Reflection on UELMA Conference

8/12/2019 Reflection on UELMA Conference

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Jennifer Peirce

LM 6890

Reflection on 2014 UELMA Conference

I attended the UELMA Conference at the Oden Eccle! Conference Center on March 1"#

$he the%e of the conference &a! '(ha)e It U*+ ,oc-!in the (hift./ an a**ro*riate the%e d-e to

ho& ed-cation and the lirar! and lirarian! *lace and f-nction &ithin a !chool i! chanin

&ith the Co%%on Core and increa!in role of technolo in ed-cation# I ca%e a&a fro% the

conference &ith %an idea! that I &o-ld li)e to incor*orate into % lirar#

$he conference ean &ith a *anel di!c-!!ion !e3eral !chool lirarian! and !chool.

di!trict. and !tate ad%ini!trator!# $he di!c-!!ion foc-!ed on the chanin role of the !chool

lirarian and ho& to ein to %eet the re!*on!iilitie! or o**ort-nitie! of that role# $&o of the

%o!t i%*ortant the%e! of that di!c-!!ion &ere the i%*ortance of -ildin relation!hi*! and the

-tiliation of the Co%%on Core# 5-ildin relation!hi*! &ith !t-dent!. teacher!. and

ad%ini!trator! i! of -t%o!t i%*ortance if lirarian! &ant to e !een a! 3al-ale re!o-rce! &ithin

o-r -ildin!# $o !-%%arie one of the *aneli!t!. &e can onl increa!e the rior of o-r lirar

*rora%! if &e ha3e the relation!hi*! to ac) that -*# e need to ad3ocate for &hat &e do

creatin con3er!ation!. -ildin relation!hi*!. and %a)in !-re *eo*le )no& &hat &e do and can

do# $he roll7o-t of the Co%%on Core *re!ent! -! &ith o**ort-nitie! to interate the !chool

lirar *rora% f-rther into the c-rric-l-%. and &e !ho-ld ta)e ad3antae of tho!e o**ort-nitie!#

$o do thi!. &e need to ha3e a 3i!ion for ho& &e are oin to -tilie the Co%%on Core and al!o

e a *art of creatin a 3i!ion for the !chool#

$he fir!t rea)o-t !e!!ion I attended &a! on iital (tortellin *re!ented Jared

Co3illi fro% UE# :e di!c-!!ed &hat diital !tortellin i! and the different t*e! of diital

!torie!; *er!onal narrati3e!. e


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in!tr-ctional !torie!# :e al!o di!c-!!ed ho& the can e -!ed effecti3el teacher! to enae

!t-dent!. to interate %-lti7%edia into the c-rric-l-%. to %a)e diffic-lt content %ore

-nder!tandale. and to facilitate cla!!roo% di!c-!!ion# iital !torie! can al!o e an effecti3e

learnin tool for !t-dent! eca-!e !t-dent! -tilie a &ide 3ariet of !)ill! &hen creatin the%

incl-din re!earch. oraniation. and *role%7!ol3in !)ill! and the hel* to de3elo* !t-dent

literac in a rane of area!# :e de!cried the !te*! a! o-tlined 5erna=ean Porter. one of the

fore%o!t a-thoritie! on -!in diital !tortellin in the cla!!roo%. and the i%*ortance of the fir!t

!te*! of the *ro=ect that occ-r in the *re7*rod-ction *ha!e# :e then di!c-!!ed !o%e tool! that &e

can -!e to create diital !torie!# I *lan on -!in &hat I learned fro% thi! !e!!ion to create !o%e

diital oo) tal)!# I can al!o thin) of !e3eral *ro=ect! I ha3e hel*ed teacher! and !t-dent! &ith

that co-ld e ada*ted to eco%e a diital !tortellin *ro=ect#

-rin the !econd rea)o-t. I attended Cind Mitchell! 5oo) ,ren in &hich !he

!hared and oo)7tal)ed her to* fift oo)! of the ear# >I &i!h I co-ld read a! %-ch a! !he did

and re%e%er the% all &ell eno-h to )ee* the% fro% eco%in one i =-%le of oo)! in %

%e%or#? (he a3e a lot of ood !-e!tion! for oo)! to add to % lirar! collection# It &a!

al!o reat to !ee ho& !he did noo) tal)!# $he &erent lon. -t the &ere *er!onal and a3e

eno-h of the !tor to eco%e intere!ted &itho-t i3in too %-ch a&a#

Ja!on Chin. the )enote !*ea)er and a-thor and ill-!trator of !e3eral narrati3e non7fiction

children! oo)! foc-!ed on !cience. !*o)e d-rin l-nch# :e di!c-!!ed ho& he eca%e intere!ted

in creatin narrati3e non7fiction and ho& he ca%e ao-t &ritin each of hi! oo)!# :e di!c-!!ed

!o%e of the @-alitie! that he elie3e! %a)e! ood narrati3e non7fiction# $he %-!t et the

reader! attention thro-h a ood hoo) or relatale !tor# Reader! !ho-ld e ale to %a)e

a!!ociation! &ith the !tor and content# Moreo3er. the a-thor !ho-ld %a)e *er!onal a!!ociation!


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in the !tor in order to %a)e it %ore *er!onal and %eaninf-l# $he !torie! al!o incl-de a lot of

i%aination and e%otion# It i! i%*ortant to ta* into the reader! !en!e of &onder and *re!ent

ood !cience#

$he third rea)o-t !e!!ion I attended &a! (i< (hift! in the Co%%on Core *re!ented

Marianne 5ate! and Joanne Chri!ten!en# $hro-h the Co%%on Core &e ha3e a chance to

collaorate &ith teacher! in e3er content area and to teach 21!t cent-r !)ill! and re!earch !)ill!

to oth teacher and !t-dent!# $he di!c-!!ed &a! to hel* increa!e co%*le


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ha3e een %ade fro% oo)! in order to create intere!t in the lirar# An i%*ortant !-e!tion !he

had &a! to *lan o-t o-r lirar *ro%otion! for the ear at the einnin of the ear !o o- ha3e

an idea of &hat o- are oin to do thro-ho-t the ear#

I left the UELMA &ith %an &onderf-l idea!. li!t! of oo)!. and a rene&ed !en!e of

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