Get Your Sketchnote On  is a 3-hour afternoon workshop offered at #NCSLMA19 preconference.  Presenter: Lorraine Kasyan, ITF, Buncombe County Schools Audience: ES, MS, HS, PD Description:  W ant to make learning stick for you and your students? Come explore the world of intentional doodling. This hands-on workshop will explore the why, when, and how of Sketchnoting before embarking on a few hours of creative practice. Join the Sketchnote tribe and leave with resources to fall back on. Sign up here !

Getting Started w/Google's Applied Dig. Skills  is a 3-hour afternoon workshop offered at #NCSLMA19 preconference.  Presenter: Sue Tranchina, Kiker Learning Audience: ES, MS, HS, PD Description:  Join Kiker Learning for an immersive, hands on session to learn how you can use the free Applied Digital Skills G Suite curriculum from Google to help your students develop critical, job-ready digital skills that meet state standards. Sign up here ! Learn more about Kiker Learning .

Maker Ed Through the Literacy Lens is a 3-hour workshop offered during Preconference for #NCSLMA19 on October 2, 2019 at the Benton Convention Center! Presenter: Tracy Patterson, UNCG School of Education Audience: ES, MS, HS Need a way to engage readers and writers in your classroom? Try MakerED! In this session, participants will be the actual Makers, creating through the Literacy lens! By exploring physical and digital maker techniques, participants will be able to take back ready to use literacy projects to their districts, schools and classrooms. Sign up here !

Selling Your School Library  is a 3-hour morning workshop offered at #NCSLMA19 preconference.  Presenter: Kathy Parker, Sandhills DTL Consultant, NC DPI Audience: ES, MS, HS, PD Description:  Why do students and teachers need school libraries in the age of Google? As a media coordinator, how do you market, promote, and advocate for programs, services, and resources your teachers and students need? Join this session to examine how contemporary school libraries support the visions and missions of their schools. Spend time developing a marketing strategy for your library media program. This will be an interactive session, so please bring a fully charged computing device. Sign up here!

Connecting Students to the Library Using Stations is a 3-hour morning workshop offered during Preconference for #NCSLMA19 on October 2, 2019 at the Benton Convention Center! Presenters: Leigh Hopkins, ITF and Bitsy Griffin, School Librarian from WSFC Schools Audience: ES, MS, HS Want to create stations/centers in your library but don't know where to start? Leigh and Bitsy will walk you through the process of choosing stations, setting up routines, and implementing them. We'll share a lesson plan template for use with AASL standards and curate a list of station possibilities. Please join us to develop stations that will allow you to connect with your students in new and exciting ways! Sign up here !