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    Back to School | Library Management | Tech Tips

    6 Essentials Every School Library Website Needs

    ByCollette Jakubowicz July 11, 2022October 22, 2024

    The library website should be the first place students go to use your library’s resources, whether they are looking up a book in the online…

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    Reflections | What Worked

    Making a Habit of Setting Boundaries & Self-Care

    ByCollette Jakubowicz November 8, 2021October 22, 2024

    Self-care is the newest education buzzword, but often there’s little time or resources provided to implement any kind of self-care practice. One-time events like donuts…

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  • Wooden fence with green plant pushing through a crack with text reading: Setting Boundaries as Self-Care: 2-Part Series; Once-and-Done Strategies.
    Reflections | What Worked

    Set-and-Forget-it Boundaries & Self-Care

    ByCollette Jakubowicz November 1, 2021October 22, 2024

    There’s a lot of discussion in education lately about “self-care,” which I would normally celebrate. I would love to believe that as a society, the…

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    Books and Reading | Ebooks | Reflections | Tech Tips

    Making Reading Accessible for Learners with Dyslexia

    ByCollette Jakubowicz October 18, 2021October 18, 2021

    While on sabbatical in 2017, I did a research project for a graduate class about personalizing online and face-to-face instruction for students with special needs. …

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    Library Lessons | Library Management | Reflections

    Surviving as a Librarian When You Can’t Thrive

    ByCollette Jakubowicz February 18, 2021November 9, 2021

    We made it more than halfway through the school year! (Or maybe you already celebrated the 100th day of school.) Earlier this school year, I…

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    Library Lessons | Online Teaching | What Worked

    Teaching Strategies for Library Class in Any Format

    ByCollette Jakubowicz November 25, 2020August 2, 2024

    Earlier this year, I listened to podcasts from Jennifer Gonzalez and Angela Watson about making lessons flexible enough to work for all-virtual instruction as well…

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    Back to School | Get Organized | Library Management | Library Space | What Worked

    Organizing & Teaching Library Class on a Cart

    ByCollette Jakubowicz July 26, 2020December 15, 2023

    Teaching “on a cart” means that all of your teaching supplies, materials, and tech are on a rolling cart, such as an AV cart or…

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    Library Centers | Makerspace

    Demco Post & Giveaway: Benefits of Short Maker Activities

    ByCollette Jakubowicz April 10, 2020December 15, 2023

    This blog post is sponsored by Demco.com. Enter their Maker Task Cards Giveaway by April 30th, 2020 to win your choice of one (1) set…

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