This month’s blog entry on using the AASL Best Websites in your schools and libraries focuses on TouchCast (http://www.touchcast.com/). The AASL Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Committee categorized this exciting site as Media Sharing in 2015. TouchCast is an… Read More ›
Technology
Social Media Collaboration
With so many social media sites open and available, the collaboration possibilities are endless. Before the dawn of the technology age, collaboration was done in person as time became available, often after school hours or on weekends. Now, with the… Read More ›
The Organized Librarian Mind
Overwhelmed Librarian Mind As school librarians we are all in need of a 25th hour in our day. School librarians are the librarians who “do it all.” We are the reference desk, the collection development office, the computer lab… Read More ›
Ideas for Using AASL Best Websites: DIY.Org
Today’s blog entry on using the AASL Best Websites in your schools and libraries focuses on DIY.Org (https://diy.org/). The Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Committee categorized this dynamic site in Social Networking & Communications in 2015. This site was… Read More ›
The Polling Place
As the upcoming election approaches, our lives will be filled with news of polls and surveys about potential presidential candidates. We can bring the polls into our own lives by becoming instructional facilitators who use surveys and polls to help… Read More ›
Documentation Matters: 30 Ideas for Developing a Portfolio & April 2016 Professional Development
Recently I was writing a paper to share at the Causality: School Libraries and Student Success (CLASS) Research Summit II. Here is the white paper from the first CLASS Summit. Needless to say, I am excited about participating. Writing the paper… Read More ›
March’s Featured Learning Commons: Shannon Robinson at The Morgan School
Imagine being hired for a new job in which you were tasked not only with transforming an old library space and collection but also with changing the whole school’s perception of the philosophy of how the space would be used…. Read More ›
Dive Right in…the Information’s Fine
Mrs. Selinsky just hosted her annual Plagiarism Storytime, complete with cookies and milk. Which can mean only one thing. It’s research paper season! Juniors research learning differences. Sophomores tackle the French Revolution. Eighth and ninth graders explore the seven wonders… Read More ›
Inexpensive Computers, Virtual Reality Adventures, and March 2016 Professional Development
This month I am sharing two notable finds and ten unique professional development opportunities. Let’s begin with the computers that I learned about while reading an article on CNN.com (Kelly, 2015). The article was about a computer created by a… Read More ›
Ideas for Using AASL Best Websites: IFTTT
Today’s blog entry on using the AASL Best Websites in your schools and libraries focuses on IFTTT which stands for If This, Then That (https://ifttt.com/). The Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Committee categorized this dynamic site as Social Networking… Read More ›