BETTER+COLLABORATIONS+STRAND

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**1. Carole Renca**
**EMS Picks and Twits : An online forum for student book reviews** //Carole Renca and Rebecca Goldberg will present information about the summer reading blog. Beginning in 2009, the summer blog has been a huge success with hundreds of students and teachers using the forum to write about and respond to postings about their favorite summer books. Through the coordinated efforts of the middle school and the public library, EMS students will “pick and twit” about their summer reading again this summer using a new wiki forum.// **Name:** Carole Renca & Rebecca Goldberg **Position:** Library Media Specialist and Children’s Public Librarian **School:** Edmunds Middle School & The Fletcher Free Library **School Address**: 275 Main Street, Burlington, Vermont **School Phone:** (802) 864 -8487 **District:** Burlington School District **E-Mail:** __crenca@bsdvt.org__ 2009 Summer Reading Blog __[]__ 2010 Summer Reading Blog (Wordpress) __[]__

Linda McSweeney, Librarian Sue Brennan, English Teacher Laura Albert, Learning Services Teacher
==__**The Kindle Craze!**__ Starting with 15 Kindles purchased with a Title IID ARRA literacy grant, the Kindle Craze at Spaulding High School has grown exponentially. Attendees at this session will learn tips and tricks for managing and circulating over 50 Kindles and 200 ebooks. Lesson Plans using Information Literacy skills, presentation materials, checklists, and rubrics you can use in your school will be provided to participants. Kindles will be available for use. Linda McSweeney, Librarian Spaulding High School 155 Ayers St. Barre, VT 05641 voice 802.476.4811 fax 802.479.4535 email lmcswshs@u61.net==

== **With a Title IID Literacy Technology grant, an English Teacher, a Special Educator, and a librarian will describe their experience with using 40 Kindle ebook readers at Spaulding High School to address reading comprehension skills. We’ll have lesson plans, presentations, and a reading comprehension rubric you may use and adapt, as well as tips and work-arounds with Amazon, cataloging ebooks, and more. We’ll also have Kindles with us for participant sandbox time. (BYOK if you have one!)** ==

Name: Laura Albert, Special Educator; Sue Brennan, English Teacher; **Linda McSweeney, Librarian** School: Spaulding High School School Address: 155 Ayers St., Barre, VT 05641 School Phone: 802.476.4811 District: Barre Supervisory Union E-Mail: lmcswshs@u61.net

== **How can we use technology tools to increase and enhance the literacy skills of our students? A librarian and a 7th/8th grade Language Arts/SocialStudies teacher are collaborating to explore methods and tools that will encourage and support the development of standards-based literacy skills and habits in middle school students. Discussion will include what’s worked, what’s in development, and the challenges faced along the way. Methods and tools we will discuss include: individual reading conferences, electronic reading logs, blogs, video, e-reading, wikis, and Glogster.** ==

Co Presenter Name: Lauren Chabot Position: Librarian and Technology Integration Specialist Co Presenter Name: Don Taylor Position: 7th/8th Language Arts/Social Studies School: Main Street Middle School School Address: 170 Main Street Montpelier VT 05602 School Phone: 802-225-8601 District: Montpelier E-Mail: laurenc@mpsvt.org, dont@mpsvt.org -- Lauren Chabot Librarian Main Street Middle School Montpelier, VT 05602 802-225-8651