Fall 2011 Conference ReportPresented by Buffy J. HamiltonCCSD Media Specialists’ Meeting, January 2, 2012

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School Library Journal

LeadershipSummit

2011

2011AASL

National Conference

and Exhibition

Hechinger Institute Digital Media,

Teaching, Children and

Schools

Engaging readers with

social networking

Defining transliteracy

and possibilities for transliterate

learning in libraries and

classrooms K12

“eBooks Go to School”:

practical advice for creating

your own eBook collections and case studies of

those who have built collections

http://www.sljsummit2011.com/

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HighlightsSue Kowalsky“Making Reading Social”

Eric Sheninger, “Leadership 2.0”

“What’s Appening” eBook App Panel

Laurel Snyder and Michael Buckley “Authors Engaging Readers through Social Media”

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Highlights

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Social Media Chair, National Conference Committee Responsibilities

NingAASL Learning Commons Wiki

Learning Commons

Physical Space

Streaming Video/Photo/

Tweeting

Promotional Video/Flickr Photo Pool

Social Media Chair, National Conference Committee Responsibilities

Approximately a year and a half commitment

Face to face meetings at ALA Annual (June) and ALA Midwinter (January)

Monthly phone conferences>>>weekly phone conferences

http://aasl11.ning.com/

http://aasl2011learningcommons.wikispaces.com/

Preconference Panel: e-Ink

Concurrent Session/Virtual Conference Session

Take Aways

Librarians and Assessment of Student Learning

Multiple Literacies

Evolving Roles of Librarians/Librarians as Learning Specialists

Social Networking/Connecting with People to Share and Discuss Ideas

Karen Cator

6 Rules Regarding CIPA and Filtering

Accessing YouTube is not violating CIPA rules

Websites don’t have to be blocked for teachers

Broad filters are not helpful

Schools will not lose E-rate funding by unblocking appropriate sites

Kids need to be taught how to be responsible digital citizens

Teachers should be trusted

Source: http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/04/straight-from-the-doe-facts-about-blocking-sites-in-schools/

Cathy Davidson

James Paul Gee

Notable Speakers

Karen Cator, Director of the

Office of Educational Technology

James Paul Gee, Mary Lou Fulton

Presidential Professor of

Literacy Studies, Arizona State

University

Greg T oppo, USA Today

Education K12 Reporter and

Spencer Fellow

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Notable Speakers

Katie Salen, Professor in the

School of Computing and Digital Media at

DePaul University and

Executive Director of The Institute of Play

Cathy Davidson,Ruth F. DeVarney

Professor of English and John

Hope Franklin Humanities

Institute Professor of

Interdisciplinary Studies at Duke

University

James Tracy, Headmaster,

Cushing Academy

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Chicago YOUMedia Lab

Key Questions and Ideas

• How do we use digital media to enable transformative learning experiences?

• How does digital media learner participation and production of content?

• How does digital media impact the distribution and sharing of information and ideas, and how does digital media shape the role of learning networks?

• What evidence do we have of learning and how do we stop being “data poor” in education? (standardized testing is not quality data)

Key Questions and Ideas

• How do we help create a mindset and culture that sees education not as the end but as the beginning of a productive life?

• How are the roles of teachers changing in this educational landscape (for better or worse)?

• Are educational administrators and policy makers aware that skills needed for the work world are antithetical to the ones that are being privileged in our test-driven school culture?

Key Questions and Ideas

• How do we create a common language of teaching and learning in learning communities? How do we as schools–faculty, students, parents, admin–build a language of learning so that we are not wasting time and energy?

• How are we addressing the school policies and practices that privilege narrow perspectives?

• How do we shift conversations about learning away from training to enabling participation?

Key Questions and Ideas

• James Paul Gee: affinity groups

• Passion driven learning

• Mentors

Inspired Reading

conference connections and sharing lead to dialogue about libraries and education on a national scale

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f2f learning experiences are an investment in yourself as a professional AND your learning communities

Impact on Practice

• Ongoing digital nonfiction composition and writing with students and teachers

• Continued exploration and implementation of personal learning environments for students

• Continued evolution of thinking about participatory and inquiry based learning

• Continued work with teachers and students to grow digital and new media literacies

Impact on Practice

• Increased role in work as a learning specialist with teachers related to instructional design and assessment of student learning

• Disruption of mindset that testing=learning

• Networking with fellow school librarians as well as academic and public librarians (and non-librarians) pushes thinking and practice

ongoing organic professional growth, both virtual and f2f, helps us to challenge and define what it means to “do our job” in meaningful, authentic, and relevant ways; without this fertile soil, we become root bound and stagnant

How I Share and Contribute Generously and TransparentlyCollaboration and Instruction w/ Teachers and

Students

LibGuides

Blogging

Social Media

Videos , Webinars, Podcasts

Journal Articles/Book Chapters

Conference presentations (library/non-library)

Service to library organizations

Responding to numerous email inquiries

Hosting visits from educators and librarians across the country in K12 and higher education

Professional Bloghttp://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com

Professional Portfolio

• http://buffyjhamilton.wordpress.com

LibGuides

http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com