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This summer I made the decision to leave Shamong Township School District. In the three years that I spent in Shamong, I was able to make many wonderful transformations to the library. These [...]

Well, that title most certainly lacks the fervor of a Saturday Night Live opener, but I mean it with just as much gusto! Welcome to Chicago and your virtual glimpse into the highlights of my ISTE [...]

Today kicked off our week long STYLE: Songwriting Through Youth Literacy Education residency-in-the-library by Nate Bogopolsky and Tiffany Wilson. Nate and Tiffany performed a song they wrote for [...]

“The couches in the hall are so ugly. We should just throw them away.” I don’t know how many times I thought that as I made the trek down to the fourth grade hall in my elementary school. I [...]

The induced or spontaneous change of one element into another. Transformation is the act of adapting, changing, improving, metamorphosis. All through the ages, libraries have been one of the [...]

One of my favorite things to do is work with educators who are passionate about making school different. I have two passions that I get to live out every day in my job as the Innovative Programs [...]

The WHY, HOW, WHERE and WHEN of HSMS Tigers Makerspace Bringing this Makerspace to South Middle School would not have happened without the coaching and support from Laura Fleming, who is a media [...]

By Kirsten Miller As technology and the internet take over as the preferred research tools for students, high school media centers look quite different these days.“It’s about staying on top of [...]