What Worked Wednesday: Grade-Level Lesson Bins
Summer is a time for relaxing, recharging, and spending time with my family. The back-to-school season is just around the corner, though, and I’m already…
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Student Voice & Choice with Library Centers
Last weekend I presented a session on Student Voice and Choice with Library Centers and Makerspace Centers at the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association Annual Conference. …
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Lifelong Learning Meets Online Learning: What I Learned While Earning my Online Teaching Endorsement
For the past year, I’ve been on a journey of lifelong learning as I complete the Online Teaching program at Millersville University. I’m incredibly grateful…
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Makerspace Centers in 40 Minutes
When I tell teacher-librarians and other educators that I fit makerspace centers and activities into a fixed library schedule, I sometimes get incredulous or skeptical…
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Reflections and Realizations about Online Teaching
I’m now in the middle of my 2nd accelerated class in the Millersville University online teaching endorsement program. After finishing my first class of my…
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Online Teaching and the Elementary School Library
I started an exciting and very different season of my life two weeks ago…a yearlong sabbatical during which I’ll be earning an Online Teaching endorsement…
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Worth Every Penny: Sound Investments for Your School Library (and Your Sanity!)
In the 8 years that I’ve worked at my current school library, I’ve made some very intentional purchases to make the library and my teaching…
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Makerspace Prompt Task Cards
When starting a makerspace, it’s sometimes helpful to start students off with some project ideas to get their creative juices flowing. Many students are so used…
