Professional Study Day 2005
WORKSHOP ABSTRACTS
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LMC Orientations for Middle and High School Presenters: Lisa Allen & Christine Beard This presentation will cover ideas, suggestions, discussion and sharing of how others handle orientation for students to the LMC. It will include both for the first time, new to your building students, and mini sessions for the upper classes. |
for your New Elementary Library Media Program Presenter: Homeretta Ayala Are you a NEW Elementary Library Media Specialist? Are you looking for ways to guarantee instant success your first year? This workshop will present fun, motivating AND educational strategies for new elementary library media specialists. Feel free to bring your questions and concerns. |
Presenter: Barb Falkinburg The online website has undergone a substantial revision. Come see the new features with a concentration on the integration of websites to match the Voluntary State Curriculum. |
Presenter: Kevin Finckel The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 130 million items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more than 29 million books and other printed materials, 2.7 million recordings, 12 million photographs, 4.8 million maps, and 58 million manuscripts. The Library's mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. |
Presenter: Brad Foster Teacher support web site with a concentration on Learning Objects and Visual Manipulatives |
Presenter: Ralph Ingalls How do we reach the VSC goal of 25 books per year? Learn strategies to aid our most “at-risk” elementary students to become willing readers through selection and purchase of print resources. |
Presenters: Rebekah Kaufman & Jan Amtmann We often ask our students to retell the moral of a story or summarize the text. Here is an easy way to incorporate the grain of the story into a format that grabs our students. By using simple props, easy narration, and Reader's Theatre, we will act out a few folk tales and talk about how to incorporate this into your library framework. |
Presenter: Linda Meyer Explore the BCPS Intranet web site and examine the resources that are available to BCPS employees |
Presenters: Kelly Ray & Kathy Wiles (English teacher) WE GOT RELUCTANT MIDDLE SCHOOL READERS TO ENJOY READING! Want to know how? Procedures, ideas, and resources for implementing literature circles in classrooms and libraries will be presented. |
Presenter: Kelly Ray Explore the 5 types of digital lessons in Dr. Jamie McKenzie’s “Slam-Dunk Lesson” model. Slam dunk lessons “provide well structured, brief learning experiences that require students to do challenging thinking. They are standards-based and are usually proactive, motivating and intriguing.” (McKenzie, From Now On, Vol. 13, No. 9, Summer 2004) |
Presenter: Maxine Shindel Poetry can bring diverse students together to read, write, and communicate for self-expression. The workshop will share lesson ideas for using poetry and for how to host a successful Poet's Cafe' in your library. |
Presenter: Diane Thompson As children are asked to present learning in new and innovative ways, this workshop will focus on how to manipulate video footage into small, documentary style films using MovieMaker. Lesson ideas will be gathered and shared. |
Inspiring Reading Among Students Using the Black Eyed Susan Books Presenters: Beth Shapiro, Pat Goff, Adel Merti, Jane Scott, Livia Rhoades, and Margie Simon Suitable for all levels, the presenters will share the 2005-2006 BES books as well as ideas for programs on how to inspire more readers at your school. This is one program that will help you reach your goal of 25 books per student! |
Search Features for the WWW Presenter: Fran Glick This workshop will focus on a variety of online database services and Internet resources characteristic of today's information landscape. The workshop will focus on the design and structure of digital resources, advanced search techniques, and strategies for information retrieval. Participants will apply searching to understand information retrieval systems, including Internet search engines, and fee-based online resources. |
Don't be a Numbutt, Surf your way to Internet Safety Presenter: Stephanie Wiegert 23% of pre-school age & 32% of kindergarten children use the internet (National Center for Education Statistics). This means that any one of our students could become another statistic when internet crime is reported. Join me to learn about some "narly" resources that are out there to help you teach internet safety to elementary students. A web-based program has been created that takes our "surfers" from start to finish. Now all you have to do is catch the wave! |
An Explosive Combination: Integrating Science, Technology & Research Presenters: Nancy Reed, Kim Ports, Fran McDowell A fifth grade teacher and two library/technology resource teachers will present a model for integrating research and technology into the science curriculum. Participants will discover ways to impact student achievement across the curriculum through implementation of the BCPS online research models. Presentations will include a demonstration of Microsoft Publisher as an assessment tool. |
The Fence or the Ambulance: Are you Punishing or Preventing Plagiarism in your School? Presenter: Doug Johnson Too much effort is expended in education trying to "catch" plagiarism in student work. Teachers and media specialists are using various web services and techniques using search engines to determine if or how much of student writing is lifted from online sources. While such tools are necessary and can be effective, educators should also be creating assignments , especially those that involve research, that minimize the likelihood of plagiarism in the first place. This workshop gives teachers the tools that help them design LPP (low probability of plagiarism) projects that require original, thoughtful research. |
Presenter: Doug Johnson The practical e-book, already here in many forms, will have a significant impact on our schools, libraries, and our profession. Learn what a real e-book might contain, based on current products and trends along with strategies for staying relevant as a physical presence in our schools and students' lives. For warned is for armed! |
Will Your Destiny Include a Web-based Automation System? Presenter: Bill Groth Attendees will be exposed to a new breed of library automation system that incorporates library circulation & catalog functions into one seamless web-based system. Destiny also offers textbook management functions and after hours catalog resource searching from a patron's home computer. A close look at Follett's Destiny System at Woodholme Elementary School will be presented during this session. |
Sail Away! An Adventure for your Library Presenter: Carolyn Mollenkopf Every 4 years it happens!!! This is the year! The Volvo round the world race takes place, 8 boats will be sailing in Spain and 9 months later end up in Sweden. In the spring of 2006, they will race up the Chesapeake Bay and spend 3+weeks in the Baltimore area. Come learn how you can "catch the race fever" and make your library the command center for this interactive race. Think your students will not be intersted?? Would they be interested in Johnny Depp? Come sail away and learn the connection. MSDE has developed a special cross curricular program for this event that is aligned with the VSC! |
Meeting the Instructional Challenges of the Millenials Presenter: Art Stritch This session will explore the unique issues and challenges of providing engaging instruction for the Millenials, or "digital natives". Discussions will focus on technology and cognitive processes, the role of "games" in acquiring content, and issues/changes that must be considered to successfully engage these unique learners. |
Getting Off to a Good Start— 
Off & Running: Instant Success
The Library of Congress: "A Resource for a Lifetime"
Techno Tools of the Trade
Collection Development: The Key to Reaching Reluctant Readers
Retelling the tale: Get your Kids Excited about Literature!
“Slam Dunk” Digital Lessons
Step up to the Mic: A Poet’s Café
Lights, Camera, Sharing!
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