Presentations summarising various aspects of the ASLA XXV Challenge to Change 2017 Conference

1. CHALLENGE TO CHANGE
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ASLA XXV
CONFERENCE
P R E S E N T E R S :
K A T E S A U T N E R
C L A I R E E L L I O T T
K A T E R E I D
S U E J O H N S T O N
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2. Housekeeping
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3. Housekeeping
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4. SUMMARY OF
JENNY LUCA’S
PRESENTATION
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5. Keynote No. 1 - Jenny Luca
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http://www.larkin.net.au/blog/2011/06/24/jenny-luca-ff/

6. Technology
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 Information junky
 Blogs / Blogs / Blogs
 Collaboration
 constraints of our classroom lessons
 Effective Digital Citizens (privacy, footprint)
 BYO network teachers who have an understanding of
our students’ online functioning.
 If you would like to see her TEDx talk go to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MnN9luVbuQ

7. General Advice
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 Look after you and your family
 Don’t be afraid to stand your ground
 Power position (the super girl pose)
 Listen to Brene Brown

8. Jenny’s Advice: Brene’ Brown
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https://www.google.com.au/search?q=brene+brown&safe=strict&source=lnms
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gC&biw=1224&bih=660#imgrc=aA1mUHEi8PeOiM:

9. To Sell Is To Human
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10. Jenny recommends: Daniel H. Pink’s
Pixar Pitch …
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1. Once upon a time there was …
2. Every day …
3. One day …
4. Because of that …
5. Because of that …
6. Until finally …
(Source: http://www.workingdifferently.org/working-
differently-blog/the-pixar-pitch-telling-your-story-
crisply-and-with-clarity-in-order-to-compel-action)

11. Example
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12. Kim Cofino
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3
MnN9luVbuQ

13. Recommended Further Exploration
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 Ted Talks by Simon Sinek:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp0HIF3SfI4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmyZMtPVodo
 Professional reading
 The Science of Compassion by James R. Doty .
 That’s now how we do it here! by John Kotter.
 What is a Change Agent? by Dennis Stevenson.
 Change Leader by Michael Fullan

14. Concluding Advice
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Two points to conclude with:
 Hold peoples hands and understand where people
are coming from.
 Go in to any new situation with confidence and
accept you have a lot to learn.

15. SUMMARY PAUL
MCDONALD
(CHILDREN’S
BOOKSHOP) AND STEM
PRESENTATIONS
B Y C L A I R E E L L I O T T
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16. Paul McDonald - Children’s Bookshop, Beecroft
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Dysfunctional Parents
and Social Realism
Multiple Perspectives
Hyper-
Textuality
“Reading for pleasure is the most important way to
advance literacy attainment in children”
National Literacy Trust, UK (2006)

17. STEM - Are libraries the missing link?
Deborah De Ridder
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Engineering Design
Process

18. SUMMARY OF VARIOUS
PRESENTATIONS
B Y K A T E R E I D
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19. Graphic Novels
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 Dr Catherine Sly’s presentation ‘Reading the future
graphically: Innovative ways with
texts/literature‘
 Reconsider the meaning of ‘literacy’
 Transliteracy – moving between different modes of
communication
https://suethomasnet.wordpress.com/research/transliteracy/
https://librariesandtransliteracy.wordpress.com/what-is-transliteracy/
 Graphic novels give rich examples of multimodal literacy,
blending and bouncing between visual and verbal modes,
plus use of “symbolic and iconic languages”
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20. Example books
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 Scarygirl by
Nathan Jurevicius
 WE3 by Grant
Morrison and
Frank Quitely.

21. Games as Text
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 Bill Cohen - Games as text: Using apps, online and
PC games to explore narrative, setting, character and
authorship
 Narrative: 80 Days
 Setting: Never Alone
 Character: The Westport Independent and Papers,
please
 Authorship: Elegy for a Dead World

22. Narrative: 80 Days
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 http://www.inklestudios.com/80days/

23. Setting: Never Alone
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 http://neveralonegame.com/

24. Character: The Westport Independent
and Papers, please
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 http://www.doublezeroonezero.com/westport.html
 http://papersplea.se/

25. Authorship: Elegy for a Dead World
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 http://www.dejobaan.com/elegy/

26. Why games?
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Game
Challenge defined by rules,
interactivity and feedback,
that results in a
quantifiable outcome,
often eliciting an
emotional reaction.*
*Dr Karl Kapp
Assessment
Challenge defined by rules,
interactivity and feedback,
that results in a
quantifiable outcome,
often eliciting an
emotional reaction

27. App Slam
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A session for sharing favourite tips, tricks and tools, led
by Kate Reid: https://padlet.com/katemreid/aslatechy
Password:
ASLAXXV

28. SUMMARY OF VARIOUS
PRESENTATIONS
B Y S U E J O H N S T O N
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31. TL’s, Libraries and Reading
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 TL’s play vital role in connecting children with books
 Word of mouth still the most popular way people get
book recommendations
 Reading a great story again and again is important
with young children
 The power of reading aloud
 TL’s have the role of marketing reading
 TL – guide not gatekeeper
 Entry point is everything in reading
 Books as bibliotheraphy

32. Reading
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 The Human Library
 www.humanlibrary.org
 http://www.upworthy.com/check-out-a-human-
library-where-you-borrow-people-instead-of-books

33. Design libraries so kids want to read
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 Michael Bierut Ted Talk
 https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_bierut_how_to
_design_a_library_that_makes_kids_want_to_rea
d?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&u
tm_campaign=tedspread

34. Spine poetry
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 Spines tell the story …
 https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/blog-
posts/alycia-zimmerman/super-simple-book-spine-
poetry/
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/31/book-
spine-poetry-art-nina-
katchadourian_n_1725460.html

35. Hyper format
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 Changing the way books are designed – if it works as
an entry point for readers – go with it
 Hyper format popular – multiple narrators, multiple
points of view etc
 http://visual-editions.com/our-books
 https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/multiple-
narrators

36. Realism on the rise
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 Dystopia is done, fantasy is finished: why realism is
on the rise in YA fiction
 https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-
site/2015/jul/13/dystopia-is-done-fantasy-is-
finished-why-realism-is-on-the-rise-in-ya-fiction

37. Buzzy TV
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 Games to play on your mobile devices
 http://buzzytv.com/
 http://buzzytv.com/for/schools/
 Games including VR
 @BuzzyTVGames
 Can request a demo

38. Sharespace idea
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 Three 10 minute snapshots from presenters.
 Opportunity to find out quickly about changes
happening in various school libraries and the process
too.

39. Trade Fair
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40. Presentations from the conference
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