Saturday+Sessions

Saturday, April 17


 * C Session 9:30 – 10:45 1 Act 48 Hour (Double Sessions are 3 hours)**

C1/D1 DOUBLE SESSION Who? Me? The New Librarian? What to Expect Your First Year Susan Hefley, Librarian, Moniteau School District and Suzanne Piorkowski, Librarian, Pocono Mountain School District Interest Level – All levels, New Librarians and Library Science Students This double session will prepare new and future librarians for their first years in an elementary or a secondary setting. Topics include advice to make your first year easier, help finding a job, and what to do once you are hired.

C2/D2 DOUBLE SESSION Project Earth: Teaching Key Environmental Concepts Through the Use of Picture Books Jeffrey Kuntz, Teacher, Punxsutawney Area Middle School Interest Level – Grades 2 – 6 This workshop will help professionals discover the benefits of using appropriate picture books to teach key environmental concepts, such as recycling, pollution, river systems, and rain forests.

C3 Social Network Sites as Professional Resources Gail Junion-Metz, Consultant Interest Level – Grades 5 – 12 There’s been a lot written about how kids and teens use social network sites to communicate with each other and network. There’s been a bit written about how to use social network sites as class tools to help teachers and students communicate with each other. However, there’s not been as much written about how librarians and teachers can use social networks to share ideas, keep current with the latest trends, and network with other professionals facing the same problems. If you’d like to learn how to locate other professional folks you can network with and start getting involved in the “global conversation”, attend this non-technical session. Being networked is fun – come find out how easy it is.

C4 The Instinct of Astonishment Laura Amy Schlitz, Librarian and Storyteller, Park School and 2008 Newbery Medal Winner Interest Level – Grades K – 6 Come hear a master storyteller and Newbery Award winner discuss and demonstrate storytelling. Laura Amy Schlitz will discuss the importance of storytelling, and tell stories from 3 different cultures. She will also tell you how she goes about learning and telling stories. C5 Screencasting – Easy and FREE Tutorials for the LMC Jim Lauritsen, Instructor, Mansfield University Interest Level – All A screencast is a digital video recording of the computer screen. By including audio, an easy live screen tutorial can be created and saved. You can use free downloadable software to demonstrate and explain the process of searching the OPAC, locating materials though POWER Library, etc.

C6 Volunteers Make It Happen!! Kelly Guistwhite, Librarian, West Shore School District and Melissa St. Cyr, Librarian, West Shore School District Interest Level – All Join the group to share tried and true tips on recruiting and keeping volunteers in your library. Come prepared to share with the group.

C7 So Many Great New Books, So Little Time Joanne Bongaarts, Educational Consultant and Mark DeYoung, Teacher, Edina Public Schools, Edina MN Interest Level – Grades K – 5 Learn about great fiction and non-fiction books with a 2009 or 2010 copyright date! Booklists are provided. You will find fresh, current book titles to motivate all your readers. Developed for K – 5 classroom teachers, media specialists, and book lovers.

C8 A Few Good Women (AFGW): Using an Oral History Collection in Grades 6 -12 Karla Schmit, Librarian, Penn State University and Associate Director, Pennsylvania Center for the Book Interest Level – Grades 6 – 12 Learn about Penn State Libraries’ “A Few Good Women” oral history project and free online curriculum for grades 6 – 12. This information literacy resource can enrich library programming.

C9 Accelerated Reader and Creating a Culture of Reading Vicki Mentzer, Library Media Specialist, Gettysburg Area Middle School Interest Level – All What is AR or Accelerated Reader? When creating a culture of reading, how does a program like Accelerated Reader help? What does the research say? How does AR work?



C10 Glog All About It: Make Your Mark for Success Becky Cotich, Librarian, Lemoyne Middle School and Patricia Norman, Sixth Grade Language Arts and Math Teacher, Lemoyne Middle School Interest Level – Grades 6 – 12 Glogs provide motivation ad an introduction for author research. Reading, writing, research, and speech skills are combined for the final podcast project. This is a fantastic avenue for collaboration, integration, and differentiation within the Learning Focused framework. A dynamite project, which will make a mark with your students, teachers, and administrators.

C11 PSLA Learning Tools Smackdown A panel of teacher-librarians share their ideas relating to effective practice in use of 2.0 tools to deliver the mission and vision in our standards document. Bring your own ideas to share live, smackdown style, and in the [|smackdown wiki]. Joyce Valenza, Mary Schwander, Bekci Kelley, Jason Epstein, Karen Hornberger, Toni Vahlsing, Donna Esposito. (Pat Naismith is our timer/bouncer.) No leaning on the ropes for this session!

C11 Libraries in the Cloud: How Cloud Computing Will Impact Library Services Susan Kell, Instructional Advisor for Library Media, West Shore School District Interest Level – All The move of software applications (Web 2.0) to the web, online data storage, and the growth of online database features have major implications for libraries. What type(s) of computers, software, servers, and networking capacities should be part of a library’s plan for future growth? We’ll tackle these tough topics as we explore the cloud computing model.

C12 New Release Books Your Students Will Love to Read Leslie T. Bermel, Manager, Junior Library Guild Interest Level – Grades 7 – 12 Thousands of children’s books are published each year. How do you choose the right books? This session will focus on the best new release books and ways to use them in your classroom. This session is for Grades 7 – 12. Younger students will be addressed in the D Session.

C13 An American Media Specialist in London: Digital Literacy on tour Michele Simmoneau, Librarian, Valley Forge Middle School Interest Level – All Explore London and Paris through the eyes of a Librarian! FSU multimedia students will showcase blogs, podcasts, movies, and photobooks they developed during a Summer 2009 graduate study. Information will be provided for those who wish to join us in Summer 2010 for graduate credit or professional development.

D1 – Continuation of C1 D2 – Continuation of C2
 * D Session 11:15 – 12:30 1 Act 48 Hour**

D3 Oh No, Not Another New Technology Workshop: Learning About New Social Networking Technologies Patricia Kolencik, Associate Professor, Teacher Education Department, Clarion University and Jessica Modrzejewski, Instructor, Department of Library Science, Clarion University Interest Level – All Facebook, Skype, Twitter, and other social networks that our students use and embrace.

D4 Wikis as Professional Tools Gail Junion-Metz, Consultant Interest Level – All Wikis are web-based whiteboard spaces that folks with common interests use to share information with each other and create resources together. Wikis are being used by teachers to make it possible for their students to work collaboratively via the Web and create all sorts of amazing projects and online publications. Wikis are also powerful tools that librarians and teachers with common interests and problems can use to create online information clearinghouses, joint professional reports/publications, and Web-based virtual professional meetings (especially now that professional travel funds are so hard to come by). Come find out about all the different ways you can become more connected professionally, thanks to Wikis. This non-technical session will show you how easy and fun reading or contributing to, or even creating a Wiki can be. . D5 Leveraging Your Library: Advocacy for Students, Professionals, and Parents Carolyn Van Etten, Librarian, Librarian, Northern Potter School District Interest Level – All The PSLA Fall Workshop re-presented for anyone who missed the opportunity in the Fall.

D6 Pennsylvania Center for the Book: Something for Everyone! Karla Schmit, Librarian, Penn State University and Associate Director, Pennsylvania Center for the Book Interest Level – All Learn about the PACFTB, which has a wealth of literary resources for librarians and educators to use with students of all ages – from preschoolers to adults!

D7 Geographic Literacy @your library Marcy Bidney, Map Librarian, Penn State University Interest Level – Grades 5 – 12 Learn about fundamentals of geographic literacy and walk away with a world full of new ideas for inspiring students to become more geographically aware.

D8 Library Circulation and Usage Statistics: One Methodology to Make Them More demonstrative of a Library’s Usefulness and Usage Samuel Jackendoff, Curriculum Supervisor for Library and Information Sciences, Pittsburgh Public Schools Interest Level – All Why do we collect circulation statistics? Does each teacher-librarian collect them in a uniform manner? Pittsburgh’s homegrown online circulation and usage database – one such solution (written with MSAccess) – will be presented and made available. Please bring your solutions to share.

D9 Stop Wasting Money! Stretch Your Book Budget! Ila Verdirame, Elementary School Librarians, Mechanicsburg Area School District Interest Level – All Which vendors provide the most books for the lowest price? An action research project reveals the staggering facts. Come learn how to stretch your budget so you can Stop WastingMoney!

D10 AV for Dummies Janice Albright, Librarian, Connellsville Senior High School Interest Level – All Never saw a Kindle? Never used an Iphone? Still think Elmo only lives on Sesame Street? This workshop will present various types of equipment will demonstrate how it is used, and will allow you to experience it. Links: [|Turning Technologies] [|Elmo Document Camera] [|Kindle] [|Mimeo Interactive Whiteboard] Elmo resources

D11 Incorporating Digital Tools in the School Library Mary Schwander, Library Media Specialist, New Hope-Solebury High School, Karen Hornberger, Library Media Specialist, Palisades High School and Rebecca Kelly, Library Media Specialist, Quakertown High School Freshman Center Interest Level – Grades 6 – 12 Learn how you can effectively use Web 2.0 and social networking tools to improve your library services. We will demonstrate various tools which can be used for library instruction, professional development, communication and public relations. Room 106

D12 New Release Books Your Students Will Love to Read Leslie Bermel, Manager, School Library Guild Interest Level – Grades K – 6 Thousands of children’s books are published each year. How do you choose the right books? This session will focus on the latest new release books and ways to use them in your classes. This session focuses on younger readers – see the C Session for one addressing older readers.