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June 22, 2015

Year in Review 2015: Library Ideas & Tips for Next Year

Every year as the school year winds down (or crashes), I start thinking about what I want to change for next year. Though I’ve made notes on my grade-level lesson plans all year long,...

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Library Centers / Makerspace! / Reflections / Tablets & Apps

March 6, 2015

Freebie Friday! – Learning to Code Library Center

Happy Friday everyone! After an insane week like this one, it’s always nice to end on a positive note and share a resource. Starting with the next cycle of library classes, I’m expanding the...

Books / Reflections

February 17, 2014

TL Blogging Challenge #5 – Booktalks

I’m not really a huge booktalker. I realize that’s almost blasphemous as a teacher-librarian, but honestly, it’s about limited time. After teaching 20 classes, managing 6 sessions of RtII, supervising TV crew, ditching the...

How to Be Brave: The Year of the Makerspace

Fun Stuff / How to Be Brave / Makerspace! / PSLA

October 16, 2013

How to Be Brave: The Year of the Makerspace

I’ve been thinking about this post by Cari Young over at “The Centered School Library” blog, as well as the last few issues of School Library Journal and I think as a school library...