E-literate Librarian The middle school librarian, Tamara Cox has an awesome blog to follow. There are great tips for working with students, teachers, staff, and the school board. We need to address all of these patrons. This blog is… Read More ›
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Friday Finds – A Great Resource
The infamous Smithsonian Institute has given us an incredible new resource to use with our students! It is a daily news website, available in English and Spanish. You can set up classrooms of students, monitor their reading and quiz participation,… Read More ›
Ideas for Using AASL Best Websites: Recite
Recite (www.recite.com), formerly ReciteThis, is a free and simple to use graphical interface that turns quotes into poster quality images in a just a few seconds. The website contains over 50 templates, and offers a variety of fonts and styles… Read More ›
Friday Finds – Knowledge of Patrons
Have you seen the story about this Colorado teacher? It is amazing. With just a simple question posed to her students, she learned so much about her class. She was shocked and surprised by many of their answers. As… Read More ›
Friday Finds – March Mayhem
There are so many ways to have fun and promote your school library during the month of March! Learning will also take place, while the fun is happening. Here are a few of the ideas for March. If you have… Read More ›
Friday Finds – Fabulous Freebies
Here are some great and awesome freebies for you to use in your school library or to share with your teachers and make you the school hero. Some of them you may recognize and some may pique your interest or… Read More ›
Friday Finds – Google Science Fair 2015
“The Google Science Fair is an online science competition open to students ages 13 to 18 from around the globe. It encourages them to change the world through scientific inquiry. They’ll learn about their chosen topic and develop key skills… Read More ›
Friday Finds – Research Tool
I have found a great new research tool for aiding students in their quest to focus and narrow the scope of their research. Best of all, this tool is free for students to utilize. All you have to do is… Read More ›
Friday Find – What are you doing today?
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 ›
Friday Finds – Tech & Learning Released Top 100 Sites and APPS of 2014
Tech & Learning has just released their top 100 sites and apps for the year! More mobile apps made the list this year than last, indicating a trend towards the mobile platform. The sites and apps are all new for… Read More ›