MSLA 2020 Conference

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MSLA 2020 Conference

8:30am

President's Welcome Grand BallroomLaura Luker

8:45am

Opening Keynote Address Grand BallroomKathy Carroll

9:45am

Choosing and Introducing Quality Informational Books in Your Library Program and Promoting Them Across the Elementary Curriculum AshlandLisa Rogers • Kate Narita Welcoming Library: Pop-Up Conversations on Immigration MiddlesexMeghan Rooks • Kirsten Cappy Picture Books + MakerSpace = Creative Learning Experiences WaylandHeather Leonard School Librarian Role in AP Capstone CarlisleGeorgina Trebbe

10:45am

Me & White Supremacy: A Challenge to Educators ConcordClaire Schomp • Alida Hanson The Existential Picture Book, or, What do Sarte and Camus have in common with Willems and Klassen? AshlandBlake Barich • Morgan Van Clief • Susan Harari Are They Ready? Preparedness of Middle School Students for High School Level Research WorcesterMark Melchior • Anna Bognolo You Can Do It! Helping to Fund Your Library Ideas! MiddlesexPatsy Divver

12:00pm

Lunch Grand Ballroom

12:55pm

Building Community Through a Common Read AshlandConnie Strittmatter • Kim Cochrane, EdD Empowering Students through Programming WorcesterAnita Cellucci • Laura Gardner Let's Get Ready to Zine MiddlesexLiz Gray • Maya Bery It's More Than Coding: How Computational Thinking as a Practice Can Build Equity in Learning CarlisleChristi Farrar Leveling Up in the Library WaylandLinda Redding • Vicki Wright

1:55pm

Level Up Your Classroom: Strategies to Promote Student Engagement AshlandMichael Medeiros • Alice Johnson Live Music in the Library: Collaborating to Create Community ConcordKayla Benoit • Carrie Grimshaw Fostering Diversity in the Library MiddlesexFelicia Quesada Montville

2:55pm

Author Panel - Librarians with Published Works Grand BallroomLisa Rogers • Cameron Rosenblum

3:45pm

Exhibits and Book Store Open Exhibit Hall IdeaLab Featuring Award Winners Exhibit Hall

6:00pm

Dinner and MSLA Awards Ceremony Grand BallroomTram T. Nguyen

7:30am

Exhibits and Book Store Open Exhibit Hall

8:30am

President's Welcome Grand BallroomLaura Luker

8:45am

Opening Keynote Address Grand BallroomJarrett J. Krosoczka

9:45am

From OLD SCHOOL to NEW SCHOOL, How to Transform Your Library Space on the Quick and Cheap! WaylandAlison Connelly Genrify on the Fly MiddlesexEmily Matisoff • Kellie L Freitas Read the World AshlandEmmanuella Desir • Maggie Davidov Research Appointments - A tool to develop 1:1 relationships with high school students while building research skills CarlisleKatherine Steiger • Jennifer Dimmick • Margaret Kane Schoen Robots and Literature: Technology Integration for the K-5 Classroom ConcordJulie Spang • Traci Jansen

11:05am

Don't Stop Believin'... a Journey in PD ConcordNeal Sonnenberg • Kerry Cowell Funding for your next great idea MiddlesexAnita Cellucci • Elena Schuck • Lyndsay Forbes Independent Reading: One Town's Process to Support Choice WaylandChristy Morley • Charlotte Arredondo • Laura Harrington Teaching Girls to Code and Change the World AshlandRachel Ross The ELA “Canon”: Where it came from, and how we can help our ELA colleagues to “expand” the canon CarlisleAlison Courchesne School Library Advocacy in 2020 WorcesterDeeth Ellis • Georgina Trebbe • Greg Pronevitz

11:45am

Lunch Grand Ballroom

1:30pm

Mythbusters in the Library: An Information Literacy Unit WorcesterDebbie Lee • Heather Lobenstine People, Places, and Things: A School Library Diversity Project WaylandEmike Okhipo • Ann O'Leary • Shelley Quezada The Decentralized Library: Design Thinking & making no walls, no problem ConcordColleen Simpson 10 Questions for Young Changemakers: A framework for igniting student activism in the school library setting CarlisleLaura Gardner • Chaebong Nam • Emily Bredberg District Advocacy: Power to the Librarian! AshlandAlison Courchesne • Anne Ludes • Elizabeth Thompson What's New With Statewide Databases and Commonwealth eBook Collections? MiddlesexTressa Santillo

2:30pm

Closing Keynote Speaker Grand BallroomPamela Steager