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Becca Munson, Librarian, is a National Board Certified Teacher with over 23 years of experience in education. She is currently a school librarian at Blue Valley West High School in Overland Park, KS. Becca continues to find ways to positively impact student learning with literacy initiatives, technology integration, and building rapport with students and staff. Follow her on Twitter to view the library in action @bvwlibrary and @beccamunson .

• 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 ›

• The Noun Project: Find icons for all your needs

  By Becca Munson on 07/24/2017 • ( 1 )

  

  As you prep for the beginning of the year and look for icons to add to signage, flyers, and your library website, the Noun Project can become a great resource. The website is a visual language toolbox with simple black-and-white… Read More ›

• Two Tools to Create Stunning Graphics: Canva and Google Drawings

  By Becca Munson on 06/28/2017 • ( 0 )

  

  When browsing blog posts or Twitter, I find fabulous graphics displaying library signage, events, or even assignment directions. I used to wonder, “How did they do that? It looks so good, I could never be that creative.” Canva and Google Drawings… Read More ›

• Explore the World with Google Expeditions

  By Becca Munson on 05/22/2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Google Expeditions allows users to view the world as it advertises that it “brings your lessons to life.” From any mobile device, teachers and students can download the free app to explore virtually a variety of environments with guided prompts. Take… Read More ›