MSLMA: 2005 Conference Schedule

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2005
MSLMA Conference
October 23 and 24 in Sturbridge, MA

Invitation: Conference Overview, including Speakers, Features, Speakers, Directions, Motel Information
Registration Information
Speaker Bios
Vendors Exhibiting at the Conference

**SUNDAY October 23rd**
**Sunday attendees will receive a binder with all conference handouts!**
9:15-10:00 AM	REGISTRATION and Coffee sponsored by Thomson Gale
10 AM-12 PM	CONCURRENT SESSION I Pam Berger - "Searching Google and Beyond: Tips, Strategies and Resources" http://www.infosearcher.com Gail Bush - "Living Out Loud in the Next Chapter: Collaboration and Reading Workshop for Educators" Author of The School Buddy System: The Practice of Collaboration David White and Jason Fraser - "Promoting Critical Thinking Through Literature"
12 Noon-1 PM	LUNCH in the Courtyard
1:00-3:00 PM	CONCURRENT SESSION II Pam Berger - "Searching Google and Beyond: Tips, Strategies and Resources" http://www.infosearcher.com Gail Bush - "Living Out Loud in the Next Chapter: Collaboration and Reading Workshop for Educators" Author of The School Buddy System: The Practice of Collaboration David White and Jason Fraser - "A Literature-Based Cultural Exploration Strategy"
3:15 PM to 6:00 PM .	*More Info* Vendor Hall Opening and *Ribbon Cutting Ceremony* President's Reception with Refreshments Sponsored by Follett; Cash Bar Author Fest with Local Author Celebrities More information Mark Peter Hughes I Am the Wallpaper http://www.markpeterhughes.com Kimberly Newton Fusco Tending to Grace http://www.KimberlyNewtonFusco.com David Biedrzycki Ace Lacewing, Bug Detective http://www.davidbiedrzycki.com/ Matt Tavares Mudball http://www.matt-tavares.com/ Martha Day Zschock Journey Around Cape Cod and the Islands from A to and Z Jeff Nathan Calling All Animals: First Book of Punoetry http://www.author-illustr-source.com/jeffnathan.htm Carolyn Cimani DeCristofano Big Bang! The Tongue-Tickling Tale of a Speck That Became Spectacular http://www.carolyndecristofano.com/ Jana Dillon Jeb Scarecrow's Pumpkin Patch http://www.storybookcove.com/ Yoko Kawashima Watkins So Far from the Bamboo Grove http://www.simonsays.com/ Exploratorium with Best Practices More information VIEW exhibits of great ideas done by your colleagues in MA School Libraries.
6:00 PM .	DINNER Banquet “Taste of Italy” Buffet Dinner Speaker: Walter Mayes “GIANT Story Telling” http://www.walterthegiant.com/
	After Dinner Program Walden Media program includes dessert and a "behind the scenes look" at their new release, "Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe". MORE information on the program http://www.walden.com/teach/movies/lww.jsp

**MONDAY October 24th** **Monday attendees will receive a binder with all conference handouts!**
7:30-8:30 AM	REGISTRATION Continental Breakfast Sponsored by Lou Pingitore & Associates
8:45-10:00 AM .	Opening Session Ballroom Awards Keynote Address: David Lubar http://www.davidlubar.com/ "Confessions of a Library Brat...from Shelving them to Writing Them"
10:15-11:15 AM	CONCURRENT SESSION I Pam Berger - "School Library Websites and Blogs: Connecting to Learning and Literacy" http://www.infosearcher.com Walter Mayes – "Best of the New Children's Books" http://www.walterthegiant.com/ Maggie Bush - "Going Graphic" http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/about/faculty/bush.shtml IIM: Independent Investigation Method" - General audience "Classroom Teachers, Library Media Specialists, and IIM: A Winning Combination for Ethical and Successful Research Projects! " Cindy Nottage & Virginia Morse http://www.iimresearch.com/
11:30 AM-1:30 PM *box lunch option* .	.Lunch Served Box lunch available for those who wish to attend sessions; Buffet Lunch Available in the courtyard* 11:30 - 1:30* Note – Attendees can go to the Panel Discussion or go to Exhibit Hall .
11:30-12:30 PM *box lunch* or *buffet luncheon* *in the* *Garden Court*	LUNCH and PANEL DISCUSSION Panel Discusstion on CENSORSHIP Christopher Bing, Nancy Garden, Mary Leonhardt The Story of Little Black Sambohttp://www.handprintbooks.com/ NPR: A New Interpretation for 'Little Black Sambo':Lifting a Children's Book Out of a Racist and Troubled History http://www.npr.org Nancy Garden http://members.aol.com/nancygarden/ Interview on teenreads.com http://www.teenreads.com/ For those who wish to attend both the Panel Discussion during lunch, there is a box lunch option;* request it on the registration form.*
12:30-1:30 PM *box lunch option*	CONCURRENT SESSION II David Lubar - http://www.davidlubar.com/ "To Make a Short Story Long" Carol Kelly - "The Essential Question" http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/listessentiaca1.html Vicki Jacobs - "Reading in the Content Areas" Mary Eldringhoff: “Making Lemonade Out of Lemons: Surviving & Thriving on a Fixed Schedule” meldringhoff@tewksbury.k12.ma.us
1:45-2:45 PM	CONCURRENT SESSION III Scot Colford - "Blogging - All The Cool Kids Are Doing It" http://list.bpl.org/~scolford/mslma/ Walter Mayes - "Best New Books for YA" Connie Krueger & Mary Robertson - "Fit and Lit: Fitness and Literature" Laurie Diaz Mitchell - "Evaluating School Library Programs"
3:00-4:00 PM	CONCURRENT SESSION IV Sue Ballard – "A Data-Driven Food Chain: Evidence-Based Budget Development" Lisa Francine and Jordana Shaw - "Using Picture books with Middle School Students" Susan Birkett, Talmadge Nardi, Sydney Chaffee, Kathleen Kalell - "HAP: The Boston Public Library Homework Assistance Program" Susanne Santoro Whayne - "There's No Place Like It - Searching for Home in Children's Literature" Cindy Nottage & Virginia Morse "No More Plagiarism! Research Strategies for Secondary Students"

Invitation: Conference Overview, including Speakers, Features, Speakers, Directions, Motel Information
Registration Information
Speaker Bios
Vendors Exhibiting at the Conference

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