Learning in Progress

I shared these tips with my teachers today.  [ Here's ] a direct link to the Smore if it's not working.  While the President Taft resources are a little random, I thought it was a topic to use to compare informational texts.  Students could read the story President Taft is Stuck in the Bath  then compare the account described by the author in the back of the book to some biographical information about Taft and the impact he had on modern doctor/patient relationships.

Here are the latest tips I shared with my teachers. Click [ here ] for the link to the Smore page .

As school librarians we wear many hats: book guru, manager, technology leader, instructional partner, research guide, and our very own public relations firm.   In advocating for our school library programs, we must identify our stakeholder priorities, develop a mission statement that aligns with our district and school mission, develop programming that will meet the needs of our stakeholders and collect data that doesn't just represent the number of books we check out each month, but really connects to the mission of our district and demonstrates how we support student growth. In this post you will find some resources that James Allen and I shared at the KLA/KASL Fall Conference to help develop that long term, ongoing plan to really advocate for your school library program.  The prezi below provides an overview of the topic with research and information from the AASL.  The ThingLinked Piktochart includes some basics of advocacy and additional resources.  Finally, you will fin

These are the tips I'm sharing with my teachers today about a new book in our collection, Hello, Mr Hulot and how it can be used to teach figurative language, legos in the math classroom, and Office 365 tutorials that highlight ways students and teachers can collaborate. The direct link is [ here ].

Here are the tips I shared with my teachers today.  If the embedded Smore doesn't load, here's a direct [ link ].  

These are the Teacher Tips I sent out to my faculty on Sept 2, 2014.  I'm just learning about Plickers and can't wait to try it with my library classes!  I'm also hoping to inspire some higher level of technology integration this year by sharing information about SAMR and how it could relate to Bloom's Taxonomy. For a direct link to the Smore page click [ here ]