This hands-on workshop will give participants an opportunity to engage with and explore immersive technologies. From virtual reality headsets to augmented reality displays – how is the American School of Bombay leveraging this technology to connect with and support all learners?

Artificial Intelligence has begun to disrupt industries previously untouched by the evolution of technology. With AI generated artwork winning competitions, to machine learning written text submitted to magazines – how else might this begin impacting libraries and librarians? Is AI simply a disruptor or can it be leveraged as a powerful ally?

All libraries operate based on the financial decisions of the leadership and management. The librarian spearheads the procurement of resources while looking at finance/funds/ vendor and resource acquisition.

Through this workshop, participants will become financially literate when the Librarian spearheads the purchase of resources. This workshop will empower you to help teachers and students with the resources they need and also make leadership and management trust you as a reliable financial manager for resources.

Join us as we delve into the Question Formulation Technique (QFT), a protocol for supporting students in all subject areas developed at the Right Question Institute. By sharing this technique with students, educators can ensure that their ability to ask questions will open doors to further understanding.

The art of storytelling is the ability to build a visual narrative in a way that stimulates the imagination for the listener and transforms hearts and minds. The main objective of this session is to learn different tech-related strategies and ideas to create dynamic stories.

Through this session, participants will explore various tech tools and digital applications to enhance the storyteller’s craft, while creatively magnifying the imagination for the listener.

Through this workshop, participants will get a glimpse of different writing activities you can conduct with primary and secondary school students for your library classes. And, how you can use this opportunity to create a community of writers with the parents and teachers. Through an open discussion, we will discuss the role of a librarian, and share ideas, mindset on various topics like – need of a curriculum, collaboration, and other roles that librarians must play and why that is the need of the hour.

Through this workshop, participants will learn new ways to highlight the library and make it an active hub of learning. We will discuss various events and activities librarians that can implement to help students shine.

Libraries thrive in the simultaneity of silence & student voice. While silence lends itself to a contemplative creative churning, library is also the space for students to stay with their questions, and at times lend their voices to those questions, unhindered. The workshop will look at how the two blend beautifully into creating a space where students can express fearlessly, with authenticity and purpose, through a range of forms that includes writing, art, design, film and photography.

Through this workshop, participants with access to Follett Destiny Discover Library System will learn/review how to create attractive, user-friendly Destiny Discover K- 12 collections. Participants will learn how to add print and digital resources such as websites, books, eBooks, videos, and documents saved on your computer to the collections. Also, learn how to add collaborators, including students and/or teachers, to quickly share the resource collection.

This will be a hands-on workshop.

Exploring the author’s world with Nalini Sorensen.

This interactive workshop has been designed for librarians who have taken up a librarianship role in the International school recently. Participants will explore the complex research process and learn how to guide the research process systematically in order to conduct a constructive and independent research assignment in school.

Harvard Project Zero’s visible thinking routines and few other strategies will be touched upon as a tool box to scaffold the development of these skills.

Participants will be challenged to consider when and how they will explicitly teach individual research skills and inspire students to complete independent research projects. The session aims at collaborative discussion and group work. The participants will create the bubble unit for teaching and learning through research and guided inquiry.

Take away: Participants will understand the complex research process and become more confident in teaching and guiding the students to enrich student learning through research.

Through this workshop, the presenter will share her experience on how she involves students in building a space that represents their voice and choice. The objective is to expose students to participate in Library work through specific responsibilities. This co-planning results in a co-creation of the library while building life skills like teamwork, planning and time management and empowering students.

Through this workshop, participants will learn and discuss together about Cyber Security and Creating Content.

Are you looking for new ways to engage your learners in reading? Do you wish for a way to make reading more exciting in your class?

There’s much more to reading aloud than reciting words from a page. It’s a meaningful experience for learners of all ages, and refining it is the key to nurturing love and passion for language, stories and building literacy.

Through this workshop, participants will learn and discuss the most effective ways to cultivate a love of reading in children using the power of a read-aloud.

Research skills are being used daily, not just by educators or scholars but young minds who begin their academic journey at the tender age of three.

Through this workshop, participants will learn about the purpose and process of research. Participants will learn how to scaffold the research process for young learners.

In this session we will share and take part in some fun library activities to promote books and authors and explore reading identities and habits. We will share different types of quizzes, interactive games and activities that you can adapt for your library, your students and age group. Come and have fun and have some game slide decks to take away and adapt for your students.

Why do libraries matter? How does your collection represent your patrons? What is your role in maintaining a collection? This workshop will explore these questions and more as we take a deeper look into what it means to have a fluid collection in order to truly meet the needs of our library patrons.