Earlier this month the Utah Coalition for Educational Technology (UCET) and the Utah Educational Library Media Association (UELMA) held their annual conferences. Many teachers, school technology specialists, and library media educational technology specialists from Granite presented at these conferences, and we collected links to their presentations in the table below. [Read more…] about Granite Presentations at UCET 2019 & UELMA 2019
Stephanie Hamilton
School Author Visits, March 2018
We’ve been pleased to assist in hosting several author visits in our schools this month. We capture a few highlights from these visits in this post. [Read more…] about School Author Visits, March 2018
OverDrive Monthly Circulation Competition Update for January 2018
In January 2018, students and staff in Granite School District checked out over 17,700 ebooks and audiobooks from our OverDrive Digital Library, up almost 4,000 from usage in December 2017. The infographic below reveals the top five schools for the month. [Read more…] about OverDrive Monthly Circulation Competition Update for January 2018
Granite Library Presentations at UELMA 2017
Last week the Utah Educational Library Media Association held their Spring conference at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center in West Valley City. Many of our library media educational technology specialists (LMETS) and media clerks attended the conference, and several presented sessions at the conference themselves. Here is a roster of the sessions shared by our specialists, along with links to resources from the sessions if available.
Session Title | Presenter(s) |
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Book Repair -- Fixing Inner Hinges | Brad Butcher (LMETS, Evergreen Jr. High) |
BookTube | Jessica Moody (LMETS, Olympus Jr. High) |
Destiny Hacks | Josh Whiting (Library Media Specialist, Educational Technology Dept.) |
Effective Library Web Pages | Keith Smedberg (LMETS, Olympus Sr. High) |
Engage Your Students through Breakout EDU Games! | Stephanie Hamilton (LMETS, Bennion Jr. High) and Davina Sauthoff (LMETS, Wasatch Jr. High) |
Genre-fying Your Library Fiction Collection | Lorraine Wyness (LMETS, Taylorsville Sr. High) |
Hosting an Author | Brad Butcher (LMETS, Evergreen Jr. High) |
Hosting a Book Club | Warren Child (LMETS, Cyprus Sr. High) |
I Read. What's Your Superpower? | Michelle Asay (LMETS, Granger Sr. High) and Heidi Williams (LMETS, Skyline Sr. High) |
Is Your Library Engaging to Culturally Diverse Students? | Toni Blattman (LMETS, Kearns Jr. High), Susan Booth (LMETS, Cottonwood Sr. High), and Marcia Ingram (LMETS, Eisenhower Jr. High) |
Library Productivity Apps | Angela Christensen (LMETS, Kennedy Jr. High) |
Picture Books with Secondary Students | Cindy Moyle (Granite District Secondary Libraries Supervisor) and Celia Powell (Granite District Secondary Educational Technology Specialist) |
Twitter & Google + | Jeff Curran (LMETS, Granite Park Jr. High) |
In addition to the above sessions, Quinn Rollins, Granite’s Social Studies Curriculum Specialist, attended and gave an excellent presentation entitled “Beyond Batman: Graphic Novels as Serious Texts.” Author Emily Wing Smith, a Taylorsville High School alumnus and occasional substitute teacher for Granite, gave the inspiring and relatable morning keynote address on her personal childhood experiences that led her to writing.
We really appreciate all of those from Granite School District who shared their time and expertise in these sessions. We further look forward to next week’s UCET 2017 conference, in which many of our elementary school technology specialists (STS) will present breakout sessions, as well as more of our LMETS.
Library Spotlight: Stephanie Hamilton, Bennion Jr. High School
Stephanie Hamilton has been the Library Media Educational Technology Specialist at Bennion Junior High School for the last seven years, where she loves working and interacting with the students. She says that it is the best job in the world because she can share things she loves and still be a kid. [Read more…] about Library Spotlight: Stephanie Hamilton, Bennion Jr. High School
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