Session Description:
Learn of tools that make working with words, vocabulary, writing, networking, or presenting interactive and fun. Engage learners through play using words in a more 2.0 way. Make that required “writing across the curriculum” relevant, entertaining, interesting, and enjoyable. Conference Link/Information

“There’s an App for That” – copresented; check details below.

Upstate Technology Conference

June 22-23, 2010

“There’s an App for That: Using Web Apps to Organize, Simplify, and Enrich Your Life”

(copresented with Heather Loy and Fran Bullington)
Session Description:
Come learn about web applications and 2.0 tools that help educators both streamline and enhance both their professional (and personal) lives. See real examples and learn tips and tricks as Cathy, Heather, and Fran take attendees through a tool showcase (including Zamzar, Evernote, Dropbox, and iGoogle). Leave equipped to organize, simplify, and enhance your life knowing there’s an app for that! Conference site – click here.

Cathy – DropBox, Zamzar
Fran - iGoogle (and all things Google)
Heather – Evernote

SCASL Annual Conference
March 24-26, 2010

Ten Tools to a More 2.0 Library
This presentation will be shared soon, but for now is under wraps as I tweak and modify it for another upcoming presentation. I will share it soon, though (complete with a video.) Conference site – click here.

NECC 2009

June 28-July 1, 2009

I served on two panel discussions, and here are the links to the wikis for both, as well as an embed of the slides used.

Session Title: Library Learning Tools Smackdown: A Sharing Session for Teacher-Librarians
Monday, 6/29/2009, 12:30pm–1:30pm WWCC 151 A
Here’s the session wiki. Pay particular attention to the row links as well as the virtual audience links. Each panelist showcased a slew of tools in a five minute time slot that was counted down. We were not given any additional time. Once all five of us had given our five minutes of fame, we asked audience members to populate the wiki with ideas not already covered. As the rows’ pages were populated, we asked members form the audience to come up and share (as we showed the links, etc on the big screen.) This session was super fun and we had great audience participation!
SIGMS Forum: The School Library 2.0 and Beyond Tuesday, 6/30/2009, 10:30am–12:30pm
Facilitated by Marlene Woo-Lun of Linworth Publishing, the forum focused on how the school library is affected by the read-write Web. Originally planned for participation in this panel and forum were David Loertscher, Christopher Harris, Sara Kelly Johns, and Mary Friend Shepard. But Sara Kelly Johns had a conflict, and had to bow out. She asked ME to be her substitute, and I happily complied. The panelist, under the leadership of David Loertscher, each stood to speak for abut fifteen minutes, leaving the audience a challenge to formulate ideas and action plans for embracing the 21st Century Tools that the AASL 21st Century Standards call for. Here is my presentation, though because it is mostly pictures, won’t make a lot of sense. I essentially shared reasons for the SLMS to be the leader in modeling ethical and appropriate use for students and teachers. My challenge was for the group to come up with a plan for how to do that. Here is the session wiki with each panelists’ presentation embedded or included.

My presentation link

June 2009 – Upstate Technology Conference, Greenville, SC

Fran Bullington and I took our presentation form SCASL in March and tweaked it to target a broader audience of teachers.

Here is our presentation, done in Google Docs

And here is the audience’s contribution:

March 2009

SCASL Annual Conference
Will You Talk to Me? Using Online Collaborative Tools

While I did not technically “present” at this conference, I did have a role. I was a “producer” in the cover-it-live blogging as well as a contributing editor to the SLJ Summit Ning. I also captured video from a late nght “reflection” session held in the lobby of the hotel at the end of the first full day. This was done for the 2008 School Library Journal Leadership Summit in Hollywood, Florida, November 14-15, 2008.

SC Edtech Presentation “Web 2.0 Playground/Sandbox: Come and Play to Learn” November 5, 2008

Wiki Link of resources

Presentation:

Edtech08

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

NECC 2008 Panel Discussion: “Feed, Tag, Research: Remixing for School Library 2.5″ July 2, 2008

South Carolina State Department of Education LMS Summer Institute, June 2008

South Carolina Association of School Administrators Summer Leadership Institute

Internet Safety
R U My Friend? Social Networking Explained

June 19, 2008

Wiki w/ ppts and virtual handout

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South Carolina Department of Education’s Summer Library Media Specialist Institute:

Web 2.0 in the Library/Classroom
June 18, 2008, Columbia, SC
Wiki Handouts/Links

Social Networking Presentation for Parents

December 4, 2007
Conway Middle School

PowerPoint (on SlideShare)

The PowerPoint Discussion Guide (in Word)

Cyberbullying Video Talent Show (from YouTube)

Cyberbullying Video Kitchen (from YouTube)

EdTech 2007 – Myrtle Beach, SC

October 24, 2007

Links Mentioned:

Moving at the Speed of Creativity archived Blog Post

You Tube video “RSS in Plain English”

Three Blogs I read:

The Infinite Thinking Machine by a group of educators

Crucial Thought by Chris Craft

2 Cents Worth by David Warlick

Readers I use:

Bloglines

Google Reader

Feeds to Explore–use these to find blogs to read/podcasts to listen to:

SupportBlogging

iTunes

Educational Podcasting Network

More Web 2.0 Tools that have Feeds

Webcasts @ EdTech Talk

Delicious

David Jakes’ Delicious links tagged as informal learning.

Older Presentation material hosted on Rock Hill School District 3
Website NOTE: Recently the district revamped their website and my links no longer work. Upon leaving the district, i extracted the files to an external drive, but in the move, cannot locate the drive. If and when I locate it, I will repost links. Apologies for being unable to share this content in a more meaningful way. Tahnks to my friends who recently notified me the links were no longer active.

October 2006
SC EdTECH TechnoSafari
October 2006

Scasl Web

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

Digital Video and You: Making Movies in the Classroom to Enhance Learning
Presentation Handouts & Links

June 2006 Rock Hill School District 3 Working on the Work Seminar/Workshops “Measuring Student Engagement:
Northside’s Story” Co Presentation Team Members: Beth Saverance, Kay Dunbar, Cathy Nelson, Melissa Blair, Carrylin Griffin, Nancy Pratt,
Cassidy Valerino, & Principal Linda Crute
June 2007 “Teacher Director: Making Your Own School Videos”
2006 Summer Leadership Institute June 18-23, 2006
Kingston Plantation, Myrtle Beach, SCPresentation, Handouts, & Links
April 2006 “Getting Kids to Read by Keeping The Eyes on the Prize”written by
Education World® Copyright © 2006 Education World
The above article was published in the “School Administrators Section” of Education World after the writer interviewed LMS Cathy Nelson & Principal Linda Crute about Northside’s Reading Prize Patrol.
March 22-24, 2006“Teacher Producer: Yes, You Can Make Your Own Videos!”
Florida Educational Technology Conference 2006
Presentation, Handouts, & Links
March 1-3, 2006
“Lights, Camera, Action! Making Videos in the Classroom Can Happen” Association of School Librarians 2006 South Carolina Annual Conference
Presentation, Handouts,& Links
January 2005 & October 2005
“FrontPage News!” Rock Hill School District LMS Recertification Course – Spring
Minimester 2005 Class Materials & Links
March 2005 “Extreme Makeover: Collection Analysis, Development,
& Planning“”2003 South Carolina Association of School Librarians Annual Conference
Presentation and Resources
Wilson County School District, Lebanon, Tennessee
LMS Workshop, July 18-20, 2005
Library Media Specialists: A Catalyst for Technology Integration
Workshop Notes & Links