2010 AAIM on Target
Arkansas Association of Instructional Media
39th Annual Conference
April 18-20, 2010
Hot Springs Convention Center
AAIM on Target 2010 – Hot Springs Convention Center
AAIM Officers and Board
President
Vice-President
Past President
Secretary
Treasurer
Journal Editor
Historian
Commercial Rep
Elected Board
Appointed Board
Table of Contents
Diane Hughes
Jana Dixon
Lori Bush
Beth Stone
Devona Pendergrass
Sherry Asbell
Joyce McCain
Mike Grisham
Debra Warren
Barbie James
Connie Zimmer
Sara Dickey
Dwain Gordon
Karen Richardson
Karen Sue Flud
Rachel Shankles
AAIM Committee Chairs
AEA Committee
Annual Conference
Audit Committee
Awards
Constitution
Election
AID Disaster Relief
Leadership Development
Legislative Committee
Long Range Planning
Membership
Newsletter
Nominating
Parliamentarian
Professional Materials
Publications
Publicity
Scholarship
Student Awards Program
Student Media Festival
Web Services
Carol Thompson
Jana Dixon
Mary Woodruff
Dwain Gordon
Lori Bush
Ann Ayres
Brenda Wayne
Brenda Sharpmack
Vicki Brown
Devona Pendergrass
Jil’Lana Heard
Karen Richardson
Lori Bush
Kay Bland
Cathy Toney
Barbie James
Karen Sue Flud
Karen Wells
Judy Pearson
Beth Stone
Kriste Rees
Cheryl Davis
Lori Bush
Dr. David Spillers
Rachel Shankles
Program Cover Credits
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From the Conference Chair/President-Elect: Jana Dixon
Conference Committee Chairs
Sherry Asbell – Exhibits Chair
Cathy Toney – Door Prizes
Jillana Heard - Authors
Dwain Gordon – Awards
Jeanna Cook – Signs
Sue Ellen Bristow – On-Site Registration
Glenda Jenkins – Photography
Heather Hughes – Local Events
Wendy Burfeind – Local Events
Karen Sue Flud – Facilitators Co-Chair
Margie Rutledge – Facilitators Co-Chair
Paula Brookman - Decorations
Vicki Brown – Goody Bags
Karen Wells – Tickets
Barbie James – Registration
Karen Richardson – Registration
Sara Dickey – Retirees/Program
Diane Hughes – Program
Rachel Shankles – Program
Conference Committee Members
Judy South
Connie Zimmer
Mrs. Padgett Isaacks
Carol Falwell
Keri Simpson
Anita Teel
Judy Stewart
Celeste Ashcraft
Charlotte Wilson
Kelle Meeker
Lavanda Gillum
Patti Fletcher
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From the President: Diane Hughes
AAIM on Target 2010 – Hot Springs Convention Center
General Conference Information
Name Badges
Your AAIM Conference name badge is your personal identification and official pass to all AAIM sessions and
exhibits. Please wear it at all times. No one will be admitted to the conference sessions without this
identification. Tickets are required for the Monday awards luncheon.
Staff Development Documentation
The Arkansas Department of Education Annual Assurance Confirmation Approval Code for this year’s AAIM
conference is:
This code appears on the certificate that you receive for attending sessions and is your documentation. Page #
of this program has been created for your convenience to list the sessions you attend. The specific focus areas
of the sessions you attend are documented in the program. You must sign in at each session in order to
receive professional development credit. The sign-in sheets are kept on file by the AAIM organization as
conference documentation. A 50-minute session can count as one professional development hour.
Professional development cannot be provided for time spent with exhibitors, authors in the exhibit hall, or at
the Awards Luncheon.
Session Evaluations
Session evaluations will be distributed and collected by the facilitator in each session. We have an excellent
slate of session presenters this year, but they always want to have feedback on their presentation and its
effectiveness for you. Please take time to complete these evaluations and leave them with the session
facilitator.
Conference Evaluations
PLEASE take time to complete the online conference evaluation when you get home. This information is
invaluable in planning the 2011 conference. Your input is greatly appreciated. The link will be on the AAIM
website.
Membership Dues
Your AAIM membership is automatically renewed with your conference registration. Your annual membership
runs from conference to conference each year. Please remind your fellow AAIM members who were not able
to attend conference to renew their membership by completing the form and returning it. Encourage other
colleagues who are not AAIM members to join. Consider giving the gift of an AAIM membership to a friend.
This is a wonderful way to acknowledge the completion of a degree or welcome a new colleague into the
profession or to your district. All forms are available online at http://aaim.k12.ar.us. Membership benefits
include receiving two journals a year, newsletters, the membership directory, and participation on the
invaluable AAIM listserv.
Clothing
Wear comfortable shoes. The Hot Springs Convention Center is attached to the Embassy Suites, but it can be a
long walk from one end to the other. Also, please wear layers. Room temperature cannot be controlled.
Cell phones:
Please keep your cell phones off or on vibrate during all sessions and in the exhibits, so as not to distract
fellow attendees.
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Conference at a Glance
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Saturday, April 17
8:30 – 11:30
1:30 – 3:00
4:00
The Personal Productivity Wiki with Tony Vincent
AAIM Student Media Festival
AAIM Board Meeting
Lakeside HS Technology Center
Lakeside HS Auditorium
Lakeside HS Media Center
Sunday, April 18th (All conference sessions are in the Hot Springs Convention Center)
10:30
12:00 – 12:50
1:00 – 1:50
2:00 – 2:50
3:00 – 4:00
4:30 – 6:00
Registration Opens
8 Concurrent Sessions
8 Concurrent Sessions
8 Concurrent Sessions
1st General Session with Tony Vincent: “Cloudy with a Strong Chance of Learning”
Grand Opening of the Exhibits & Presidential Reception honoring our AAIM President,
Diane Hughes…………………………………………………………Exhibit Hall A
Author signing by Dr. Steven Layne………………………..Exhibit Hall A
Dinner on Your Own…Networking Opportunity
(Sign up for reservations at local restaurants at the registration booth.)
Monday, April 19th
7:45
8:00 – 8:50
9:00 – 10:00
10:10 – 11:00
11:15 – 1:15
1:30 – 2:20
2:30 – 3:20
3:30 – 4:30
4:45 – 5:30
Registration Opens
8 Concurrent Sessions
2nd General Session with Dr. Steven Layne:
“Igniting a Passion for Reading: Confessions of a Reading Arsonist”
Author signing immediately following presentation in Exhibit Hall A
8 Concurrent Sessions
3rd General Session Awards Luncheon
Greetings from AECT President
Introduction of Dr. Nancy Willard, Executive Director of the Center for Safe and
Responsible Internet Use
8 Concurrent Sessions
8 Concurrent Sessions
4th General Session with Dr. Nancy Willard “Cyber Savvy Schools: Facilitating Change”
Snacks with the Vendors - Closing of the Exhibits and Door Prizes
Tuesday, April 20th
7:45
8:30 – 9:20
9:30 – 10:20
10:30- 11:20
11:30 – 1:00
Registration Opens
8 Concurrent Sessions
8 Concurrent Sessions
8 Concurrent Sessions
5th General Session – Closing by Keynote speaker Dr. Nancy Willard “Cyber Savvy
Schools: Embracing the Future”
Annual Business Meeting
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Keynote Speakers
Tony Vincent started teaching fifth grade in Omaha, Nebraska twelve years
ago when it wasn’t so easy to publish online. Knowing that students were
motivated to see their work on the Web, Tony first had students write their
book reviews on Amazon.com. Later his students spent each school year
adding to their classroom site, Planet 5th. They published writing, photos,
journals, art, videos, and more. Planet 5th became so popular that it received
thousands of hits from around the world. In 2004 Tony became Willowdale
Elementary’s technology specialist. He worked with students in grades
kindergarten through five and their teachers to integrate technology. He
developed Radio WillowWeb in 2005, making it the first podcast from an American elementary school. Tony
left regular teaching at Willowdale to become an independent consultant in 2006. While he misses his former
school, he’s had an amazing few years. He has worked with teachers and students from around the world.
Tony co-wrote Handhelds for Teachers & Administrators, a book about handheld computers, iPods, and
podcasting. He presents at educational conferences and travels to schools to deliver workshops to teachers
and students, focusing on free and inexpensive learning and communication tools. His websites
include Learning in Hand, Our City Podcast, and the Arizona K12 Center Technology Blog. See everything
Tony's up to online at tonyvincent.net.
Dr. Steven Layne serves as full time Associate Professor of Education and
Literature at Judson College in Elgin, IL. His vast array of experience working at
multiple grade levels in the public schools allows him a unique camaraderie
with teachers and librarians and his award-winning books for children and
young adults add another appealing element to his dynamic presentations. He
is a frequent keynote speaker at large conferences and gatherings of literacy
educators and librarians throughout the world. Steve continues to do a few
school appearances each year as a guest author and provides inservice for
schools throughout the nation. Steve has been honored with numerous awards
for his work as an educator and researcher. In 2001, he received one of the Milken Foundation's National
Awards for Teaching Excellence in the amount of $25,000.00. He was also named to the 2001 All-Teacher
Team by USA TODAY newspaper and was chosen as the Edwin A. Hoey Award Winner for U. S. Outstanding
Teacher at the junior high level by NCTE in 2001. Steve was the 2000 ICARE for Reading Award winner and the
1999 Reading Teacher of the Year in Illinois. In addition, his doctoral dissertation research garnered the
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Keynote Speakers
Outstanding Researcher Award from Northern Illinois University's College of Education Alumni Council as well
as the Winn Research Award given by the State of Illinois Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development in 1997. Steve's interest in state and community literacy organizations has led to active
leadership positions on the boards of the Northern Illinois Reading Council and Literacy Volunteers of
America's Fox Valley Affiliate. He has also served as a reader for the Rebecca Caudill Young Reader Award
Committee and been active in the DuPage Literacy Roundtable. Steve has been a member of several
committees for the Illinois Reading Council throughout his involvement with the organization and currently
serves as its past president.
Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D. is the director of the Center for Safe and Responsible
Internet Use. She has degrees in special education and law. She taught “at risk”
children, practiced computer law, and was an educational technology consultant
before focusing her professional attention on issues of youth risk online and
effective management of student Internet use. She has focused on issues of
youth risk online and effective Internet use management since 1995. Nancy is
author of two books. Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the
Challenge of Online Social Cruelty, Threats, and Distress (Research Press) and
Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens, Helping Young People Use the Internet Safety
and Responsibly (Jossey Bass). Nancy's focus is on using research-based insight to
address these issues. Nancy’s book, Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats, provides
educators and other professionals with insight into the concerns of cyberbullying, plus guidance on how
schools can implement a comprehensive plan to address cyberbullying through policies, Internet and cell
phone use management, education of students and parents and a process to investigate cyberbullying
incidents and effectively respond. Nancy’s book for parents and other adults, Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy
Teens provides a comprehensive overview of all Internet safety and responsible use concerns, plus insight into
influences on online behavior and extensive background information on
effective parenting of today’s totally wired children and teens. In recent years,
Nancy has presented for statewide conferences for a range of professional
audiences, including safe schools, bullying prevention, educational technology,
and mental health. These presentations have been in the states of Washington,
California, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Indiana, Illinois, Oklahoma, New Jersey, and
Pennsylvania. She has also recently presented at the National Safe Schools
Conference, the National Technology in Education Conference, the American
Association of School Counselors, and the National Association of School
Psychologists (Spring 2010).
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Concurrent Sessions 1
12:00 – 12:50
►1
New Members Session
12:00 – 12:50 Room 201
Presenters – Jil’Lana Heard, Lake Hamilton Junior High & Lori Bush, Lake Hamilton High School
Audience – ALL New Members
Facilitator This session will introduce you to AAIM’s purposes and goals along with its current officers. Tips will be given
on how to make the most of your AAIM membership and conference experience. Door prizes will be given!
ADE Focus Areas: ADVL
►2
Copyright and Intellectual Property: On TARGET with the Future of Education*
12:00 – 12:50 Room 202
Presenter – Jud Copeland, Associate Professor, University of Central Arkansas
Audience – ALL
Facilitator The recent legislative changes in the U.S. copyright law and intellectual property policies have highlighted the
need for both teachers and students to broaden their knowledge of how information is produced and
consumed inside the school environment. In particular, copyright sits squarely in the center of the learning
experience: from teaching and the course materials purchased, licensed, or borrowed; to the ownership and
authorship of faculty research, etc. Who has the responsibility of teaching this broader understanding of
copyright issues? What do instructors need to know about copyright and intellectual property for their own
teaching, scholarship and publications? What do they need to know to direct the work product of their
students? What do students need to know to become responsible researchers, creators, and authors? This
presentation is a direct response to these issues.
ADE Focus Areas: ADVL, EDTY, INST
►3
Cool Tools in Web 2.0
12:00 – 12:50 Room 203
Presenter – Michelle Moore, Technology Specialist, Park IB School/HSSD
Audience: Elementary/Middle
Facilitator Looking for ways to enhance students’ literacy learning experiences with technology? This session will show
how Park International Baccalaureate School uses Web2.0 applications to enhance language arts learning and
capture students' interest. Come explore these “cool tools” and learn how you can lead students to think
about reading and writing in new and engaging ways.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, EDTY, INST, BCLC
►4
CSI in the Stacks
12:00 – 12:50 Room 204
Presenters– Jacqueline Vergason, Media Specialist – Benton Middle School and Christie Schade, Media
Specialist – Benton Junior High
Audience – Middle/Secondary
Facilitator Use a tried and true approach to teaching research with a twist of adventure. This session will take you from
using basic print reference guides (dictionary, encyclopedias, etc.) to on-line sources such as Nettrekker.
Students will learn they can’t believe everything they read as they become a Crime Scene Investigator.
ADE Focus Areas: INST, SFCA, EDTY
►5
Targeting Our Readers: Identifying the Lifetime, Schooltime, & Reluctant Reader Populations
12:00 – 12:50 Room 205
Presenter –Dr. Wendy Rickman, Assistant Professor, University of Central Arkansas
Audience: All Facilitator –
In this session, the traits of readers and non-readers who make up our student populations will be discussed
along with suggested activities to target those populations.
ADE Focus Areas: INST, PLDS, BCLC
►6
Radio for Kids, by Kids
12:00 – 12:50 Room 208-209
Presenter – Tony Vincent, Educational Consultant, Learning in Hand Blog
Audience – ALL
Facilitator The real power of podcasting comes from the creation of the audio programs that are posted online for a
global audience. Learn about the making of two amazing podcasts: Radio WillowWeb and Our City. Gain
valuable instructional strategies, recording tips, and useful techniques for creating podcasts with students.
ADE Focus Areas: INST, EDTY
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Concurrent Sessions 2
1:00 – 1:50
►7
Targeting “Kindles” and other electronic readers for your library and personal use!*
1:00 – 1:50 Room 102
Presenter – Jeanna Cook, Library Media Specialist, Lamar High School, Lamar
Audience – ALL
Facilitator Discussion about the Amazon “Kindle” and other electronic readers will be held. We will target ways they can
be used in your library and for personal use. There will be discussion on ways your school can find funding for
Kindles in your library. There will also be Kindles to view during the session.
ADE Focus Areas: INST, EDTY
►8
Finding the Lost Year: What Happened When Little Rock Closed its Public Schools
1:00 – 1:50 Room 103
Presenter – Dr. Sondra Gordy, Professor of History, University of Central Arkansas
Audience – Middle, Secondary
Facilitator Description to be printed in the program: Dr Sondra Gordy, Professor of History at the University of Central
Arkansas, discusses her book on the year after the Central High desegregation crisis of 1957. Her research was
guided by over seventy interviews with former students and teachers, both black and white, who were lockedout of public high schools in Little Rock in 1958-59. She and a lost-year class member, Sandra Hubbard,
produced a 60 minute documentary and have a website on this research. http://www.thelostyear.com
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST
►9
Copyright and Intellectual Property: On TARGET with the Future of Education*
1:00 – 1:50 Room 202
Presenter – Jud Copeland, Associate Professor, University of Central Arkansas
Audience – ALL
Facilitator The recent legislative changes in the U.S. copyright law and intellectual property policies have highlighted the
need for both teachers and students to broaden their knowledge of how information is produced and
consumed inside the school environment. In particular, copyright sits squarely in the center of the learning
experience: from teaching and the course materials purchased, licensed, or borrowed; to the ownership and
authorship of faculty research, etc. Who has the responsibility of teaching this broader understanding of
copyright issues? What do instructors need to know about copyright and intellectual property for their own
teaching, scholarship and publications? What do they need to know to direct the work product of their
students? What do students need to know to become responsible researchers, creators, and authors? This
presentation is a direct response to these issues.
ADE Focus Areas: ADVL, EDTY, INST
►10 Targeting Collaboration: The Long Arm of the Media Center
1:00 – 1:50 Room 203
Presenter – Mrs. Ferris Jackson, Bob Courtway Middle School, Conway, AR
Audience: Middle, Secondary
Facilitator The presenter will outline ways that the media center can forget creative partnerships within the school’s
community through various activities. Representatives from different disciplines within the school will discuss
developing a strong relationship through collaboration. ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, ADVL, SFCA, PLDS,
PAR, BCLC
►11 Librarian Tested, Kid Approved
1:00 – 1:50 Room 204
Presenter – Jennifer Dowdle, Elkins Primary/Middle Library Media Specialist
Audience: Elementary
Facilitator Do you work with the “little” ones and are always on the look-out for great entertaining picture books? Or you
need ideas on how to incorporate those fun-to-read books we all love into our standards? Since picture books
are often an overlooked aspect of instructional media in K-2 education. I will focus on identifying entertaining
picture books and incorporating them into lesson plans and Library Media Standards. ADE Focus Areas: CK12, INST, SFCA
►12 Characteristics of Highly Successful School Library Media Specialists
1:00 – 1:50 Room 205
Presenters – Dr. Stephanie Huffman, Associate Professor and Dr. Wendy Rickman, Assistant Professor,
University of Central Arkansas
Audience: All Facilitator –
The session will focus of the traits that exemplify successful school library media specialists. Do you have
those traits? Are good school library media specialists born or are they created through training and
environmental factors? All of the various facets that exemplify excellence will be explored. ADE Focus Areas:
ADVL, MNCO
►13 Do So Much with iPod touch
1:00 – 1:50 Room 208-09
Presenter – Tony Vincent, Educational Consultant, Learning in Hand Blog
Audience – ALL
Facilitator iPod touches and iPhones are finding their ways into students' and teachers' hands. There are good reasons
these devices are popular: tens of thousands of useful software applications in the App Store. Get great ideas
as Tony Vincent shares terrific apps for learning and teaching. Learn about apps that help educators and
students stay organized, be creative, and study. Learn about all of this along with tips and tricks for using iPod
touch in schools.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, EDTY, INST
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Concurrent Sessions 3
2:00 – 2:50
►14 Using Arkansas Ideas to Meet Your Professional Development Needs
2:00 –2:50
Room 102
Presenter – Maranda Rios-Blanchard, Portal Trainer and Kim Hall, Elementary Curriculum Trainer, AETN
Audience – ALL
Facilitator This session will teach you how to log in/sign up, how to become proficient as a system user and use the IDEAS
portal as a tool that could be utilized at faculty meetings and during PLC meetings for Professional
Development.
ADE Focus Areas: SFCA, EDTY, PAR, BCLC
►15 Experience the Power of Titlewave.com
2:00 –2:50
Room 202
Presenter – Valerie Brasseale, Follett Library Resources Account Manager
Audience – ALL
Facilitator Learn how easy it is to use www.titlewave.com for collection development, collection analysis, and curriculum
support. We’ll introduce all the new features and review many others to remind you why TITLEWAVE is the
website you can’t live without.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, SFCA
►16 SPEDding to the Target
2:00 –2:50
Room 203
Presenter – Mrs. Ferris Jackson, Bob Courtway Middle School, Conway, AR
Audience: Middle, Secondary
Facilitator –
The presenter will demonstrate how media specialists can assist (self-contained) SPED teachers in utilizing the
library to enrich their students’ educational experiences. The presenter will share ideas on using story quilts,
animated short stories, writing strategies, and understanding math using reference materials.
ADE Focus Areas: INST, ADVL, SFCA, PLDS
►17 “Target” Your SLEs and “hit” a “Bulls-eye” with your lesson plans!
2:00 –2:50
Room 204
Presenters – Cathy Toney, Library Media Specialist, Conway School District & Judy South, Library Media
Specialist, Conway School District
Audience: Elementary
Facilitator –
Can’t seem to choose the right “arrow” to hit the “target” on your lesson plans? Come and hear two Conway
media specialists explain how Conway School District organized the Arkansas Library Media Frameworks/SLEs
into a pacing guide. They will share how they created their lesson plans to “target” each SLE with the pacing
guide. Examples of weekly plans, books, and activities will be shared.
ADE Focus Areas: INST, SFCA
►18 Characteristics of Highly Successful School Library Media Specialists*
2:00 –2:50
Room 205
Presenters – Dr. Stephanie Huffman, Associate Professor and Dr. Wendy Rickman, Assistant Professor,
University of Central Arkansas
Audience: All Facilitator –
The session will focus of the traits that exemplify successful school library media specialists. Do you have
those traits? Are good school library media specialists born or are they created through training and
environmental factors? All of the various facets that exemplify excellence will be explored. ADE Focus Areas:
ADVL, MNCO
►19 Using Children's/Young Adult Books to Excite Young Writers
2:00 –2:50
Room 207
Presenter – Dr. Steven Layne, Associate Professor of Education and Literature, Judson College in Elgin, IL
Audience: All Facilitator We’re always in need of a good response to kids who say, "I can't think of anything to write about." After this
energizing presentation, you'll have several great answers! Join award-winning author Steven Layne as he uses
a wide-range of children’s picture books and middle grade novels to introduce five key arenas from which
authors draw story ideas. Come and discover how easily this information translates into practice. ADE Focus
Areas: ADVL, MNCO
►20 10 Things You Should to Know about Twitter
2:00 –2:50
Room 208-09
Presenter – Tony Vincent, Educational Consultant, Learning in Hand Blog
Audience – ALL
Facilitator Believe it or not, Twitter can be a valuable learning tool for educators. However, lots of people admit to "not
getting" Twitter. As a result, according to Nielsen 60% of U.S. Twitter users don't return to Twitter after a
month. Twitter's value to busy teachers isn't apparent and many ask why they would bother with Twitter. To
help you understand and use Twitter effectively, learn about the 10 things you should know to get you started
using Twitter.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, EDTY, INST
Sunday, April 18, 2010
General Session 1
3:00 – 4:00
►21 General Session 1: Cloudy with a Strong Chance of Learning
3:00 – 4:00 Room 207-09
Presenter – Tony Vincent, Educational Consultant, Learning in Hand Blog
Audience – ALL
Facilitator Nowadays much of what we do can be created and stored on the web. Techies call this cloud computing, and
it requires only a web browser and internet. Cloud computing offers an affordable way to engage students in
learning. Find out about some new and favorite web-based tools that you'll be excited to use in the classroom.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, EDTY, INST
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Presidential Reception
Hall A 4:30 – 6:00
Dinner on Your Own - Networking Opportunity
Don’t miss out!
Sign up at the Registration Table
before 4:15 for reservations
Monday, April 19, 2010
Concurrent Sessions 4
8:00 -8:50
►22 Student Access to Libraries: Cooperation between School and Public Libraries
8:00 – 8:50 Room 102
Presenter – Connie Zimmer, Associate Professor/Coordinator of LMS Program at Arkansas Tech University
Audience: All Facilitator –
What happens at the end of the day when school is over and students either return to their homes or go to a
temporary place to stay until they can go home? Some venture to their local public libraries. Sometimes they
find a welcoming atmosphere and other times, they find signs saying they must be accompanied by an adult.
Across the country, school and public libraries have worked together to provide services to these youth. This
session is the result of research looking for cooperative programs that work related to cooperation between
school and public libraries.
ADE Focus Areas: ADVL, MNCO, PAR, BCLC
►23 Flip Secrets
8:00 – 8:50 Room 103
Presenter – Rachel Shankles, Library Media Specialist, Lakeside High School, Hot Springs
Audience – ALL
Facilitator Flip cameras are the rage, but there are some caveats that make them much more versatile and user-friendly.
Find out the expert tricks.
ADE Focus Areas: INST, EDTY, BCLC
►24 Reaching Reluctant Readers with the Arkansas Oil Days Collection
8:00 – 8:50 Room 201
Presenter – Brenda Hutcheson Fickey, Children’s Author & Speaker
Audience: Elementary/Middle
Facilitator The Arkansas Oil Days Collection is designed to reach reluctant readers with successful, innovative strategies
on a variety of instructional and cognitive levels. These historical fiction/mystery/suspense novels are useful
across the curriculum with colorful characters readers identify with immediately; fast-paced, action-packed
storytelling with unpredictable twists that rival other entertainment mediums; pertinent conflicts that address
current situations; and familiar settings for increased interest. With teaching moments throughout the reading
experience, students enjoy learning as they “secretly” develop reading skills that work regardless of the
subject matter.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, BCLC
►25 Improve Student Learning with High-Tech Equipment and Results
8:00 – 8:50 Room 202
Presenter – Sharon Lollies, Regional Sales Director for Educational Technology Solutions
Audience: All Facilitator –
Want to improve student learning with technology and equipment? Come to this session to hear the research
that supports the use of this equipment and learn how to plan for its implementation. Factors for selecting
the “right” equipment for your school will be shared and questions will be answered. ADE Focus Areas: EDTY
►26 Character is Essential to Leadership
8:00 – 8:50 Room 203
Presenters – Dr. Kerry L. Roberts, Assistant Professor, Perkins College of Education, Stephen F. Austin State
University & Dr. Sid Womack, Professor, College of Education, Arkansas Tech Univ., & Dr. Shellie Hanna,
Assistant Professor at Arkansas Tech University
Audience: All
The common-sense definition of character is that of “who we really are, when no one else is around.” By
contrast, reputation is “who people think we are.” This presentation examines the literature about character.
How leadership is formed by the character of the individual who is the leader? This presentation is timely
because of the need for accountability and the number of educators having character issues, the data comes
from students in administration programs.
ADE Focus Areas: ADVL, SUP
►27 Books + Technology = 21st Century Learners
8:00 – 8:50 Room 204
Presenter – Anita Teel, Library Media Specialist; Kelle Meeker, High School English Teacher; and Anna Williams,
High School English Teacher
Audience: All
Facilitator
Our students are ever changing, and if we want to have successful 21 st Century Learners we must adapt. As
educators we must bring our students’ world into the classroom. How do we do this? Let’s examine the use of
urban fiction combined with wordles and animotos. Let’s look into using Gaggle and LibraryThing. Not only will
this combination grab students’ attention, but it will involve parents. This will also enable you as a teacher to
move toward a paperless classroom.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, EDTY, PAR
►28 A Mixed Bag of Technology Tricks
8:00 – 8:50 Room 205
Presenter – Sara Dickey, Library Media Specialist; Kelle Meeker, High School English Teacher; and Anna
Williams, High School English Teacher
Audience: All
Facilitator
Learn FREE new technology tools, web sites and classroom motivators to shake things up in your classroom.
You and your students will love these new ideas! We will share ways to use advanced Google searches,
WolframAlpha, Zamzar, Spelling City, Etherpad, Wordle, Glogster, netTrekker, IDEAS, Thinkfinity,
4teachers.org, Pics4Learning, NetSmartz.org and more.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, ASM, SFCA, COGR,
EDTY, PAR
Monday, April 19, 2010
General Session 2
9:00 –10:00
►29 General Session 2: Igniting a Passion for Reading: Confessions of a Reading Arsonist
9:00 – 9:50 Room 207-09
Presenter – Dr. Steven Layne, Associate Professor of Education and Literature, Judson College in Elgin, IL
Audience: All
Facilitator With his trademark combination of humor and heart, Steven Layne tackles one of the most significant issues in
reading instruction today: How to engage reluctant readers. Teaching the skill of reading is viewed by many
educators as a major objective; teaching the will of reading is too often an afterthought. Dr. Layne’s
charismatic blend of anecdotes and practical suggestions are sure to fan the flame of literacy into a raging
inferno—inspiring librarians as well as their students to keep the bedside lamp on just a little bit later into the
night.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, COGR
Monday, April 19, 2010
Concurrent Sessions 5
10:10 –11:00
►30 Beyond The Book: Building, Implementing, and Managing a Strong E-Book Collection for the 21st
Century Teacher and Student.
10:10 – 11:00 Room 207-09
Presenter – David Burrow, Regional Manager
Audience: All
Facilitator Building an e-book collection is coming to all media centers. We will demonstrate how to implement and
manage e-books in your collection as well as your library automation system that will make checking out a
book to a teacher or a student effortless while still increasing the circulation of your library. Never tell a
student “that book is checked out”. The use of e-books will prove beneficial to teachers and students as they
all will have Simultaneous use of the same book if needed . Buckle your seat belts and get ready to
understand how you can easily implement this technology to your media center. ADE Focus Areas: INST,
SFCA, EDTY, BCLC
►31 Forming District Librarian Share Groups in Your Area
10:10 – 11:00 Room 103
Presenter – Rachel Shankles, LMS, Lakeside High School & Allison Floyd, LMS, Waldron Elementary
Audience: All
Facilitator –
The WeDewey group in Garland County was formed in 2009 by Rachel and a few key LMSs in her area and has
grown and been very successful and worthwhile for all the school librarians in that area as well as the children
and youth librarians from the public library. Another group formed by Alison Floyd, Waldron Elementary LMS,
Has been successful also and meets once a month in the Russellville area this year.
ADE Focus Areas:
INST, ADVL, SFCA, MNCO, EDTY, BCLC
►32 Using Arkansas Ideas to Meet Your Professional Development Needs (Repeated Session)
2:00 –2:50
Room 102
Presenter – Maranda Rios-Blanchard, Portal Trainer and Kim Hall, Elementary Curriculum Trainer, AETN
Audience – ALL
Facilitator This session will teach you how to log in/sign up, how to become proficient as a system user and use the IDEAS
portal as a tool that could be utilized at faculty meetings and during PLC meetings for Professional
Development.
ADE Focus Areas: SFCA, EDTY, PAR, BCLC
►33
10:10 –11:00 Room 104
Presenter – Dr. Michael Spector, AECT President
►34 The Principal’s Role in Leading Media Endeavors
10:10 – 11:00 Room 201
Presenter – Dr. Janet Tareilo, Assistant Professor, Perkins College of Education, Stephen F. Austin State
University & Dr. Sandra Stewart, Assistant Professor, Perkins College of Education, Stephen F. Austin State
University
Audience: Elementary Facilitator Many times the busy and hurried world of the campus principal causes some aspects of school leadership to
be placed on a back burner. One of those areas is the library and media services offered on the campus. Two
former elementary principals will offer suggestions for principals as well as media specialists on ways to foster
a shared leadership that benefits a school and all of its students. Points of discussion will include ways to
foster reading initiatives in the classroom, develop a media plan for the school, and ways in which a principal
can support the school librarian in enhancing technological services to students. ADE Focus Areas: ADVL, SUP
►35 Alphabet Soup
10:10 – 11:00 Room 202
Presenter – Susan Gilley, Technology Coordinator, Bergman School District
Audience: All
Facilitator
This presentation is a potpourri of ideas and strategies that I have found to be helpful in any educational
setting. I will be demonstrating a variety of things from software to hardware to internet web sites to gizmos
and gadgets I have found along my educational travels. Participants will leave the presentation with ideas for
implementation in their classroom and/or media center. Some specific examples include: delicious, photo
story, slide story, school pads, wacom tablets, shape & photo collages, graphic organizers, twitter, wordle,
cameras, etc. It will be a jam-packed, fast-paced, one-stop, get-it-all session. Updated from last year as well.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, EDTY
►36 Let the EBSCO Databases Enhance the Learning Experience
10:10 – 11:00 Room 203
Presenter – Travis Dintelman, Field Sales Representative, EBSCO Publishing
Audience: All Facilitator –
Put your library resources in the spotlight! Your school has acess to a wealth of information and resources
available at your fingertips on the world wide web from anywhere in the world. Allow us the opportunity to
polish your EBSCO Database knowledge so you can show your Superintendents, Principals, Teachers, Faculty
and Students how to make their lives easier when it comes to searching for valid, trustworthy and citable
information. From research projects and continuing education to general reference, you will find something
for everyone within EBSCO Databases. ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, ADVL, SFCA, EDTY, COGR, PAR, BCLC
►37 Target on Butler Center Books
10:10 – 11:00 Room 204
Presenters – Kay Bland, Education Coordinator, Butler Center, Central Arkansas Library System & Steve Teske,
Encyclopedia of Arkansas, Butler Center
Audience: All Facilitator –
Butler Center Books publishes books for use in Arkansas schools. Free online lesson plans are designed to
accompany these books. The session will feature one of the newest publications, Homefront Arkansas:
Arkansans Face Wartime. The co-author of the book, Steve Teske, will describe how an author “checking
facts” will research many resources, including museums. His work as a fact-checker for the Encyclopedia of
Arkansas will provide attendees information to share with others about how a resource such as an online
encyclopedia can maintain “authority”. Kay Bland will share the lesson plan developed for this book. Other
recent publications to be featured in the session include a book written by high school students entitled
Beyond Central, Toward Acceptance and a fictionalized account of a murder mystery during the territorial time
period of Arkansas entitled Surprised by Death. All books will be available for purchase at the session. ADE
Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, SFCA
►38 Solutions for the Reluctant Reader
10:10 – 11:00 Room 205
Presenter – Celia Anderson, Author
Audience: All Facilitator –
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, SFCA
►39 Internet Safety Education – CIPA (Repeated session)
10:10 – 11:00 Room 207
Presenter – Nancy Willard, Director of the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
Audience: All Facilitator Nancy will provide an overview of Internet safety issues that need to be addressed and key points in providing
effective instruction. This breakout session will discuss vital issues in Internet safety, one of the components
of our Library Media Frameworks and something we should all be concerned about teaching our students.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, SFCA, EDTY
Monday, April 19, 2010
Awards Luncheon
11:15 –1:15
Monday, April 19, 2010
Concurrent Sessions 6
1:30 – 2:20
►40 Beyond the Stream
1:30 – 2:20 Room 102
Presenter - Karen Wells, Library Media Specialist, Midland High School
Audience – ALL
Facilitator Did you know that Discovery Education launched a major content and features upgrade to its digital platform
this year? Now, finding and playing video segments is just one component of DE Streaming. Valuable
resources include a built-in interactive atlas, hundreds of writing prompts, thousands of quiz questions, and a
whole lot more. During this session you’ll learn tricks on managing DE Streaming’s new student center as well
as how to integrate the new DE Streaming tools into your 21st century curriculum.
ADE Focus Areas: INST, ADVL, EDTY, BCLC
►41 Internet Safety Videos
1:30 – 2:20 Room 103
Presenter – Brenda Sharpmack, Technology Coordinator
Audience: All
Facilitator
Teachers and students are shown videos to teach responsibility when using school’s computer and when
accessing school’s Internet appropriately. Short video clips include Cyberbullying, Internet Safety tips,
Plagiarism, Text Messaging, and Vandalism. Watson Chapel School teachers are encouraged to view and
discuss these videos prior to students using school computers. Participants can also share what they do in
their school districts.
ADE Focus Areas: EDTY
►42 Introduction of the Arkansas Oil Days Collection to School Libraries and Classrooms
1:30 – 2:20 Room 201
Presenter – Brenda Hutcheson Fickey, Children’s Author & Speaker
Audience: Elementary/Middle
Facilitator The Arkansas Oil Days Collection is designed to reach reluctant readers with successful, innovative strategies
on a variety of instructional and cognitive levels. These historical fiction/mystery/suspense novels are useful
across the curriculum with colorful characters readers identify with immediately; fast-paced, action-packed
storytelling with unpredictable twists that rival other entertainment mediums; pertinent conflicts that address
current situations; and familiar settings for increased interest. With teaching moments throughout the reading
experience, students enjoy learning as they “secretly” develop reading skills that work regardless of the
subject matter.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, BCLC
►43 Twitter: It’s Not Just What You Had for Breakfast!
1:30 – 2:20 Room 202
Presenter – Susan Gilley, Technology Coordinator, Bergman School District
Audience: All
Facilitator
It’s way more than what you had for breakfast. Twitter is a fantastic social networking and resource tool that
can transform your digital landscape. Join me as I share with you how twitter can impact you and help you
interact with your digital native students. As digital immigrants you will appreciate everything that twitter has
to offer.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, BCLC, EDTY
►44 Letters about Literature Program: Reader Response & Reflective Writing Workshop
(Part 1 of 2)
1:30 – 2:20 Room 203
Presenter – Catherine Gourley, Director, National Letters about Literature Program
Audience – Middle, Secondary
Facilitator Letters about Literature is a reading promotion program of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.
This interactive workshop is intended for teachers and librarians who work with students in grades 4 through
12. Specifically, the workshop will explore the following questions: What is reader response? What is
reflective writing? Do teachers influence how a reader responds to a text? Does meaning reside solely within
the text? What specific authors and themes, if any, are more likely to produce meaningful reader responses?
How can teachers uses LAL’s teaching materials to help children make the leap from decoding information to
becoming fluent readers?
ADE Focus Areas: INST, PLDS, COGR, BCLC
►45 Integrate Technology with Britannica Online School Edition!
1:30
– 2:20 Room 204
Presenter – Jim Roberts, Executive Account Representative
Audience – ALL
Facilitator Britannica Digital Learning serves teachers, educators, librarians, and all ages of students better than ever
before. Elementary, middle, and high schools are especially invited to see new Read Aloud and Web 2.0
features, provided to all Arkansas schools free of charge, thanks to Arkansas Traveler! Attend this session and
learn how much there is to discover with Britannica!
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, SFCA, EDTY
►46 Children Have Changed: Many Books Missed the Memo
1:30 – 2:20 Room 205
Presenter – Celia Anderson, Author
Audience: All Facilitator –
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, SFCA
►47 Internet Safety Education – CIPA*
1:30 – 2:20 Room 207
Presenter – Nancy Willard, Director of the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
Audience: All Facilitator Nancy will provide an overview of Internet safety issues that need to be addressed and key points in providing
effective instruction. This breakout session will discuss vital issues in Internet safety, one of the components
of our Library Media Frameworks and something we should all be concerned about teaching our students.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, SFCA, EDTY
►48 Successful Strategies for Building Lifetime Readers: Great Ideas You Can Put in Place Tomorrow!
1:30 – 2:20 Room 208-09
Presenter – Dr. Steven Layne, Associate Professor of Education and Literature, Judson College in Elgin, IL
Audience: All Facilitator Energetic author and educator Steven L. Layne promises a session to delight, empower, and motivate every
school librarian/media specialist. How do librarians and their staff ignite a passion for reading in kids who live
in a world that offers them a hundred choices and ways to spend their time? This fast-paced session, based
on Steven’s popular book Igniting a Passion for Reading offers practical ideas that will keep kids reading and
loving books.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, COGR
Monday, April 19, 2010
Concurrent Sessions 7
2:30 – 3:20
►49 Thinkfinity
2:30 – 3:20 Room 102
Presenters – Sara Dickey, Library Media Specialist, Paragould High School
Audience: All Facilitator
Description to be printed in the program: Thinkfinity.org provides free K-12 lesson plans, student materials,
interactive tools, reference materials, and other resources for educators and parents . The content partners
who produced the discipline-specific, standards-based resources are: American Association for the
Advancement of Science, Council for Economic Education, International Reading Association, National Center
for Family Literacy, National Council of Teachers of English, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics,
National Endowment for the Humanities, National Geographic Society, ProLiteracy, Smithsonian National
Museum of American History, and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Come learn all about
it!
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, ASM, SFCA, EDTY, COGR, PAR
►50 Using a Theme Approach: Teaching Research Skills
2:30 – 3:20 Room 103
Presenter – Katherine L. Powell, Educational Project Manager
Audience: All
Facilitator
The students will travel the roads of a selected county of Arkansas through the study of primary and
secondary resources. They will use a theme of an Arkansas Heritage Event to identify and locate information
to generate data furthering their use of research skills. Likewise, the students will use the following headings
and research skills—people, places, things and events to classify and organize information into a portfolio for
presentational projects.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, SFCA
►51 AAIM for the Bull’s Eye in Elementary Library Media Centers
2:30 – 3:20 Room 104
Presenter – Celeste Ashcraft, Library Media Specialist, Louise Duraham Elementary ( K-2)
Audience: Elementary Facilitator –
Round-table session designed for elementary library media specialists to share ideas for programming,
decorating, funding, and also for lesson plan ideas. Please bring several of your best ideas for each of these
areas so we can share with each other. This session will only be as productive as we make it!
ADE Focus Areas: INST, SFCA, PAR
►52 Robo-Writer
2:30 – 3:20 Room 105
Presenter – Carla Killough McClafferty, Author
Audience: All Facilitator –
Examples of how author Carla Killough McClafferty uses technology for research then incorporates that
information into the text of her award-winning non-fiction books. ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, SFCA, MNCO,
EDTY, COGR, BCLC
►53
10:10 –11:00 Room 104
Presenters – Jil’Lana Heard, Library Media Specialist &
►54 Hitting the Mark with Accelerated Reader K-12
2:30 – 3:20 Room 202
Presenter – Whitney Ivy, LMS, Blevins, AR
Audience: All
Facilitator -Pat Anderson, Huntsville High School
Accelerated Reader can be a success in K-12. Come see and hear a success story with examples, tips, and
ideas for you to take and apply at any level.
ADE Focus Areas: INST, ASM, EDTY, BCLC
►55 Letters about Literature Program: Reader Response & Reflective Writing Workshop
(Part 2 of 2)
2:30 –3:20
Room 203
Presenter – Catherine Gourley, Director, National Letters about Literature Program
Audience – Middle, Secondary
Facilitator Letters about Literature is a reading promotion program of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.
This interactive workshop is intended for teachers and librarians who work with students in grades 4 through
12. Specifically, the workshop will explore the following questions: What is reader response? What is
reflective writing? Do teachers influence how a reader responds to a text? Does meaning reside solely within
the text? What specific authors and themes, if any, are more likely to produce meaningful reader responses?
How can teachers use LAL’s teaching materials to help children make the leap from decoding information to
becoming fluent readers?
ADE Focus Areas: INST, PLDS, COGR, BCLC
►56 Continuing with Traveler
2:30 –3:20
Room 204
Presenter – Sally Hawkes, Manager of Network Services
Audience – All
Facilitator Overview of the Traveler Project, reviewing what’s new, marketing, and what needs to be done at your school
to participate.
ADE Focus Areas: EDTY
►57 New Release Books Your Students Will Love to Read
2:30 –3:20
Room 205
Presenter –Leslie Bermel, Junior Library Guild, Plain City, Ohio
Audience – Elementary/Middle
Facilitator Out of thousands of children’s books published every year, which do you choose for your collection? This
book talk will highlight some of this year’s newest releases.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST
►58 Internet Safety Messages for Parents
2:30 –3:20
Room 207
Presenter – Nancy Willard, Director of the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
Audience: All Facilitator Key issues for parents of children, tweens, and teens - and guidance on reaching those parents for school
library media specialists and teachers.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, EDTY, PAR
Monday, April 19, 2010
General Session 4
3:30 – 4:30
►59 4th General Session: Cyber Savvy Schools - Facilitating Change
3:30 – 4:30 Room 207-09
Presenter – Nancy Willard, Director of the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
Audience: All
How we can facilitate change in technology adoption and a three point plan to create Cyber Savvy Schools establishing 21st century learning environments, ensuring universal competencies in digital media safety,
citizenship, and literacy, and providing targeted risk prevention and intervention to address youth risk online.
We will not accomplish change if educational technology enthusiasts continue to believe that if they just push
hard enough eventually other educators will think and act like they do. ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, SFCA,
BCLD, EDTY
Refreshments with the Vendors
Door Prizes & Closing of Exhibits
4:45 – 5:30
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Concurrent Sessions 8
8:30 – 9:20
►60 Exploring the World Book Web
8:30 – 9:20 Room 102
Presenter –Floyd Hicks, Regional Vice-President with World Book, Inc.
Audience – All
Facilitator An overview of all of the databases on the World Book Web including World Book Kids, World Book Student,
World Book Advanced, World Book Discover, World Book Digital Libraries, World Book Dramatic LearningReader’s Theater database for improving reading fluency, two Spanish Web sites, one Lower level French
database.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, ASM, SFCA, BCLD, EDTY, PAR
►61 Let the EBSCO Databases Enhance the Learning Experience
8:30 – 9:20 Room 103
Presenter – Travis Dintelman, Field Sales Representative, EBSCO Publishing
Audience: All Facilitator –
Put your library resources in the spotlight! Your school has acess to a wealth of information and resources
available at your fingertips on the world wide web from anywhere in the world. Allow us the opportunity to
polish your EBSCO Database knowledge so you can show your Superintendents, Principals, Teachers, Faculty
and Students how to make their lives easier when it comes to searching for valid, trustworthy and citable
information. From research projects and continuing education to general reference, you will find something
for everyone within EBSCO Databases. ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, ADVL, SFCA, EDTY, COGR, PAR, BCLC
►62 Experience the Power of Titlewave.com
8:30 – 9:20 Room 201
Presenter – Valerie Brasseale, Follett Library Resources Account Manager
Audience – ALL
Facilitator Learn how easy it is to use www.titlewave.com for collection development, collection analysis, and curriculum
support. We’ll introduce all the new features and review many others to remind you why TITLEWAVE is the
website you can’t live without.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, SFCA
►63 READING…It’s Not Just for Kids
8:30 – 9:20 Room 202
Presenter – Paul Sivils, Librarian, Arkadelphia High School
Audience: All Facilitator A one-hour session on how to improve your reading life. As educators, we preach the importance of reading to
our students. But sometimes we are a bit slack in our personal reading habits. This workshop is designed to
rekindle the love of reading and offers six tips that will help broaden and deepen the reading experience.
ADE Focus Areas: INST
►64 Gold Standards: Using Benchmark Released Items with Library Media Frameworks
8:30 – 9:20 Room 203
Presenter - Melisa Rutherford, Library Media Specialist, Blytheville Intermediate School
Audience – ALL
Facilitator Presenting a process through my personal story of working with school consultants, literacy coach and literacy
instructors how a resource was developed in which the grade specific library frameworks and the benchmark
released items. Through this process lessons including bell ringers, assessments and further resources have
been developed and implemented in both library classes and classroom instruction.
ADE Focus Areas: SFCA
►65 Targeting “Kindles” and Other Electronic Readers for Your Library and Personal Use!*
8:30 – 9:20 Room 204
Presenter – Jeanna Cook, Library Media Specialist, Lamar High School, Lamar
Audience – ALL
Facilitator Discussion about the Amazon “Kindle” and other electronic readers will be held. We will target ways they can
be used in your library and for personal use. There will be discussion on ways your school can find funding for
Kindles in your library. There will also be Kindles to view during the session.
ADE Focus Areas: INST, EDTY
►66 New Release Books Your Students Will Love to Read
8:30 – 9:20 Room 205
Presenter –Leslie Bermel, Junior Library Guild, Plain City, Ohio
Audience – Middle/Young Adult
Facilitator Out of thousands of children’s books published every year, which do you choose for your collection? This
book talk will highlight some of this year’s newest releases.
DE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST
Autograph Session with Nancy
Willard, Room 208-09
9:30 – 10:20
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Concurrent Sessions 9
9:30 – 10:20
►67 Exploring the World Book Web
9:30 – 10:20 Room 102
Presenter –Floyd Hicks, Regional Vice-President with World Book, Inc.
Audience – All
Facilitator An overview of all of the databases on the World Book Web including World Book Kids, World Book Student,
World Book Advanced, World Book Discover, World Book Digital Libraries, World Book Dramatic LearningReader’s Theater database for improving reading fluency, two Spanish Web sites, one Lower level French
database.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, ASM, SFCA, BCLC, EDTY, PAR
►68 Beyond Slideshows with Windows MovieMaker
9:30 – 10:20 Room 103
Presenter – Erin Shaw, Greenbrier Middle School Library Media Specialist & Tracy McAllister, Wooster
Elementary LMS
Audience: All Facilitator This session will show participants how to move beyond just creating photo slideshows with MovieMaker.
Student created projects for social studies and other classes will be demonstrated as well as professional uses
for the program.
ADE Focus Areas: INST, EDTY
►69 Collaboration: What Makes it Work?
9:30 – 10:20 Room 201
Presenter – Ann Miles, Sales Executive
Audience: All Facilitator Building successful collaboration between library media specialists and classroom teachers means having the
right resources in place and making sure teachers and instructional specialists know how to use them. In this
presentation Follett Software will present some field-tested pointers for integrating the library into the
classroom using Destiny Library Manager. ADE Focus Areas: INST, BCLC
►70 On Target with - netTREKKER
9:30 – 10:20 Room 202
Presenter – Melissa Williams, Library Media Specialist, Paragould
Audience – All
Facilitator Session will include a survey of the major features of the netTREKKER internet search tool. This versatile tool
is available free for use by all schools and school patrons in Arkansas thanks to the ADE. ADE Focus Areas: CK12, INST, SFCA, EDTY
►71 Free software that is downloadable to your computer
9:30 – 10:20 Room 203
Presenter – Gordon R. Sutherlin, Professor of Education, Harding University
Audience: All Facilitator There is a growing pool of downloadable software and online software that will make teachers more
productive, accomplishing administrative tasks, preparing instructional materials, and even presenting
instruction. A few software packages that are downloadable will be presented. A list of several packages with
descriptions will be given out.
ADE Focus Areas: INST, EDTY
►72 Spring 2010 ADE Update
9:30 – 10:20 Room 204
Presenter – Shirley Fetherolf, Program Advisor Library Media Services, ADE
Audience: All Facilitator What’s new for school librarians from the Arkansas Department of Education. ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, SFCA,
EDTY, BCLC
►73 Online Resources for Teaching AR History in the Elementary Classroom.
9:30 – 10:20 Room 205
Presenter – Lori Diffey, Media Specialist, Carver Magnet Elementary & Karen Sebourn, Media Specialist,
Baseline Elementary
Audience – Elementary
Facilitator Using 21st century tools to teach AR History. Participants will receive a list of websites, lesson plans and
activities to use with students.
ADE Focus Areas: INST, EDTY
►74 Facilitating Change: Getting to Work*
9:30 – 10:20 Room 208-209
Presenter – Nancy Willard, Director of the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
Audience: All Facilitator Join Nancy for this highly interactive session to collaboratively plan in order to facilitate change in your school.
Let’s work together to target our goal of creating Cyber Savvy Schools!
ADE Focus Areas: INST, EDTY
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Concurrent Sessions 9
9:30 – 10:20
►75 Fun Free Photo Programs
10:30 – 11:20 Room 102
Presenter – Rachel Shankles, Library Media Specialist, Lakeside High School, Hot Springs
Audience – ALL
Facilitator Rachel will demo the ease of use of two Web 2.0 photo collage programs. These are free and can be used for
all sorts of things professionally and personally.
ADE Focus Areas: INST, EDTY
►76 Beyond Slideshows with Windows MovieMaker*
10:30 – 11:20 Room 103
Presenter – Erin Shaw, Greenbrier Middle School Library Media Specialist & Tracy McAllister, Wooster
Elementary LMS
Audience: All Facilitator This session will show participants how to move beyond just creating photo slideshows with MovieMaker.
Student created projects for social studies and other classes will be demonstrated as well as professional uses
for the program.
ADE Focus Areas: INST, EDTY
►77 PLN: Personal Learning Network
10:30 – 11:20 Room 201
Presenter – Lisa Byrd, Teacher, CMS High School
Audience: All Facilitator A PLN is something every teacher needs in our technological environment and today there is no reason why
we should not take full advantage of the web as a professional development tool. In this session I will
demonstrate the importance of a Personal Learning Network and how to go about creating your own.
ADE Focus Areas: CK-12, INST, MNCO, EDTY, BCLC
►78 On Target with – netTREKKER*
10:30 – 11:20 Room 202
Presenter – Melissa Williams, Library Media Specialist, Paragould
Audience – All
Facilitator Session will include a survey of the major features of the netTREKKER internet search tool. This versatile tool
is available free for use by all schools and school patrons in Arkansas thanks to the ADE. ADE Focus Areas: CK12, INST, SFCA, EDTY
►79 Integrated technology in classroom: AverPen – integrating multiple devices
10:30 – 11:20 Room 203
Presenter – Gordon R. Sutherlin, Professor of Education, Harding University
Audience: All Facilitator Integrating different forms of technology into a classroom can be a challenge. All those wires and devices to
hook up and keep track of. A new technology that integrates SmartBoard/wireless tablet capabilities and
student response into one easy to use pen will be discussed and demonstrated.
►80 “Target” Your SLEs and “hit” a “Bulls-eye” with your lesson plans!
10:30 – 11:20 Room 204
Presenters – Cathy Toney, Library Media Specialist, Conway School District & Judy South, Library Media
Specialist, Conway School District
Audience: Elementary
Facilitator –
Can’t seem to choose the right “arrow” to hit the “target” on your lesson plans? Come and hear two Conway
media specialists explain how Conway School District organized the Arkansas Library Media Frameworks/SLEs
into a pacing guide. They will share how they created their lesson plans to “target” each SLE with the pacing
guide. Examples of weekly plans, books, and activities will be shared.
ADE Focus Areas: INST, SFCA
►81 Arkansas Teen Book Award
10:30 – 11:20 Room 205
Presenter – David Eckert, Assistant Director, Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library
Audience – Middle/Secondary
Facilitator – Lori Bush & Jil’Lana Heard
Are you having a hard time engaging your teens in reading? Now they can have a voice by voting on their
favorite books. Introduction of the Arkansas Teen Book Award, started in 2009. Discussion of its brief history
and the steering committee’s vision. Discussion of methods for promoting the award to teens and how
librarians can become readers. Librarians will learn ways they can become active participants. This session
will provide all of the ins and outs to this relatively new award, plus it will explain how you, as the media
specialist or English teacher, can get involved as well. Please join us.
►82 Facilitating Change: Getting to Work*
10:30 – 11:20 Room 208-209
Presenter – Nancy Willard, Director of the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
Audience: All Facilitator Join Nancy for this highly interactive session to collaboratively plan in order to facilitate change in your school.
Let’s work together to target our goal of creating Cyber Savvy Schools!
ADE Focus Areas: INST, EDTY
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
General Session 5 &
AAIM Business Meeting
11:30 – 1:00
►83 General Session: Cyber Savvy Schools: Embracing the Future
10:30 – 11:20 Room 207-209
Presenter – Nancy Willard, Director of the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
Audience: All Facilitator –
The challenge…are you ready to help our schools become Cyber Savvy? Are you ready to embrace the future?
Hear the details of the work done in the breakout sessions Facilitating Change and learn how you can be part
of the effort. This could be the beginning of a statewide initiative to change.
ADE Focus Areas: INST, EDTY
AAIM on Target 2010 – Hot Springs Convention Center
Conference Session Presenters
Anita Teel taught secondary English for ten years. Her love of books and computers led her to get a masters
degree in library science and information technology. Anita has been an LMS for 7 years.
Ann Miles is a Sales Executive with Follett Software Company. She specializes in custom solutions for districts
and their libraries, enhancing resource management and emphasizing collaboration throughout the school.
Anna Williams has taught English at the secondary level for 5 years. Anna is working toward a paperless
classroom by implementing private student email accounts and digital lockers through Gaggle.net. Anna is
also a certified Smart Notebook trainer.
Brenda Hutcheson Fickey was born and raised in Camden, Arkansas. She is a graduate of Fairview High School
in Camden, earned her BA in English and history education from East Texas Baptist College in Marshall, earned
her M.Ed in language arts from the University of Alaska Anchorage, and earned two diplomas from the
Institute for Children’s Literature in Connecticut. She enjoyed more than 25 years in the classroom teaching
writing on all levels, finishing her teaching career after the 2007/2008 school year to write full-time. Since
2007, she has been known as The Reluctant Reader’s Friend with the success of her first Arkansas Oil Days
novel Whispering Darkness. The Arkansas Oil Days Collection currently has three novels in publication with
more coming soon.
Brenda Sharpmack has been Technology Coordinator at Watson Chapel School District since 1995. She was
The Instructional Technologist at Arkansas River Service Co-op for 5 years prior to going to Watson Chapel.
She is responsible for the total technology program that includes technology staff development for all certified
staff, technology plan required by the state, district-wide web page, all instructional programs, Gradequick,
EDLINE, APSCN support, training, and SIS reporting to the state.
Carla Killough McClafferty is the author of In Defiance of Hitler: The Secret Mission of Varian Fry, Something
Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium, The Head Bone’s Connected to the Neck Bone: The Weird, Wacky and
Wonderful X-Ray, and Forgiving God. She is a sought after speaker at local, national, and international venues.
Carol Croy has been in education for 29 years serving as a business teacher, principal, assistant principal, techprep coordinator, dean of women, with the last 13 years as technology coordinator. She has received the
AAIM Technology Leader of the Year and is on the board of ARKSTE.
Catherine Gourley, a nationally published, award-winning author of nonfiction books for young adults, is also
the principal writer for The Story of Movies, a visual literacy outreach program for middle school children
produced by The Film Foundation, Los Angeles. Gourley has presented both nationally and internationally at
educational conferences and book festivals, addressing issues of visual and print literacy respective to children
and young adults.
Cathy Toney has been a library media specialist for 19 years (14 years in Texas and 5 in Arkansas) and was a
Kindergarten and First grade teacher for 15 years. She is the media specialist at Sallie Cone Elementary School
(K-4) in the Conway School District. She is a committee member of the AAIM board, chairmen elect of AASL, a
member of ArLA and ALA.
Celeste Ashcraft has been a library media specialist for 4 years, but has also taught English and Family and
Consumer Sciences. She serves grades K-2. She has been an AAIM member for 5 years.
Christie Schade graduated from the University of Central Arkansas in 1994 with a BSE in Early Childhood
Education. In 1999, she completed a MSE with an emphasis in Early Childhood at Henderson State University.
Later she returned to the University of Central Arkansas and earned a MS in Library Media & Information
Technology in 2004. She lives in Benton with her husband Steve, and two daughters, Connie (19) a freshman
at Henderson State University and Susan (14).
Connie Zimmer is an Associate Professor of Secondary Education at Arkansas Tech University. She has been a
school librarian for 18 years, a public librarian for 2 years, a college professor for 19 years, a firefighter for 7
years, and a church librarian for 17 years with some of these jobs concurrent. She teaches courses dealing
with library technologies, information services, youth literature, and
David Burrow has been in educational sales and consulting for over 20 years. He has presented at numerous
state-wide conferences as well as served on many national and state advisory boards. He is currently
President of the Alabama Library Expo organization and has served that organization for over 15 years.
David Eckert received an MLS degree from Kent State. He has served as an academic librarian, a school
librarian, a teen librarian, and now as the Assistant Director of the Craighead Co. Jonesboro Public Library. He
also actively participates in several local community organizations.
Erin Shaw is in her 17th year of teaching. Her first 7 years were spent teaching 8th and 9th grade science and
the last 10 have been as a media specialist both at the high school level and the middle school level. She
earned a B.S.E. in Biology from the U of A in 1993, her master’s degree from UCA in 1999, and achieved
National Board Certification in 2006. She is married and has 3 boys.
Evelyn McFadden is a national board certified library media specialist at Har-Ber High School in Springdale.
She is a past president for AAIM. She is also a past recipient of the AAIM Library Media Specialist of the Year
award. She has been a STAR member of the Discovery Education Network for the past four years and
presently serves on Discovery Education’s Arkansas Leadership Council as Chair. She has attended Discovery
Education’s Leadership Symposium as well as Discovery’s National Institute.
Ferris Jackson is in her fourth year as a Library Media Specialist at Bob Courtway Middle School. She is a 1998
graduate of Conway High School. Mrs. Jackson graduated from UCA with a Bachelor of Science in Education in
2001. In 2004, she earned a Master’s degree as a Special Education Curriculum Instructional Specialist. In
2005, she also earned a Master’s degree in Library Media and Information Technology, and received Advanced
Placement Certification at the University of Arkansas. Mrs. Jackson has taught Special Education and 11 th and
12th grade English/English (Inclusion). Currently she is seeking her administration certification at Harding
University.
Floyd Hicks is a former teacher with a Master’s Degree in education. He has been a Graduate assistant at
Arkansas State University and secondary school teacher and is currently Regional Vice-President with World
Book, Inc.
Glenda Jenkins is a library media specialist at Caddo Hills Elementary School in Norman, Arkansas. She has
served as AAIM secretary and on various AAIM committees. She has been a STAR member of the Discovery
Education Network for the past four years and presently serves on Discovery Education’s Arkansas Leadership
Council as Blog Chair. She has attended Discovery Education’s Leadership Symposium as well as Discovery’s
National Institute.
Dr. Gordon Sutherlin has been teaching technology and assessment at the College of Education, Harding
University for the past 20 years, after 17 years teaching mathematics, science, and computer science in the
public schools in Saskatchewan, Minnesota, and Arkansas. His advanced degree is in instructional design and
technology. He is the director of a Masters of Technology degree at Harding University.
Jacqueline Vergason graduated from Henderson State University in 1993 with a BS in Elementary Education
with emphasis in Early Childhood. She taught kindergarten for a total of 12 years in Benton and Springdale
school districts. She got a MS degree from the University of Central Arkansas in 2007 in Library Media &
Information Technology. She has been a Media Specialist for almost 4 years; Two years in a K-5 elementary
and almost 2 years in a 6-7 Middle School in Benton. She lives in Benton with her husband Keith, and two
children, Zane (10) and Hannah (14).
Dr. Janet Tareilo, after 24 years in public education as a teacher, program director, and principal, began her
career in higher education at Stephen F. Austin State University four years ago. She is an Assistant Professor in
the Secondary Education and Educational Leadership Department where she teaches face-to-face, as well as
online courses regarding school law, action research, and instructional leadership. Currently, her university
service includes being the coordinator for the Principal Preparation Program, membership on the Faculty
Senate, and the Library Committee. Her research agenda includes reviewing the effectiveness of principal
preparation programs, understanding social justice issues, and improving leadership abilities in newly assigned
principals. Dr. Tareilo has authored a book, On the Other Side of the Desk: A 20/20 Look at the Principalship,
co-authored several research projects, and presented at state and national conferences.
Jeanna Cook is the library media specialist at Lamar High School and an Adjunct Professor at Arkansas Tech
University in Russellville, Arkansas. She is also National Board Certified in Library Media. She was awarded
the AAIM Outstanding Individual Achievement Award in 2008. In the past she has served AAIM as the
legislative chair and the audit committee co-chair as well as serving on the nominating and conference
committees. She is also a past chair of the Arkansas Association of School Librarians.
Jennifer Dowdle is in her third year as a LMS at Elkins. She earned her Master’s in Library Media at the
University of Central Arkansas in December 2008. Before moving to the media center, she was a classroom
teacher for nine years. She is currently split between both the K-2 and 7-8 buildings; however, she spends a
majority of her day at the K-2 building.
Jessica McGrath was born and raised in Mansfield, LA, and attended college at Northwestern State University
in Natchitoches, LA, where she received a Bachelor of Art Degree in Elementary Education. After college she
and her husband moved to Ft. Worth, TX, to pursue master's degrees. In December of 2007 she graduated
from Texas Woman's University with a Master's of Library Science. She and her husband live in Benton, AR,
where he serves as youth minister at Calvary Baptist Church, and she is the Head of Adult Services at Saline
County Library.
Jim Roberts, Special Representative, Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.
Jud Copeland is the Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership Studies in the College of Education at
University of Central Arkansas, teaching in the Graduate Library Media Program at UCA since August 2007.
Courses include Cataloging and Classification I; Technical Services; Administration of Information Programs;
Research Methods and Intellectual Property and Copyright. His research focus is on emerging models of
library administration; copyright and intellectual property in the digital environment; and the impact of the
new cataloging code on the role of library media specialists.
Judy South has been a library media specialist for 10 years and was a classroom teacher for 16 years. She is
the media specialist at Ellen Smith Elementary School (K-4) in the Conway School District. She is a member of
AAIM and ArLA.
Karen Sebourn has lived in Little Rock her whole life. She received her BSE in art from HSU, her Elementary Ed.
and Reading Certification from UALR and her Masters from UCA. She taught reading for most of her twentysomething year career in Little Rock School District until she “wised up” and became a library media specialist
6 years ago. Her fondest hope is that she occasionally inspires a child to read something new and different.
Karen Wells is a national board certified library media specialist at Midland High School in Pleasant Plains. She
serves on the AAIM conference committee and is currently the co-chair of the AAIM Scholarship Committee.
She is a past recipient of AAIM's Library Media Specialist of the Year award. She has been a STAR member of
the Discovery Education Network for the past four years and presently serves on Discovery Education’s
Arkansas Leadership Council as Events Chair. She has attended Discovery Education’s Leadership Symposium
as well as Discovery’s National Institute.
Katherine L. Powell is certified in Social Studies – Grades 7012, has fifty years teaching experiences in
Arkansas and the AAIM’s Outstanding Media Program Award in 1998, and a Life Time License from the
Arkansas Department of Education in 2008. Besides AAIM, her other interests are varied and include the
Jefferson County Genealogy Society, Unified Christian Alliance, and Eighth Baptist Church – Youth Director.
Kay Bland, education coordinator at the Butler Center, Central Arkansas Library System, prepares free online
lesson plans and other free educator resources utilizing entries in the online Encyclopedia of Arkansas History
and Culture, Butler Center Books, and other Butler Center resources. Bland is an adjunct faculty member in
the LIBM program at UCA.
Kelle Meeker has been a high school English teacher for 17 years working with students of all ability levels.
She holds a masters degree in curriculum and instruction and is a National Board Certified teacher.
Dr. Kerry Roberts started his educational career in the state of Washington. He received his doctorate from
Washington State University in 1983 in School Administration. He has been a public school administrator over
20 years and a superintendent of schools for over 10 years. He currently is on faculty at SFASU and his area of
research is leadership style and its effects on different variables.
Leslie Bermel is a lifelong reader and particularly enjoys great picture books and YA novels. She's been
employed at Junior Library Guild for the past 9 years where she conducts training sessions for new employees.
However, the best part of her job is conducting book talks for librarians all over the country. She lives in Ohio
with her son Erik and 4 dogs.
Lisa Byrd has been an English teacher for the past twenty years and a yearbook adviser for the past five.
Technology has always been a hobby since getting a Vic20 for Christmas as a teenager. Lisa has been married
to Danny Byrd for 21 years with three children: Josh, 19; Madelyn, 16; and Sam, 13. She earned her MLA in
English in 2005 and hopes to one day become a doctor-- A doctor of English. “Technology is a way to take
control of learning what I want when I want to learn it and not wait for the spring catalog of summer courses.
We all have something to teach each other. Technology affords us the chance to do it.”
Lori Diffey moved to Little Rock five years ago and is the Media Specialist at Carver Magnet Elem. She received
her Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education from ASU and her Masters from UCA. She was a classroom
teacher for three years before landing her “dream job” as a Media Specialist. One of her goals is to foster a
love of reading and technology into the lives of children. When she isn’t reading, you can find her at the
nearest beach.
Melisa Rutherford has been an educator for twenty-one years and a Library Media Specialist for the last 14
years for the Blytheville Public Schools. Melisa has presented for the Arkansas Reading Association and for
AAIM. She is presently the President of the Northeast Arkansas Reading Council and Publicity Chair for the
Arkansas Reading Association. She is actively involved in her community serving on the Lights of the Delta
Festival Board, Northeast Arkansas Pageant Association and the Blytheville FFA Alumni. Melisa’s interests
include genealogy, photography and of course, reading. Melisa is a member of the ALA, ASLA, AAIM, Arkansas
Reading Association, International Reading Association, and Northeast Arkansas Reading Council.
Melissa Williams is currently the Library/Media Specialist at Baldwin Elementary School in the Paragould
School District. She has been a Library/MediaSpecialist for 28 years. She has served in libraries K-12 in three
school districts over the years. She has been a member of AAIM since the early 1980’s .
Michael Spector, PhD. President, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Editor,
Educational Technology Research & Development (ETR&D), Professor, Learning and Performance Support
Laboratory (LPSL), Doctoral Program Coordinator, Learning, Design and Technology (LDT), University of
Georgia.
Michelle Moore for the past six years has taught K-5 Technology in a computer lab setting. Her school’s
technology curriculum aims to enhance “inquiry-based” learning through research, communication and visual
expression not only within our own school, but reaching out to our community and beyond. She has
presented professional development technology workshops within her school district as well as other districts
in our state. She has also developed presentations for HSTI and the National Educational Computing
Conference (NECC).
Paul Sivils has been the librarian at Arkadelphia High School since 1989. He received his National Board
certification in 2005. He loves almost anything that has to do with books.
Rachel Shankles has been a member of AAIM since 1988. She writes a column for the ArLA and AAIM
journals. She is presently moderator of the AAIM listserv.
Sally Hawkes has been with the Arkansas State Library since 1985. She majored in Library Science at Bowling
Green State University and received her accredited MLA from University of South Florida. She has worked as a
school librarian, children’s librarian, reference librarian and adult services librarian in Virginia, Pennsylvania
and Illinois. She is also the author of 11 novels under the names Sarah Hawkes, Sally Falcon and Sarah Eagle.
Sara Dickey has been in education for 31 years and has been LMS at Paragould High School for the last 12
years. She has served on the AAIM board for several years and has held various offices. She is a National
Board Certified Teacher, Star Discovery Educator, MET (Master Economics Teacher), and received the
ISTE/ARKSTE “Making It Happen” award in 2008.
Sandra Stewart is an Assistant Professor of educational leadership and principal certification in the
Department of Secondary Education and Educational Leadership at Stephen F. Austin State University. Dr.
Stewart teaches courses in curriculum and instructional leadership, special programs, action research, and
community relations. She is the curriculum coordinator for the ENLACE grant; creating ELL/ESL course modules
and objectives for both elementary and secondary pre-service teaching certification programs for the College
of Education. Dr. Stewart’s research interests include curriculum leadership, social justice and equity in public
schools with an emphasis on special programs, and educational leadership effectiveness. She has co-written
two chapters in books and is in the process of co-writing two research articles. Additionally, she has presented
research studies at several professional conferences.
Sharon Lollies was a Media Specialist for 4 years at Brush Middle School, Brush, CO; Media Specialist for 8
years at Ocoee Middle School (State Demonstration School for Technology in Florida). She is currently
Regional Sales Director for Educational Technology Solutions.
Dr. Shellie Hanna is an Assistant Professor at Arkansas Tech University and received her doctorate from Oral
Roberts University. She has been at Arkansas Tech University for four years.
Shirley Feteroff taught English, science and reading before becoming a school library media specialist in 1978.
After working in school libraries in Arkansas, Kansas, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, and North Carolina, she now
serves as library media specialist for the Arkansas Department of Education’s Curriculum Section.
Dr. Sid Womack is a professor at Arkansas Tech University. He started out his educational career in Texas
where he received his doctorate from Texas A&M. He teaches in the secondary education department. He
has been at ATU for 23 years.
Dr. Sondra Gordy, Professor of History, University of Central Arkansas, teaches Arkansas History and works
with undergraduate teacher educators. The Lost Year has become her most important project. She has
conducted interviews with former black and white teachers and students of the period. Her dissertation,
"Teachers of the Lost Year 1958-59: Little Rock School District," focused on the consequences of that
disruptive period in teachers' professional and personal lives. Since 1996 she has located and interviewed
former students, finding examples of every ramification to the closure of a community's public school system.
She has shared this and other research at various national and state conferences and at workshops for
teachers. A resident of Conway, Arkansas, Gordy is active in community service and is the past President of
the UCA Faculty Senate and the UCA Chapter of the American Association of University Professors. She served
two terms on the National AAUP Committee on Membership. She has been awarded the University Teaching
Excellence Award at UCA and has twice been a finalist for the University Public Service Award. She is President
of the Faulkner County Museum Board and is a former member of the Board of the Arkansas Historical
Association.
Dr. Stephanie Huffman is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA). She is
the program coordinator for the Library Media and Information Technologies program for the College of
Education. Dr. Huffman holds several degrees - a BSE in Vocational Business Education, a MS in Library Media
and Information Technologies, and an Ed.D in Educational Leadership.
Steve Teske, a fact checker for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas, is the co-author of one of the recently published
Butler Center books, Homefront Arkansas: Arkansans Face Wartime. Teske teaches history classes at ASUBeebe, Little Rock Air Force Base campus.
Susan Gilley has worked at Bergman School District for the past 12 years and currently serves as the district’s
full time technology coordinator. She has 25 years of teaching experience and has been a regular presenter at
a variety of conferences including AAIM, HSTI, TIE Cadre, and the OUR Cooperative.
Tracy McAllister is in her 22nd year of teaching and is in her sixth year as library media specialist. She is
currently teaching at Wooster Elementary School in Greenbrier, Arkansas. She received her BSE from UCA in
1988, her master’s degree from UCA in 2000 and achieved National Board Certification in 2007. She is married
and has 2 daughters.
Valerie Brasseale lives in Hot Springs and has been the local Arkansas based Account Manager for 5 years. She
works with schools Pre-K to 12 across the state to assist with collection alignment and collection development.
She celebrated her 5th wedding anniversary and is a proud parent of a giant lab and a white kitty.
Dr. Wendy Rickman is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA). She is a
faculty member for both the Library Media and Information Technologies program and the Instructional
Technology program for the College of Education. Dr. Rickman holds several degrees – a BSE in Social Studies,
a MS in Library Media and Information Technologies, and an Ed.D in Educational Leadership.
Whitney Ivy is a K-12 Librarian and also teaches English III.