FAME 2014 was an amazing experience. I got to present this year with a friend who is an elementary school librarian in Gainesville. We planned and created the entire presentation using Google apps, including hangouts and slides. I can't begin to express how much I love Google's collaboration tools. I'd be lost without them. We presented on creating programming to fill that niche where your interests meet those of your students. Check out our slides below.
I was a very busy girl at this conference. Luckily, my presentation was during the first breakout session, so it was soon behind me (it went very well), and I could move on to the rest of the conference experience. I had several obligations this year -- between attending presentations and a meeting as a member of the Florida Teens Read committee and serving as a hostess for one of the authors, I was constantly on the go!
It was a rewarding experience, however. This was the first year that I didn't feel like a newbie anymore. I felt like I was really part of the conversation, giving advice and receiving it, and sharing ideas back and forth with other great librarians from around the state.
The conference also really encouraged interaction on Twitter this year, so I was able to connect with lots of new librarian friends this year, and I'm looking forward to connecting with my digital PLN and seeing where it takes me! I'm hoping to get involved in twitter chatting a bit more in the near future, because I met some really great people who are a part of chats like #tlchat on Monday nights.
For an author fangirl like myself, having four of the Florida Teens Read nominees present at FAME this year was a real treat. Of course, I made sure to get pictures with as many of them as I could. Jody Casella, author of Thin Space, was the author that I hosted, and I had a great time helping her out and chatting with her. I found out that she had done National Novel Writing Month four times, and since I am planning on doing NaNoWriMo along with a group of students, I picked her brain for advice. She even recorded a short video message for my kids, which was really cool!
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| Rick Yancey |
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| Jody Casella |
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| Matt de la Peña |
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