Conference Presentations

Take It and Use It

The presentations listed here may be downloaded and used by Florida school library media specialists for faculty meetings, PTA/PTO groups, and inservice sessions.

• Portal Tutorials
  The SUNLINK Portal Tutorials are Flash movies that provide an overview of one of the five portals found on the SUNLINK web site. Audio is on the first slide only.
  • Media Specialists [16 slides/4.7MB/3 min, 17 sec]
  • Teachers [18 slides/5.7MB/3 min, 42 sec]
  • Principals [18 slides/5.8MB/3 min, 42 sec]
  • Parents [20 slides/6.9MB/4 min, 7 sec]
  • Students [20 slides/7.7MB/4 min, 7 sec]
• SUNLINK is for. . .
  Use these flash movies to encourage teachers to use SUNLINK to enhance lesson plans and promote reading and research with students.
  • Art [24 slides/8.5MB/8 min, 10 sec]
  • Foreign Language [24 slides/15.5MB/8 min, 30 sec]
  • Health and PE [24 slides/8.2MB/8 min, 20 sec]
  • Language Arts [24 slides/7.8MB/8 min, 15 sec]
  • Math [24 slides/6.5MB/8 min, 10 sec]
  • Science [24 slides/7.8MB/8 min, 30 sec]
  • Social Studies [24 slides/7.4MB/8 min, 25 sec]

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  • Florida Memory Images [23 slides/9.2MB/5 min]
  • Video on Demand [22 slides/4.4MB/5 min, 20 sec]
• SUNLINK Tutorials
  The SUNLINK Tutorial PowerPoint presentations are an overview of features found in SUNLINK. Areas covered include: basics and advanced search strategies, how to search for reading and interest level information, creating bibliographies, and cataloged web sites found in SUNLINK. All slides are accompanied with detailed notes, so make certain your notes icon in PowerPoint is activated.
  • Part 1: Basic Searching in SUNLINK [35 slides/2.5MB] Mac, PC
  • Part 2: "Power Searching" Strategies in SUNLINK [20 slides/420k] Mac, PC
  • Part 3: Searchable Reading & Interest Level Information in SUNLINK [16 slides/176k] Mac, PC
  • Part 4: Creating Bibliographies in SUNLINK [8 slides/164k] Mac, PC
  • Part 5: Cataloged Web Sites in SUNLINK [7 slides/460k] Mac, PC
  • Part 6: Searching SUNLINK for "Special Needs" Resources [24 slides/2.3MB] Mac, PC
  
  You may also want to explore the QuickFlix pages for even more information on SUNLINK features.
• SUNLINK4Parents [PowerPoint: 11 slides/52k] Mac, PC
  The SUNLINK4Parents PowerPoint presentation is designed as a very brief overview of SUNLINK that might be suitable for a PTA or PTO meeting. It includes speaker notes. Also good right before a live demo of SUNLINK for an audience of parents.

• SUNLINK4Teachers [PowerPoint: 11 slides/392k] Mac, PC
  The SUNLINK4Teachers PowerPoint presentation is designed to be a very brief overview of SUNLINK that could be used at teacher meetings. It includes speaker notes for your convenience. It could also be used right before doing a live demo of SUNLINK for teachers and administrators.

Classics from Past Conferences

The presentations listed here may be downloaded and used by Florida school library media specialists for faculty meetings, PTA/PTO groups, and inservice sessions.

FETC 2007

• Collaboration Ideas That Dazzle [PDF: 64 pages/5.9MB] by John Prevosk
  This presentation is also available as a PowerPoint Show file [3.3MB] Mac, PC

FAME 2006

• Gagging on Google [PDF: 86 pages/10.3MB] by John Prevosk
  This presentation is also available as a PowerPoint Show file [4.9MB] Mac, PC
• How to Look Like a Hero to Your Principal [PDF: 62 pages/14.3MB] by John Prevosk
  This presentation is also available as a PowerPoint Show file [3.1MB] Mac, PC

FLA 2006

• Free K-12 Public School Student Solutions & Ideas for Partnering with Library Media Specialists [PDF: 57 pages/12.9MB] by John Prevosk
  This presentation is also available as a PowerPoint Show file [3MB] Mac, PC

FAST 2005

• Promoting Science and Literacy through SUNLINK [PDF: 56 pages/3.1MB] by John Prevosk

FAME 2005

• Blogs, RSS, SUNLINK & Beyond! by Carol McWilliams and Matt Renfroe
• Looking at SUNLINK through the Lens of Your District's Union Catalog [PDF: 49 pages/2MB] by John Prevosk and Linda Miller
• SUNLINK - Calling All Newbies [PDF: 58 pages/2.4MB] by John Prevosk and Linda Miller

NECC 2005

• School Library Media Web Sites: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly by Donna Baumbach, Sally Brewer, and Matt Renfroe

Internet@Schools East 2005

• Tips for Designing Effective Library Media Web Sites: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly by Donna Baumbach, Sally Brewer, and Matt Renfroe

FETC 2005

• School Library Media Web Sites: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly by Donna Baumbach, Sally Brewer, and Matt Renfroe

FETC 2004

• Using the Internet to Support Literacy, Information Literacy, and Technology Literacy in K-12 Schools by Donna Baumbach

FAME 2003

• FAME 2003 Keynote: The Florida Library Media Study [PDF: 155 slides/2.3MB]
• The Florida Library Media Study Web Page

Other Presentations

• Kids Know Everything. . . Or Do They? [PDF: 101 slides/540k]
  This presentation is also available as a PowerPoint Show file [1.5MB] Mac, PC