by Linda Mork
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ITEM Fall Conference:
Come Together
October 10-12, 2019
Minneapolis Marriott Northwest
7025 Northland Drive North, Brooklyn Park
ITEM Fall Conference:
Come Together
October 10-12, 2019
Minneapolis Marriott Northwest
7025 Northland Drive North, Brooklyn Park
Register here
Featuring the following keynotes:
- "It's Not Your Grandparents' Library Anymore!" - Kristina Holzweiss, 2015 SLJ School Librarian of the Year and author of Hacking School Libraries: 10 Ways to Incorporate Library Media Centers into Your Learning Community
- "Every Heart Matters: Why I Stand Up and Teach" - Kelly D. Holstine, Director of Educational Equity at OutFront Minnesota and 2018 MN State Teacher of the Year
- A brief history of diversity activism in youth literature and librarianship and Asian American children's literature - Dr. Sarah Park Dahlen, associate professor in the MLIS program at St. Catherine University and co-founder of Research on Diversity in Youth Literature, an open access journal
MCTE's Fall Workshop:
Pleasure, Presentation, and Power: Digital Media and Critical Literacy
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
3675 Arboretum Drive, Chaska
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Featuring Professor Renee Hobbs, an internationally-recognized authority on digital and media literacy education. Through community and global service and as a researcher, teacher, advocate and media professional, Hobbs has worked to advance the quality of digital and media literacy education in the United States and around the world. She is Founder and Director of the Media Education Lab, whose mission is to improve the quality of media literacy education through research and community service.
