DAY ONE of nErDcamp MI 2015
A half-day that will inspire you fully!
The ONE Thing This Summer You Won't Want To Miss!
DAY ONE - On the campus of Western High School in Parma, MI
Monday, Jul 6, 2015, 10:45 AM
The Campus of Western High School, South Dearing Road, Parma, MI, United States
Plan for the Day
10:45 - 11:45 - Check-In and Early Bird Lunch (Food and coffee will be available for purchase)
12:00 - 12:45 - DAY ONE OPENING - nErDTalks - You WON'T want to miss the beginning of this session, so get in there early to get a great seat!!
1:00 - 1:50 - Session One
2:00 - 2:50 - Session Two
3:00 - 3:50 - Session Three
5:00 - NerdRun
DAY ONE OPENING AT NOON: 2015 nErDTalks!
Session One - 1:00 - 1:50
Author Panel
PICTURE BOOK PANEL - REACHING READERS IN CLASSROOMS: AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR PERSPECTIVES
Josh Funk (Moderator)
Jesse Klausmeier
Matt Faulkner
Lauren Castillo
Miriam Busch
Larry Day
Debbi Ohi
(Upper Elementary Writing, Upper Elementary Reading, Lower Elementary Writing, Lower Elementary Reading)
Melissa Guerrette - WHEN “NERDY” DOESN’T FIT: REFRAMING READING IDENTITY
We're nerdy. We devour books, live for new releases, and the scent of fresh pages makes us giddy. Right? But that’s NOT true for many students who find the prospect of identifying themselves as a reader unlikely or dishonest. Negative reading experiences and poor self-perception stand in the way of would-be-readers' paths to finding pleasure in reading. This session highlights the role of community and compassion in reframing readers' identities and nurturing their love of reading, Let's consider how we can be more aware and inclusive of students who don't identify as nerdy...yet.
(Middle School Reading, Upper Elementary Reading)
Holly Mueller and Megan Ginther - EMPATHY LITERACY CONTRACT: WALK A MILE IN SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES
Megan and Holly, intermediate language arts teachers, will share an example of a literacy cycle designed around the theme topic, empathy. We start the school year with this cycle in order to build a positive classroom environment and help students understand the importance of empathy as readers, writers, and citizens. Megan and Holly use Literacy Contracts to structure their curriculum and themed literacy units. Literacy contracts are frameworks that incorporate a theme topic, read aloud, small group books, nonfiction texts, media, and writing/technology projects. Come and learn about fiction and nonfiction titles that encourage and model empathy, ways to help your students become more empathetic, and writing/technology projects that encourage critical thinking.
(Middle School Writing, Middle School Reading, Middle School Technology, Upper Elementary Writing, Upper Elementary Reading, Upper Elementary Technology)
Kevin English, Beth Shaum, and Kirsten LeBlanc - STUDENTS CAN WRITE: CHANGING THE NARRATIVE DEFICIT MODEL
We've heard it in news articles and teachers' lounges across America: "These students just can't write!" The presenters in this panel, who span grade levels and subject-areas, seek to silence this false presumption and prove that student writing is worthy of recognition and celebration.
In this session, teachers across grade levels and subject areas plan to share methods of inviting students to not only embrace their abilities as writers, but also to celebrate successes and risk-taking. Participants will be invited to deconstruct the deficit model perpetuated by the media and to reflect upon their own teaching practices in order to create a system that better supports our students and the work that we do in the classroom.
Additionally, these writing teachers look at the discourse used in and directed at writing instruction: how can we invite students to share openly and publicly, celebrating their successes and offering opportunities to move beyond writing for a grade? How can we reconceptualize what “good writing” looks like, recognizing that it is context-specific and that the conventions of the genre, including audience and purpose, shape our ability to communicate effectively? And perhaps most importantly, how can we change the public discourse about student writing that exists not only on a national level but also in our school communities from a deficit model in which “students can’t write,” to a system that reflects their attempts to make meaning with and in the world around them through written language?
(High School Writing, Middle School Writing, Upper Elementary Writing
AnneMarie Johnson - TIPS AND TOOLS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING THE WRITING WORKSHOP: STRATEGIES FOR WORKING WITH DISENGAGED, RELUCTANT, AND STRUGGLING WRITERS
All writers become distracted, disengaged, or reluctant from time to time—some more than others! This session will focus on ways to revive and re-engage these writers. Participants will walk away with practical tools that can be immediately implemented in their writing workshops.
(Middle School Writing, Upper Elementary Writing, Lower Elementary Writing)
Sarah Andersen - THE YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE ELECTIVE: CHALLENGING THE CANON
Sarah Andersen, a high school English teacher, will share strategies to help incorporate young adult literature into core and elective English courses based on her experiences creating a YA Literature elective and incorporating YA novels in core ELA classes. Session attendees will leave with a list of novels as well as strategies and activities that can be used in any ELA, reading, or elective class.
(High School Reading, Middle School Reading)
Brad Wilson - BEYOND BLOGGING: CHOICE, AUDIENCE AND CRAFT IN DIGITAL WRITING
It’s the age EdTech, and new tools have undoubtedly unveiled tremendous opportunities for our student writers. Too often, however, purposeful publishing and curriculum are not in sync. The disconnect between the writing process and digital spaces impede students from viewing themselves as authors, regardless of the medium. In this interactive session, we’ll work on shifting the narrative around digital writing by breaking down barriers in language and pedagogy while building practices and lessons that will stick!
(High School Writing, High School Technology, Middle School Writing, Middle School Technology, Upper Elementary Writing, Upper Elementary Technology)
Sherry Gick, Lesley Burnap, and Ann DiBella - GENIUSHOUR: MORE THAN JUST AN EDUCATIONAL BUZZ WORD...A TRANSFORMATION FOR CLASSROOMS AND BEYOND!
You've heard the hype about Genius Hour... 20 Time ... but how could all of it really be true? Come learn from 3 different teachers who've implemented variations of genius hour at their schools and in their classrooms. Real life tips and suggestions will have you ready to implement this worthwhile education shift immediately when school begins!
(K-12 Learning)
McKenzie Zimmerman, Abby Farris, and Kami Wenning - MATH WORKSHOP
During this presentation we will examine math workshop by looking closely at each component of the workshop and the classroom elements that are essential in implementing a math workshop. Throughout this presentation, we will explore the connections between the math workshop and reading/writing workshop as well as provide specific examples of each workshop component.
(Elementary Math)
Ruth McNally Barshaw - IMPROVE WRITING SKILLS AND JOY USING ART, PROMPTS, JOURNALING, AND STORYTELLING
Art, journaling, and storytelling techniques improve student writing. Join Ruth McNally Barshaw, author/illustrator of The Ellie McDoodle Diaries, in exploring how to improve spelling with doodles, boost skills with journaling, and create a story from audience ideas.
(High School Writing, Middle School Writing, Upper Elementary Writing, Lower Elementary Writing, Art literacy)
Barry Lane and Colleen Mestdagh - FORCE FIELD FOR GOOD: TEACHING KINDNESS THROUGH SONG AND LITERATURE
Unlike, lock step behaviorist approaches to bullying, Force Field for Good teaches elementary students to understand the source of bullying and develop 'Higher Self Habits," to triumph forever in these tough situations. Through song and literature our goal is to teach students the daily choices we make as human beings and to explore them through thinking, writing and conversation. Come to this session ready to sing, write and explore the joyful link between social emotional learning and academic learning.
(Upper Elementary Writing, Upper Elementary Reading, Upper Elementary Technology, Lower Elementary Writing, Lower Elementary Reading, Elementary counseling)
Mary Lee Hahn - GORGE YOURSELF ON POETRY: BOOKTALKING THE 2015 NCTE NOTABLE POETRY BOOKS
Participants will have the chance to hear about and browse through an amazing selection of poetry and verse novels from 2014. We will collaborate to create a database of curriculum connections for the books.
(Middle School Reading, Upper Elementary Reading, Lower Elementary Writing)
Gretchen Taylor and Carly Ullmer - KEEP ‘EM READING: STRATEGIES TO HELP YOUR INTERMEDIATE AND MIDDLE SCHOOL INDEPENDENT READERS THRIVE...PLUS THE RESEARCH TO BACK IT UP
With the demands of standards-based learning goals driving so much of our planning, how do we keep our individual readers and their goals at the heart of our instruction? We’ll provide you with quick, research-based rationales for making time for independent reading and goal setting in the literacy instruction of young adolescents. The focus of our session will be sharing our experiences with conferring, digital tools, goal setting, and habit research to support our intermediate and middle school readers in their growth.
(Middle School Reading, Upper Elementary Reading)
Jen Vincent - MORE THAN THE FACTS, MA’AM - DESCRIPTIVE WRITING IN NON-FICTION
Don’t be fooled! Non-fiction writing is more than the facts and only the facts. In this session, we’ll experience how to bring non-fiction writing to life for students and ultimately, their readers. Jen will lead you through writing activities that infuse description into non-fiction writing. We’ll look at mentor texts, create shared writing, and show how elements of writing fiction are more important than ever in bringing non-fiction writing to life.
(High School Writing, Middle School Writing, Upper Elementary Writing)
Erica Beaton and Dave Stuart - DISCIPLINARY LITERACIES: BRIDGING THE DEPARTMENT DIVIDE
Come learn how secondary teachers of all content areas are taking up the disciplinary literacy instructional frame to promote the long-term flourishing of students. Cross-content, English and history teachers Erica Beaton (@B10LovesBooks) and Dave Stuart (@DaveStuartJr), author of A Non-Freaked Out Guide to Teaching the Common Core, share their journey of spreading reading and writing outside of ELA and into the social studies.
The purpose of our session is twofold: (1) to demonstrate meaningful instructional strategies for adolescents that integrate the CCSS while at the same time apprenticing students in the disciplinary literacies; and (2), to support other teachers bridge the "department divide" and become literacy ambassadors, liaisons, and leaders.
(High School Writing, High School Reading, Middle School Writing, Middle School Reading, Upper Elementary Writing, Upper Elementary Reading)
Paul W. Hankins - THE READING REMIX: TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY PICTURE BOOKS
Paul W. Hankins shares his reading remix projects which are now passing fifty representations of classic and contemporary picture books. Inviting students to consider how picture books are designed through deeper exploration and remixing can lead to analysis that informs their composition structures. Titles include Where the Wild Things Are, Leo the Late Bloomer, How Fletcher Was Hatched, and contemporary titles like Forest Has a Song and Beekle.
(High School Writing, High School Reading, Middle School Writing, Middle School Reading, Upper Elementary Writing, Upper Elementary Reading)
Franki Sibberson - HOW ARE DIGITAL TOOLS CHANGING OUR READING AND WRITING WORKSHOPS?
Reading and Writing Workshops have always been about choice, voice, time and response. Those things remain critical in our classrooms but digital tools are changing what is possible for our students as readers and writers. This session will explore the ways in which these tools can be authentically embedded into our elementary literacy workshops.
(Upper Elementary Writing, Upper Elementary Reading, Upper Elementary Technology)
Jillian Heise - A YEAR OF #BOOKADAY PICTURE BOOK READ ALOUDS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL: WHY I DID IT, HOW IT WENT, AND WHY I’LL DO IT AGAIN
Read alouds are not just for our youngest elementary students, and neither are picture books. One of the best teaching decisions I ever made was having a #bookaday picture book read aloud goal with my 7th & 8th graders. Hear about my journey from inception of the idea, finding support, and logistics; through implementation with teaching routines, choosing titles, and creating displays; to benefits for the students, teacher, and classroom community; ending with my reflection on the year and why I’ll keep it going in my classroom next year.
(High School Reading, Middle School Reading, Upper Elementary Reading)
SESSION TWO - 2:00 - 2:50
Author Panel
PICTURE BOOK PANEL - REACHING READERS IN CLASSROOMS: AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR PERSPECTIVES
Josh Funk (Moderator)
Jesse Klausmeier
Matt Faulkner
Lauren Castillo
Miriam Busch
Larry Day
Debbi Ohi
(Upper Elementary Writing, Upper Elementary Reading, Lower Elementary Writing, Lower Elementary Reading)
Melissa Guerrette - WHEN “NERDY” DOESN’T FIT: REFRAMING READING IDENTITY
We're nerdy. We devour books, live for new releases, and the scent of fresh pages makes us giddy. Right? But that’s NOT true for many students who find the prospect of identifying themselves as a reader unlikely or dishonest. Negative reading experiences and poor self-perception stand in the way of would-be-readers' paths to finding pleasure in reading. This session highlights the role of community and compassion in reframing readers' identities and nurturing their love of reading, Let's consider how we can be more aware and inclusive of students who don't identify as nerdy...yet.
(Middle School Reading, Upper Elementary Reading)
Holly Mueller and Megan Ginther - EMPATHY LITERACY CONTRACT: WALK A MILE IN SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES
Megan and Holly, intermediate language arts teachers, will share an example of a literacy cycle designed around the theme topic, empathy. We start the school year with this cycle in order to build a positive classroom environment and help students understand the importance of empathy as readers, writers, and citizens. Megan and Holly use Literacy Contracts to structure their curriculum and themed literacy units. Literacy contracts are frameworks that incorporate a theme topic, read aloud, small group books, nonfiction texts, media, and writing/technology projects. Come and learn about fiction and nonfiction titles that encourage and model empathy, ways to help your students become more empathetic, and writing/technology projects that encourage critical thinking.
(Middle School Writing, Middle School Reading, Middle School Technology, Upper Elementary Writing, Upper Elementary Reading, Upper Elementary Technology)
Kevin English, Beth Shaum, and Kirsten LeBlanc - STUDENTS CAN WRITE: CHANGING THE NARRATIVE DEFICIT MODEL
We've heard it in news articles and teachers' lounges across America: "These students just can't write!" The presenters in this panel, who span grade levels and subject-areas, seek to silence this false presumption and prove that student writing is worthy of recognition and celebration.
In this session, teachers across grade levels and subject areas plan to share methods of inviting students to not only embrace their abilities as writers, but also to celebrate successes and risk-taking. Participants will be invited to deconstruct the deficit model perpetuated by the media and to reflect upon their own teaching practices in order to create a system that better supports our students and the work that we do in the classroom.
Additionally, these writing teachers look at the discourse used in and directed at writing instruction: how can we invite students to share openly and publicly, celebrating their successes and offering opportunities to move beyond writing for a grade? How can we reconceptualize what “good writing” looks like, recognizing that it is context-specific and that the conventions of the genre, including audience and purpose, shape our ability to communicate effectively? And perhaps most importantly, how can we change the public discourse about student writing that exists not only on a national level but also in our school communities from a deficit model in which “students can’t write,” to a system that reflects their attempts to make meaning with and in the world around them through written language?
(High School Writing, Middle School Writing, Upper Elementary Writing
AnneMarie Johnson - TIPS AND TOOLS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING THE WRITING WORKSHOP: STRATEGIES FOR WORKING WITH DISENGAGED, RELUCTANT, AND STRUGGLING WRITERS
All writers become distracted, disengaged, or reluctant from time to time—some more than others! This session will focus on ways to revive and re-engage these writers. Participants will walk away with practical tools that can be immediately implemented in their writing workshops.
(Middle School Writing, Upper Elementary Writing, Lower Elementary Writing)
Sarah Andersen - THE YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE ELECTIVE: CHALLENGING THE CANON
Sarah Andersen, a high school English teacher, will share strategies to help incorporate young adult literature into core and elective English courses based on her experiences creating a YA Literature elective and incorporating YA novels in core ELA classes. Session attendees will leave with a list of novels as well as strategies and activities that can be used in any ELA, reading, or elective class.
(High School Reading, Middle School Reading)
Brad Wilson - BEYOND BLOGGING: CHOICE, AUDIENCE AND CRAFT IN DIGITAL WRITING
It’s the age EdTech, and new tools have undoubtedly unveiled tremendous opportunities for our student writers. Too often, however, purposeful publishing and curriculum are not in sync. The disconnect between the writing process and digital spaces impede students from viewing themselves as authors, regardless of the medium. In this interactive session, we’ll work on shifting the narrative around digital writing by breaking down barriers in language and pedagogy while building practices and lessons that will stick!
(High School Writing, High School Technology, Middle School Writing, Middle School Technology, Upper Elementary Writing, Upper Elementary Technology)
Sherry Gick, Lesley Burnap, and Ann DiBella - GENIUSHOUR: MORE THAN JUST AN EDUCATIONAL BUZZ WORD...A TRANSFORMATION FOR CLASSROOMS AND BEYOND!
You've heard the hype about Genius Hour... 20 Time ... but how could all of it really be true? Come learn from 3 different teachers who've implemented variations of genius hour at their schools and in their classrooms. Real life tips and suggestions will have you ready to implement this worthwhile education shift immediately when school begins!
(K-12 Learning)
McKenzie Zimmerman, Abby Farris, and Kami Wenning - MATH WORKSHOP
During this presentation we will examine math workshop by looking closely at each component of the workshop and the classroom elements that are essential in implementing a math workshop. Throughout this presentation, we will explore the connections between the math workshop and reading/writing workshop as well as provide specific examples of each workshop component.
(Elementary Math)
Ruth McNally Barshaw - IMPROVE WRITING SKILLS AND JOY USING ART, PROMPTS, JOURNALING, AND STORYTELLING
Art, journaling, and storytelling techniques improve student writing. Join Ruth McNally Barshaw, author/illustrator of The Ellie McDoodle Diaries, in exploring how to improve spelling with doodles, boost skills with journaling, and create a story from audience ideas.
(High School Writing, Middle School Writing, Upper Elementary Writing, Lower Elementary Writing, Art literacy)
Barry Lane and Colleen Mestdagh - FORCE FIELD FOR GOOD: TEACHING KINDNESS THROUGH SONG AND LITERATURE
Unlike, lock step behaviorist approaches to bullying, Force Field for Good teaches elementary students to understand the source of bullying and develop 'Higher Self Habits," to triumph forever in these tough situations. Through song and literature our goal is to teach students the daily choices we make as human beings and to explore them through thinking, writing and conversation. Come to this session ready to sing, write and explore the joyful link between social emotional learning and academic learning.
(Upper Elementary Writing, Upper Elementary Reading, Upper Elementary Technology, Lower Elementary Writing, Lower Elementary Reading, Elementary counseling)
Mary Lee Hahn - GORGE YOURSELF ON POETRY: BOOKTALKING THE 2015 NCTE NOTABLE POETRY BOOKS
Participants will have the chance to hear about and browse through an amazing selection of poetry and verse novels from 2014. We will collaborate to create a database of curriculum connections for the books.
(Middle School Reading, Upper Elementary Reading, Lower Elementary Writing)
Gretchen Taylor and Carly Ullmer - KEEP ‘EM READING: STRATEGIES TO HELP YOUR INTERMEDIATE AND MIDDLE SCHOOL INDEPENDENT READERS THRIVE...PLUS THE RESEARCH TO BACK IT UP
With the demands of standards-based learning goals driving so much of our planning, how do we keep our individual readers and their goals at the heart of our instruction? We’ll provide you with quick, research-based rationales for making time for independent reading and goal setting in the literacy instruction of young adolescents. The focus of our session will be sharing our experiences with conferring, digital tools, goal setting, and habit research to support our intermediate and middle school readers in their growth.
(Middle School Reading, Upper Elementary Reading)
Jen Vincent: MORE THAN THE FACTS, MA’AM - DESCRIPTIVE WRITING IN NON-FICTION
Don’t be fooled! Non-fiction writing is more than the facts and only the facts. In this session, we’ll experience how to bring non-fiction writing to life for students and ultimately, their readers. Jen will lead you through writing activities that infuse description into non-fiction writing. We’ll look at mentor texts, create shared writing, and show how elements of writing fiction are more important than ever in bringing non-fiction writing to life.
(High School Writing, Middle School Writing, Upper Elementary Writing)
Erica Beaton and Dave Stuart - DISCIPLINARY LITERACIES: BRIDGING THE DEPARTMENT DIVIDE
Come learn how secondary teachers of all content areas are taking up the disciplinary literacy instructional frame to promote the long-term flourishing of students. Cross-content, English and history teachers Erica Beaton (@B10LovesBooks) and Dave Stuart (@DaveStuartJr), author of A Non-Freaked Out Guide to Teaching the Common Core, share their journey of spreading reading and writing outside of ELA and into the social studies.
The purpose of our session is twofold: (1) to demonstrate meaningful instructional strategies for adolescents that integrate the CCSS while at the same time apprenticing students in the disciplinary literacies; and (2), to support other teachers bridge the "department divide" and become literacy ambassadors, liaisons, and leaders.
(High School Writing, High School Reading, Middle School Writing, Middle School Reading, Upper Elementary Writing, Upper Elementary Reading)
Paul W. Hankins - THE READING REMIX: TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY PICTURE BOOKS
Paul W. Hankins shares his reading remix projects which are now passing fifty representations of classic and contemporary picture books. Inviting students to consider how picture books are designed through deeper exploration and remixing can lead to analysis that informs their composition structures. Titles include Where the Wild Things Are, Leo the Late Bloomer, How Fletcher Was Hatched, and contemporary titles like Forest Has a Song and Beekle.
(High School Writing, High School Reading, Middle School Writing, Middle School Reading, Upper Elementary Writing, Upper Elementary Reading)
Franki Sibberson - HOW ARE DIGITAL TOOLS CHANGING OUR READING AND WRITING WORKSHOPS?
Reading and Writing Workshops have always been about choice, voice, time and response. Those things remain critical in our classrooms but digital tools are changing what is possible for our students as readers and writers. This session will explore the ways in which these tools can be authentically embedded into our elementary literacy workshops.
(Upper Elementary Writing, Upper Elementary Reading, Upper Elementary Technology)
Jillian Heise - A YEAR OF #BOOKADAY PICTURE BOOK READ ALOUDS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL: WHY I DID IT, HOW IT WENT, AND WHY I’LL DO IT AGAIN
Read alouds are not just for our youngest elementary students, and neither are picture books. One of the best teaching decisions I ever made was having a #bookaday picture book read aloud goal with my 7th & 8th graders. Hear about my journey from inception of the idea, finding support, and logistics; through implementation with teaching routines, choosing titles, and creating displays; to benefits for the students, teacher, and classroom community; ending with my reflection on the year and why I’ll keep it going in my classroom next year.
(High School Reading, Middle School Reading, Upper Elementary Reading)
Erin Klein - ELEVATING THE CRAFT OF WRITING THROUGH REVISION AND CONFERRING
Learn strategies to launch your writing workshop with organization and creativity. Gain useful management tips and sound pedagogical practices to lift the craft of your young writer's stories. Students will become inspired to write longer, with enthusiasm and confidence. You will be amazed at how your writers will grow throughout the unit. As a teacher, you will enjoy teaching each lesson as you look closely at the mentor texts you've loved for years and see your students apply quality craft to their own writing.
(Lower Elementary Writing)
SESSION THREE - 3:00
AUTHOR PANEL
Secrets Of The Writing Process:Jen Vincent - Moderator
Tricia Springstubb
Cassie Beasley
Lisa Graff
Erin Soderberg (Downing)
Kristen Kittscher
John Schumacher (aka Mr. Schu) - THE BEST BOOKS OF 2015 (SO FAR) AND SOME FOREVER BOOKS
Calling all book lovers! Mr. Schu wants to chat with you about some of his favorite books of 2015. In Watch. Connect. Read. fashion, he will share book trailers, activities, and guides to go along with the books. See you there!
John Schumacher (aka Mr. Schu) is a blogger and teacher-librarian at Brook Forest Elementary School in Oak Brook, Illinois. Library Journal named him "The Xtreme Librarian" for the high level of exertion and gears and stunts he uses to get kids reading, and Instructor Magazine named him a Cool Teacher for redefining what it means to be a teacher-librarian.
John served on the 2014 Newbery committee, which named Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures "the most distinguished contribution to children's literature." He tweets as @MrSchuReads at all hours of the day and blogs daily at MrSchuReads.com.
(Upper Elementary Reading, Lower Elementary Reading)
Pernille Ripp - CREATING A GLOBAL LITERACY CLASSROOM; HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN BRING THE WORLD IN
Have you ever wondered what can happen when you integrate technology into your literacy instruction? Pernille Ripp and her students have been reading, writing, and discussing with the world since 2010, fundamentally changing the way she teaches and how her students read and write. Join us as we share ideas for how technology can take your literacy instruction to a new level, including ways to use Skype, Twitter, Edmodo, blogging, and many other tech tools that will allow for global collaboration, cross curricular projects, and sparking the love of reading and writing in students.
Mass consumer of incredible books, Pernille Ripp, helps students discover their superpower as a former 5th grade teacher, but now 7th grade teacher in Oregon, Wisconsin. She loves children so much she decided to have 4 of her own with her soulmate Brandon, who keeps her laughing. She is also the creator of the Global Read Aloud (www.globalreadaloud.com), a literacy initiative that has connected more than 500,000 students since 2010 through the use of technology.
(Elementary/MS Reading, Writing, and Technology)
Donalyn Miller - CHOICE AND VOICE: FOSTER STUDENTS' READING OWNERSHIP
Return to this spot to get the description!! Donalyn is keeping us all on pins and needles!!
(All Grades - Reading)
Ruth Ayers - CELEBRATION MATTERS (MORE THAN EVER)
More than ever kids are affected by trauma. Traumatic events in the lives of students often make writing daunting. n this session, be ready to shift your paradigms to find celebration in the middle of messy (or nonexistent) writing lives. Consider ways to build writers by celebrating process, choice, and approximations in order to engage and develop strong writing skills in every child.
Ruth Ayres is a full-time writing coach for Wawasee School District in northern Indiana. She blogs at Ruth Ayres Writes and is the coauthor of Celebrating Writers (2012) and Day by Day (2010), available through Stenhouse Publishers.
(Middle School Writing, Upper Elementary Writing, Lower Elementary Writing)
NERDRUN!
Whether you're a veteran or a complete newby to running/walking, you won't want to miss this event! Your $20 entrance fee covers the costs of the race, and any money left over goes straight into nErDCampMI expenses not covered by sponsors and/or books for kids and educators!