A couple of summers ago I was invited to visit New Zealand and speak at the SLANZA Conference. I will never forget the warm welcome, the energy, and the passion of the librarians I met in Auckland. While I was there I toured the National Library of New Zealand and had the pleasure of meeting [...]
Next TL Café: Sue Waters on the Care and Feeding of Your Blog
March 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Interested in blogging? The Edublogger herself, Sue Waters, will join the TLCafé on Monday, March 4th at 8:00 PM ET, for a free Webinar. (That’s 9am Perth time!) To join us on Monday, click on this participant link. Discussion details: We’ve all been there, either we’ve started a blog and neglected it – feeling some [...]
Cleaning the closet, database style (with kid talent)
March 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Confession: I collect databases like I collect clothes. Problem: When I get dressed in the morning, I have trouble scanning my crowded closets for available outfit options. Or, I have trouble finding that one adorable top or dress that I woke up thinking I’d wear. The database situation has become pretty similar for our students. [...]
Adopting a display
February 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Adopt-a-shelf programs at public and school libraries ask volunteers to be responsible for shelf-reading and straightening a designated section of the library, usually a section to which the volunteer feels a personal attachment. I am blessed this semester with seven student interns and I am conscious of making sure that the time they spend with [...]
Checkthis! and other postery stuff
February 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Posters tell stories economically. And there is no longer a need to share them with thumbtacks. I fell in love with Smore last spring (see Postering with new tools). We now use it to promote library activities, to create marketing campaigns for sports and club events. Our students return to it often as a visual [...]
Celebrating interactive scaffolds
February 17, 2013 By 2 Comments
Even with all those media-rich, glittery new resources out there, I find that I often return to some basics–a few simple, older and newer interactive tools for teaching and learning. Here’s an eclectic list of some handy interactive stand-bys: Primary Sources The powerful, one-page, interactive LOC Primary Source Analysis Tool allows users to choose the [...]
#TLElem: starting a new conversation
February 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
@cktechtl: I have been an elem teacher-librarian for 6 yrs. @librarianmissk: This is my 4th yr as a TL, but it’s my 1st year in elem. @cktechtl: Sometimes I feel that I can’t keep up with new ideas @librarianmissk: Sometimes I feel like I am on a island by myself. I’ve kinda immersed my grad [...]
Google Drive’s new very appy Create menu
February 12, 2013 By 3 Comments
It’s just a little easier to find your apps these days and to discover and connect to new ones. On Friday Google announced a new feature in its Drive interface. The Create menu now expands to list a lovely variety of third-party Drive-connected apps. These apps may now be conveniently added to your Create menu [...]
What’s Izik? Introducing a swipier, slashier search
February 9, 2013 By 2 Comments
I’ve been searching for a search tool that makes me want to search on my iPad. I think I’ve found one that will work for me and for my students. Specially for tablets, Izik by Blekko is a new, free search app for iPad and android. Results are organized by contextual categories in an image-rich [...]
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