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Monday, May 22
 

8:00am EDT

Podcasting 101- A Beginner’s guide to creating a podcast using easy-to-use Google tools!
Podcasts are a great way to share information with students, staff & community. They allow people to listen in when it is convenient for them. We will discuss equipment & software needed for beginner podcasters to get started. Also discussed will be recording tips, where and how to export and store recordings, how to publish using Google drive and sites.
Presenters
JC

Podcasting 101 using Google Tools pdf
Monday May 22, 2017 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
CCM 424
  Mon Session 1, Vita-Learn

9:15am EDT

"Flipping the Switch” for School Library Advocacy
Promotion and marketing of your school library program creates that core of advocates that we all need. The presenter will take you through the steps of creating a marketing/communications plan that can make a difference for your support by students, teachers, staff, school board and community. It's all about attitude, leadership and preparation.
Presenters
SK

Monday May 22, 2017 9:15am - 10:15am EDT
CCM 442
  Mon Session 2, VSLA

9:15am EDT

Encourage authentic student voice with Open Educational Resources(OER)!
OER is a hot topic in colleges and universities around the world. K-12 schools can also use these free resources to encourage authentic student voice! In this session you will learn what Open Educational Resources are, their origins, where to find them, how to evaluate the quality of their content, and how you can use them to create personalized, student-centered learning opportunities in your school district!

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DE

Monday May 22, 2017 9:15am - 10:15am EDT
GBTC 114
  Mon Session 2, VSLA

9:15am EDT

How does Shelburne Museum portray the American Dream? Shelburne Community School’s Partnership with the Shelburne Museum
Eighth grade students on the Holden Team defined personal American Dreams and explored the American Dream in novels, history and at the Shelburne Museum. With support from Shelburne Museum Educators, each small group created thesis statements and used the museum as research. Hear our story about the experience, research, and exhibit they displayed at the museum.
Presenters
DR
MT

Monday May 22, 2017 9:15am - 10:15am EDT
GBTC 117
  Mon Session 2, VSLA

9:15am EDT

UDL and Personalized Learning: Realizing Proficiencies with All Learners
In ESSA, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is considered the scientifically-based approach to personalize learning. How can we harness UDL to help each learner develop the proficiencies to be future ready? Discover how to use the UDL Lens in a 3-step process to develop a Personal Learning Plan (PLP) designed with goals so that each learner can gain independent, self-directed skills to master the proficiencies to be prepared for college, career and life.
Presenters
avatar for Kathleen McClaskey

Kathleen McClaskey

CEO/Chief Learning Officer, Empower the Learner
Kathleen McClaskey, M.Ed. (@khmmc) is CEO and Chief Learning Officer of Empower the Learner, LLC (empowerthelearner.com), founder of Make Learning Personal (kathleenmcclaskey.com) and co-author of bestsellers Make Learning Personal and How to Personalize Learning and contributing... Read More →

McClaskey Handout pdf
Monday May 22, 2017 9:15am - 10:15am EDT
CCM 424
  Mon Session 2, Vita-Learn

12:30pm EDT

Personalized Learning- kinda messy but really worth it!
goo.gl/rJWb8c

I often feel overstretched with the task of supporting students' individual needs and interests, but every single day I am truly inspired by their persistence and creativity. Personalizing learning requires additional time and flexibility to set up and manage, but the rewards of fully engaged students and innovative projects are a true mark of success. In this workshop, I will provide tools and tips for how to ‘make it work’ as well as specific ideas for project-based learning.
Presenters
avatar for Daisy Frederick

Daisy Frederick

Tech Ed Teacher, Brattleboro Area Middle School
goo.gl/rJWb8c I am currently teaching (and learning!) game design, animation, robotics, engineering design challenges, electronics ,3D design etc with middle school students in southern Vermont. I am also developing a makerspace, gathering ideas, materials, resources, collaborators... Read More →

Monday May 22, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
CCM 424
  Mon Session 4, Vita-Learn

1:45pm EDT

Copyright - Yes You Can!
Copyright and fair use are issues that concern librarians, teachers, tech integrationists and administrators alike. The ease of publishing online provides a powerful platform for student voice. Yet many schools operate in a culture of fear and uncertainty: what uses are legal? What is Fair Use? Transformativeness? Explore essentials of copyright to feel more confident in your use of images, songs, movies, news media, advertising, online resources and popular culture, to build students' critical thinking and communication skills.
Presenters
SW

Monday May 22, 2017 1:45pm - 2:45pm EDT
GBTC 114
  Mon Session 5, VSLA

1:45pm EDT

Creating a Paperless Classroom Using GSuites for Education
Come learn how to locate, upload, organize and share documents within Google Drive as well as how to use Google Forms to conduct formative assessments. Attendees will also learn how to set-up Google Classroom, including adding assignments, viewing student progress, and adding parents to increase communication, as well as collect, comment on, and return student work digitally. To maximize your learning potential, please ensure that you have permission to create a class within Google Classroom prior to attending.

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EF

Monday May 22, 2017 1:45pm - 2:45pm EDT
CCM 444
  Mon Session 5, Vita-Learn

3:00pm EDT

Heart-Rate Monitoring and Personalized Learning in Phys Ed
Students will share how using heart rate monitoring technology in Physical Education at Crossett Brook Middle School personalizes learning and increases student motivation to be physically active. Presenters will demonstrate how the use of heart rate monitor watches enables learners to self-assess and adjust effort in class (from the instant, object feedback the monitors provide) so that they can reach (and maintain) a fitness-enhancing level of participation.  Time permitting, student presenters will also coach each audience member through the process of using a heart rate monitor so they can see first-hand how the personalized feedback motivates and actively engages all learners.
Presenters
KL

Monday May 22, 2017 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
CCM 434
  Mon Session 6, Vita-Learn

3:00pm EDT

PLPs, New Google Sites and Student Led Conferences
Learn more about how to use the New Google Sites from my students. Students have been working as support crew members this year to teach other students how to create sites and build online portfolios as part of their goal setting work and PLPs. Students will showcase their portfolio site examples and how they have used sites during their student led conferences.

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DK
JR

Monday May 22, 2017 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
GBTC 112
  Mon Session 6, Vita-Learn

3:00pm EDT

Why You Should Be the Next ALA Emerging Leader!
The American Library Association’s Emerging Leaders program is an amazing experience for young and/or new library professionals. This year I had the pleasure of being sponsored by the Vermont School Library Association as their first Emerging Leader. Come hear about the experience and why you should be VSLA’s next ALA Emerging Leader.
Presenters
avatar for Shannon DeSantis

Shannon DeSantis

library media specialist, Peoples Academy
School librarian at Peoples Academy Middle and High School in Morrisville, VTVSLA Board Member: Conference, and Membership ChairsALA Emerging Leader 2017AASL School Library Month Committee member

ALA Emerging Leaders presentation pdf
Monday May 22, 2017 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
GBTC 114
  Mon Session 6, VSLA
 
Tuesday, May 23
 

8:00am EDT

Assessment Outside the Box
Learn how to use Google Drawings and Google Slides as a creative, dynamic assessment strategy. I will show you the features of Google Drawings and how to add them to other GSuites Applications. I will also show you how to use Google slides to create dynamic digital presentations using ThingLink. To maximize your learning potential, please ensure that you have access to GSuite for Education prior to attending.

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Presenters
EF

Tuesday May 23, 2017 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
GBTC 112
  Tue Session 1, Vita-Learn

8:00am EDT

Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award Committee Panel
Join members of the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award committee for a quick intro to the 2017-2018 list of 30 nominated titles. If there is time at the end, we will talk about the selection process and highlight some of the books that did not make it this year. Please bring your questions!
Presenters
CC
CO

Carole Oglesby

Malletts Bay School
HP
BR

Tuesday May 23, 2017 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
CCM 442
  Tue Session 1, VSLA

8:00am EDT

Get Chatty: How the Snapchat App Captures Ideas, Connections, Explanations, Inspirations, Moods, and Creative Guts
Listen. No one's saying to turn kids loose with social media and hope for the best. Be real. But acceptable use policies don't necessarily prevent use of the app for learning and documenting. The app allows users to download created content which can then be applied in a myriad of ways. Even if your students don't use it, there are tons of applications for the educator. Oh, and there's app smashing too! I'll show you how. (Download the app ahead of time and start an account if you can. )
Presenters
avatar for Cynthia Day

Cynthia Day

Maker Educator, Green Mountain Performing Arts
Educator. Tutor. Tinkerer. Mild mathematical genius. MakerFaire enthusiast. Maker of things that move, things that light up, and things that make noise. Builder of things that get knocked down. Toy hacker and chain reaction builder. Re-user of stuff people throw away. Bulk buyer of... Read More →

Tuesday May 23, 2017 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
CCM 233
  Tue Session 1, Vita-Learn

8:00am EDT

Student Journalism in the Age of New Media, Truthiness and Alternative Facts
Now, more than ever, it is important to teach young journalists ethics and effective use of new school multimedia technologies to enable them to communicate the world’s stories with integrity, effectiveness, and comprehensive coverage. Meet student journalists from Burlington High School and Integrated Arts Academy involved in cutting-edge reporting and student journalism advocacy to learn how they use new and traditional media tools to communicate their message.
Presenters
DL
GL
SW

Tuesday May 23, 2017 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
GBTC 117
  Tue Session 1, VSLA

9:15am EDT

Collaborative WeVideo Teams
WeVideo has advanced features allowing students to collaborate in video editing teams. Join my students as they show you how they use WeVideo Projects to create and collaborate at the same time. A student showcase of examples will be shared along with easy to follow steps to bring back to your classroom and students.

Presenter Material
Presenters
DK
JR

Tuesday May 23, 2017 9:15am - 10:15am EDT
CCM 233
  Tue Session 2, Vita-Learn

9:15am EDT

Doing More With Docs
Google has loads of shiny things to be distracted by but Docs can be a real workhorse. Let's find out how, looking particularly at hyperdocs and embedded scaffolds.

Presenter Material
Presenters
GF

Tuesday May 23, 2017 9:15am - 10:15am EDT
CCM 444
  Tue Session 2, Vita-Learn

9:15am EDT

Harnessing Student Energy as a Path to Proficiency
At Harwood Union High School, students within the school’s shared leadership team are creating a “passage presentation” for ninth graders that provides a structure for using personalized learning plans and digital portfolios as vehicles for demonstrating proficiency. In this session, co-principal Amy Rex and her students will share how they are harnessing student energy to build criteria for meeting proficiency-based graduation requirements and communicating it to their peers.
Presenters
avatar for Amy Rex

Amy Rex

Principal, Harwood Union

Harnessing Student Energy in Creating the Passage Presentation A Path to Proficiency pdf
Tuesday May 23, 2017 9:15am - 10:15am EDT
CCM 434
  Tue Session 2, Vita-Learn

12:30pm EDT

From Auto-mechanics to Neuroscience: Purposeful, Proficiency-based Senior Projects
Compass School has been successfully challenging seniors to complete independent projects for fourteen years. As the facilitator of these required culminating projects, I will share my curriculum, sample projects, and testimonials from students. Materials include an overview for students and parents, formative and summative assessments, sample report card (using proficiencies), and timeline. I will explain how students plan and implement projects that are both personally meaningful and challenging.

Presenters
JT

Tuesday May 23, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
GBTC 114
  Tue Session 1, Vita-Learn

12:30pm EDT

Build a Digital Portfolio in Google Sites
Portfolio assessment allows students to develop their metacognitive skills.This hands-on workshop is for teachers whose students have access to Google accounts. The goal is to create a website with 1 types of pages: Home, Blog, and pages for classwork or projects. Participants will use printed packets of step-by-step instructions to bring back to their classrooms.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop to this session.

ePortfolios Part 1
ePortfolios Part 2
ePortfolios Part 3
ePortfolios Part 4
ARMS Rubric and AUP

Presenters
RF

Tuesday May 23, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
CCM 434
  Tue Session 4, Vita-Learn

12:30pm EDT

Fostering Student Voice Through Unconditional Positive Regard
When students feel safe in school, their voices flourish. But how can we let them know that we truly want to hear what they have to say? It’s not about a program, strategy or tool - it’s how we carry ourselves in relationship with students. Unconditional positive regard is the guiding philosophy that creates powerful relationships in which amazing learning and growth happens. Learn about how to embrace this approach!
Presenters
AS

Tuesday May 23, 2017 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
GBTC 112
  Tue Session 4, Vita-Learn

1:45pm EDT

Creating and Empowering Lifelong Learners
"Swift House creates and empowers lifelong learners through a personalized and engaging experience." Learn how this middle school team's organizational structure and systems address the three pillars of personalized learning.
Presenters
KH
AS

Tuesday May 23, 2017 1:45pm - 2:45pm EDT
CCM 444
  Tue Session 5, Vita-Learn

1:45pm EDT

VOL and VALS: the new (and improved) systems behind the acronyms
There have been many changes to the Vermont Online Library, online databases available to all Vermonters, and the Vermont Automated Library System, the state's interlibrary loan system. In this session, you will learn the nuts and bolts and the tips and tricks.
Presenters
MS

Tuesday May 23, 2017 1:45pm - 2:45pm EDT
GBTC 117
  Tue Session 5, VSLA

3:00pm EDT

Creating Authentic Learning Using an LMS
Interested in what works and what doesn't in online classes? I will share with you my experience creating two project based semester long classes in Computer Science for students in 7th and 9th grades. I’ll also discuss the free tools that I use to create resources. Students will discuss what they liked about the classes, what was challenging, and what they learned.
Presenters
JF

Creating Authentic Learning Using an LMS pdf
Tuesday May 23, 2017 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
CCM 444
  Tue Session 6, Vita-Learn

3:00pm EDT

Empower, Educate, Engage: Combining Data, Stories and Conversations to Develop Community Partnerships at All Levels
Listen, contribute, and take away some new ideas. Join this panel discussion to hear colleagues offer examples of how they have reached out into their communities to share the role of the School Library Media Specialist and how they contribute to an ever-changing learning landscape. Add your ideas about growing partnerships for the good of all, and empower yourself with tools and ideas that will engage your communities.
Presenters
HH

DL 2017 Panel pdf
Tuesday May 23, 2017 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
CCM 424
  Tue Session 6, VSLA

3:00pm EDT

Ideas Into Action!
You've been here at DL and your head is full of great ideas. Let's not lose them, let's make a plan to get at least one idea rolling into action!
Presenters
GF

Tuesday May 23, 2017 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
GBTC 112
  Tue Session 6, Vita-Learn

3:00pm EDT

Newbury Dragon Award: PBL in a K/1 Classroom
Based on Vermont’s Red Clover Award, the Newbury Dragon Award is a tech-infused PBL initiative that takes student voice and choice and parent involvement to a richer level. As members of the school library’s Picture Book Committee, students develop criteria for choosing 7 new picture books. Activities and companion book recommendations are created. Then, fellow K-2 students are invited to read and vote for the winner!
Presenters
AD
LS

Tuesday May 23, 2017 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
CCM 442
  Tue Session 6, VSLA
 
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