Proposal Title
Workshop with Kristin Fontichiaro
Description
Kristin Fontichiaro is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Information and a former school librarian, classroom teacher, and district professional development facilitator.
Her most recent edited volumes are Navigating the Information Tsunami: Engaging Research Projects that Meet the Common Core State Standards, K-5 (Cherry Lake, June 2012) and Growing Schools: Librarians as Professional Developers (with Debbie Abilock and Violet H. Harada, Libraries Unlimited, June 2012).
She has edited three eBook compilations of essays, available as free downloads from Smashwords.com: Everything You Wanted to Know About Information Literacy But Were Afraid to Ask; School Libraries: What's Now, What's Next, What's Yet to Come (co-edited with Buffy Hamilton) and Information Literacy in the Wild.
Earlier professional books include 21st-Century Learning in School Libraries; Active Learning Through Drama, Podcasting, and Puppetry; and Podcasting at School. With Sandy Buczynski, she is co-author of Story Starters and Science Notebooking: Developing Student Thinking Through Literacy and Inquiry.
She is series editor for the Makers as Innovators series for Cherry Lake Publishing, to be released in Fall 2013, and co-author of the series' Maker Faire and Raspberry Pi.
She also writes informational texts for middle grade readers, including Know What to Ask: Forming Great Research Questions (with Emily Johnson) and Shared Creations: Making Use of Creative Commons (with Emily Puckett Rodgers).
Additionally, she has written for Principal Leadership, ASCD Express, Teacher Librarian, Synergy, and other publications.
Named an Emerging Leader by the American Library Association, Distinguished Alumna by the Wayne State University Library and Information Science Program, and a 2012 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, she blogs at http://bit.ly/fontblog and writes the “Nudging Toward Inquiry” column for School Library Monthly.
Location
Blackwell
Start Date
7-18-2013 9:15 AM
Workshop with Kristin Fontichiaro
Blackwell
Kristin Fontichiaro is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Information and a former school librarian, classroom teacher, and district professional development facilitator.
Her most recent edited volumes are Navigating the Information Tsunami: Engaging Research Projects that Meet the Common Core State Standards, K-5 (Cherry Lake, June 2012) and Growing Schools: Librarians as Professional Developers (with Debbie Abilock and Violet H. Harada, Libraries Unlimited, June 2012).
She has edited three eBook compilations of essays, available as free downloads from Smashwords.com: Everything You Wanted to Know About Information Literacy But Were Afraid to Ask; School Libraries: What's Now, What's Next, What's Yet to Come (co-edited with Buffy Hamilton) and Information Literacy in the Wild.
Earlier professional books include 21st-Century Learning in School Libraries; Active Learning Through Drama, Podcasting, and Puppetry; and Podcasting at School. With Sandy Buczynski, she is co-author of Story Starters and Science Notebooking: Developing Student Thinking Through Literacy and Inquiry.
She is series editor for the Makers as Innovators series for Cherry Lake Publishing, to be released in Fall 2013, and co-author of the series' Maker Faire and Raspberry Pi.
She also writes informational texts for middle grade readers, including Know What to Ask: Forming Great Research Questions (with Emily Johnson) and Shared Creations: Making Use of Creative Commons (with Emily Puckett Rodgers).
Additionally, she has written for Principal Leadership, ASCD Express, Teacher Librarian, Synergy, and other publications.
Named an Emerging Leader by the American Library Association, Distinguished Alumna by the Wayne State University Library and Information Science Program, and a 2012 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, she blogs at http://bit.ly/fontblog and writes the “Nudging Toward Inquiry” column for School Library Monthly.
