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7:30am EDT

Exhibits and Book Store Open Exhibit Hall

8:30am EDT

President's Welcome Grand BallroomLaura Luker

8:45am EDT

Opening Keynote - Hey Kiddo: The Young Adult Graphic Memoir Grand BallroomJarrett J. Krosoczka

9:45am EDT

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 Jarrett Krosoczka - Fostering Growth Mindset WorcesterJarrett J. Krosoczka 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 ConcordTraci Jansen

10:35am EDT

Book Signing Exhibit HallJarrett J. Krosoczka

11:05am EDT

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 EDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom

1:00pm EDT

Book Signing Exhibit HallPamela Steager Exhibit Hall Break Exhibit Hall

1:30pm EDT

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 EDT

The Library Screen Scene: Community Connector? Grand BallroomPamela Steager