2012 Conference

Concurrent Session List

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

04:15 pm – 05:15 pm            Concurrent Session #1

• Book Award Committee Meeting (Susan Mazur)
• Exploring How to Find & Manage eBooks (Mackin)
• Follett Shelf – Managing all your digital resource in a Free, Hosted Virtual Bookshelf (Follett)
• Got Game? (Liz Hood)
• Let Me Tell You a Story – By The Standards (Frankie Adkins)
• Storytelling w/ Puppets and Story Props (Yostie Ashley, SC Storytelling Network)
• Teaching Film as 21^st Century Literacy (Frank Baker)
• Technology Projects for Primary Grades (Amanda LeBlanc)
• Track It!: Documenting Instructional Impact (Gerry Solomon, Donna Shannon, Elizabeth Miller & Karen Gavigan)
• Using Primary Sources from LOC to Enable Students to Be Engaged, Think Creatively, and Construct Knowledge (Anne Lemieux)
• Workforce resources for teens, young adults, and their parents! – Jason Broughton, SC State Library

Thursday, March 15, 2012

08:00 am – 09:00 am            Concurrent Session #2

• Big6 Basics (Robert E. Berkowitz)
• Bring on the Books! (Donalyn Miller)
• Bringing Black History to Life: Meet the Author (Kelly Starling Lyons)
• “Dream Big” and “Own the Night” – SC Summer Reading Program (SC State Library)
• Ereader Duel: Nook vs. Kindle (Tamara Cox & Carla Nash)
• How to be Loquatiou: Constant Talk about Your Library Impact (Susan Myers)
• Introducing the 2012-13 SC Junior Book Award Nominees (Shari Ganahl & Celeste Stone)
• Outta’ Cite? Not on Your Life! Bibbin’ is Easy (Michael Giller)
• Overwhelmed? Apply the KISS Principle (Martha Taylor)
• School Librarians & Principals: Partnership for Effective School Library Programs (Dr. Donna Shannon)
• Transitions: Coping with Big Moves (Samantha McManus)

03:15 pm – 04:15 pm        Concurrent Session #3

• Advocating for Student Engagement: (Leigh Jordan, Media Specialist of the Year & Sarah Deason)
• Bring on the Books! Donalyn Miller
• Classifying Faction (a cross of fiction and factual writing) – Elysabeth Eldering
• Intellectual Freedom: You Don’t Have to Like It (Michael Giller)
• Introducing the 2012-13 SC Children’s Book Award Nominees
• Meet the Author: “A Yellow Watermelon” – Ted Dunagan
• More Powerful than a Locomotive: Using Graphic Novels across the Secondary Curriculum (Karen Gavigan)
• Multiple Intelligences, Menus, and Technology Projects (Fran Mauney)
• Ramp Up Reading with Technology (Fran Bullington)
• Regional Network Meeting (Frances Lee O’Neal)
• Show What You Know – The AASL Standards Go Prime Time (Ida Thompson & Diana Carr)

04:30 pm – 05:30 pm            Concurrent Session #4

• Are You L4L (Learning for Life)?  (Amanda LeBlanc)
• Classifying Faction (a cross of fiction and factual writing) (Elysabeth Eldering
• Digital Literacy: Personalized Learning with myON Reader (Connie Dopierala)
• Follett Shelf – Managing all your digital resource in a Free, Hosted Virtual Bookshelf (Follett)
• From Lonely Librarian to Learning Commons (Janet Boltjes)
• Introducing the 2012-13 SC Young Adult Book Award Nominees
• It IS the Little Things That Count (Sabra Bell, Dawn James, Lisa Ricketts, Stella Carmody, Joy Benton)
• Meet the Author: “A Yellow Watermelon” – Ted Dunagan
• Pathfinders & Trailblazers (Peggy Harrison)
• Reading Across the Curriculum (Amy Ball & Melanie Crumpton)
• Workforce resources for teens, young adults, and their parents! – Jason Broughton, SC State Library

Friday, March 16, 2012

08:00 am – 09:00 am            Concurrent Session #5

• Curriculum & Reference Resources for the Library and Classroom (World Book/Katherine Jenkins)
• Empowering Digital Classroom Curriculum (Cengage Learning/Andrea Neff)
• Exploring How to Find  & Manage eBooks (Mackin)
• Introducing the 2012-13 SC Picture Book Award Nominees
• L4L in Action – Ideas Worth Spreading from the AASL Conference (Karen Gavigan)
• Meet the Author – Chris Crutcher
• Morning News Shows & Video Production (Donna Thompson/Debbie Jarrett)
• Research Welcome to the Big Easy (Connie McClanahan & Denise McDougal)
• Square Dancing, Scalawags, and Salt Marshes: Explore South Carolina with StudySC (Amanda Stone)
• Who Knew Working in the Library Media Center Could Be So Funny (Ida Thompson & Kitt Lisenby)
• You Don’t Spell “Blog” B-L-A-H-G (Kelly Knight, Tamara Cox & Jennifer Chesney)

09:15 am – 10:15 am            Concurrent Session #6

• Collaborating for Inquiry-Based Learning (Dr. Virginia Wallace & Whitney Norwood Husid)
• DISCUS for New SC Media Specialists (Ruth Thompson)
• Don’t Eat the Kids! and Other Strategies for Surviving the First Few Weeks (Angela Gerber)
• “Dream Big” and “Own the Night” – SC Summer Reading Program (SC State Library)
• Meet the Authors: Kirby Larson & Mary Nethery
• New Release Books Your Students Will Love – Elementary (Junior Library Guild/Leslie Bermel)
• A Picture Book Approach to Child Literacy, Language Learning, and the Sciences (Sylvan Dell Publishing/Lee German)
• Reimagining Education @ your library (Janet Boltjes & Valerie Byrd-Fort)
• Square Dancing, Scalawags, and Salt Marshes: Explore South Carolina with StudySC (Amanda Stone)
• Supervisors Section
• Unwritten Research Paper: Projects for Busy Teachers and Bored Students (Cathy Nelson)
• Writing Ripper: My Research on History’s Most Notorious Serial Killer (Amy Carol Reeves)

10:30 am – 11:30 am            Concurrent Session #7

• Advocacy Made Easy: Ideas That Work (Ida Thompson & Diana Carr)
• Creating & Expanding Dr. David Loerstcher’s ‘Knowledge Building Center (KBC) (Michelle Renee Andis)
• Curriculum & Reference Resources for the Library and Classroom (World Book/Katherine Jenkins)
• DISCUS Database Evaluation Project (Amy Duernberger)
• eEk and eCtsay: Incorporating eReaders and eBooks into Your Curriculum (Jennifer Chesney)
• Literary Mapping from A to Geek (Konni Shier)
• New Release Books Your Students Will Love – Secondary (Junior Library Guild/Leslie Bermel)
• Storytelling w/ Puppets and Story Props (SC Storytelling Network/Yostie Ashley)
• Strategize, Organize, and Energize Your Sphere of Influence (Abidian Institute/Kay Chambers)
• YouTub, My Tube, Their Tube – Channeling Video for Learning (Cathy Nelson)
• 5 Websites You Can Use Tomorrow (or Monday) (Michelle King & Melanie Starks)