SCASL 2012 Call to Conference: Advocacy Starts With You @ your library

1. South Carolina Association
of School Librarians
37th Annual Conference
March 14 – 16, 2012
TD Convention Center, Greenville, South Carolina
Featured Speakers Pre-Conference Renewal Credits
Learn from the professionals: Don’t miss these exciting Certification Renewal Credits
Mike Eisenberg, Donalyn seminars, tours, and our Grand for participation in the SCASL
Miller and Chris Crutcher. Opening Event. conference!
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2. Schedule at a Glance
Wednesday
07:00 am – 07:30 pm Registration/Information Booth Open
08:30 am – 12:00 pm Tours (see tour description for times & instructions)
10:00 am – 12:15 pm Morning Pre-Conference Seminars
12:30 pm – 01:30 pm Lunch & SCASL Executive Board Meeting
01:45 pm – 04:00 pm Afternoon Pre-Conference Seminars
02:00 pm – 04:00 pm Tours (see tour description for times & instructions)
04:15 pm – 05:15 pm Concurrent Session #1
04:45 pm – 05:15 pm Past President’s Reception
05:30 pm – 07:30 pm Exhibit Hall Grand Opening & Exploratorium
Thursday
07:00 am – 06:30 pm Registration/Information Booth Open
08:00 am – 09:00 am Concurrent Session #2
Blue Ribbon Book Award Banner! 08:00 am – 11:00 am Exhibit Hall Open
Why not submit one from your 09:15 am – 10:15 am Author Signings & Conflict Free Exhibit Time
school from this year’s lists?
10:30 am – 12:00 pm First General Session: Mike Eisenberg, Keynote
Speaker followed by the SCASL Business Meeting
You could be 12:00 pm – 02:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open
12:15 pm – 01:45 pm Awards Luncheon (ticket required)
a winner!
02:00 pm – 03:00 pm Second General Session: Donalyn Miller, Keynote
Speaker
Submit your SCASL 2012
03:00 pm – 06:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open
Annual Conference
Registration postmarked by 03:15 pm – 04:15 pm Concurrent Session #3
December 31, 2011 and you 04:30 pm – 05:30 pm Concurrent Session #4
will be eligible for one of 3 06:00 pm – 09:00 pm Evening Dinner Activities
free Author Celebration
Luncheon Tickets!
Friday
Names will be selected from
those registrants who return 07:00 am – 10:00 am Registration Open
their completed registration 07:00 am – 12:00 pm Information Booth Open
forms and payment by
December 31, 2011. 08:00 am – 11:30 am Exhibits Open
08:00 am – 09:00 am Concurrent Session #5
The drawing will be January
09:15 am – 10:15 am Concurrent Session #6
16, 2012.
10:30 am – 11:30 am Concurrent Session #7
Winners will be notified via 12:00 pm – 02:00 pm Authors Celebration Luncheon: Chris Crutcher,
email and their names will be Keynote Speaker (ticket required)
posted to the SCASL listserv
and SCASL.net.
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3. Keynote Speakers
Dr. Michael Eisenberg
Mike Eisenberg is widely known in library, information, and
education circles. He co-founded (with Peter Milbury)
LM_NET, the school library media electronic community,
and is co-author (with Bob Berkowitz) of the Big6™, the
most widely used approach to information and technology
literacy skills instruction in the world. Mike is a passionate
advocate for the importance of teacher-librarians and
school library information and technology programs in
learning. Mike is a prolific author (9 books and dozens of
articles) and has worked with thousands of students—
pre-K through higher education—as well as people in
business, government, and communities to improve their
information and technology skills.
Donalyn Miller
Donalyn Miller is a sixth grade language arts teacher at
Trinity Meadows Intermediate School in Keller, Texas. In
her popular book, The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner
Reader in Every Child, Donalyn reflects on her journey to
become a reading teacher and shares how she inspires and
motivates her students to read 40 or more books a year.
Donalyn currently writes a blog, “The Book Whisperer,”
for Education Week Teacher and a monthly column for
Scholastic Book Fairs’ Principal to Principal e-newsletter.
Chris Crutcher
Chris Crutcher is the author of 14 books -- eleven novels,
two short story collections and an autobiography. His
signature blend of tragedy and comedy have made him a
favorite with teen and adult readers. He is also one of
the most frequently banned authors in North America --
a fact he considers an accomplishment, rather than a
drawback. A popular Voices from the Middle columnist
for several years, Crutcher has been awarded the
NCTE's National Intellectual Freedom Award, the
ALAN Award, the ALA's Margaret A. Edwards
Lifetime Achievement Award, the CLA's St. Katharine
Drexel Award and Writer magazine's Writers Who Make a
Difference Award. He makes his home in Spokane, Washington.
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4. Wednesday Pre-Conference Activities
Morning Seminars (10:00 am – 12:15 pm) textile center of the world, including remnants of the mills
that grew up around the falls. It also showcases the
Big 6™ by the Month: Comprehensive & Essential Hampton-Pinckney historic district, which is the earliest
Information Literacy Programs Now! – Dr. Mike intact neighborhood in Greenville where some of the city's
earliest homes from the mid-nineteenth century are
Eisenberg
located. Bus Leaves TD Convention Center at 9:00 am.
(Limit 35) Cost: $20 per person
Information literacy is too important to be a hit-or-miss or
partial program. Big6 by the Month is a new approach to
BMW Factory Tour and Museum (8:30 am – 11:30 am)
delivering comprehensive and accountable information
and technology literacy learning. Big6 by the Month is a
A fascinating and extensive one hour guided tour through
systematic way to envision, plan, and deliver information
BMW’s only American factory, so wear comfortable, fully
literacy programs that are valued as essential in every
school. enclosed walking shoes with no more than a 2” heel. The
museum is a self-guided trip through the world of BMW
to experience exhibits that document BMW’s numerous
At the end of this workshop, you will be able to revise
milestones in both racing and touring vehicles. View rare
your current information literacy program so that it
reaches all students in your school by being clearly and important vehicles from BMW’s past, such as the
defined, predictable, measured, and reported. famous Isetta “Bubblecar,” BMW Motorcycles, and Art
Cars. You can also explore what’s current in BMW, with
Beyond the Basics (Advanced Streamline) – Donna exhibits that feature state-of-the-art technologies in
transportation safety and the latest in environmental
Thompson/Debbie Jarrett, Education Technology Instructors,
engineering with the Hydrogen Car. 1 hour factory tour;
SCETV
30 minute self-guided museum visit. Bus leaves TD
When asked if you use StreamlineSC, do you say "Yeah, I Convention Center at 8:30 am. (Limit 20) Cost: $15 per
use it all the time"? In this session you will discover how person
to search for presentations, songs, writing prompts, lesson
Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum Tour (9:45 am – 11:00
plans, the Atlas, Theme Pages, STEM content and how to
upload your own content to Streamline. Bring your own am) www.shoelessjoejackson.org
laptop.
In 2008 Greenville baseball fans celebrated the grand
Media Literacy: Part of the 21st Century Skills All opening of the museum located in the house where Joe
Students Need – Frank Baker, Media Literacy Clearinghouse Jackson lived and died. The not-for-profit museum
displays records, artifacts, photographs, film and other
Join Frank Baker for this extended, hands-on and items of interest associated with the historic life and
interactive session. You’ll learn how to incorporate media baseball career of Shoeless Joe Jackson. Bus leaves TD
literacy into instruction as well as some of the valuable Convention Center at 9:45 am (Limit 25) Cost: $5
resources available to you, your teachers and your
students. School Tours (10:00 am – 12:00 pm) Cost: $5 per person
All school tours leave TD Convention Center at 10:00
Movie Maker – Donna Thompson/Debbie Jarrett, Education am – bus transportation provided.
Technology Instructors, SCETV
Tour #1: A. J. Whittenberg Elementary School
Windows Movie Maker is free video editing software that
is already preloaded on most computers. In this workshop A.J. Whittenberg is the first elementary school in South
you will learn how to edit StreamlineSC video clips, Carolina with a school-wide engineering curriculum. It is
including importing video and pictures, adding special in its second full year of existence. The engineering labs
effects, text, narration and music. Bring your own laptop. have software for students to have hands-on experience in
engineering technology.
Morning Tours
Tour #2: Sterling School / Charles Townes Gifted
Trolley Tour of Downtown Greenville and Historic Center
Neighborhoods, led by John Nolan (9:00 am – 12:00 pm)
http://www.greenvillehistorytours.com/cartour.html Sterling School is unique to Greenville County Schools in
that it combines a traditional community-based
This tour traces the development of the coming of the elementary school with the center for highly gifted
textile industry that transformed a small village to the students known as the Charles Townes Center. The
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5. Wednesday Pre-Conference Activities
Charles Townes Center serves gifted students in grades own integrated curriculum to use with your students.
3 - 8 with a maximum capacity of 75 students per grade Creating Menus gives students the freedom to choose
level. Differentiation in the depth, breadth, and pace of activities that best suit their strongest intelligences. This
instruction is designed to challenge the abilities of technique is extremely popular with teachers and students
advanced learners, with strong emphasis on the from kindergarten through high school. See how
development of higher order thinking skills. interactive websites and Web 2.0 tools will bring your class
to life!
Tour #3: SC Governor’s School for the Arts and
Humanities Using Video Cameras in the Classroom – Donna
Thompson/Debbie Jarrett, Education Technology Instructors,
The South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and SCETV
Humanities is a public residential high school for
emerging artists. The school gives artistically talented See how easy it is to use video cameras (Flip, Small
high school students from across the state the Wonder, etc.) to create video for your classroom.
opportunity to study their art in a supportive Participants will use cameras during this workshop to
environment of artistic and academic excellence. Arts record and upload the video to their computers. They will
concentrations include Creative Writing, Dance, use simple video editing tools like Windows Movie Maker
Drama, Music and Visual Arts. The library provides or Apple's iMovie to create their own movies. Sample
resources to support the arts and academic curricula of projects and ideas will be discussed and presented. Bring
the school as well as leisure reading, listening and your own laptop. (Cameras will be provided.)
viewing to enrich residential life. The tour will be of
both the library and the school. Afternoon Tours
Afternoon Seminars (1:45 pm – 4:00 pm) Trolley Tour of Downtown Greenville and Historic
Neighborhoods, led by John Nolan (2:00 pm – 4:00 pm)
Digitize It! – Liz Hood - Media Specialist, Saluda Trail http://www.greenvillehistorytours.com/cartour.html
Middle School
This tour traces the development of the coming of the
Catch a wave! Come and explore ways to produce textile industry that transformed a small village to the
digital information for your learning community textile center of the world, including remnants of the mills
(Photostory, Animoto, Voicethread, GoAnimate, that grew up around the falls. It also showcases the
Audacity and others). Participants will have the Hampton-Pinckney historic district, which is the earliest
opportunity to create a digital product that can be intact neighborhood in Greenville where some of the city's
accessed a variety of ways. Bring your laptop, a flash earliest homes from the mid-nineteenth century are
drive and a content idea (digital pics are welcome!) located. NO BUS TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED.
Participants will meet at the Hyatt Hotel, 220 North Main
It's a snap - create your own instructional videos with Street. (Limit 35) Cost: $14
Photo Story3! (Digital Storytelling) – Donna
Thompson/Debbie Jarrett, Education Technology Instructors, Walking Tour of Greenville’s Historic West End (2:00
SCETV pm – 4:00 pm)
Learn how you and your students can use copyright free Historic places both teach and inspire us, and Greenville
photos and images from StreamlineSC to create great has an abundance of architecture and intriguing tales to
instructional projects with Microsoft's free program share. Join Thomas Riddle, Social Studies Coordinator for
Photo Story 3. Sample projects and ideas will be Greenville County Schools, for this exciting walk through
discussed and presented. Bring your own photos on a Greenville’s history. NO BUS TRANSPORTATION
usb drive, if you would like. Bring your own laptop. PROVIDED. Participants will need to drive themselves to
the Falls Park entrance on Main Street. (Limit 25) Cost:
Multiple Intelligences, Menus, and Technology FREE
Projects - Fran Mauney, Instructional Technology
Facilitator, Greenville County School District
Learn how to plan lessons that incorporate technology
using your students’ multiple intelligences. You will
view samples of Menus, blogs, wikis and create your
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6. Conference Meals
Pre-Conference Lunch Dinner at The Lazy Goat: Join several local media
specialists in the private dining room: meal includes a
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
choice of 5 hors d’oeuvres chosen from The Lazy Goat’s
fabulous menu. For more details see scasl.net. (Limit
Mediterranean Chicken Wrap: 30) Cost: $42
Sliced Grilled Chicken
Breast with Feta Cheese,
Dinner with a Local Librarian: Choose a restaurant
Hummus, Sliced
from one of the many options. Sign up at the
Tomatoes and Crisp Lettuce,
information booth then meet up with fellow attendees
Chef's Choice of Side Salad, Chips,
Cookie and Choice of Soft Drink or and a local librarian to enjoy a meal and conversation!
Groups limited to 6-8 people!
Bottled Water $21.00
Awards Luncheon Author Celebration Luncheon
Thursday, March 15, 2012 Friday, March 16, 2012
Join us for the announcement of our Come listen to author Chris Crutcher and be the first to find out
award winners - including Media Specialist of the Year! which books won this year’s book awards!
Classic Sirloin Pot Roast: Tender Beef Braised in a Rich Chipotle Grilled Chicken Salad Thinly Sliced Chipotle
Red Wine Bordelaise Sauce served with Horseradish Soy Marinated Chicken Breast, served over Baby Field
Mashed Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables, Carrot Cake Greens and Chopped Romaine Lettuce with a Black
with Cream Cheese Frosting, Iced Tea, Coffee and Water Bean/Corn Salsa, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Julienne Tri
$28.00 Color Corn Chips and our Southwest Spoon Bread,
served with our House Smoked Tomatoes Vinaigrette
and Sweet Red Pepper Ranch Dressing, Basket of
Special Thursday Evening Activities (6:00 pm Tortilla Chips, Cinnamon Chocolate Mousse, Iced Tea,
– 9:00 pm) Participants must provide their Coffee and Water
own transportation! $25.00
Culinary Tour of Greenville: The Loft, The Lazy Goat, Please Note: Menus needed to meet special dietary
Soby’s New South Cuisine, Deveraux’s. Sample dishes requirements are available with advance notice and must
from some of Greenville’s best restaurants with local be received by February 29, 2012. Email
author and historian John Nolan. (Limit 30) Cost: $39 angie.bardin@gmail.com prior to February 29, 2012
with special meal requests.
Cooking Class at The Cook’s Station: A local chef will
prepare a gourmet meal as you watch - then share the
recipes with you as you eat the meal that has been
prepared. (Limit 16) Cost: $36
Conference Hotels
Hilton Greenville The Phoenix The Sleep Inn
45 West Orchard Park Drive 246 North Pleasantburg Drive 231 North Pleasantburg Drive
Greenville, SC 29615 Greenville, SC 29607 Greenville, SC 29607
(864) 232-4747 (800) 257-3529 (864) 240-2006
(864) 235-6248 fax www.phoenixgreenvillesinn.com (864) 672-2015 fax
http://bit.ly/hilton2012 Reservation Code: SCASL
Room Rate: $115.00/Night Room Rate: $95.00/Night Room Rate: $89.99/Night
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All forms must be accompanied by payment or
they will not be processed.
It is up to each participant to follow the guidelines of his/her district in order to receive
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http://www.scteachers.org for more information – or contact your district office. included in one check; however, a separate
registration form must be completed for each
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growth plan and/or support the goals of the employing educational Refunds
entity, and therefore, are subject to the approval of the educational • Refund requests must be made in writing to
district or entity. A pre-approval form for this professional activity Angie Bardin, Executive Secretary, PO Box
may be required. 2442, Columbia, SC 29202 or email
An educator may earn renewal credits through activities for angie.bardin@gmail.com prior to January 31,
which all eligibility criteria have been met. 2012.
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responsible for maintaining 2012 will not be honored.
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verification and for all refunds.
documentation.
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• No meals can be ordered after February 29,
district/entity renewal credit
2012.
plan coordinator for
processing. T-shirts
• T-shirts must be pre-ordered and paid for prior
to January 21, 2012