Is the high cost of a 30-credit masters degree in library science worth it? I took 18 graduate credits to get my k-12 library endorsement for my teaching license. Will I have more job opportunities with the masters, or will my k-12 library license
Read more…With many districts facing declines in enrollment these days, where in the nation are the schools with libraries that are remaining well funded?
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We have a group of ESL1 teachers who want to start a small scale research project with their ESL1 students. I am looking for online journal or information articles that would be appropriate (reading level and context) for ESL1 students. The
Read more…If you work at a school that uses Response to Intervention, please read on.
Please forgive duplicate invitations to participate in this survey.
Response to Intervention (RtI) is a school-wide three-tiered model of instruction and instructional inte
Read more…Does anyone have any information about when the Trailee Book Awards for 2011 will accept submissions? I have students working on book trailers and I think the contest would be good incentive for them. Thanks!
Read more…My position may be eliminated at the end of this school year. Here's my question: If it is eliminated, do I get to take the website I created for the library with me, or does it have to stay with the school?
Read more…I am writing a grant proposal for the Improving Literacy through School Libraries Program. Our proposal is to create a digital library for 6 middle schools and 1 elementary school in NYC that are very close geographically and all have a large ELL po
Read more…Thirty-one authors and bloggers are collaborating to provide some wonderful recommendations and resources this month at Kidlit Celebrates Women's History Month. Check in every day this month to discover some new gems for your collection!
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Read more…Wondering if anyone out there has had this challenge before.
Next year, our Freshman class will be taking many of their Freshman courses at the neighboring middle school, including their study hall period.
We are very heavy with our instruction a
Read more…A message from Barbara Etchingham to all members of Private School Librarians on TLNing!
I work in a 5-12 library which will be completely redesigned in the next few years. The facilities people and the architects have already begun circulating their
Hope ya'll enjoy this. My 2nd grade has been singing it for weeks as weve been learning Dewey and the importance of why they are organized.
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=215252&title=The_Dewey_Decimal_Rap
Read more…After many years as our district's school librarian, this year I split my time between the high school and the middle school.
I would like some suggestions for Read Across America that might be successful and engaging for my middle school students
Read more…My sister-in-law is working with a group of African-American 4th grade boys. She asked me for ideas of books she could use with them that cover the topic of bullying. I am looking for any and all suggestions you may have!
Thanks!
Read more…My Vice Principal (rumored to be the next principal next year) came into the library a couple of weeks ago and we were dicussing how sometimes the order of the Dewey Decimal system was weird and can be confusing. I then made the comment that I alway
Read more…In February 2011, I presented the attached presentation at the Alaska Society for Technology in Education Conference. A virtual literature festival is an opportunity for 3-12 students to learn about AND COMMUNICATE WITH authors and illustrators using
Read more…Hello, I've been asked to make suggestions of magazines that can be added to a Middle School's collection. Does any know where I can find magazine reviews? I've tried Titlewave and Horn Book, but they seem to only have book reviews.
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Hello All,
I'd like to be more diligent in more regularly sharing new titles with our faculty.
What formats work well for you and your faculty? Simple lists by title? Fiction, Non-fiction? Dewey categories? genre lists?
I'd like it to be eas
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I saw a reference to this in a comic strip called "Cul de Sac". After checking the reference I thought I would share this as a laugh as to why we shoul
Read more…It is my understanding that students may use images from Google images or anywhere on the web as long as they use no more than five images by one author, or 10% or 15 images from a collection, whichever is less. Is this correct?
Read more…Our literacy committee with the library is hosting a book swap near the holidays. Looking for suggestions, tips, pitfalls people may have encountered.
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