TMC7 2022 Schedule

Friday Evening, October 21: Opening Dinner, Keynote, & Awards
Boathouse Restaurant, Inn at the Quay

5:45: Meet & Mingle

6:20: Welcome to TMC7 – Joseph Jeffery

6: 25: Land Recognition – Stacy Ferguson, Qayqayt First Nation

6:30: Dinner

7:25: Opening Remarks – Clint Johnston, President, British Columbia Teachers’ Federation

7:30: Keynote Speaker – Chris Kennedy, Superintendent & CEO, West Vancouver School District

8:00: Awards

The Angela Thacker Memorial Award: Leigh Borden, Rabia Khokhar, Rebeca Rubio, Jonelle St. Aubyn

The Leading Learning Implementation Award: Surrey Schools, School District 36, Surrey, British Columbia

8:30: Kick-Off Challenge – Carol Koechlin

8:45: Closing Remarks – Carol Koechlin

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Saturday October 22: TMC7 Symposium
New Westminster Secondary School

7:45: Continental Breakfast

8:20: Land Recognition – Sarah Wethered

8:25: Welcome to TMC7 – Anita Brooks Kirkland: Be a TMC7 Influencer

8:35: Spotlight Speaker – Matthew Johnson, Director of Education, MediaSmarts: From Access to Engagement: A Digital Media Literacy Strategy for Canada

9:05: Challenge – Anita Brooks Kirkland: Digital Media Literacy: How Can the LLC Lead the Way?

Challenge Activity: Digital Media Literacy Competencies

9:35: Spotlight Speakers – Alanna King & Tim King: Inquiry Project Management Tools for Tired Teachers

10:00: Challenge – Carol Koechlin: TMC7 Big Ideas

10:10: Break

10:30: Table Talks – You will have the opportunity to participate in two table talks.

• Table 1: “The library is in the hallways? That’s crazy!” Transforming a traditional school library into an embedded library model. by Amanda Brooks
• Table 2: What impact could access to audiobooks and/or eBooks have on the engagement and interest in reading for so called “reluctant readers”? by Nicole Wallace
• Table 3: A Curation Journey: Connecting Digital Learning Resources by Melanie Mulcaster
• Table 4: How can we ensure that all students have quality digital learning opportunities? by Lila Armstrong
• Table 5: The Potential of the School Library Learning Commons by Heather Daly
• Table 6: Designing a New Library Learning Commons by Pippa Davies
• Virtual 1st Round: Maslowe Connection and the Library Learning Commons by Jennifer Casa Todd
• Virtual 2nd Round: Critical Identity Work in Elementary Classrooms through Powerful Picture Books by Rabia Khokhar

11:30: Spotlight Speakers – Dr. David Loertscher & Marc Crompton: The STIC Model: Six Tests of Information Confidence

12:00: The Big Think: Dr. David Loertscher: Alive Library

Dr. David Loertscher’s TMC7 Bibliography

12:30: Lunch

1:15: Spotlight Speaker and Q&A – Dr. Dianne Oberg & Sheri Kinney: Library Challenges Database: A New Project from the Centre for Freedom of Expression

1:45: Table Talks – You will have the opportunity to participate in two table talks.

• Table 1: How do you solve a problem with users finding what they’re looking for in the digital space? by Joseph Jeffery
• Table 2: Our Journey to Decolonize our School Library: Then, Now and Tomorrow by Megan Price and Rebekah Rustad
• Table 3: Making it in the Learning Commons by Marc Crompton
• Table 4: Collaborative Inquiry: Developing French Language in the LLC by Andrea Hunter-Mogg & Kristine Canas
• Table 5: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Elementary Library Learning Commons by Beverly Bunker
• Table 6: Developing a Locally Focused Indigenous Peoples Collection: An Act of Reconciliation by Andrea LaPointe
• Virtual 1st Round: Larkspur LLC Year End Report 2020-2022 by Beth Lyons
• Virtual 2nd Round: Riffing on OSLIP: A Conversation by Diana Maliszewski, Dawn Legrow, and Sarah Wheatley

2:45: Stretch your legs! Mix it up!

2:55: The Big Think – Carol Koechlin: TMC7 Leading Learning Challenge

Challenge Activity: TMC7 Leading Learning Challenge

Leading Learning Framework Poster – 11″ x 17″, ready to print

3:40: Closing Remarks – Anita Brooks Kirkland: Be a TMC7 Influencer

3:50: Adjournment

Thanks for participating in the important work of TMC7!

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