This does not include all of my fall conferences, but it highlights 3 major conferences for a 15 minute presentation at the January 2012 meeting of media specialists in my school district

1. Fall 2011 Conference Report
Presented by Buffy J. Hamilton
CCSD Media Specialists’ Meeting, January 2, 2012
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2. School 2011 Hechinger
Library AASL Institute
Journal National Digital
Leadership Conference Media,
Summit and Teaching,
2011 Exhibition Children and
Schools

3. “eBooks Go to
Defining School”:
transliteracy practical advice
Engaging
and possibilities for creating
readers with
for transliterate your own eBook
social
learning in collections and
networking
libraries and case studies of
classrooms K12 those who have
built collections
http://www.sljsummit2011.com/

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6. Highlights
Sue Kowalsky
“Making Reading Social”
Eric Sheninger, “Leadership 2.0”
“What’s Appening” eBook App Panel
Laurel Snyder and Michael Buckley
“Authors Engaging Readers through
Social Media”
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7. Highlights

9. Kindle CC image via
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10. Social Media Chair, National
Conference Committee Responsibilities
Learning
AASL Learning
Ning Commons
Commons Wiki
Physical Space
Streaming Promotional
Video/Photo/ Video/Flickr
Tweeting Photo Pool

11. Social Media Chair, National
Conference Committee Responsibilities
Approximately a year and
a half commitment
Face to face meetings at
ALA Annual (June) and
ALA Midwinter (January)
Monthly phone
conferences>>>weekly
phone conferences

13. http://aasl11.ning.com/

15. http://aasl2011learningcommons.wikispaces.com/

17. Preconference Panel: e-Ink

18. Concurrent Session/Virtual
Conference Session

19. Take Aways
Librarians and Assessment of Student
Learning
Multiple Literacies
Evolving Roles of Librarians/Librarians
as Learning Specialists
Social Networking/Connecting with
People to Share and Discuss Ideas

21. Karen Cator

22. 6 Rules Regarding CIPA and Filtering
Accessing YouTube is not violating CIPA rules
Websites don’t have to be blocked for teachers
Broad filters are not helpful
Schools will not lose E-rate funding by unblocking
appropriate sites
Kids need to be taught how to be responsible
digital citizens
Teachers should be trusted
Source: http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/04/straight-from-the-doe-facts-about-blocking-sites-in-schools/

23. Cathy Davidson

24. James Paul Gee

25. Notable Speakers
Karen Cator, James Paul Gee, Greg T oppo,
Director of the Mary Lou Fulton USA Today
Office of Presidential Education K12
Educational Professor of Reporter and
Technology Literacy Studies, Spencer Fellow
Arizona State
University
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26. Notable Speakers
Katie Salen, Cathy Davidson, James Tracy,
Professor in the Ruth F. DeVarney Headmaster,
School of Professor of Cushing
Computing and English and John Academy
Digital Media at Hope Franklin
DePaul Humanities
University and Institute
Executive Professor of
Director of The Interdisciplinary
Institute of Play Studies at Duke
University
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/newschool/6245040351/sizes/l/in/photostream/ ,

27. Chicago YOUMedia Lab

28. Key Questions and Ideas
• How do we use digital media to enable
transformative learning experiences?
• How does digital media learner participation and
production of content?
• How does digital media impact the distribution and
sharing of information and ideas, and how does
digital media shape the role of learning networks?
• What evidence do we have of learning and how do
we stop being “data poor” in education?
(standardized testing is not quality data)

29. Key Questions and Ideas
• How do we help create a mindset and culture
that sees education not as the end but as the
beginning of a productive life?
• How are the roles of teachers changing in this
educational landscape (for better or worse)?
• Are educational administrators and policy makers
aware that skills needed for the work world are
antithetical to the ones that are being privileged
in our test-driven school culture?

30. Key Questions and Ideas
• How do we create a common language of
teaching and learning in learning
communities? How do we as schools–faculty,
students, parents, admin–build a language of
learning so that we are not wasting time and
energy?
• How are we addressing the school policies and
practices that privilege narrow perspectives?
• How do we shift conversations about learning
away from training to enabling participation?

31. Key Questions and Ideas
• James Paul Gee: affinity groups
• Passion driven learning
• Mentors

32. Inspired Reading

34. conference
connections and
sharing lead to
dialogue about
libraries and
education on a
national scale
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36. f2f learning experiences are an investment in
yourself as a professional AND your learning
communities

37. Impact on Practice
• Ongoing digital nonfiction composition and
writing with students and teachers
• Continued exploration and implementation of
personal learning environments for students
• Continued evolution of thinking about
participatory and inquiry based learning
• Continued work with teachers and students to
grow digital and new media literacies

38. Impact on Practice
• Increased role in work as a learning specialist
with teachers related to instructional design
and assessment of student learning
• Disruption of mindset that testing=learning
• Networking with fellow school librarians as
well as academic and public librarians (and
non-librarians) pushes thinking and practice

39. ongoing organic professional growth, both virtual and f2f,
helps us to challenge and define what it means to “do our
job” in meaningful, authentic, and relevant ways; without
this fertile soil, we become root bound and stagnant

40. How I Share and Contribute Generously and Transparently
Collaboration and Instruction w/ Teachers and
Students
LibGuides
Blogging
Social Media
Videos , Webinars, Podcasts
Journal Articles/Book Chapters
Conference presentations (library/non-library)
Service to library organizations
Responding to numerous email inquiries
Hosting visits from educators and librarians across
the country in K12 and higher education

41. Professional Blog
http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com
Professional Portfolio
• http://buffyjhamilton.wordpress.com
LibGuides
http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com