Fall Convergence 2018 has ended

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Fall Convergence 2018

8:00am EST

Opening KeynoteLIMITED Room 2Marlo Gaddis

9:30am EST

Crowdsourcing: (How do I) Involve MTAC in Writing a Collection Management and Technology Plan?LIMITED Room 3Angie Morris • Lori Munroe Businesses Want to Partner with YOU!LIMITED Room 5Teresa Pierrie Cultivating Critical Thinking in High School LearnersLIMITED Room 4Jenni Dry • Emily Yates Digital Portfolio Initiative Update: What has been going on and how your MTAC can help...LIMITED Room 1DTatiana Hardiman • Juliette Kuhn • Chris Wasko Discovery Education is LIT...eracy!LIMITED Room 1CWanda Hanley • Amanda Lockhart • Heather Pennica Hyperdocs: Providing Students with Choice and VoiceLIMITED Room 1AKurt Hurelbrink Supporting Students with Autism in the LibraryLIMITED Room 1BAshley Clark Professional Learning: Differentiated and Improved with TechnologyLIMITED Room 6Sara Brierton Free Video SolutionsLIMITED Room 7Chris Zirkle Displays R UsFILLING Room 8ADonna Hitchings • Laura Nowak • Kristen Ziller

10:45am EST

Grants QuestLIMITED Room 3Cindy DeFoor • Angie Wright Invite Community into Your Learning SpacesFILLING Room 5Melanie Farrell • Barb Vinal Come On...Let’s Code!FILLING Room 8AAlisa McCollum Flipping the Script: Making Library Media Studies Work for You with PBL and CanvasLIMITED Room 4Kristel Behrend • Jennifer Koch STEAM Integration with Makey MakeyLIMITED Room 1ATiffany Trent Using Memes to Address Digital Literacy StandardsLIMITED Room 6Dave Hinrichs • Jaymee Hinrichs All Are Welcome: A Review of Multicultural and Social Justice Children's LiteratureLIMITED Room 1BJosh Jenkins Choose Your Adventure: Navigating Copyright and Fair Use in SchoolsFULL Room 1CKendra Allen • Susan Bock Beginning OneNote: An IntroductionLIMITED Room 7Tammy Ramsey The Second Time Around * National Board Renewal Work SessionLIMITED Room 1DEvelyn Bussell • Suzanne Dixon • Allison McAuley

11:45am EST

1:15pm EST

Deep Dive into Data Analysis ToolsLIMITED Room 5Laura Fogle • Kerri Brown Parker Hygge: Using 10 Danish Principles to Build a Community and Make Your Media Center the Happiest Place in SchoolFILLING Room 6Stephanie Fiedler Actively LearnLIMITED Room 1DChris Zirkle AR and VR Sandbox- Using Augmented & Virtual Reality to Enrich LearningFULL Room 8AAlisa McCollum Return to EL: What the EL Part IILIMITED Room 3Angel Murdock Who Am I? Diversity and Cultural Awareness for Building Strong RelationshipsLIMITED Room 1BDeanna Harris Standards, Competencies, Action!LIMITED Room 4Kyle Hamstra Advanced OneNote: Taking the Application FurtherLIMITED Room 7Tammy Ramsey YAY! We've Got Chromebooks - Now What?LIMITED Room 1CMaryLu Ringwood Digital Tools to Help You Work Smarter not HarderLIMITED Room 1AMelanie Farrell • Chris Tuttell

2:15pm EST

BreakLIMITED Room 2

2:45pm EST

Creating Data Visualizations for your School/CenterLIMITED Room 5Laura Fogle • Kerri Brown Parker Family and Community Engagement through LiteracyFILLING Room 6Susan Bock Coding with Scratch & Scratch jrFILLING Room 8ADianna Stavros Creating Fabulous Flexible FormsLIMITED Room 3Bethany Smith Growing Students (And Staff!) with Digital FeedbackLIMITED Room 1DDavid Balmer Research Pong... It's a thing.LIMITED Room 4Kristel Behrend • Jennifer Koch Digital Tools to Level the Playing FieldLIMITED Room 1BJennifer Bell • Sadie Hoover Getting Creative with Microsoft SwayLIMITED Room 7Tammy Ramsey Tech Contact Best PracticesLIMITED Room 1CMartin Harris • Dan Savarese • Kathy White What? No Website?LIMITED Room 1ATanya Churchill • MaryClay Vick

8:00am EST

Guests of WCPSSLIMITED Room 2 Tech Contact Focus GroupLIMITED Room 8Kevin Harvey WakeForward - Budget & ResourcesLIMITED Room 1CDeb Bonner • Jenny Clay • Katie Heywood WakeForward - Family & Community PartnershipsLIMITED Room 1DDonna Jessup • MaryClay Vick WakeForward - Curriculum & InstructionLIMITED Room 1ALaura Barnes • Chris Wasko WakeForward - Data & PrivacyLIMITED Room 1BMelanie Farrell • Allison Reid WakeForward - Equity & Cultural CompentencyLIMITED Room 3Kendra Allen • Jennifer Bell • Chris Tuttell WakeForward - Professional LearningLIMITED Room 4Amanda Clayton • Tatiana Hardiman WakeForward - Technology & InfrastructureLIMITED Room 6Juliette Kuhn • Chris Shearer WakeForward - Use of Space & TimeLIMITED Room 5Elizabeth Adams • Tanya Churchill • Erika Woodard WakeForward - UndecidedLIMITED Room 7Susan Bock

9:00am EST

BreakLIMITED Room 2

9:30am EST

Family Engagement: Understanding the Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School PartnershipsLIMITED Room 6Kelly Harvell Not Your Typical Book Club: How Project Lit ignited partnershipsLIMITED Room 5Carmen Brennan • Carissa Metoyer Creating Curriculum Collections using Destiny DiscoverLIMITED Room 4Heather Pennica Creating VR Tours Using Google Tour CreatorLIMITED Room 8Kevin Coulter Flipgrid 101LIMITED Room 3Tanya Churchill • MaryClay Vick Freaky FrogsLIMITED Room 7Lori Cavaco • Glenn Pascarella Google Classroom and BeyondLIMITED Room 1ABarb Vinal If #KindersCAN create digital portfolios, all students CAN!LIMITED Room 1DKelsey Clarke • Nathalie Ludwig • Chris Tuttell Global Goldmine: Taking Your Classroom Around the WorldLIMITED Room 1BKatie Heywood New Canvas FeaturesLIMITED Room 1CPatrick Tart

10:45am EST

MTAC Digital Portfolio WorkshopFULL Room 1DKendra Allen • Susan Bock • Melanie Farrell • Chris Wasko Building Community and Family Partnerships to Impact Your Library ProgramLIMITED Room 5Deanna Harris • Angie Morris #WonderWhy We're Here?LIMITED Room 1AMary Alice Ramsey • Kelly Siegert Bust the Lesson Blahs with Digital Breakouts!FILLING Room 3Karen D'Elia • Amanda Ireland-Desmond • MaryLu Ringwood • Sarah Skinner Follow the Yellow Brick RoadLIMITED Room 7Kristi Allen • Nancy Piper • TaVshea Smith Google Tour CreatorLIMITED Room 8Tom Mullaney Re-Discover Destiny: for a re-energized virtual library presence.LIMITED Room 4John Smith Tower Garden Inquiry Exploration with HyperDocsLIMITED Room 6Stacy Darwin Open Circulation = Equity of AccessLIMITED Room 1BErica Flory • Pamela Purifoy • Lindsay Santiago • Heather Thompson Managing iPads: What you need to know (and Q&A)LIMITED Room 1CDavid DuRoss

11:45am EST

1:15pm EST

Permission to Speak: Community Engagement through PodcastingLIMITED Room 5Janet Pride • Chris Tuttell Making Friends with the Elephant in the Room: Conversations about School Library AdvocacyLIMITED Room 1DSusan Bock Fostering IndependenceLIMITED Room 1AMary Alice Ramsey Google Earth and My Maps - Geography for Every ClassroomLIMITED Room 8Tom Mullaney What's in your Chromebook?LIMITED Room 3Christine Hamm • Kim Lafave • Tiffany Maddox STEM in Discovery EducationLIMITED Room 7Wanda Hanley • Amanda Lockhart • Heather Pennica Delving into Destiny DiscoverLIMITED Room 4Sharon Hart Panel: Serving LGBTQ Students in Our Library Media ProgramsLIMITED Room 1BKendra Allen Google Updates; Nothing stays the same!FILLING Room 6Tanya Churchill • Barb Vinal Tech Contact Best PracticesLIMITED Room 1CMartin Harris • Dan Savarese • Kathy White

2:30pm EST

Closing KeynoteLIMITED Room 2Cathy Moore