I need some advice and am grateful ahead of time to all who can contribute. The current security system in one of my middle school libraries is so old the company has notified us that they will no longer maintain it. Several questions have been rai
Read more…I received an e-mail that a Cassandre Sargent posted me a msg. to my page. I'm having trouble opening it. So Cassandre if you are out there I apologize for not getting back to you. Maybe try again? Am I doing something wrong? Shouldn't I just be able
Read more…I am an Architecture student at Catholic University. I currently have a project designing a children's library (toddler - elementary school). I am asking for your input and expert advice as a librarian. If you could answer a few questions or give any
Read more…Hi all! I recently received my Associate Cert. so the job search is on! I will complete my Master's this Dec. I live in southern NJ and prefer working in an elementary school. Please give me any words of wisdom, contacts, etc. Thanks! Loren
Read more…This is my first year as a high school librarian/media specialist. I'm currently taking a class that requires a lesson that involves technology and PowerPoint. While I've done some mini lessons on the resources available in the library and how to eva
Read more…I teach at a K to 8 School, and inherited a library that uses LC system for the non-fiction. I have been muddling along in trying to teach the system (I'm in St. Paul, so it is used in the Public Libraries too), but I am hoping that someone has alrea
Read more…I think it would be fun to either give away or raise money using peeps as the prize. any suggestions would be helpful. Either as a reading or library incentive, or fundraiser of some kind to pair it with our library textbook scholarship.
Read more…I'm new at this and want to incorporate some fun poetry activities, displays, etc. for National Poetry Month in April. What have you done in the past or plan to do next month? Thanks! Sue
Read more…Hi everyone, Has anyone used SmashMashTv to make animated videos? Would you recommend it for use in a school setting? Any hitches? Thanks! MaryBeth
Read more…I am looking for ways to creatively introduce magazines to my 2nd -5th grade students. Any ideas?
Read more…Which is your favourite Web 2.0 Add-on which you would recommend Teacher Librarians add to their computer?
Read more…Questions to ponder: Hi everyone I have a few questions I want to open up for discussion: In your personal opinion, what makes a good library media center? And in your opinion, how can it be measured? Thanks for your thoughts and for your partici
Read more…Greetings from a wintry Pretoria, South Africa! I hope you folk are all enjoying your Northern Hemisphere weather! My question is one which I am sure many of you are facing as well-what to do about Facebook? I have only been in this job as the schoo
Read more…Greetings-- We will be getting 10 (refurbished xp computers with just MS Office and an internet browser to start). I'm hoping that someone has a loan policy (or policies if they are different for students and staff) to share. Sharing of successes, h
Read more…I've been charged with re-doing our school website (using Sharpschool, which I'm not sure Im a fan of yet, but that's another discussion). We have been asked to make three links (non negotiable) that are titled For Parents, For Teachers/Staff, and Fo
Read more…I'm taking over a class Information Technology in Library Media Centers and one component is for librarians to learn enough HTML to put up a home page for a library site. I have a lot of reservations about this. Do we need rudimentary knowledge of H
Read more…The Yearbook kids just came by to ask me for my six-word memoir ala http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/ and http://www.npr.org/programs/totn/features/2008/02/memoir/gallery/index.html I am working on something better, but in the meantime I gave them "
Read more…My daughter is in college and is a Nutrition/Health Sciences major. She has to complete a Nutrition Research assignment. The librarian at her college reviewed Nutrition Databases with her class. One of the questions on the assignment is to use the Nu
Read more…It seems like I discover a new tool that works brilliantly with teachers and learners nearly everyday these days. What are your favorite discoveries? (I am currently collecting them at http://newtoolsworkshop.wikispaces.com)
Read more…Hello everyone! I am new here so I am not sure how you work but I just wanted to ask your opinion! I am very interested in learning Spanish, so at the moment I am looking around for courses and so on. Until now, one of the possibilities that look int
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