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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

9:00am CDT

Innovative Technology Playground (2 Hour- drop in) *Repeats Rm 101Ashton Hankins • Melissa Earls • UCA

1:20pm CDT

Booktalks: So Many Books Rm 204Jeff Whittingham • ArLA/ArASL

2:25pm CDT

Coding and Story Telling: Love to Code Rm 204Louis Nadelson • UCA Curriculum Connections for the Triple S Farm Adventures Children’s Books Rm 233Rachel Shankles • UCA

3:30pm CDT

Skype with Author Peter Aronson Rm 234Peter Aronson • UCA Shadows on the Contours of Classification The Metis Challenge to “Ditch” DDC Rm 233Jud Copeland • UCA Curate Test Prep Materials for Your School Rm 120Rachel Shankles • ArLA/ArASL • UCA

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 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

10:05am CDT

Skype with Author Mike Mullin- Q & A Session Rm 234Mike Mullin • UCA Picture Books and Problem Solving: The Coding Connection Rm 204Ashley Cooksey • ArLA/ArASL & UCA Technology & Literacy ? *2 Hour Rm 101Melissa Earls • Dr. Amy Thompson • UCA

11:10am CDT

Skype with Author Hilary Reyl Rm 234Hilary Reyl • UCA Encourage Exploration: Digital Scavenger Hunts for the Library and Literacy Classroom Rm 120ArLA/ArASL

1:20pm CDT

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 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

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 Reaching Beyond the ELA Classroom: Supporting Content Area Teachers in Literacy Instruction Rm 106Sunny Styles Foster • ACTELA • UCA