All Library/Technology workshops are held at:
Marshall Middle School, 15 Floyd Street, Billerica, MA
8:30-10:00 Utilizing Your Makerspace for Social and Emotional Learning
Alex Caram, Sarah Perkins
Come hear from a library media specialist and digital learning coach about our pilot year of sparking a change in our school community for better with different grade-level ideas that “stem” from the maker mentality – including a kindness project, literary engineering, student service squad, and designing a better school. We’ll share where our ideas came from, gaining teacher and administration buy-in, how we implemented changes for each grade, our lessons learned, and more! Participants will walk away with fresh ideas, lesson resources, and ready to tackle social and emotional learning with a maker mentality.
8:30-10:00 Breakout of Passive Learning: Break Down Different Breakouts
Christine Donoghue
Breakout of Passive Learning! – Break Down Different Kinds of Breakouts Breakouts come in all shapes and sizes… You can use all kinds of bells and whistles or just ease into the concept slowly. If you think you know all about Breakouts, think again! If you think a Breakout means that you have to turn your whole classroom into an Escape Room: you will be pleasantly surprised at these other avenues. If you are afraid to try Breakouts, then this class is for you. If you already tried them and are looking to take it up a notch, come and discuss! This workshop will cover Breakouts in a differentiated style. After running a 12-week Breakout course for teachers, I learned how teachers of all skill levels can start using Breakout methods in their classrooms.
8:30-9:15 Digitizing Your Daily Five
Sam Anthony
Increase your students’ engagement and understating during Daily Five activities by incorporating online resources.
8:30-9:15 STEAM in the Library
Kim Adamo, Lisa Norcross
Libraries today incorporate so much! How to you fit it all in? STEAM and literacy work so well together, but it can be overwhelming deciding how to teach and incorporate it all. There are so many sites, robots and apps that it can be confusing to know what to use and how. Come join us to learn about how we incorporate STEAM into our libraries. You can also try out devices such as MIP robots, Osmo, Green Screen, DASH robots and maker activities. We believe learning through play is key, so get ready to play!
8:30-9:15 Free Assistive Technology Tools for Chromebooks
Robyn Noonan
Come learn about FREE Assistive Technology tools for the Chromebook that may help you and your students better access the curriculum. We will cover tools for reading, writing, academic organization and more!
9:25-10:10 Khan Academy & G Suite
Sam Anthony
Introduction of Khan Academy including an overview of analytics and how to use Google Classroom to assist students in accessing the KA content.
9:25-10:10 Real World Understanding through Multicultural & Global Lit
Samantha Silag
In this session, we will outline a strategy to get students of all ages (emphasis is on K-5) to read “outside their comfort zone” in order to gain real world understanding. Multiple sample texts will be shared along with a Book List of Multi-Cultural and Global Lit texts! So fun!
9:25-10:10 Text to Tech: Integrating Technology With Children’s Books
Helen Kelley
Discover how we have integrated technology with some of our favorite children’s books during our weekly Digital Learning block. A variety of projects will be shared that were completed using chromebooks or iPads with students in grades K-5.
10:20-11:15 Demo Slam
11:20-12:20 Lunch
12:30-2:00 Tech/Lib Collaboration = 21st Century Learning
Samantha Silag, Jenna Seymour
Join us to learn about our experiences infusing 21st century skills in lessons with Kindergarten and beyond in Library and Tech classes and discuss the various ways we “push out” end products to families and the public. It’s easier than you think! Session participants encouraged to share their collaborative successes as well!
12:30-2:00 The Best Technology for Special Education
John O’Sullivan
This session is about the best technology for special education students. Topics that will be explored are technology for executive function, reading, writing, visual impairment, closed captioning, engaging projects, and assessments in the classroom. The information is based on a recent book written by the presenter called The UDL Educational Technology Guide 2020: Technology for Special Education.
12:30-1:15 Thinking Outside the Box w/G Suite for Education Tools
Alex Caram, Sarah Perkins
Finally have the hang of Google Drive? It’s time to move beyond thinking of the Google Apps as a simple, one-dimensional tool to use for teaching, collaboration, and creativity.Come learn and experience fresh, innovative ways to liven up your teaching practice with Google Docs, Forms, Drawings, and Slides! You’ll be exposed to new ways to use these tools with your students and have the opportunity to try them from the student perspective.
12:30-1:15 Tools to Bring the World into the Classroom
Maya Bery
In this session, participants will discover a variety of free ways to bring the world into their classrooms using tools like Flipgrid, Skype, Zoom, and Seesaw to connect with other classrooms, authors, and experts in different subjects. The presenter will introduce participants to initiatives like The Global Read Aloud, Dot Day, World Read Aloud Day, Skype a Scientist, Skype in the Classroom and other ways teachers in Carlisle have brought the world into their classrooms to support their curriculum.
12:30-1:15 Visual Storytelling Using Virtual/Augmented Reality
Meg O’Neill, Chris Grenier, Brad Krivelow
Visual Storytelling Using Virtual/Augmented Reality: This session will cover the process of and takeaways from a collaborative project organized by an English teacher, school librarian, and technology department member. The project involves 9th grade students working on a memoir unit to take an assigned reading book for class and utilize a virtual/augmented reality tool to produce a creative project that demonstrates learning new content and skills.
1:25-2:10 All About Podcasts for Beginners
Rachel Bouhanda
All about podcasts for beginners: Using podcasts for professional development. We will listen to one or two sample podcasts and discuss the benefits. Find out different ways to listen to a podcast. Break up in groups to collaborate and discuss a podcast.
1:25-2:10 Better Together: Tech & Libraries
Lauren Walton, Kathy Dasho
Are you a digital learning specialist or library media specialist who wants to collaborate more with teachers in your building? Have you ever thought of offering professional development sessions to educators in your district? This workshop focuses on professional development and curriculum support offered to educators by the digital learning specialists and library media specialists in the district. Examples will include in house PD offerings, screencast tutorial videos, newsletters, project collaboration, and curriculum meeting involvement.
1:25-2:10 Technology, Literacy, UDL, and Varied Learner Needs
Tara Legrow
Attendees will review current technology to address literacy while considering universal design principles as well as varied learner needs.
