old Connections ESC Region 11 Fall Library Conference 2024

A proud employee of ESC Region 11 for 35 years.
Started Connect2Texas in 2005 and love connecting to schools worldwide.
I love scrapbooking, gardening, and NASCAR.

Capstone offers a variety of products for the K-12 market. I will be presenting on PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next. PebbleGo is for early learners and currently consists of six modules (Animals, Animales, Science, Social Studies, Biographies and Dinosaurs). The Spanish version of Science, Biographies and Social Studies will be released next month. PebbleGo Next is for students in 3rd-5th grade and covers Social Studies, States, Science and American Indian History. Biographies will be added next month. Please stop by and ask about a free trial.

Jennifer LaBoon has worn many hats in her 24 year career as a school librarian—elementary librarian, middle school librarian, district coordinator, and most recently sales manager for Bound to Stay Bound Books. She spent seven years on the TLA Executive Board and many years as a legislative committee member and chair for both TASL and TLA, advocating for libraries locally, in Austin, and Washington DC.

Teacher Librarian, EdTech Enthusiast, Mom, Maker, Bookworm, TOY 2016, Adjunct Professor at UNT

5th year Middle School Librarian at Richland Middle in Birdville ISD
1st year of the Lone Star Book Committee

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I'm a bilingual librarian with over 27 years of experience in the educational field.  I am a published author of bilingual Children and self-help books. I love salsa dancing and singing new songs. I have two albums called Kingdom Uplift and Saints Avenue. I am a lifelong learner that love cats and like to inspire others.

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Knotted Knowledge/Nudos de Conocimiento
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This is my 17th year in education and 10th year as a librarian. I love learning and finding new ways to learn!

This is my 14th year as a librarian and in those years, I have worked at all three levels, but my specialty is definitely secondary. My superpower is finding the right book for a student who "hates reading" and I am a strong believer that if we are excited about reading, the kids will be too!

I'm a school librarian with a passion for technology integration. I'm a current member of the Texas Bluebonnet Award - Selection Committee. Ask me about makerspace, networking, blended learning with Canvas, and what I'm reading!

Come see me at the Perma-Bound booth so we can talk all things relating to collection development, book binding and nonfiction.

I am a high school librarian in Mansfield ISD, a technology enthusiast & a lifelong learner. This is my 29th year in education, and my 21st year as a school librarian. This will be my 7th year at Mansfield Summit High School. 

I am the librarian at Eaton High School.  I taught high school Spanish for 15 years and have been a librarian for 11 years.  I have been married for 20 and have 2 teenage sons. I love reading historical fiction, fantasy, and sci fiction.  I am a huge fan of binge watching  90s TV and you can find me at the library or on the lake fishing!

TeachingBooks, a TexQuest resource, is a wonderful collection of digital resources for K-12 that will help you and your students connect to and engage with books and authors more deeply, through resources you can use to support, enhance, and extend your literacy instruction and build excitement for reading. Jade Valenzuela, Implementation and Training Specialist for TeachingBooks, is an educator and former school librarian, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.