Readers Theater with Remote Collaborators (using WeVideo) – Part 1
We’ll share the workflow a team of VSLA librarians used to create a Readers Theatre project as remote collaborators. We’ll share steps and templates that
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Series 1
May 3-6, 2021
Series 1 - Monday, May 3, 3:30PM
Seesaw: Creating Accessible Learning Experiences
Teachers differentiate instruction on Seesawto make meaningful learning experiences accessible for all learners. • Creating accessible instructions • Adding scaffolds to Seesaw Activities • Allowing for
UDL and the Plus One Mindset
We will look at closed captioning, translation, transcription, voice typing, and screen readers. We will also review UDL and cultural relevanc Q & A. Gaby
The Golden Dome Award Book List
The members of the Golden Dome Award Reading Committee will present this year’s book list. The annual list consists of 25 books, a diverse and
Epic Fail: Practical Strategies For Learning From Our Mistakes
Failure is not final. Actually, our mistakes can serve as one of the most powerful learning experiences, but only if we have a strategy in
Using Google My Maps for Deeper Learning
Maps provide a visual way to share a lesson, but also a great way for students to share what they have learned. This session will
Simple STEM Take-Home Kits [Flash]
Last summer, we wanted to keep up the momentum of our wildly successful summer reading program, but our building remained closed to the public. We
Playful Learning Lounge: Create with Cardboard
Due to the drop-in format, no recordings were made of the Playful Learning Lounge. Grab some scrap cardboard, scissors, exacto knife, masking tape, glue or
Series 1 - Monday, May 3, 6:30PM
KEYNOTE: Remembering the Future: A Game with Learning Mirrors
The COVID pandemic has emphasized a need for school plasticity in a rapidly changing landscape: the initial overnight transition to emergency remote learning was only
Networking Social (Follows Keynote)
Come join us for an informal networking social hour and explore a spatial social networking platform, Gather Town! Join our keynote speaker and your peers
Series 1 - Tuesday, May 4, 3:30PM
Advanced Techniques with WeVideo
Get the most out of WeVideo for you and your students. Want to know advanced features available in your account? Join our resident expert to
Series 1 - Wednesday, May 5, 3:30PM
Dynamic Landscapes Symposium
Due to the discussion-based breakout structure of this session, no recording was made. A facilitated discussion for educators to reflect and learn from each other.
Series 1 - Thursday, May 6, 3:30PM
A Look at Your School, Post-COVID: Relevant?
While 2020 was wrenching, teachers made more progress on exploring possibilities, more quickly than ever before. As the pandemic winds down, is your school ready
High-Yield Instructional Strategies with Google
Get the most bang for your buck by utilizing the high quality instructional strategies made famous by John Hattie and the wonderful free tools from
Maximize the Power of Your Survey Data
Unleash the power of survey data! Whatever stakeholder group is your audience, help uncover powerful perception data and student voice with our tips and tricks.
Playful Learning Lounge: Create with Paper
Grab some paper, cardstock, glue, tape, and scissors and come learn how you might use paper in your creative designs. Prepare to unleash your creativity.Learn
Implementing Foundational Literacy Best Practices Through Blending Print and Online Resources
The key to teaching students to read is individualized, targeted instruction using both print and digital texts. This session will focus on best practices for
Readers Theater With Remote Collaborators (Using WeVideo) – Part 2
Take the workflow for creating a Readers Theatre with Remote Collaborators in Part 1 and try it out for yourself in this hands-on experience where
How to get kids reading over the summer without getting burned!
Getting students to read over the summer is always a challenge. But as educators we know how important it is for students to keep reading
The Case of the Missing Selection Policies
Why are selection policies missing in 50% of Vermont school districts? How can that be true when students, educators, and school librarians need legal protections
Series 2
May 10-13, 2021
Series 2 - Monday, May 10, 3:30PM
Advanced Techniques With WeVideo
Get the most out of WeVideo for you and your students. Want to know advanced features available in your account? Join our top trainer, as
6th Grade News!
Troubles with keeping 6th graders on task? Embrace the chaos, empower the students, and get them engaged by having them present your School News via
Stop Motion Animation With Elementary Students
Stop motion animation can be a pathway to storytelling, art and science. In this workshop we will learn several easy animation techniques that can be
Playful Learning Lounge: Create with SVG Graphics
Bring your laptop or Chromebook and we’ll create our own designs to cut out using Cricut/Silhouette cutters or laser cutters from paper, cardboard, vinyl, wood,
Newsela Mash Ups: Infusing Instruction with Tools that You Can Use
Come explore some of Newsela’s “mashups” with other edtech companies such as Nearpod, Peardeck, Better Lesson, Listenwise, Tuva Labs, and more! From this workshop teachers
Mentoring School Librarians Matters
School Librarians do far more than just teach. Existing evaluative structures do not necessarily support this specialized skill set. Come learn about how to find
Broadening Educator Expertise through UVM’s CS Education Certificate Program
This panel will discuss a new Computer Science Education (GSE) graduate certificate program that is currently in development at the University of Vermont. We will
Series 2 - Monday, May 10, 6:30PM
KEYNOTE: Developing Digital Detectives: Essential Lessons for Helping Learners Survive and Thrive During an INFOdemic
In this fun, interactive keynote, we’ll tackle what Jennifer considers the most important work of our time: helping today’s learners develop into Digital Detectives, capable
Networking Social (Follows Keynote)
Come join us for an informal networking social hour and explore a spatial social networking platform, Gather Town! Join our keynote speaker and your peers
Series 2 - Tuesday, May 11, 3:30PM
Authentic Assessment to Support Growth
Teachers learn to support growth over time with authentic assessments on Seesaw. • Templates for culminating choice projects • Supporting self-assessment with rubrics • Using
Ransomware protection for schools
Tuesday, May 11 https://youtu.be/1ytOgRrcvG8 Thursday, May 13 https://youtu.be/fhXgwXkcSVM Ransomware attacks are a growing threat to schools and can lead to significant costs and downtime for
Series 2 - Wednesday, May 12, 3:30PM
Dynamic Landscapes Symposium
Due to the discussion-based breakout structure of this session, no recording was made. A facilitated discussion for educators to reflect and learn from each other.
Series 2 - Thursday, May 13, 3:30PM
Augmenting Elementary Students Worlds with Augmented Reality (AR)
Have you been interested in incorporating Augmented Reality into your elementary classes, but aren’t sure where to start? In this interactive session, we will explore
That’s A Cool Graph
Spreadsheets can make some nice graphs, but taking those graphs and tables and putting them into a presentation, or report, or website is not always
Ransomware protection for schools
Tuesday, May 11 https://youtu.be/1ytOgRrcvG8 Thursday, May 13 https://youtu.be/fhXgwXkcSVM Ransomware attacks are a growing threat to schools and can lead to significant costs and downtime for
This Class is LIT!: Creating an Information Literacy Course
Many secondary librarians are tasked with developing and teaching courses. But how do you decide what to include? Where do you get the materials and
Playful Learning Lounge: Create with Loose Parts
Grab a shoe box and fill it with masking tape, craft supplies. bottle caps, foam, paper, recycling or anything you might find in your junk
School library services in the pandemic and post pandemic era
COVID-19 has been a force that threatened to hinder access to school library learning resources. Interestingly, students, parents and teachers continued to demand access to
Storytime Jam!
A panel of teachers and librarians will read-aloud their favorite elementary storytime books and share storytime strategies and activities. After each story the panelists will
Help me, I’m buffering! Techniques to combat cognitive load
We know that how we present information has a direct correlation to a persons ability to learn, acquire a new skill, or perform a task
Series 3
May 17-20, 2021
Series 3 - Monday, May 17, 3:30PM
A Practical Guide to Leveling Up Your Instructional Strategies with WeVideo
Monday, May 17 Tuesday, May 18 Unlock the power of student-centered learning by adapting and transforming conventional classroom-based practices with WeVideo. Patrick will be showing
Rolling Up Our Sleeves | Creating Containers for Brave Conversations
Librarians are uniquely situated to lead conversations in their learning communities as our spaces are literal and metaphorical hubs, connecting ideas, people, and stories. All
3D Printing & Tinkercad for Beginners
In this virtual presentation, you will be introduced to 3D technology, how it can be incorporated into your STEM program, and how to use Tinkercad
Designing a K-12 Computer Science Program & Reinvigorating CSTA Vermont
Part One: Tim O’Leary & Charlie MacFadyen are leading emerging work through their Rowland Foundation fellowship to build a Computer Science program across the largest
Playful Learning Lounge: Create with Micro-Bits
Bring your laptop or Chromebook and we’ll use a the Microbit virtual environment to introduce you to how you might use Micro:bits to design playful
Prioritize SEL, Accelerate Recovery & Maximize Esser Funding
Participants will learn about why Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is so important, especially this year as we are focused on accelerating recovery during summer school
Audio Archives: Youth Voices and the Pandemic
Join the team at the Vermont Folklife Center (VFC) and two partnering educators to learn about Listening in Place, the VFC’s effort to document the
Red Rover, Red Rover, What’s on (the new) Red Clover?
Committee members will present next year’s (2021-2022) Red Clover picture books. We will share each book, and why it was selected for the list. Participants
Green Mountain Book Award 2021-2022
Join GMBA committee members for book talks of next year’s list and hear about award publicity and voting. Shannon DeSantis Gile: School librarian at Peoples
Series 3 - Monday, May 17, 6:30PM
Networking Social (Follows Keynote)
Come join us for an informal networking social hour and explore a spatial social networking platform, Gather Town! Join our keynote speaker and your peers
Series 3 - Tuesday, May 18, 3:30PM
A Practical Guide to Leveling Up Your Instructional Strategies with WeVideo
Monday, May 17 Tuesday, May 18 Unlock the power of student-centered learning by adapting and transforming conventional classroom-based practices with WeVideo. Patrick will be showing
Series 3 - Wednesday, May 19, 3:30PM
Dynamic Landscapes Symposium
Due to the discussion-based breakout structure of this session, no recording was made. A facilitated discussion for educators to reflect and learn from each other.
Series 3 - Thursday, May 20, 3:30PM
Teach SEL: Gratitude
When students practice expressing gratitude, they have higher levels of optimism and feel better about life and school. In this session, get tips, tools, and
Google Apps Script for teaching coding or getting the job done
Google Apps Script is an easy entryway into coding. You can show your students a few new ways to accomplish things or you can even
Welcoming Library: Bringing Immigration Conversations to the Classroom
The Welcoming Library, adopted by library districts across the Northeast, uses picture books set in our immigrant and 1st-3rd generation communities to discuss who belongs
Playful Learning Lounge: Create with 3-D Printing
Bring your laptop or Chromebook and get started with TinkerCad for designing for 3D printers. Pick up some tips and tricks to help you unleash
Learn about WAVES, a new initiative from the Maine Department of Education
Join us to learn about an innovative program to connect teens to their passions through online social gatherings focused on learning, sharing interests, and working
Newsela: Identifying Bias & Activating Critical Consciousness in Today’s Landscape
Due to technical difficulties, this session was not recorded. Racial Injustice. Protests for Change, Living through a Global Pandemic. Bot Posts. Misleading Videos. Young people
WiFi 5 and WiFi 6 — A “Tech Dive” into the “New Pool”
Many secondary librarians are tasked with developing and teaching courses. But how do you decide what to include? Where do you get the materials and
Online Resources in your Classroom – VTLIB Has You Covered!
Incorporate statewide online resources in yourclassrooms. Learn about the resources from VTLIB that are available to you andyour students. In this session, April and Josh
The Golden Dome Award B List: The Books That Got Away
Overview of the books that didn’t make this year’s Golden Dome Award List – but should have? Members of the Golden Dome Award Reading Committee
Conference Schedule
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Series 1
May 3-6, 2021
Monday, May 3
- • 3:30-4:30 PM Concurrent Sessions
- • 6:30-7:30 PM Keynote: Dr. Ruben Puentedura
- • ~7:30 PM Dynamic Landscapes Networking Social (immediately following the conclusion of the keynote)
- Meet with friends and colleagues while exploring a Spatial Social Networking platform, Gather.town. Door prizes! This will immediately follow the keynote address, and Dr. Puentedura will be in attendance!
Tuesday. May 4
- • 3:30-4:30 PM Concurrent Sessions
Wednesday, May 5
- • 3:30-5:00 PM Dynamic Landscapes Symposium Session 1
- Using Dr. Puentedura’s keynote as a springboard, we will host large and small group discussions to help us reflect and share about what we’ve learned over the last year. What worked, and what did not work? How can we plan for the future?
Thursday, May 6
- • 3:30-4:30PM Concurrent Sessions
Series 2
May 10-13, 2021
Monday, May 10
- • 3:30-4:30 PM Concurrent Sessions
- • 6:30-7:30 PM Keynote: Jennifer LaGarde
- • ~7:30 PM Dynamic Landscapes Networking Social (immediately follows keynote)
- Meet with friends and colleagues while exploring a Spatial Social Networking platform, Gather.town. Door prizes! This will immediately follow the keynote address, and Ms. LaGarde will be in attendance!
Tuesday. May 11
- • 3:30-4:30 PM Concurrent Sessions
Wednesday, May 12
- • 3:30-5:00 PM Dynamic Landscapes Symposium Session 2
- We will continue our conversations from Symposia Session 1, now with additional thoughts and ideas from Jennifer LeGarde’s keynote!
Thursday. May 13
- • 3:30-4:30 PM Concurrent Sessions
Series 3
May 17-20, 2021
Monday, May 17
- • 3:30-4:30 PM Concurrent Sessions
- • 6:30-? PM Dynamic Landscapes Networking Social
- Meet with friends and colleagues while exploring a Spatial Social Networking platform, Gather.town. Door prizes!
Tuesday. May 18
- • 3:30-4:30 PM Concurrent Sessions
Wednesday, May 19
- • 3:30-5:00 PM Dynamic Landscapes Symposium Session 3
- We will continue our conversations from Symposia Session 2
Thursday. May 20
- • 3:30-4:30 PM Concurrent Sessions
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