Description

Learn how to use state award picture books as a platform for addressing the AASL Standards Framework for Learners! Missouri librarians will lead a jam-packed session filled with plenty of future-ready ideas that meet the 4 C's: critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity. Leave this session with ready-to-use Hyperdocs and STEM activities, all while celebrating award worthy books. See how your learners can be readers, makers, explorers, and innovators in your library!

Learning Objectives:

• Attendees will learn how to curate tools and resources in digital formats so learners may satisfy curiosity and build new knowledge through inquiry.
• Attendees will discover ways to connect books to maker activities to nurture learners developing a growth mindset through the design process.
• Attendees will reflect on how school libraries revolving around a culture of reading can concurrently be spaces for innovation and collaboration.

Speaker(s):

• Carolyn Allen, Librarian, Hazelwood School District
• Julie Jamieson, Librarian/District Coordinator, Flint Hill Elementary/Fort Zumwalt