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Jennifer LaBoon is the Coordinator of Library Technology in Fort Worth ISD. She serves on the AASL Blog Committee, on the Executive Board of the Texas Library Association, volunteers with a local children's musical theater group, and is an avid TCU fan.
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2016 New Year’s Librarian Resolutions
Happy New Year, and welcome back to the library after a holiday break! As you are working on your own personal resolutions, a new year is a great chance to do a little reflecting on your professional life as well…. Read More ›
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Leading a Workshop for Teachers or Parents: Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone
What is it about teaching adults that strikes fear in the hearts of people who teach kids all day? As we strive to be seen as leaders among our peers at our campuses, we are very often called to do… Read More ›
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Building a Learning Commons Culture: Teaching Procedures
As the school year gets underway, don’t forget the old adage that taking time to teach procedures is always time well spent. Teaching expectations for behavior in the learning commons library is just as important as teaching rules for a… Read More ›
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Building Relationships for Back to School
As summer draws to an end, it’s a good time to start thinking about back to school activities to build collaborative relationships and create a warm and welcoming place, both physical space and virtual, for our students, parents, and faculties…. Read More ›
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Let’s Get Together Thursday – Collaboration in the Real World
Today’s guest blogger is Mary Woodard, the Director of Libraries in Mesquite Independent School District in Mesquite, Texas. Collaboration has long been the holy grail of school librarians. We all know that library instruction is much more effective when done… Read More ›
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Let’s Get Together Thursday – Research Project Challenges, Pt. 2
Last week, guest blogger, Carter Cook, Director of Library Media Services in Fort Worth, Texas, identified the difficulties that arise when teacher and librarian bring different perspectives to the planning table for student research projects. This week, he concludes with… Read More ›
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Let’s Get Together Thursdays – Research Project Challenges, Pt. 1
How do librarians and teachers negotiate their expectations, roles, and desired outcomes during a collaborative research project? We’ll look at the process in the next two week’s Thursday posts, by Carter Cook, the Director of Library Media Services for Fort… Read More ›
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Let’s Get Together Thursday – Digital Tools for Managing Collaboration
If you’re still using email and/or pencil and paper to schedule, communicate, and collaborate with your teachers, it’s time to look at digitizing your work. It may be hard to get used to at first, but so was using an online… Read More ›
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Let’s Get Together Thursday – Celebrating School Library Month
It’s School Library Month! I hope you have all been celebrated and honored for the important work that you do, working in collaborative ways to make your library a relevant, student-centered hub of learning for your school. Even if you… Read More ›
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Let’s Get Together Thursday – Why Attend Data Meetings?
Another meeting about data? What’s in it for you, school librarian? Plenty! Data meetings are places where school-wide and individual student achievement data are discussed, evaluated, and plans are made for improvement. For most people, staying after school for a… Read More ›