I am currently completing a Master's with a Library Media Endorsement at Antioch University. For my project I am researching how elementary teacher-librarians can support and collaborate with classroom teachers. I feel this is an important part of a
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I am hoping to throw my first ever LIBRARY COFFEE HOUSE, but I have no idea what something like this entails!!!!!!
I figured I would ask some students to play some acoustic music....maybe some poetry reading....some coffee and treats....
Can anyo
I was just informed three days ago that I am being displaced from my current position in a small alternative high school and relocated into a new elementary school. It's an already existing building and the collection is staying while the school curr
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I have been a librarian/teacher for a number of years but recently my principal requested that I do alot more classroom teaching! I am terrified as those I have already taught are beginning to be "difficult" any suggestions? Chris Heath
Read more…I hear that Shelfari, Library Thing and GoodReads are good platforms but does anyone know if these can be made "safe" for students?
Thanks and you guys all rock!
I'm in the midst of researching learning commons for secondary schools. There are few schools doing this for a variety of reasons. They are obviously the thing on college campuses but after reading a compelling article in Teacher-Librarian (October 2
Read more…I'm a graduate student planning (with other students) a Family Book Club. Am working on a very simple website using Google Sites. It will have basic info. such as meeting dates, links to authors' websites, etc. It is only for this specific use - n
Read more…I would like for my teachers to be able to make reservation to use the computer lab online/electronically. Online calendars such as Google offer the ability to sign up by date and time. However, there is no way to change the time slots. I need someth
Read more…I am trying to find a modern language version of Othello for my 8th grade class. The themes really seem that they will resonate well with this group, but other than the horrible movie O and cliff notes versions I am kind of at a loss. Anyone have a
Read more…Normally I don't have this problem. I send out teacher requests for purchases and get more requests than I have money to spend. This year, due to upcoming pink slips, I have had one request totally 200.00 and I have 4000 to spend.
I want to add s
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My name is Kelly and I work for a company that publishes online
reference databases. I am currently giving away free subscriptions to
these online databases for up to a year! We have recently began
marketing these databases to schools an
I'm trying to gather information to make a persuasive video for my district leaders to show them why we must be on the cutting edge with web 2.0 technologies. There are a lot of restrictions placed on us because of fear, and I want to show some succe
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I'm taking an online course on Digital Storytelling and am VERY excited about all the possibilities for my students. For the course, I need to interview an educator who is currently using DS, but no one in my school is doing it. :( Can anyone h
I'm trying to use tales from outer suburbia as a focal point for a high school level book talk. I'm planning on book-talking the suburbia book but then providing an additional reading list of grade 9-12 novels that are reminsicent of the themes from
Read more…First of all, I should say upfront that this post is not an assessment of the merits and demerits of Big Noodle Books. Maybe I'm off the mark, but I think it's really more about fear and subsequent institutional paralysis...
In my middle school, we
Read more…A teacher approached me looking for high interest/low level novels for classroom use with a group of 9th grade Learning Support students - not a problem, until she threw in the stipulation that they must be squeaky clean - no controversial topics, no
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Hi everyone!! I'm looking for some books professional books on the research process to suggest to my PLC group. We are a small group of elementary, middle, and high school library media specialist in one school district.
Thanks,
Laura Gary-Mi
Read more…Blue Valley School District, Overland Park, Kansas has two high school library media specialist openings.
I have a teacher who needs to find books written at an easy level with a non-standard-English speaker protagonist and some link to science. Does that make sense? It doesn't have to have a super-strong link to science. A chapter about frustration i
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