On March 13, 2020, at 1:10 p.m., during the middle of a school day, the governor of Louisiana announced that all public schools in Louisiana would be closing until April 13, 2020. While I had a small inkling that we… Read More ›
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Pandemic Preparedness for School Libraries
I can’t believe it was only a few weeks ago that I was meeting friends at the Museum of Natural History to see a new exhibit. We had lunch and walked around without a thought about societal upending. Later that… Read More ›
Experimenting with online content delivery!
A few weeks ago, I wrote about change. Oh my goodness! I had no idea of what was looming in the immediate future! Just two weeks back, I was making book fair plans. In what seemed like the blink of… Read More ›
Lunch ‘n Learn – Yummy Learning Tidbits to Takeaway
As school librarians, we often look for opportunities to stand in front of the teachers in our buildings and share our resources. We offer to provide professional development during teacher learning days. School librarians ask to have time at faculty… Read More ›
Get Your Self(ie) Out There: My Year as an AASL Social Media Superstar
Five years ago, I stepped into the role of school librarian at the same school where I had taught for fourteen years. I had been steadily reading blogs, such as Tiffany Whitehead’s Mighty Little Librarian blog, and gathering ideas to… Read More ›
12 More (mostly cheap) Teacher Tricks that Work in an Elementary Library
In 2017, I wrote a blog post titled “12 (mostly cheap) Teacher Tricks that Work in an Elementary Library.” What I did not realize when I wrote that post was the positive response it would receive. The goal was to… Read More ›
Spark Change: Using Digital Skills to Share Your Story
I first met Olivia Van Ledtje a few years ago at a very busy Digital Playground amidst the chaos of ISTE’s annual conference. While I had been a fan of Liv (as she’s known by her audience), I was not… Read More ›
Embed Wakelet into Library Website
For an upcoming assignment, I needed to embed videos to an instructional page of the library website. I desired a list of videos for students to access, but I wanted to be able to easily add without linking each video… Read More ›
Time Saver: Locate Old Tweets with Twitter Search
Have you ever needed to locate an old tweet from your Twitter account? I recently did as I needed to remember what I tweeted last year for Digital Citizenship Week. Each year, I tweet fun facts or interesting ideas regarding… Read More ›
I Earned a Badge Now What? Where to Display Badges and Micro-credentials
I earned a badge! I know how to keep track of my badges, save and organize them. But, where should I display my badges and micro-credentials? Professional development comes in many shapes and forms now. No longer are educators receiving… Read More ›