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| An image collage from my 2nd MEMO conference in 2009 |
I've been attending MEMO/ITEM since 2008. Every year I leave refreshed, inspired and motivated to make changes to my practice right away on Monday. This year did not disappoint.
The ITEM conference is unique. It has historically been thought of as the school librarians conference. As times have changed and the role of the school library media specialist has adapted to the 21st century information landscape so to has our professional conference. In addition to focusing on the heart and passion of our field,books, we also spend time learning about Makerspaces, coding, and mobile applications.
What hasn't changed since I started attending MEMO/ITEM is the Saturday author luncheon. After a jam packed day of keynotes, breakouts, and literary social hour and more sessions on Saturday. We all sit down for lunch to have an author speak to us about his or her craft. I have not been to an author lunch that hasn't brought me to tears and this year was no exception.
Jonathan Friesen brought the house down. I couldn't give his talk justice in a short summary, but what I can say is that Jonathan reminded us that our moments with students are incredibly powerful. We can reach our students hearts by simply showing and telling them that we believe in them.
I've embedded a recap of my tweets from the conference below:
Jonathan Friesen brought the house down. I couldn't give his talk justice in a short summary, but what I can say is that Jonathan reminded us that our moments with students are incredibly powerful. We can reach our students hearts by simply showing and telling them that we believe in them.
I've embedded a recap of my tweets from the conference below:
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