Friday+sessions

=Friday Sessions=

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media type="custom" key="723007" Caleb and Kristin present PA Young Readers' Choice Award to Ridley. Caleb (with Hassan's help) defines //reader.//

 A1 and B1 **Reading Routines to Support Content Area Curricula** - DOUBLE SESSION Deborah P. Lowenburg, Library Media Specialist, Department Chair, Pleasant Valley School District; Valerie Eblin, Secondary Literary Coach, Pleasant Valley School District

 A2 **Reading is a Four -Way Stretch** Nancy J. Polette, Professor of Education, Lindenwood University Website - [|http://www.nancypolette.com] 2007 Handout - http://www.nancypolette.com/handouts/2003_01.html  A3 **Reframing the Work of the Librarian as a Learning Specialist** Allison Zmuda, Educational Consultant, Author Allison blew me out of the water by giving me permission to stop wasting time doing collaborations that don't reinforce the skills that "I was hired to teach." I am so glad that she is here and that she is coming back for Leadership in the summer. (-M Nailor)

 A4 **Get Reading @your library® - Promote Reading Without Competition** Linda Herward, Librarian, [|Falk School] Project Website: http://tc.education.pitt.edu/library/SpringRead/SpringReading.html Sessions/Materials/Handouts - http://tc.education.pitt.edu/library/SpringRead/PSLA2008-GetReading.html  A5 **ExplorePAhistory.com: Helping Your Teachers Teach PA History** Kathleen Pavelko, President and CEO, WITF, Inc.

 A6 **Books Build Bridges @your library®: Elementary Grades** **CANCELLED** A7 **Integrating Comprehension Strategies with Information Processing Models** Christine Markley, Librarian, Washington Elementary School; Erica Johnson, 1st Grade Teacher, Boyertown Area School District

 A8 **Free Web Design Tools Used By [|Infolibrarian]** Mardy McGaw, Librarian, Conestoga Valley Middle School Website: [|http://infolibrarian.weebly.com] to view information presented at the workshop (Mardy McGaw) my I LOVE IT Blog site is [|http://infolibrarian.wordpress.com] this is where I will keep adding to the tools I LOVE! I hope you enjoyed the presentation!

 A9 **Copyright in a Digital Age** Susan Kell, Library Department Head, West Shore School District

 A10 **Tune Up Your Selection and Reconsideration Policies!** Carrie Gardner, Assistant Professor, Kutztown University

 A11 **Podcasting 101** Carol Heinsdorf, Librarian; Robert Karl, Educational Technology, School District of Philadelphia

 A12 **Read Aloud 2.0** Anita Mentzer, Librarian; Jane Forney, Reading and ESL; Joy Longenecker, Primary Teacher, Annville-Cleona School District

 A13 **Host a Literacy Carnival** Kelly Guistwhite, Librarian; Jennifer Aldridge, Reading Teacher/Literacy Coach, West Shore School District

 A14 **Books of Note Presented by the Tri-State YA Review Committee** Linda McNeil, Tri State Young Adult Review Committee [|Books of Note 2008] [|Tristate Blogs]

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 B2 **Ridley Pearson: A Writer’s Workshop – Observe, Report, and Laugh a Little** Ridley Pearson, Author, Banquet Speaker

 B3 I**mprovisation & Readers Theatre in the LMC** Nancy J. Polette, Professor of Education, Lindenwood University 2007 Handout - http://www.nancypolette.com/handouts/2003_08.html Website - [|http://www.nancypolette.com]

 B4 **Wiki Basics: Or...How I Learned to Collaborate on the Web** (ALL) Gail Junion-Metz, President, Information Age Consultants, //School Library Journal// “Internet Librarian” columnist PowerPoint - http://www.iage.com/pslawiki.ppt

Very informative and knowledgeable speaker on the difference between Wikis and Blogs. Lots of information on how to use the tools in a library or classroom (Mardy McGaw)

 B5 **Creating Terrific Book Clubs for Kids and Teens** Judy Gelman, Co-author; Vicki L. Krupp, Co-author

 B6 **Books Build Bridges @your library® : Secondary CANCELLED**  B7 **Literature + Mathematics: Does it Add UP?** Dr. Janice R. Minetola, Professor, Shippensburg University; Marsha Yanick, Math Specialist, West York School District

 B8 **Author Research, Detective Stories, Literature Circles, and Essay Writing in a Learning Focused Environment** Becky Cotich, Librarian; Linda Martier, Literacy Coach, 6th grade reading teacher, West Shore School District

 B9 **Bucks County Reading Olympics: Duplicate the Success** Noreen F. Moore, Bucks County Reading Olympics Executive; Beverly Carey, Library Specialist, IU #22; Mary Schwander, Library Media Specialist New Hope-Solebury School District [|Reading Olympics PowerPoint]

 B10 **Everything You Need to Know in Order to Survive a Challenge** Dr. Carrie Gardner, Assistant Professor, Kutztown University

 B11 **It’s Only Rock and Roll and They Like It!** Janet L. McGuire, Library Media Specialist, Colonial Middle School; Carolyn Koch, District Research Committee Chair, Teacher, Colonial Middle School

 B12 **Libraries Partnering for Academic Achievement** Lynn M. Moses, School Library Development Advisor, PA Dept. of Education; Carol Johnston, School Services Coordinator, Dauphin County Library System

 B13 **No Librarian Left Behind: Promote Your Library Today!!!** Angela M. Long, Librarian, Homer-Center Elementary School; Chari Lyons, Librarian, Chestnut Ridge Middle School I just got back from the conference. We will be posting the great ideas the session came up with soon! Thank you to all the 80 people that attended our session. Was it helpful? Here are our list of PR ideas that came up with at our session: Feel free to add or edit.

Thanks! Angela Long

No librarian Left Behind Workshop High School contributions HS Middle School contributions MS Elementary School contributions ES Promotional ideas for Students MS Come to library during lunch period- brown bag lunch Themes in library examples given; haunted house night, Egypt night, book bingo, Anime night w/ public library Library pages 7 and 8th grade Peer to peer recommendations (booktalks during lunch group- totally student run) Peer to peer recommendations on tv or loudspeaker announcements Shelf talkers Summer reading programs HS Student newsletter- on the backs of stalls in restroom reader Announcements Student recommendations Celebrate holidays / special days Contests/ prizes ES 2nd grade boys special reader reads to them at lunch every day seven weeks / different reader every week – local businessmen, coaches, etc I-pods announcements Promotional ideas for Administrators ES Send notes/invitations about special activities in library Letter to editor - what I went to school for School board meeting in library- request to talk about 5 minutes Be visible in district committees Promotional ideas for Administrators MS Board presentation Share good news with administration Create a library report with statistics, etc. Join committees HS Cut out school related articles out of newspapers for your admin Keep them up to date with monthly / yearly reports Give them a PSLA Thank You Hershey bar and tell them of sessions you went to Promotional ideas for Teachers MS Hook 1 person and more will follow Teach power library Feed the staff Pick stress times to invite teachers to bring their classes so you can teach them stuff Staff development / staff goodie info for new teachers HS Give them food Library breakfasts Inservice/ open house Newsletter Emails about new books Go to department meeting Be visible ES Faculty meeting Feed them- give out samples Book fair for teachers with library materials Pre K-12 book browse in the am Inservice on opac/ power library new books Newsletter with new books newsletters posted on bathroom stall doors put ideas in mailboxes or email Promotional ideas for Parents ES newsletters/ once a quarter School newspapers- add an article Brochures Pics of library on website If you have a tv channel use power points Literacy carnival Letters to parents Volunteers at PTA meetings Podcasts Present to PTA Newsletter to parents Parent workshops on databases Uses open house/ parent teacher conferences to hand out invitation to stop at library for a free gift/ bookmark ofdatabases Visit pa.com and get maps/ brochures to hand out on parents night Book fairs during conferences HS Borough newsletters Quarterly school newsletters Library newsletter Back to school night Displays/ database demos outside the box – close to where parents are not just near or in library Website

 B14 **Let a Nonfiction Author Spark Enthusiasm for Writing in Your School** Betty Tatham, Author

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