NCCE is honored to have Jennifer Lagarde “Library Girl” as a featured speaker for our annual conference this year! Over the next few weeks we will be highlighting this year’s featured speakers. This diverse group of educators provide attendees a broad range of experience and expertise in education. Mark your calendar for March 17th through the 20th for a virtual conference experience like no other!
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Jennifer LaGarde is a lifelong teacher and learner with over 20 years in public education. Her educational passions include leveraging technology to help students develop authentic reading lives, meeting the unique needs of students living in poverty and helping learners (of all ages) discern fact from fiction in the information they consume. A huge fan of YA Literature, Jennifer currently lives, works, reads and drinks lots of coffee in Olympia, Washington.
Jennifer is Live from NCCE tonight!
NCCE is excited to bring live events to you from our amazing Professional Learning Specialists. Our goal is to provide quick, easy tips that you can use right now to best implement powerful technology tools in your classroom, whether face-to-face or in support of remote teaching. Those that attend live also have the opportunity to ask questions of our experts, so you can be in the know, no matter the tool! We hope you can join us!
Jennifer’s Sessions at NCCE 2021
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Thursday, March 18th
Creating GREAT Library Websites For TODAY’s Learners!
2:00 pm–2:50 pm pst
School library websites are often a missed opportunity to make a BIG difference for our communities. The BEST sites are robust resources that evolve to meet community needs and help visitors understand what the librarian values while also helping them understand the value of the library itself – plus so much more! In this session we’ll explore ways to virtual library spaces that your community will actually want to visit!
#AMAZEballs Books! Jennifer’s Picks For The Best Books of 2021 (so far!) PLUS Tips for Helping Educators Develop and Sharing Robust Reading Lives
5:00 pm–5:50 pm pst
When adults read, kids win! Plus, making time for books (written for young people) creates another way for you to build relationships, cultivate a sense of community AND demonstrate (through action) that you value reading and literacy. In this session, Jennifer will share some of her favorite (recent) reads for learners of all ages, give away some of her favorite from the list AND share tips for hooking some of the most important readers in your building: the adults!
Friday, March 19th
Helping REAL Readers Create Remote Reading Lives!
9:00 am–9:50 am pst
The pivot to online learning has created opportunities for us to use technology in new and innovative ways. In this session we will discuss why helping learners create/cultivate positive reading identities is more important than ever while also discovering ways to harness today’s tools to do that remotely. With an emphasis on the factors that most positively affect reading volume, this session is about strategies for using technology to grow readers that will work now and when we’re all back together again.
Fact VS Fiction: Strategies for Building Digital Detectives – for Elementary Learners
11:00 pm–11:50 pm pst
Today’s information landscape requires that all learners become digital detectives: experts at examining the scene, collecting evidence and interrogating “suspects” to determine the facts of the case! In this session we’ll unpack strategies specific to k-5 learners, to help them develop the skills necessary for navigating today’s information rich world.
Fact VS Fiction: Strategies for Building Digital Detectives – for Secondary Learners
2:00 pm–2:50 pm pst
Today’s information landscape requires that all learners become digital detectives: experts at examining the scene, collecting evidence and interrogating “suspects” to determine the facts of the case! In this session we’ll unpack strategies specific to 6-12 learners, to help them develop the skills necessary for navigating today’s information rich world.
Saturday, March 20th
#SaidNoGREATLibrarianEver: Reframing The Conversation Around Libraries by Reclaiming Your Why
9:00 am–9:50 am pst
Time and time again, research has shown that school libraries staffed by certified librarians, add academic and personal value to the lives of students and teachers. And yet, each year, librarianship remains a profession in peril, an occupation plagued by a single question: are you still necessary? In this session we’ll take aim at some of the language and practices that perpetuate stereotypes about our profession, while also identifying ways that ALL librarians can harness the power of WHY they chose this profession in the first place to both prove their worth AND make radical, positive changes in their school communities.
All The News That’s Fit To Post? Strategies for Detecting Truth In Non-Traditional News Sources!
11:00 pm–11:50 pm pst
While many adults still view cable news, radio programming, or even the newspaper as their primary sources for news, today’s learners get information from a variety of non-traditional sources! From memes to Tik Tok videos, in this session, we’ll explore ways to apply strategies for determining credibility to the sources our kids really use to get information!
The Kids Are Listening: Books To Help Readers (of All Ages) Cope With Tough Topics In The News!
3:00 pm–3:50 pm pst
From terrorist attacks to sexual assault, the 24 hour news cycle exposes kids (and adults) to tough topics every day. In this session, we’ll talk about ways to use books as an antidote to the trauma filled information overload that has infiltrated our daily lives. And we’ll explore some of the latest titles to help readers feel safe, develop skills for navigating conflict and employ empathy in the face of increasingly divisive narratives in the news.
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