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2021

• I took time off of this blog and presentations during 2021 and became a monthly contributor to the AASL Knowledge Quest blog. Read all of my blog posts here.
• Winter 2021: Article, “Blogging: A Great Tool for Sharing and Reflecting”
  • VAASL VOICE, VAASL Newsletter

2020

• April: Blog Feature: “The New Virtual Reality: Surviving and Thriving as a School Librarian during a Pandemic”
  • AASL Knowledge Quest Blog
• May/June: Article, “Branching Out: Promoting Reading and Providing Access When the Library is Closed”
  • AASL Knowledge Quest, May/June 2020 – coauthored with Stacy Gilbert, Fairfax County librarian

2019

• March: Article, “Follett Debuts Genrefication Service” (interviewed)

2018

• November: Librarians Work with Everyone: Collaborating with Your Counselors
  • VAASL Annual Conference, Williamsburg VA
• November: Spark Collaboration, Inquiry, and More with Infographics!
  • VAASL Annual Conference, Williamsburg VA
  • Co-presented with Stacy Gilbert
• July: Getting Today’s Students Ready for Tomorrow: Makerspaces and the New AASL Standards (presentation unavailable)
  • Old Dominion University School Librarian Summer Institute
  • Co-presented with IdaMae Craddock

2017

• November: Collaborating with the Spanish Classroom
  • VAASL Annual Conference, Chantilly VA
• May: School Library Connection “Genrefication FAQ” (requires subscription to SLC)
• March: MiddleWeb article “Why Teachers and School Librarians Should Unite!”

2016

• October: Using Picture Books in the Middle School Library & Genrefying Your Fiction Section – and Why It Matters 
  • VAASL Annual Conference, Norfolk VA
• August: Guest blogger: 52 Weeks of Guided Inquiry
  • GID in the Middle School
  • GID and US History
• June: Technology Tools to Use All Year Long
  • JOSTI (Jefferson Overseas Science & Technology Institute)
• May: A Makerspace for Rocky Run
  • PTA Parent Presentation
• March: Bringing in the Masses: Making Your Library Essential
  • VAASL Spring Regional Conference
• February: Using Different Literacies (and how your library can help!)
  • School in-service cohort presentation
• January: Using Picture Books in the Middle School Library
  • Fairfax County School Librarians’ in-service breakout session

2015

• November: Bringing in the Masses: Making Your Library Essential & Creating a Culture of Reading in Middle School
  • VAASL Annual Conference, Williamsburg VA
• October: Using the Library: Space, Resources & Collaboration
  • School in-service cohort presentation
• August: Creating a Culture of Reading in Middle School (co-presenter) – presentation unavailable
  • Fairfax County Public Schools Annual Academic Diversity Conference
•  March: Easy 2.0 Tools You Can Use on Monday
  • VAASL Spring Regional Conference

2014

• November: You Don’t Have to be Einstein: Using 2.0 Tools in Your Library (co-presented) – different tools than March!
  • VAASL Annual Conference, Roanoke, VA
• September: Newspaper Article  about becoming the new librarian at RRMS
• March: You Don’t Have to be Einstein: Building Knowledge Using Web 2.0 Tools in Your Library
  • VAASL Spring Regional Conference