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The annual conference of the Massachusetts School Library Association
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Donna Sullivan-Macdonald

Orchard School
Teacher Librarian
Burlington, Vermont Area
Websiteorchardschoollibrary.weebly.com/
I enjoy working with students in my library makerspace and am anxious to learn about maker and NGSS projects that others are doing with their elementary school students. I'm currently president-elect for the Vermont School Library Association and I'm a past-president of ISTE's Librarians Network.
Sunday, May 7
 

7:30am EDT

Registration and Coffee Grand Ballroom Foyer

8:30am EDT

Dreaming of Possibilities Grand Ballroom IIWendy Garland

9:00am EDT

Opening Keynote: Global Stories for Young Readers: Ten Questions about Race, Culture, and Power Grand Ballroom IIMitali Perkins

10:00am EDT

City X: An Adventure in Creativity, Problem Solving, and 3D Printing Hyannisport EastMaya Bery

11:00am EDT

How to Teach the Tough Issues Through Literature and Enrichment Activities Grand Ballroom IIMitali Perkins

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Bass River Room

1:30pm EDT

Global Collaboration to Fit Your Needs Grand Ballroom IIPernille Ripp

2:30pm EDT

Genre-fying: Tales from the Trenches Cape CodLaura Gardner • Wendy Garland

3:30pm EDT

Exhibit Hall Opening. Click here for list of exhibitors Grand Ballroom I

4:30pm EDT

Author Meet & Greet Grand Ballroom FoyerMitali Perkins • Kristy Acevedo • Sarah Albee • Nate Ball • Megan Frazer Blakemore • Loree Griffin Burns • Kathleen Duble • Susan Hood • Jennifer Jacobson • Dana Alison Levy • Ife Oshun • Melissa Stewart • Nancy Werlin • Lauren Wolk • Ekua Holmes • Scott Magoon • Vita Murrow • Raul the Third

6:00pm EDT

MSLA Awards Dinner Ceremony Bass River Room

8:10pm EDT

Dinner Keynote: Passionate Readers - The Art of Reaching and Engaging Every Child Bass River RoomPernille Ripp
 
Monday, May 8
 

7:30am EDT

Bookstore Grand Ballroom I

8:30am EDT

Changing school culture: How we got our students (and teachers!) to embrace the big ideas of creative credit, copyright, and fair use Grand Ballroom IIHeather Lobenstine

9:00am EDT

Opening Keynote: Libraries are the Red Cross of the Soul Grand Ballroom IIKristina Holzweiss

10:00am EDT

Exclusive Exhibit Hall Time Grand Ballroom I

10:30am EDT

Making a Difference with Makerspaces Grand Ballroom IIKristina Holzweiss

11:30am EDT

My Favorite Things: Celebrating Good News and Innovation in Libraries Grand Ballroom IIShannon Miller

12:30pm EDT

Boxed Lunch Grand Ballroom I Exclusive Exhibit Hall Time Grand Ballroom I

2:30pm EDT

IdeaLab Table 01: Showing and Sharing Our Learning: Seesaw and Digital Badges in the Library Hyannisport East & WestMaya Bery IdeaLab Table 04: Extra! Extra!: Publishing for Engagment, Understanding, and Assessment Hyannisport East & WestVictoria Lane IdeaLab Table 05: Making Clubs Work in an Elementary Program Hyannisport East & WestBethany Robertson IdeaLab Table 09: OSMO's for Elementary School Hyannisport East & WestSusan Owens IdeaLab Table 12: Create Stories, Games, and Animations Using Scratch Hyannisport East & WestTraci Jansen • Jennifer Judkins IdeaLab Table 14: Future Ready Librarians Hyannisport East & WestShannon Miller Playground Table 07: BreakoutEDU: What is it and how can you utilize this interactive game to teach teamwork, problem solving, critical thinking, and troubleshooting Hyannisport East & WestJanice Alpert • Alex Caram Playground Table 11: #HackYourCharacters with Little Bits Hyannisport East & WestDiane Horvath