A list of all the 2015 award winners follows: John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature: “The Crossover,” written by Kwame Alexander, is the 2015 Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt…. Read More ›
This year our high school planned a coding event so our entire student body could take part in the worldwide 2014 Hour of Code simultaneously. During our Hour of Code event, we successfully had over 500 students use creativity and… Read More ›
If you are not going to ALA Midwinter and have some time on your hands today, there is an awesome opportunity to take part in an education live streaming event from California. The topics are hot news and you can… Read More ›
Have you ever felt like you made a bad decision about when to indulge in some new trend? For me, it was the shearling suede boot fad. Granted, in Texas, we don’t get much cold weather, but when I finally… Read More ›
I loved THE DUFF. It was one of those books that kept me up reading way too late. One that had me crying at the end. One that sticks with me. When I heard there was going to be a… Read More ›
Often the principal in the building is referred to as the instructional leader; however, as my colleague over at the Tempered Radical recently posted, that’s not always the case, nor is it necessary, when there are many other educators in… Read More ›
There are so many books that are making it to the big screen this year, that we cannot ignore the opportunity to draw in readers, both reluctant and avid. From picture books to adult novels there are over 50 books… Read More ›
One of the hardest things for me when I became a new librarian was being the only librarian on my staff. Who would I eat lunch with? Who would fill me in on the unwritten rules of the school, like… Read More ›
AASL Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Committee members continue this month with ideas in how to use Best Website winners in libraries and classrooms. This month we will be featuring the student response system site Kahoot. If you have… Read More ›
Darcy Patel has put college and everything else on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds. Arriving in New York with no apartment or friends she wonders whether she’s made the right decision until she falls in with a crowd… Read More ›