Author Archives

• Why blog in 2018?

  By Becca Munson on 05/21/2018 • ( 2 )

  

  I had a library blog a few years ago. I would post projects, ideas, photos, videos, and more. When I started focusing on Twitter, I lost my desire to post articles. I mean, who wants to read a blog post… Read More ›

• Advocate with a Twitter Storm

  By Becca Munson on 04/24/2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Happy School Library Media Month! Using Twitter Storms can be a strong advocacy tool for the importance of school librarians and the many hats worn each day. Recently, the librarians in my school district started a Twitter Storm created by… Read More ›

• Student Needs Assessment with Google Forms and Sheets

  By Becca Munson on 03/28/2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Last month, I posted information about using Google Forms to creatively engage students. This month, we are looking at using Google Forms and Sheets to gather student information for instruction. Collaborating with the classroom teachers, we design a pre-assessment using Google Forms. The classroom… Read More ›

• Gamify Stale Lessons Using Google Forms

  By Becca Munson on 02/26/2018 • ( 2 )

  

  At the beginning of the school year, a teacher stopped by the library with a worksheet in hand. She wanted the students to learn more about the library databases and she thought a scavenger hunt via a worksheet might be… Read More ›

• Video Creation – Design and Content

  By Becca Munson on 01/22/2018 • ( 1 )

  

  When students demonstrate their learning through video creation, I love to see the students’ creativity in action. Students have opportunities to create images and music collaboratively with their peers while showing new knowledge gained during the unit. Recently, our goal… Read More ›

• Get More Views on Twitter

  By Becca Munson on 01/03/2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Twitter is a great social media tool to advocate for your library. Tweets can be shared by other educators in your building or district who use Twitter, and parents can easily subscribe to view library activities. A great tweet can… Read More ›

• Library Schedule and Collaboration

  By Becca Munson on 11/21/2017 • ( 3 )

  

  I am always trying to find ways to improve the library scheduling system that encourages collaboration. When I first started as a school librarian, we created a paper copy of the building schedule with slots for classes. Teachers would stop… Read More ›

• “Read Design Magazines” and Student Projects

  By Becca Munson on 10/27/2017 • ( 0 )

  

  With student-generated projects, students have the ability to display their knowledge in creative ways. A student may be given a topic, question, or idea to explore. The student may create or repackage their new knowledge into a variety of  formats…. Read More ›

• Plain Text Editor – Problem Solver

  By Becca Munson on 09/27/2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Formatting issues can make a simple website project take a long time to complete. It can lead to frustration and workarounds that take even more time. You may have struggled with the following scenarios too: When creating a document in… Read More ›

• Advice to New Librarians – Part II

  By Becca Munson on 08/22/2017 • ( 0 )

  As many schools get ready to start a new year, a whole new set of librarians will start–for the first time. This can be exciting and scary!   Last year, I posted Advice to New Librarians with suggestions for starting… Read More ›