated instruction, eBooks, and more. Elementary educators are encouraged to attend – hear the new Read Aloud feature! New features support standards for reading, math, geography, history, and science, including thousands of student activities and teacher resources. Chance to win!
Jack Deyton, Britannica Digital Learning
Audience: Elementary, Middle, High
Presentation Strand: Technology, Library Promotion
Room: Gaines 1
Saturday, 11:00 - 11:50 am
Be an Intellectual Freedom Fighter: Responding to Challenges @ Your School Library
Learn how to prepare for and respond to a challenge to library materials. Explore tools for justifying the inclusion of materials in your collection and the legal issues involved. Leave this lecture with a toolkit for ensuring your students have access to a relevant, balanced, and diverse school library collection.
Kimberly Hirsh, LEARN NC
William Cross, North Carolina State University
Audience: Elementary, Middle, High, Professional
Presentation Strand: Professional Development, Intellectual Freedom
Room: Gaines 2
Saturday, 11:00 - 11:50 am
Collaborative Planning Through a TPACK Lens
Why not sharpen your skills of collaboration? There is a gap between media specialists’ potential as curriculum consultants and actual practice (Berkowitz and Eisenberg 1989). At the juncture of three types of professional knowledge (Technological, Pedagogical and Content), is the professional "sweet spot." Let’s examine collaboration through the TPACK lens.
Julian Wilson, Region 4 NCDPI Instructional Technology Consultant
Ouida Myers, Region 5 NCDPI Instructional Technology Consultant
Audience: Elementary, Middle, High, Professional
Presentation Strand: Collaboration, Professional Development
Room: Terrace 3
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