#WEMTA17 is pleased to have Carolyn Foote as a spotlight presenter at this year's event. Carolyn is a Technolibrarian interested in the intersection of technology, students and libraries. Recognized as a White House Champion of Change she focuses of the impact of mobile technologies on libraries and learning spaces. Her blog can be found at www.futura.edublogs.org.
Monday Breakout Sessions
Five Years Out
In this participant driven session, join a collaborative conversation about technology and the classroom and technology and libraries as we look five and ten years out and attempt to forecast future needs.
Strategies for Making Thinking Visible
Explore strategies that help make student's inner dialogues visible to you as a teacher or librarian. Learn about several Visible Thinking strategies as well as activities like write-arounds that help students articulate their thoughts more clearly and that improve their visual literacy.
Designing Learning Spaces for Mobile Learning
How do we design learning spaces in classrooms that reflect our increasingly mobile technology uses? Explore how goal setting, student and teacher input, hands on data gathering and professional development can contribute to a well planned design of any learning space.
Tuesday Breakout Sessions
Designing Learning Spaces for Mobile Learning (repeat session)
Strategies for Making Thinking Visible (repeat session)
Trendsetting for Librarians
What consumer, technology, and education trends can librarians tap into to make libraries more "beta" ready? Find out what's "trending" and how to incorporate it into your library program.
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