Presenter Information

Summer Literacy Institute

Proposal Title

Concurrent Session IV

Description

Sessions

"Using 'Zines to Celebrate Student Writing", Meg Medina (author). Audience: Intermediate/Middle/High

  • Author Meg Medina will present a simple model for helping students create miniature, personal literary magazines to help them reflect and celebrate their writing. Participants should come prepared with scissors, glue stick, and at least three magazines they can cut/destroy.

"Gummy Bears and Group Storytelling", Jason Wright (author). Audience:Elementary/Middle

  • Group storytelling is a creative way to inspire both reluctant and passionate writers. Using a lead narrator, the class will collaboratively craft an entertaining, one-of-a-kind story. The process is easy to learn and can be adapted for all ages.

"Brotherhood: A Novel, An Author, Two Librarians, and a Classroom Teacher", Stephanie Stargardt, Josh Forbes, Debbie Floyd. Audience: Middle

  • See how a collaborative team approach, using the novel Brotherhood, resulted in a cross-curricular learning adventure for 7th grade students. Technology integration, writing, local history (Richmond, VA), and an opportunity to interact with an author come together to create a unique experience for students. We’ll show the nuts and bolts of the Guided Inquiry model used to plan the unit.

"How Google Works: Are Search Engines Really Dumb and Should Educators Even Care?", Paul Barron. Audience: All

  • Students primary research tool is Google but most don’t know how it works. Learn how Google works and the factors that determine the results. With this knowledge you can influence your students to integrate the library databases into their research process. Also learn about Duck Duck Go, the Google alternative.

"Get Personal - TEACH!", Ronda Scarrow (Repeat from Session 1). Audience: All

  • Be creative, be kind, be willing to share everything, keep your passion, know your stuff, make it real, promote critical thinking, engage, encourage discovery, take risk, communicate, keep it real, be flexible, and don’t be afraid of failure –TEACH!

"Hands Down: Hands-On Interactivity", Liz Phillips and Valerie Leonard (Repeat from Session 3). Audience: Middle

  • Even in the Digital Age, there is a need for English language arts activities where manipulatives come in handy. Try your hand at word sorts, figurative language strips, and detective skills in both fiction and nonfiction for inclusion settings. No hands up...all hands on (with talking)!

Location

Ruffner

Start Date

7-18-2014 2:45 PM

End Date

7-18-2014 3:45 PM

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Jul 18th, 2:45 PM Jul 18th, 3:45 PM

Concurrent Session IV

Ruffner

Sessions

"Using 'Zines to Celebrate Student Writing", Meg Medina (author). Audience: Intermediate/Middle/High

  • Author Meg Medina will present a simple model for helping students create miniature, personal literary magazines to help them reflect and celebrate their writing. Participants should come prepared with scissors, glue stick, and at least three magazines they can cut/destroy.

"Gummy Bears and Group Storytelling", Jason Wright (author). Audience:Elementary/Middle

  • Group storytelling is a creative way to inspire both reluctant and passionate writers. Using a lead narrator, the class will collaboratively craft an entertaining, one-of-a-kind story. The process is easy to learn and can be adapted for all ages.

"Brotherhood: A Novel, An Author, Two Librarians, and a Classroom Teacher", Stephanie Stargardt, Josh Forbes, Debbie Floyd. Audience: Middle

  • See how a collaborative team approach, using the novel Brotherhood, resulted in a cross-curricular learning adventure for 7th grade students. Technology integration, writing, local history (Richmond, VA), and an opportunity to interact with an author come together to create a unique experience for students. We’ll show the nuts and bolts of the Guided Inquiry model used to plan the unit.

"How Google Works: Are Search Engines Really Dumb and Should Educators Even Care?", Paul Barron. Audience: All

  • Students primary research tool is Google but most don’t know how it works. Learn how Google works and the factors that determine the results. With this knowledge you can influence your students to integrate the library databases into their research process. Also learn about Duck Duck Go, the Google alternative.

"Get Personal - TEACH!", Ronda Scarrow (Repeat from Session 1). Audience: All

  • Be creative, be kind, be willing to share everything, keep your passion, know your stuff, make it real, promote critical thinking, engage, encourage discovery, take risk, communicate, keep it real, be flexible, and don’t be afraid of failure –TEACH!

"Hands Down: Hands-On Interactivity", Liz Phillips and Valerie Leonard (Repeat from Session 3). Audience: Middle

  • Even in the Digital Age, there is a need for English language arts activities where manipulatives come in handy. Try your hand at word sorts, figurative language strips, and detective skills in both fiction and nonfiction for inclusion settings. No hands up...all hands on (with talking)!