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Virginia Association of School Librarians Annual Conference

7:00am EST

VAASL Board Meeting and Breakfast Terrace Dining Room

8:00am EST

Exibitor Grand Opening, Ribbon Cutting and Continental Breakfast Presidents Ballroom

9:00am EST

Your New Best Collaborative Partners -- BYOD Room 17 Charleston Strong From Tragedy to Unity: Civil Rights Resources for Children and Teens Room 3 If you Give Librarians a Book... Room 15 Are you a MALiA member? Come learn about the opportunities for you and your library -- BYOD Room 12 Creative, Fun, and Easy Ways to Draw Students into the Library Room 11 Libraries, They Are a Changin'! -- BYOD Room 16 Graphic Novels--Comic Books or Legit Reading? Room 8 How Google Works: Are Search Engines Really Dumb and Should Teachers-Librarians Care? Room H Making Digital History: New Online Primary Source Collections at the Library of Virginia -- BYOD Room 18 Battle of the Books - Virginia style Central Lounge Master the art of reading with a year of picture book award programs Room D The Librarian and the Music Teacher Room A AASL Best Websites for Teaching and Learning of 2015 -- BYOD Amphitheatre Library Click! Four Interactive Tools to Add a Little Heart and Soul to your Library Website Room 2 VAASL Presents, Create and Utilize a Twitter Account (Repeat F06) -- BYOD Room F Exhibit Hall Open Presidents Ballroom

10:00am EST

I Can Fix That! Room A Follett eBooks: Make the Classroom Connection! (Repeat S39) Room 12 100+ NEW Titles for Young Adults (Repeat F31) Amphitheatre Book Talks with Special Education Students Central Lounge Pairing Literature and Primary Sources (Repeat S36) Room 17 Use Fiction to Enrich your School's Anti-Bullying Program (Repeat F39) Room H Expand your Library Walls Room 8 Assimilating to Tribal Culture: Getting Boys in your Library Room 11 Making the 2015 Elementary Connection: What's New in Children's Literature that Correlates with the K-5 SOLs Room 18 Creating a Culture of Reading in Middle School (Repeat S34) Room 2 Change is Good....When You Have the Right Attitude Room 15 Heading to the Edge: 21st Century Library Program -- BYOD Room 16 Augmented Reality Room 3 AIM Here! How to Find Free Accessible Instructional Materials For Students with Disabilities Using AIM-VA Room F Lightning-Fast Tech Tools: Awesome Results in One Lesson or Less! Room D

11:00am EST

General Session and Keynote Address Auditorium

1:45pm EST

Urban Fiction: Not Just for Cities Room 15 We Need (more) Diverse Books! -- BYOD Room 16 Children's Literature and Pop Culture Amphitheatre Inquiring Minds Want to Know: Using Question Formulation Technique (QFT) in the Library to Jump Start Research Room D Still fighting the Google Battle? Learn how to help your students make safe, reliable Curriculum Connections with Proquest, ELibrary and SIRS! (Repeat F04) Room A Text Support for the Pursuit of Essential Questions -- BYOD Central Lounge Writing with Light Room 3 Duck Duck Go: The Alternative to Google Room H Google Classroom in the Library -- BYOD Room 17 How Easy is your Access? Room F Reading with a Purpose -- BYOD Room 12 From Story to STEM (Repeat S14) Room 11 How to Host a 'Hootin' Hollerin' Poetry Slam' Room 8 Can You Dig It? Minecraft in the Classroom (Repeat S03) -- BYOD Room 18 Simple and Creative Uses for Today's Technology Tools Room 2

2:45pm EST

All the News that's Fit to Print Room 8 Urban Edgy and Marginal: the YA Underground Room 3 Creating Multimedia Learning Stations to Integrate Content & Skills Room H Song of the Season Storytime -- BYOD Room 12 If You Build It, They Will Read: Implementing a Silent Sustained Reading Program at the Secondary Level Room F Natural Disasters in Children’s Literature: Cautionary Tales of Choices and Changes Central Lounge Makerspaces: A Visual Collection Room 11 Creating Cutting Edge Virginia Readers Choice Programs at the Middle and High School Level Room D Empower your Middle School Students With Your Virginia Readers' Choice Program! -- BYOD Room 2 Learning 4 Life (L4L) in the Library (Repeat S23) -- BYOD Amphitheatre Mentoring Madness! How Henrico Librarians Support their Newbies -- BYOD Room A Create, Engage and Assess with Educreations -- BYOD Room 16 The 20% Lab: Turn Your Library into a Year-long Project-Based Learning Lab -- BYOD Room 18 My Library Is NOT Perfect -- BYOD Room 17 Collaborating with your Public Library Room 15

3:45pm EST

Reorganize Your Library in Three Easy Steps Room 2 An Adult Edge Room H New Release Books Your Students Will Love (Elementary Edition)! Room 11 Reading Makes Cent$: Featuring Uncle Jed, Tía Isa, and Helen Keller (Repeat S17) Central Lounge Celebrate Seuss (Repeat F05) Room 8 Understanding the Dynamics of The 21st Century Minority Student Room A Harness the power of Google’s reach and popularity using your current Gale resources! Room 3 S.T.R.E.A.M. Line your Library! Room F A Year in the Life of a High School Library Media Center Room D You Are Here: Personal Geography and Maps as Story Starters -- BYOD Room 12 On the Edge with the Top Ten Topics and Trends for 2015 (Repeat S08) Amphitheatre

4:30pm EST

Reception/Author Celebration (Ticketed Event) Presidents Ballroom

6:30pm EST

Longwood Alumni Gathering Room 18 ODU Alumni Gathering Room 11 OTHER Alumni Gathering Room 17 Radford Alumni Gathering Room 16

7:00am EST

First Timers' Breakfast (Ticketed Event) Room 18

8:00am EST

The Challenge of Challenges: Collections, Communities, and Concerns *Part of the School Library Supervisors Mini-Conference Room F Still fighting the Google Battle? Learn how to help your students make safe, reliable Curriculum Connections with Proquest, ELibrary and SIRS! (Repeat T44) Room 8 The Power of What If... Room 3 Top 10 Free Apps or Websites No Librarian Should Be Without! -- BYOD Amphitheatre Using Primary Sources to Begin a Guided Inquiry Experience Room 2 Celebrate Seuss (Repeat T63) Room H Staying Relevant During 1:1 Implementation Central Lounge Starting a VRC Program at your High School Room D Instant Access to Digital Content by ABDO -- BYOD Room 12 VAASL Presents, Create and Utilize a Twitter Account (Repeat T15) -- BYOD Room A

8:15am EST

We've Been Challenged! 2015 Intellectual Freedom Committee Report to the State Room 15 The Exceptional Library 2.0: Reaching Every Student -- BYOD Room 17 Teens and Adult Literature Room 11 'Can I Make One?'--Moving from Library to Learning Commons Room 16

9:00am EST

Genrefying the Fiction Section Room 2 Leaders are Readers, Readers are Leaders Room 8 Our Jefferson Cup Overfloweth Room D Making Mistakes: Encouraging Reluctant Writers Central Lounge WolframAlpha – The Computational Search Engine Room 3 Student Volunteers in the Library Room A Makerspaces in Your Media Center *Part of the School Library Supervisors Mini-Conference Room F Battle of the Books: Not Your Average Book Club -- BYOD Room 12 Virginia Association of School Librarians Book Award (Repeat S15) Room H Maker Libraries: Fun with Resources and Inspirations Amphitheatre Exhibit Hall Open Presidents Ballroom

10:00am EST

Snack Break and Visit with the Exhibitors Presidents Ballroom

11:00am EST

Library Supervisor's Roundtable and Committee Meeting *Part of the School Library Supervisor's Mini-Conference Room F Making Schools Stronger! The Impact of School Librarians and Library Programs on Student Achievement in South Carolina -- BYOD Room 12 100+ NEW Titles for Young Adults Room 18 New Release Books Your Students Will Love (Secondary Edition)! Room 15 Elementary STEM - Oil Spill Room A Incorporating Your Makerspace into the Curriculum Room 11 Using Oral History and loc.gov To Teach History Room 16 Use Fiction to Enrich your School's Anti-Bullying Program (Repeat T27) Room 2 Digital Tools and Projects for Your Library & Classroom Amphitheatre Middle School Program Development Room 3 Revitalizing a Well-worn Library -- BYOD Room 17 Eye Appealing Displays on a Budget -- BYOD Central Lounge Why (and How) Librarians Should Write Their Own Books Room H Tweet All About It! -- BYOD Room 8 Upcycle your LMC Orientation! Room D

12:00pm EST

Lunch and Visit with Exhibitors Presidents Ballroom

1:30pm EST

At the Intersection of Copyright, Students, and Library: Crucial Events of 2015 (Repeat S32) Room D Becoming an American--the Immigrant Experience Room F Creative and Engaging Group Lessons for High School Room 8 High School to College Transition Initiatives: Making it a Reality Room 3 Virtual Field Trips -- BYOD Room 18 Book Speed Dating Room 15 Glossaries and Thesauri: Tools to Overcome Students' Query Block Central Lounge CODEVA: Leaping Librarians on the Cutting Edge Room 11 More than a Read-Aloud: Using Virginia Readers' Choice Primary Books (2015/2016 selections) Room 16 Two for Joy: Multi-generational Family Stories Room A Book Talks, Book Clubs and Blabberize! Using Virginia Readers' Choice 2015 -- BYOD Room 17 AASL Best of ... Room 2 Memorable Mentoring: Make a Positive Impact and Strengthen your Own Professional Development Room H Growing Leaders in the Library -- BYOD Room 12 Makerspace 101: How to Get Started Amphitheatre

2:30pm EST

Students, Students Everywhere...but Never in the Library Room A 61% Increase In Circulation? Genre-fy your Fiction! Room 15 Awful Library Books: Hoarding is Not Collection Development -- BYOD Room 18 Repairing Books in Your Collection Room 12 Collaboration with the Art Teacher Room D Is My Senior Really Ready to Be Your College Freshman? Room 3 Summarizing in the Round Central Lounge Using Stations to Manage The Library (Repeat S09) Room 11 Westward Ho! A Collaborative PBL (Repeat S22) Room 17 Library in the Math Classroom (Repeat S10) Room 16 Using Literary Heroines to Teach Economics- Elizabeth, Jane, Scarlett, and Mary Room H Mythology and Magic in Storytelling Amphitheatre Getting to Yes: Building Influence for Leadership Room 2 Professional Development = Energizing Your Batteries While Fortifying Your Lesson Plans Room 8 You're NOT Alone on the Edge Room F

3:30pm EST

General Session and Keynote Address by Shannon Miller Auditorium

7:00pm EST

Author Banquet with Maggie Stiefvater (Ticketed Event) Harrison Ballroom

8:00am EST

VAASL Conference Planning, 2016 Room 8 Admin Advocacy: Where Do I Start? Room H Family Portraits: Picture Books that Feature all Kinds of Families Room D Fostering Empathy Through Literature: Connecting Readers with Diverse Characters -- BYOD Room 17 Using Stations to Manage The Library (Repeat F56) Room 16 Library in the Math Classroom (Repeat F58) Central Lounge A Night at the Oscar's.... I mean Hammy's Room 2 Online Tools- in Action! Room 11 From Story to STEM (Repeat T34) Amphitheatre Virginia Association of School Librarians Book Award (Repeat F19) Room 3 Virginia Young Readers 2015-2016 : Primary Links Room F On the Edge with the Top Ten Topics and Trends for 2015 (Repeat T67) Room A Makerspace First Steps Room 15 Can You Dig It? Minecraft in the Classroom (Repeat T39) -- BYOD Room 18 Research Isn't Extraterrestrial -- BYOD Room 12

8:15am EST

Language Arts Standards & Poetry: Easy-to-Use Strategies for Teachers or Librarians Room F Working with English Language Learners in the Library Room H Advanced Web Searching for Teacher Librarian Room 3 Integrate Computer Program Development into Your Library Lessons -- BYOD Room 18

9:00am EST

VAASL Spring Regional Planning, 2016 Room 8 Bring in the Masses: Making Your Library Essential Central Lounge Get to Know the Virginia Readers' Choice High School Nominees Room 16 Westward Ho! A Collaborative PBL (Repeat F55) Room 2 Reading Makes Cent$: Featuring Uncle Jed, Tía Isa, and Helen Keller (Repeat T68) Room 15 Copyright Essentials for Libraries Room D Books Express=A School Success! Room A Here's How It's Done -- BYOD Amphitheatre Learning 4 Life (L4L) in the Library (Repeat T52) -- BYOD Room 12 Embark on a Reading Community for your Students and Behold their Excitement! -- BYOD Room 17 O' the Places You'll Go Room 11

10:00am EST

Follett eBooks: Make the Classroom Connection! (Repeat T20) Room D Mrs. Light's Favorite Reads 2015 Edition Room 17 At the Intersection of Copyright, Students, and Library: Crucial Events of 2015 (Repeat F52) Room 15 Preparing Middle School Students for an Author Visit -- BYOD Room 12 Two Is Better Than One--Cool Collaborations with Your Colleagues Room 2 Book Tastings: Spice Up Student Book Selection Room 16 Pairing Literature and Primary Sources (Repeat T23) Central Lounge Digital Storytelling with Pixie Room 8 Time for a Website Makeover? Room A Creating a Culture of Reading in Middle School (Repeat T16) Room 11

11:00am EST

Author Luncheon with Henry Cole (Ticketed Event) Auditorium