Most educators who have discovered Flipgrid can easily see its vast number of uses and the power it holds for students. For me, as a teacher librarian, Flipgrid is a great way to teach the research process even if we… Read More ›
Research
Free Scholarly Resources Online
No budget for databases? Are you in a school that struggles to find the money for quality, college-preparatory research databases? A recent discussion on a librarian Facebook group sent me on a quest for free scholarly resources online. When one… Read More ›
6 Amazing Books to Inspire Your Library Space Design
Last year, I wrote a post on five of my favorite makerspace books for school librarians. One of my other favorite topics to research is library and learning space design, so this post will focus on that topic. I’m currently working… Read More ›
Giving Students Choice
When collaborating with teachers, we typically have the end goal in mind. Will this be a Google Slides project, a video using iMovie, a research paper? Students typically ask, “How long does this need to be? How many slides do… Read More ›
Equity, Access, and Individualization: 16 Ideas
Please see the professional development opportunities for January 2017 below Figure 1. While I was thinking about what to write this week, I came across the Scholastic (2016) Teacher and Principal School Report: Equity in Education, which synthesized survey responses… Read More ›
CLASS II: Looking for Evidence
CLASS II is an IMLS-sponsored project engaged in the first phase of a research agenda proposed in the white paper, Causality: School Libraries and Student Success. The project’s ultimate goal is to explore possible causal relationships between the work of effective… Read More ›
Information Literacy Lessons Crucial in a Post-Truth World
Why Librarians Are More Crucial Than Ever In the aftermath of the US presidential election, I’ve been reflecting on what it means to live in a post-truth world. I was shocked to read several accounts explaining that a majority of… Read More ›
Curation and Pathfinders
The Back-to-School Goal and the Conversation That Ensued At my school, we are having a long overdue conversation about types of library materials and the organization of library materials (print versus electronic… Dewey or Don’t we, etc.). This conversation began… Read More ›
Working Together as AASL
What an honor and privilege it is to have been elected to serve as your president for 2016-2017. Thank you for your confidence in me as we work together to further the mission of AASL, “to empower leaders to transform… Read More ›
It Came Full Circle: Connecting with an Author Changed Everything
Have you ever had a lesson that just worked! A lesson that truly left its mark. I would like to say this happens all the time, but if I am honest with myself I think those really “special” lessons are… Read More ›