In a previous post entitled “Partnering with Parents to Improve Student Literacy,” I shared how school librarians can help guide parents to support their children’s basic literacy development. In this new post also focused on equipping parents to support their… Read More ›
Digital Literacy
All the Literacies
Literacy is one of those terms with academic cache like critical thinking or problem-solving. It has a nice intellectual ring to it, a sense of student accomplishment. Every academic standard, unit and lesson plan, school mission, and vision is stuffed… Read More ›
Teaching Digital Ethics
Teaching Digital Ethics This year my school has the opportunity to incorporate five digital ethics lessons into the required ethics course. Digital ethics lessons include: Behavior and Relationships Understanding Plagiarism, Citing Sources, and Giving Credit Fame and Digital Celebrity Generational… Read More ›
Down the Rabbit Hole with Deep Fakes
Do you know what a deep fake is? A workshop I attended defined a deep fake as “the alteration of images, videos, and audio files with the intent of maliciously deceiving an audience into thinking they are real.” Workshop participants… Read More ›
Examining the Word “Literacy”
I recently became curious about how the word “literacy” has been paired with other words to create terms all librarians use within their practice. Curiosity surfaced when I read the term “innovation literacy.” Thinking I had hit upon a new concept,… Read More ›
Readers and Non-Readers
The Decline in Readers Over the past few years, I have been deeply concerned about declining reading scores. And despite my best efforts, there is an overall decrease in readers in my library. I always try to provide support and… Read More ›
Ch-Ch-Changes
As a new school year begins, I find myself excited, exhilarated and overwhelmed all at once. My guess is that I’m not alone in experiencing these conflicting feelings that go along with the territory of being a school librarian/media specialist… Read More ›