Second Quarter Begins!
As we move into budget season, we reflect on how students use our collection. This year, we noticed a few trends we wanted to share. Students are borrowing more books! In response to a slight dip [...]
School Librarians Can Save Democracy
I submitted a video proposal to TED. I’ve done this before, but my quest ended there. This year, I had the extraordinary experience of attending the conference. I have another post brewing [...]
6 concerning trends in digital collection development
I recently joined an American Association of School Librarians (AASL) working group that will develop guidelines to help librarians make decisions about digital content acquisitions. Members were [...]
Twitter is the New Business Lesson
In November, the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) released the executive summary of a study they had worked on for the past eighteen months. I’ve included the results in a few [...]
How to Grade 75 Bibliographies in a Jiffy
This is super quick and a little sloppy, but super helpful. Sydnye Cohen and I started this system back in 2013-2014, and I thought someone else might find it useful. It is not tech-y or sexy. [...]
Media Literacy Part I
During my edWeb.net webinar today (5PM, eastern), I will interview Greg Toppo, the National Education Writer for USA Today, and author The Game Believes in You. “Fake news” is the buzz phrase of [...]
