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Thursday, November 5, 2009 EST

	8³⁰am – 12⁰⁰pm	ELMSS Symposium - Gail Dickinson, ELMSS chair
		The Educators of Library Media Specialists Section (ELMSS) of AASL is pleased to present its first research symposium at AASL National Conference. As educators, scholars, and researchers, ELMSS members create new knowledge about the school library field and impart that knowledge to the profession’s newest members. The topic for the symposium is the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner, released in 2007. The standards are the basis for curriculum development and implementation in school libraries. The symposium will open with a look at school library curricula past and present, and an overview of the standards. The group will be forming research teams to develop, present, and critique questions for substantive research on the implementation, teaching, and learning of the new standards. The work will continue as research teams formed at the symposium will continue to work to begin the research. “The Standards for the 21st-Century Learner present a unique research opportunity for school library scholars. The standards are new and different from previous information literacy standards, and there is much to learn from careful observation and study of how the 21st-century learners learn the skills, responsibilities, dispositions, and self-assessments needed to become the effective users of ideas and information envisioned by the school librarians.”


Friday, November 6, 2009 EST

	9³⁰am – 10³⁰am	Get Graphic! Visuals for Deep Thinking, Inquiry, and Learning - Annette Lamb
		We live in a high-tech, multimedia world, yet most classroom activities still emphasize print communication. Let’s explore the potential of graphic inquiry in teaching and learning. This visually rich session provides numerous, standards-based inquiry activities and projects that incorporate traditional materials, as well as emerging social and collaborative technologies. Learn to use free and inexpensive tools and resources to promote inquiry, collaboration, and communication across the curriculum to address Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.

	12³⁰pm – 1¹⁵pm	Discussion on Intellectual Freedom - with Deborah Caldwell-Stone and Jonathan Kelley
		Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Acting Director of ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, will talk with OIF Program Coordinator Jonathan Kelley about “Minor’s Rights in School Libraries.” Among the questions to be addressed are the status of the First Amendment for minors in schools and school libraries, how to cope with challenges to library materials, privacy of student records and FERPA, and Internet filtering.

	3³⁰pm – 4³⁰pm	“Riders in the Stream” – the role of school libraries and metadata in enabling dynamic streaming media-based instruction - Tom Adamich, Candy Blessing, Nancy Teger
		Streaming media is everywhere today in education! Learn the media-literacy-based vocabulary associated with this exciting material type, its connection to library materials management/collaboration, and ways to access/create metadata that not only identifies important curriculum details but that can also be used in lesson planning, assessment, and materials budgeting/advocacy.


Saturday, November 7, 2009 EST

	8³⁰am – 9³⁰am	Not Just Another Brick in the Wall: Engaging 21st Century Learning Through Participatory School Librarianship - Buffy Hamilton
		How can high school media specialists harness the power of Library 2.0 tools to foster a participatory library culture? How do media specialists utilize Library 2.0 tools to facilitate the four major Standards for the 21st-Century Learner? Come learn how you can use Library 2.0 tools as the building blocks of a participatory library culture that invites students to develop their own personal learning networks and develops information fluency.

	10⁰⁰am – 11⁰⁰am	Empowering Learners: Unpacking the Guidelines - Carol Gordon
		The new learning standards address the information-to-knowledge connection. What does this mean for the way school library media specialists teach? This presentation will discuss the recently published Guidelines to examine the role that the SLMS can play in helping students become information literate as they learn curriculum content.

	11³⁰am - 12³⁰pm	Library of Congress Professional Development – Teaching with Primary Sources - Kathleen McGuigan, Elizabeth Ridgway
		This session will unveil the latest professional development (PD) modules from the Library of Congress. The Library will demonstrate its sophisticated database and self-paced online interactives for librarians, teachers, and administrators, and show how to integrate these resources into current or new staff-development efforts at the building or district level. The PD content is focused on building inquiry-based learning experiences for students and is aligned to the AASL’s Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.