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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking
You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary, the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations. That was certainly the case in our experience. However, at each level—middle […]
Refreshing your on- and offline spaces with a bit of library eye candy
There’s redecorating and there’s just plain old decorating. When it comes time for a bit of library refreshing, in the form of posters and bulletin boards, there are so many wonderful shared options. In the spirit of fall refreshing, I thought I’d refresh on of my posts, Fall decorating: a round-up of smart (and free) […]
IDEO shares Design Thinking for Libraries
Need a fresh approach for rethinking your library program? Want to engage your learning community in the rethinking/planning process? Look no further. Developed by IDEO, and funded by the Global Libraries program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Design Thinking for Libraries is the inspiration you’ve been waiting for to brainstorm possibilities, reflect on […]
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Simplifying production, with a one-button lab
This week I attended the PA Forward Information Literacy Summit, where I connected with school and academic librarians and discussed evolving visions of literacy. (More on that coming!) At the Pattee Library, I was treated to a tour of the Knowledge Commons by Associate Librarian Joe Fennewald. Joe showed several of us around a variety […]
Font smashing (or pairing): it’s a thing too
I don’t know exactly how or when it happened, but I’ve become fussy about fonts. And I find the proliferation of free fonts both satisfying and confounding. It goes like this. I shop a font, usually through the options in Canva, Picmonkey and the frenzy of open source selections that pop up under More fonts […]
A little titling fun with Type to Design
For years I’ve returned to Erik Kastner’s Spell with Flickr to help me create slides and titles. I just discovered that Type to Design curates letter designs from Instagram. It’s a by-product of the 36 Days of Type project which challenged designers and illustrators to explore the endless graphic possibilities of type and upload those possibilities […]
Mt. Alvernia: the journey to iCentre
I am nearing the end of my visit to Australia where I was honored to speak and offer a MasterClass at EduTECH 2014. Among the nine strands offered was the K12 Library Managers Congress where I met and reconnected with movers and shakers who are rethinking library, engaging learners, and inspiring each other. I hope […]
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