Morning Workshops 8:30-11:30

Making and Teaching Comics
by Gene Luen Yang

Cartoonists Derek Kirk Kim and Gene Luen Yang will guide participants through the ins and outs of making comics. Participants will get an overview of a comic book professional's creative process, then go through a series of classroom-ready exercises to learn more about the language of comics.

OSLIS and Gale: Getting the Most Out of Both by Jennifer Maurer and Andrea Devlin.

Gain a deeper understanding of what OSLIS and Gale, the statewide subscription database vendor, can do for you and your students.  Learn about OSLIS' easier navigation, the My Stuff folder to store research-related work, and avatars.  And from a Gale trainer, learn tips to optimize the search experience and discover resources to help promote usage. 

What’s New in K-8 Books
by Lisa Hardey and Daletta Gonzales

Explore the best in books for 2008-2009 that publishers have to offer.  Walk away with a ready-made list of must haves along with hands on activities you can to promote high quality literature.  This dynamic duo share a love of children’s literature and enthusiasm to get books into the hands of children and teachers alike.  Lisa and Daletta met while taking Library Media classes at Portland State.  Today, both teach Library Media for Salem-Keizer School district, Lisa at Sprague High School and Daletta at Washington Elementary.

Teaching Information Literacy to a Generation of Gamers
by Nicholas Schiller, Carole Syensson and Serin Anderson  

This presentation is designed for high school librarians and teachers.   This professional team of experts will introduce video games as a medium and examine how games communicate with andteachplayers.  They will also discuss some key learning principles or conventions encountered by gamers and link these withpractical techniques for librarians and teachers.  They will also walk through how a game teaches so attendees will experience teaching and learning video games first hand.

Nicholas Schiller is the Library Instruction Coordinator at Washington State University Vancouver Library while Carole Syenssonand Serin Anderson are with the University of Washington Tacoma Library.  Carole is the Assistant Director and Serin the Budget and Collection Resources Librarian.

Lesson Study:  True Collaboration
by Linda Bilyeu and Jody Wiencek
Most professional development occurs in isolation of the classroom setting and students.  This lesson study is a collaborative experience where librarians and classroom teachers spend full days planning, presenting, observing and reflecting on teaching and learning.  A standards based approach blended with a professional learning community is a model for how collaboration between classroom teachers and librarians impact successful student learning.  It has validated the important role of school librarians as instructional partners.  Linda works as an Information and Media Specialist with  Bend-LaPine Schools. Jody Wiencek is an educational consultant from Woodburn.  She leads Lesson Study as a facilitator and trains others to become facilitators.
****Bring your laptop!****

Basic Book Repair
by Bev Harris and Sharon Sarver

Bring two of your favorite books that are in most need of repair, plus 18-in metal ruler, scissors, and $25 to cover the cost of supplies you can take with you and a much loved book is brought back to life.  Bev and Sharon are experts in inserting loose pages, repairing hinges, suggestions on restoring torn pages, and rebacking of picture books.  Excellent handouts will provide you with instructions to repair books left at your center.  They will also give preventive measures to keep all books in good repair.  This class will be offered in the morning and afternoon, but only takes 30 participants per session.  Bev is the Lead Cataloger for Salem Public Library while Sharon works in Technical Services.  Both find their book repair knowledge invaluable.
$25.00 material fee.

Afternoon Workshops 1:00-4:00

What in the World?  The What, Why, and Now of Graphic Novels by Britt White

With their unique combination of text and pictures, graphic novels are a natural fit in the classroom. Learn about the basics of graphic novels and how they can fit into your library, instruction, and life!  Explore the history of comics, graphic novels, and manga, their structure, and how to read them.  Discover the reasons why this media should be in the hands of your students. Investigate resources that will lead you to quality graphic material and help you to get it into your library.

You're Invited:  A Feast of New Literature For Teens
by Jerene Battisti and Angelina Benedetti

Whet your appetite with this feast of new books for teens and the readers who love them.  Divided thematically this menu presents new fiction and nonfiction for middle school, junior high and high school readers--including fantasies, biographies, fun nonfiction, historical and realistic fiction books.  Each participant will take away an annotated bibliography of approximately 100 titles, an understanding of recent trends in publishing and plenty of great stories to share.

Engaging Your Students With 2.0
by Sam Wallin and Kate Gronemyer

Wow your middle grade and high school age kids with your knowledge of how interface and use tools from web pages such as Face Book, My Space, UTube or Amimoto.  Sam has worked with young services at Vancouver, WA, public library for three years.  He knows how to engage students using these fun and entertaining web sites.  He will show how to use tools that with put cartooning, movies, slides shows and music in all your social networking documents.  He will help you generate a project that will even WOW you!

Kate Gronemyer of the Oregon State University Cascades Campus

Bookmaking Mania  
by Claudia Fisher, Edith Fuller, Gregory Lum
Mania is a great word for this trio that offers creative ideas for bookmaking—making these books is an art lesson waiting to happen.  Get your nimble fingers and active brain ready for a jam-packed, three-hour session of bookmaking.  You will get ideas and lessons in making pop-ups, origami books, blank journals from recycled textbook covers, and a plethora of mini-books.  These ideas work with kids from ages 5-18+.  There is a maximum of 30 participants and an $8 fee for materials. Gregory is a high school librarian at Jesuit High School in Portland while Claudia and Edith are retired.     They have the time to be creative and a bit wild.
----$8.00 material fee.

Basic Book Repair
by Bev Harris and Sharon Sarver

Bring two of your favorite books that are in most need of repair, plus 18-in metal ruler, scissors, and $25 to cover the cost of supplies you can take with you and a much loved book is brought back to life.  Bev and Sharon are experts in inserting loose pages, repairing hinges, suggestions on restoring torn pages, and rebacking of picture books.  Excellent handouts will provide you with instructions to repair books left at your center.  They will also give preventive measures to keep all books in good repair.  This class will be offered in the morning and afternoon, but only takes 30 participants per session.  Bev is the Lead Cataloger for Salem Public Library while Sharon works in Technical Services.  Both find their book repair knowledge invaluable.
$25.00 material fee.

Oregon State Library Tour and More
by Katie Anderson and Jennifer Maurer

Come tour the historic building that houses the Oregon State Library, learn about programs such as Letters About Literature and the Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse, and find out how to borrow a book from the Library and Information Science collection.