Technology to Aid the Struggling Reader - sponsored by
SLJ and ISTE. Three panelists: Michele Haiken - Rye MS English
teacher, K.C. Boyd - Lead Librarian East St. Louis (IL) School District, and
Cynthia Merrill - Literacy Consultant. Michele talked about using
gaming to engage students in reading. K.C. talked about and showed some databases
for student engagement in literacy (some that are in NOVELNY: KIDS
INFOBITS and OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS). Cynthia talked about and showed how she has
been working with school districts to create selfie stations where students
singly and in pairs create short videos to answer questions and talk about
their engagement in reading.
Promoting
Inclusion, Social Equity, and Diversity in Your Library - sponsored by Follett but not related
to anything specific to Follett. Three panelists: K.C. Boyd - Lead Librarian East St.
Louis (IL) School District, Michelle Martin - Beverly Cleary Professor of
Children and Youth Services in the Information School at the University of
Washington, Craig Seasholes - Teacher-Librarian Seattle Public Schools,
Seattle, WA, and author Lynda Mullaly Hunt.
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