Podcasts and Presentations

Ontario: Learning at Home Episode 5 – Alanna King

• Description: Alanna King teaches English in the Upper Grand District School Board. But there is so much more to her teaching life than that. She is cohost of the “Read Into This” podcast, and is actively involved in the Ontario Library Association. Her passion and creativity shine through in this conversation about the first weeks of remote learning. Stay tuned until the end of the podcast when Alanna reveals the inspiration for the title of her blog, “Threadbare Beauty”.

I Wish I Knew EDU Episode 91 part 1 and part 2 – Alanna King

• Part 1: This week on I Wish I Knew EDU, is Part 1 with Alanna King @banana29 talking about her EDU journey, Teaching in Japan, The Secondary School Library Learning Commons and the needs of part time Teachers.
• Part 2: This week on I Wish I Knew EDU, is Part 2 with Alanna King @banana29 about the OLA Conference, sharing her message in Argentina, parenting a child with ASD and being open to opportunities.

Jornada de Bibliotecas Escolares, September 2019, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sponsored by UNESCO and IFLA)

• Instigating and Assessing Inquiry (panel speaker on Panel 1: School Librarians as Pedagogical Agents)
• Getting on the Train: Transforming school libraries in Canada (keynote address)

ECOOCamp Peterborough, August 2019

• Process & Portfolio: Digital Sanity Savers for Tired Teachers

CONNECT Canada’s Learning & Technology Conference, with Michelle Campbell, April 2018

• School Libraries and eLearning: Answering the call for access and equity

Ontario Teachers’ Federation OTFConnects webinar, January 23, 2018

• Redefining Literacy: Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable

American Association for School Libraries (AASL), November 2017, Phoenix, Arizona

• Teacher-Librarians: Oiling the Gears of the MakerSpace Movement with Diana Maliszewski
• Redefining literacy: Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable  (webinar recording of this live session)

London #GAFE Summit, London, Ontario, May 2017

• Revise Live with your Students in Google Docs
• Research and support in GAFE tools from the teacher-librarian’s point of view

#OSSTFTech Conference, Etobicoke, Ontario, May 2017

#MADPD online conference, May 2017

#CANeLearn conference, Vancouver, British Columbia April 2017

• The frontierland of secondary school eLearning: Conquering fear and fostering courage

UGDSB Literacy Symposium, Guelph, Ontario, November 2016

• Redefining literacy: Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable

Bring IT Together (BIT16), November 2016, Niagara Falls, Canada

• Building School Cultures that support the integration of technology
• #BIT16Reads Breakfast slides

Google Summit, Waterloo, Ontario 2016

• Using Google Presentations for advocacy and change

UGDSB, Elora, Ontario, Spring 2016

• Cultivating School Cultures that support the integration of technology

Ontario Library Association Superconference 2016, Toronto, Canada

• Learning Commons Lightning Round

Bring IT Together (BIT15), November 2015, Niagara Falls, Canada

• Transliteracy and transmedia: Building agents of change

UGDSB Learning Fair #Ignite15, Niagara Falls, Canada

• Transliteracy: Integrating student voice, inquiry and technology

Bring IT Together (BIT13), November 2013, Niagara Falls, Canada

• Redefining Reading for Milennials
• The Power of Blogging in the Classroom

Ontario Library Association Superconference 2012, Toronto, Canada

• Adventures in Leadership through Technology