YALSA has posted my favorite list of the year -- the 2010 Best Books For Young Adults! And I can't wait to jump into my second favorite list -- the 2010 Quick Picks For Reluctant Young Adult Readers! It's going to be a great weekend! Woot!
What are so
Gulf Middle School's student crew, ARSAC, has won second place in Scholastic Book Fair's National Student Crew Contest with their Web 2.0 book fair, The Cat Bookler and the Mystery of the Missing Mysteries! Check it out at www.catbookler.weebly.com
Read more…I've been invited to do a presentation at our monthly faculty meeting of a basic overview of my role in the school and probably a market of my skills and tools for teachers.
I don't think the school has either had before or taken advantage of having a
I've been lucky enough to teach some online courses for the University of Rhode Island. They are all about promoting Info. Lit. in the classrooms. I've taken a cut in pay so that you can get tuition at 1/6th the cost of the regular tuition rates, s
Read more…We just got some great books in the library about supporting gay and lesbian students/families and their allies, and I don't just want to put them on the shelf. I would like to "launch" them in some way and am looking for ideas. Thanks Jane
Read more…I was wondering if anyone could suggest picture books that I could use to teach the reading comprehension skills of inferences and visualization. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Read more…Keeping track of library visitors can be challenging in a high school library. I worry that in the event of an emergency evacuation I won't have an accurate count of the students I am responsible for, since I am not operating with a class list as a c
Read more…I just finished library school and got my first job as an intermediate school librarian. I start up soon and am trying to figure out lessons for the first week. What advice do you have for a new SLMS? What was the most unexpected thing you learned
Read more…Hi all! I have a class assignment to read articles on a topic relating to information literacy. What's hot these days in this area? The teacher gave several suggestions but I thought I'd put it out to you librarians to see what's on your minds these
Read more…I am looking for suggestions to make a research project conducted by Jr. & Sr. English/Social Studies teachers flow more smoothly for the library. The classes come in for a week in order for students to gather materials. Per the classroom teacher, bo
Read more…I work in a 9-12 high school, and I would like to know if anyone has identified any authors suitable for high school who are willing to Skype. (I am aware of Cory Doctorow). Also, does anyone have any suggestions about finding "experts" in various f
Read more…Have all of you seen this email from Gale? It seems the EBSCO has acquired, or is planning to acquire, exclusive licensing of all Time and Forbes publications. Unless your library subscribes to EBSCO patrons will (over the next year) lose access to t
Read more…Is there anyone here who is on Google Wave? (I'm swilphil@googlewave.com) I have found much information about Google Wave, but haven't had the opportunity to do much "waving" myself. I'm also unsure how this could be used in the school library. P.S
Read more…I saw this discussion on AASLForum and thought it might be fun to begin a New Year discussion here. We all need a bit of inspiration for the coming new decade! Interpret this question loosely: What book changed your life as a librarian?
Read more…BigUniverse.com is looking for teachers who enjoy blogging to join our team. I love blogging with Big Universe, and thought I would let other teachers know about this great opportunity. Big Universe is an award winning web community with over 17,000
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I'm in charge of finding presenters for our state association's pre-conference sessions in October. Anyone have ideas of dynamic presenters in the areas of: instructional coaching, program marketing, evolving roles, going beyond reading advocacy, or
Read more…I'm disappointed that the badge for the teacher-librarian network only states: "I am a member of:" Shouldn't it state that "I am a member of the Teacher-Librarian Network"?
Read more…We have been asked by I.T. to help develop a rationale and explanation for the faculty and staff about allowing YouTube for students (staff can currently access the site). Some of our neighboring high schools are relaxing their filters. Our I.T. has
Read more…I am looking for some ideas for library displays. I want to move beyond the "display new books" type bulletin board. I was thinking of setting up a display of interesting objects and have the students guess their uses and research their origins. Any
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