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UCA Media & Literacy Conference

Welcome to the 2nd annual UCA Media and Literacy Conference- this year we are affiliated with UCA College of Education; ACTELA; ALA and ArLA/ArASL

8:30am CDT

Registration Rm 103

9:00am CDT

Object-based Learning – what is it and how can it engage my students? Rm 204Cassandra Barnett • ArLA/ArASL The Concept of Digital Citizenship: Effectively Addressing Cyberbullying, Sexting and Online Predators Rm 233Jud Copeland • UCA Creating Book Access for All Kids Rm 120Lyndsey Laster • ALA ASL Traveler Program Rm 106Gina Minks • ArLA/ArASL Frankenstein Meets Metal Meets Tech (because who doesn't love a good mashup) Rm 203Nancy Spencer • ACTELA Innovative Technology Playground (2 Hour- drop in) *Repeats Rm 101Ashton Hankins • Melissa Earls • UCA

10:05am CDT

How to start and maintain a Library MakerSpace Rm 231Chelsey Turner • ArLA/ArASL Young Adult Conceptual Reading and Writing Units Rm 203Janine Chitty • Golden Mulkey • Dakota Padilla • Emilie Payne • Allison Thompson • ACTELA Skype with an AUTHOR Tracy Holczer Rm 234Tracy Hoelczer • UCA Arkansas Law for School Libraries Rm 204Cassandra Barnett • ArLA/ArASL Make Your Library A Happenin' Place With MakerSpace *Repeats Rm 233Latasha Armer • ArLA/ArASL Arkansas Teen Book Award Rm 120Kelly Hogan • Danna Williams • ALA

11:10am CDT

Skype with Author Sonia Gensler Rm 234Sonia Gensler • UCA Amazing Makers: Bringing Picture Book Biographies to Life Rm 231Katie Allen • Tiffany Hough • ArLA/ArASL Supporting Students with Dyslexia Rm 120Dr. Erin Shaw • Dr. Amy Thompson • UCA Tech Tools for the Classroom Rm 204Jamie Stallings • UCA & ArLA/ArASL Talk, Collaborate, and Listen: Teaching with Collaborative Discussion Techniques *Repeats Rm 233Jamie Trost Bad Boyz Book Club Rm 203Ouida Cunningham • UCA

12:15pm CDT

Lunch TBA

1:20pm CDT

Skype with Author Todd Strasser ***Session Repeats Wednesday Rm 234UCA Shhhh! It's A Secret... Rm 106Rochelle Dalton • Tara Derby • ALA Anthology in the Classroom Rm 203Aaron Hall • ACTELA Booktalks: So Many Books Rm 204Jeff Whittingham • ArLA/ArASL Designing Digital and Physical Escapes Rm 120Jana Dixon • ArLA/ArASL

2:25pm CDT

Coding and Story Telling: Love to Code Rm 204Louis Nadelson • UCA TwitterPD: A Personal Learning Network Rm 120Wendy Rickman • UCA Skype with a panel of Authors- Kim Ventrella, Samantha M. Clark, Angie Smibert Rm 234Kim Ventrella • Samantha M. Clark • Angie Smibert • UCA Curriculum Connections for the Triple S Farm Adventures Children’s Books Rm 233Rachel Shankles • UCA Learning...CAFE Style Rm 106Tammy Gillmore • ALA

3:30pm CDT

Skype with Author Peter Aronson Rm 234Peter Aronson • UCA Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s an advocate! Rm 204Ashley Cooksey • ArLA/ArASL Shadows on the Contours of Classification The Metis Challenge to “Ditch” DDC Rm 233Jud Copeland • UCA Stop, Breathe, and Think Rm 203Suzanne Rogers • ACTELA • ALA Curate Test Prep Materials for Your School Rm 120Rachel Shankles • ArLA/ArASL • UCA

8:30am CDT

Registration Rm 103

9:00am CDT

S'more Technology to Assist Struggling Learners Rm 120Tammy Benson • Dr. Amy Thompson • Crystal Voegele • UCA Meet the Author James Babb Rm 234James Babb Author • UCA The Land of Lapbooks: Prescribed multisensory reading experiences for elementary grades Rm 233Stefanie Sorbet • UCA Teaching Critical Media Literacy in a Post-Truth Era Rm 106Shoudong Feng • UCA Putting Words Into Motion Rm 204Sunny Styles Foster • Jessica Herring-Watson • Nykela Jackson • ACTELA • UCA Xanthar's Guide to Writing: A Teachers Compendium to RPGs and Writing Pedagogy Rm 203G. Bret Strauch (Bowers) • ACTELA

10:05am CDT

Skype with Author Mike Mullin- Q & A Session Rm 234Mike Mullin • UCA County-wide Reading Initiative Rm 106Heather Hughes • Ronda Hughes • ArLA/ArASL Picture Books and Problem Solving: The Coding Connection Rm 204Ashley Cooksey • ArLA/ArASL & UCA Virtual Peer Critiques of Student Spoken Word Rm 120Gina Bolick • Donna Wake • Marlowe Wilson • ACTELA Trends in YA Lit - New & Upcoming Titles Rm 203Jana Dixon • ArLA/ArASL Technology & Literacy ? *2 Hour Rm 101Melissa Earls • Dr. Amy Thompson • UCA

11:10am CDT

Skype with Author Hilary Reyl Rm 234Hilary Reyl • UCA Stop! Collaborate & Listen Rm 106Heather Hughes • Ronda Hughes • ArLA/ArASL Encourage Exploration: Digital Scavenger Hunts for the Library and Literacy Classroom Rm 120ArLA/ArASL Reading Improvement with Technology Rm 203Suzanne Rogers • ALA Talk, Collaborate, and Listen: Teaching with Collaborative Discussion Techniques *Repeat Rm 233Jamie Trost • ACTELA Build It, And They Will Come Rm 204Nikki Aitken • Kate Messersmith • ArLA/ArASL

12:15pm CDT

Lunch TBA

1:20pm CDT

Skype with Author Todd Strasser ***Repeat of Tuesday session Rm 234UCA Simplifying Socratic Seminar Rm 233Cindy Green • ACTELA Responding to Apocalyptic Literature through Writing: A Collaborative Experience Rm 204Janine Chitty • Kimberly Robinson • ACTELA Innovative Technology Playground (2 hour drop-in) *Repeat Rm 101Ashton Hankins • Melissa Earls • UCA

2:25pm CDT

Continued Learning with Twitter and Your PLN Rm 204Ashley Cooksey Curate with LiveBinders! Rm 233Karen Haney Skype with a panel of 4 Authors Rm 234Kim Ventrella • David Neilson • Sarra Cannon • Jonathan Rosen • UCA Creative Ideas for the Classroom Using Adobe Spark Rm 203Gina Bolick • Donna Wake • UCA Podcasts as Texts: An Inquiry Based Exploration of S-Town in Freshman Composition Rm 106Jordan Jackson-Gross • ACTELA

3:30pm CDT

Zooniverse: Teaching using Citizen Science Rm 120Louis Nadelson • UCA Skype with the Author: Stephanie Bodeen Q and A Rm 234Stephanie Bodeen • UCA Night of the Notables Rm 203Deborah Jones • ACTELA Reaching Beyond the ELA Classroom: Supporting Content Area Teachers in Literacy Instruction Rm 106Sunny Styles Foster • ACTELA • UCA Let's Talk YA Books! Rm 204Terina Atkins • ArLA/ArASL