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VAASL 2019 Annual Conference

Virginia Association of School Librarians
2019 Annual Conference

8:00am EST

Exhibit Hall Grand Opening Crystal Ballroom-Crystal Ballroom Foyer-Roanoke E-H Exhibit Hall Open Crystal Ballroom-Crystal Ballroom Foyer-Roanoke E-H

8:45am EST

First Timers' Tea (Invitation Only) Shenandoah-B Expanding Our Horizons: Curating Diverse Collections in School Libraries Washington Lecture Hall Increasing Student Independence in the Library? Yes, please! Tinker Mountain Creating a Culture of Inquiry Using the Shared Foundation of Inquire Wilson Can I Use That? A Look at Copyright and Fair Use Buck Mountain Don't Limit Your Growth! Mill Mountain Literacy Fair! Help Your Students Celebrate Their Love For Books & Reading (Repeated Friday at 11:00am) Harrison/Tyler Unite & Conquer: Breaking Department Boundaries through Innovation & Collaboration Pocahontas-B Beyond the Book Book Club: Ideas for the non-traditional high school book club (Repeated Friday at 8:00am) Pocahontas-A SESSION CANCELLED: Girls Who Code: Bringing Coding to Girls in Your School Monroe Start or Expand Your Makerspace with MackinMaker Kits! Bent Mountain

10:00am EST

General Session I with Gina Seymour Roanoke Ballroom

1:00pm EST

Curating for the Classroom (Repeated Friday at 8:00am) Tinker Mountain Staying Current with MG & YA Lit Roanoke-B This Archive Will Go Down in History: Documenting Your School's Past Monroe Collaborate Research with ESOL Students Pocahontas-A One Book, One School 101 Appalachian Fake News Is Old News: Using Traditional Journalism Principles To Evaluate Modern News Sources Pocahontas-B Ride the Wakelet Wave: Digital Curation and More Washington Lecture Hall A Glimpse into Our Past Mill Mountain IB a Librarian Harrison/Tyler Bringing In to Branch Out: A Community-Centered Speaker Series Wilson Accessit Library - A library system to engage and motivate your users Bent Mountain

2:15pm EST

Book Displays that Rock Reading Shenandoah-A Creative Fundraising to Stretch Your Budget Pocahontas-A Big Ideas in Small Books: Using Picture Books for the Secondary Level (Repeated Friday at 9:15am) Buck Mountain Using Breakout Boxes to Break into Math & Science Monroe Teaching Classic Lit. through Comics and Action Figures Harrison/Tyler More Than Just a Maker Tinker Mountain VA Reader's Choice for High School Pocahontas-B Discovering Your Makerspace "Why" Roanoke-D Ed Tech Mega-Share: 10 + Tools You Can Use Tomorrow Roanoke-B

3:30pm EST

Secondary Collaboration: Middle & High School Tinker Mountain The Trauma Sensitive Library: The Compassionate Librarian Roanoke-D Fantastic Library Fusion with World Book Online Bent Mountain You’re Not Alone: Mental Illness and YA Fiction Pocahontas-B Librarian Wax Museum Shenandoah-B Author Visits Are Possible! Shenandoah-A Munch 'n Make: A Taste of Makerspace at Lunch Monroe Jump into the AASL Best Websites for 2019 Roanoke-B

4:30pm EST

IdeaLab Crystal Court President's Reception Crystal Ballroom-Crystal Ballroom Foyer-Roanoke E-H

7:30pm EST

Cookies and Milk with Mr. Schu (TICKET REQUIRED) Shenandoah

8:00am EST

Exploring Curation with Follett Shenandoah-A Mrs. Light's Favorite Reads 2019 Monroe SESSION CANCELLED: "Curate" for Concrete Thinkers: Adapting College Information Literacy Instruction to Middle and High School Harrison/Tyler Teaching Storytelling and How to Evaluate Children's Books Tinker Mountain Designing the School of the Future Roanoke-B Curating for the Classroom (Repeated Thursday at 1:00pm) Pocahontas-B Book Challenges (Repeated Saturday at 11:30am) Pocahontas-A Beyond the Book Book Club: Ideas for the non-traditional high school book club (Repeated Thursday at 8:45am) Harrison/Tyler Collaboration Activities in the Library made easy with KEVA Planks - Powerful group activities to grow relationships, design-thinking, teamwork and more using KEVA Planks Appalachian Eye Appealing Displays on a Budget Buck Mountain 50+ Digital and Online Tools Roanoke-D Destiny Library and Resource Manager Bent Mountain Exhibit Hall Open Crystal Ballroom-Crystal Ballroom Foyer-Roanoke E-H

9:15am EST

How to Engage 21st Century Students with Digital Content Bent Mountain Five Free Origami Book Talks for The Low-Budget Librarian Appalachian Poetry and Disarming SOL Content Standards Tinker Mountain Collaboration to Fusion: School and Public Libraries Working Together to Benefit their Communities Shenandoah-A Break in to Collaboration and Engagement with BreakoutEDU Monroe Big Ideas in Small Books: Using Picture Books for the Secondary Level (Repeated Thursday at 2:15pm) Pocahontas-A Fantastic Female Fiction Buck Mountain Libraries: An Immigrant Girl's American Dream Washington Lecture Hall Keeping Your Cool in a Challenging Situation Pocahontas-B You are VaASL Harrison/Tyler Meet the Authors-Plan your author visits for next year (Middle and High School) Roanoke-B Coding through Writing: From Storytelling to Story Programming Using the Free Twine Language Shenandoah-B

10:15am EST

Snack Break in Exhibit Hall Crystal Ballroom-Crystal Ballroom Foyer-Roanoke E-H

11:00am EST

Weeding: Not for the Faint of Heart Harrison/Tyler Shared Digital Collections with MackinVIA Bent Mountain Black History Bonanza Mill Mountain Using Primary Sources to Foster Inquiry and Engagement Buck Mountain 20,000 Pennies: How a Book Club Transformed our School Community Wilson Put a Little STEAM In Your Stanzas: The Fabulous Fusion of Poetry and Non-Fiction Washington Lecture Hall VAASL Supervisors' Roundtable Appalachian No Help? No Problem! How to Create a Student Library Aide Elective Tinker Mountain History and Research: A match Made in Heaven Monroe Literacy Fair! Help Your Students Celebrate Their Love For Books & Reading (Repeated Thursday at 8:45am) Roanoke-A Topics and Trends for Library Fusion (Repeated Saturday at 11:30am) Roanoke-D

1:30pm EST

Seeing True: Teaching with Graphic Nonfiction Washington Lecture Hall Mindful, Visible Learning Mill Mountain A Snapshot of Guiding Inquiry Design in Practice Wilson ISO Collaboration: Changing Expectations and Building Relationships Monroe Inquire, Inspire, Change the World with IGNITE Harrison/Tyler An MLIS for Virginia Bent Mountain

2:45pm EST

General Session II with Dr. Chris Harris Roanoke Ballroom

6:00pm EST

Awards Banquet with Candace Fleming (TICKET REQUIRED) Crystal Ballroom

8:00am EST

Author Breakfast and Author/Illustrator Panel with Rafael Lopez, Allan Wolf and Sandhya Menon (Ticket Required) Crystal D-E

10:15am EST

OER Creates Library Fusion Roanoke G/H Lessons from the National Portrait Gallery Crystal A/B FlipGrid Book Clubs Mill Mountain Reinvent Yourself: Adapting to Meet Users Needs! Roanoke E/F Spring Regional Conference Planning/Regional Directors Meeting Crystal C

11:30am EST

Book Challenges (Repeated Friday at 8:00am) Mill Mountain 2020 Annual Conference Planning Crystal C Topics and Trends for Library Fusion (Repeated Friday at 11:00am) Roanoke G/H Creating a Culture of Reading Buck Mountain Is Your Library Future Ready? Roanoke E/F