Presentations and Webinars

Almost as fun as facilitating students learning with primary sources is sharing the strategies and resources with educators so that they can impact student learning with primary sources in their school or classroom.

Workshops

• Primary Sources in the School Library: Using Library of Congress Resources and Strategies to Extend Missouri Student Learning; Missouri Association of School Librarians; Summer 2017 in St. Louis, Jefferson City, Springfield, and Independence
• Primary Source Analysis Strategies; Collinsville School District Second Grade Staff; October 2017
• Primary Sources in the Library: Where Local and National Resources Intersect (co-presenter); Edwardsville TPS 2016
• Library of Congress Summer Teacher Institute (co-facilitator); Library of Congress 2016
• Emerging Researchers and Primary Sources; JCPS Librarians, Louisville, KY 2016
• Primary Sources in the (Elementary) Library; Ferguson Florissant Library Staff March, 2015; Pattonville Staff November 2015; SIUE TPS 2015 & 2016

Keynotes

Close Reading With Historical Newspapers, North County School Library Systems Annual Conference, May 21, 2018

To the Library and Back, 2017 TPS Eastern Region Conference; June 20, 2017

Session Presentations

• Picture Book and Primary Sources; nErDcamp MI 2018, July 9, 2018
• Primary Sources and Picture Books; North County School Library Systems Annual Conference, May 21, 2018
• Digital Offerings of the Library of Congress; North County School Library Systems Annual Conference, May 21, 2018
• Teaching with Primary Sources: Learning, Literacies, and Lenses (co-presenter); National Adolescent Literacy Coalition Spring Meeting; April, 2017
• Teaching with Primary Sources Summer PD Follow Up; MASL Spring Conference; April, 2017
• Teaching with Primary Sources Summer PD Follow Up; MASL Fall PD Day; October, 2017
• Close Reading with Historical Newspapers; AASL 2017 National Conference; CSD Opening Day 2017
• Fishing the Deep Waters of DPLA (co-presenter); Missouri Library Association Annual Conference 2017
• MASL Featured Presenter; MASL 2017 Spring Conference
• Exploring the Library of Congress; JCPS Librarians, Louisville, KY 2016
• Online Resources from the Library of Congress; MASL Fall PD Day 2016
• Incorporating Primary Sources into the Research Process; MASL 2015 Spring Conference
• Analyzing Primary Sources in Elementary Schools; ISLMA State Conference 2014; AASL National Conference 2015
• Utilizing Primary Sources in Elementary and Middle School Research; AASL National Conference 2015
• Connecting with Primary Sources; MASL Fall PD Day 2014
• Analyzing Primary Sources in Elementary Schools (Libraries); ISLMA 2014 Annual Conference

Webinars

Library of Congress

Keynote Address with Award Winning Author, Tonya Bolden (Facilitator); October 25, 2016

Primary Sources & Novice Researchers–Entry Points and Interplay; January 21, 2016

Teaching with Historical Newspapers (co-presenter); October 27, 2015

Working with Visuals (co-presenter); October 27, 2015

ABC-CLIO

Close Reading with Historical Newspapers: Making Meaning from the Past; October, 18, 2017

Tips for Using Primary Sources with Elementary Students (video workshop); School Library Connection; November 2016

Teaching with Primary Sources Eastern Region

School Librarians Get to the Source (co-presenter); October 12, 2017