It’s tough to make a hashtag sticky. Especially if you are a high school junior. So I hope you will share this with your own students who want to share their voices. A while back I introduced you to Erin (@talkabouths). She’s one of those students who is passionate about raising her own voice. She […]
Join the SomeWhatVirtualBookClub on Twitter (#SWVBC)
December 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
It’s time for the voice of student readers to be heard on Twitter! After our first few synchronous SomeWhatVirtualBookClub meetings, it occurred to us that we could expand our discussion to include more clubs and more kids if we moved some of our discussion to Twitter. We hope your clubs will join us! After a […]
#highschoolchat (Let’s help Erin get the student hashtag rolling!)
December 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
For a couple of years now, my students doubted me when I passionately shared the many ways Twitter helps me connect and learn. Those kids who have been exploring real-time search with me are beginning to see it. And Erin believes. I’ve been guiding Erin’s recent efforts as a blogger through her independent study with […]
Mobilize for help and hope: Petition Obama & Twitter bomb Senate!
November 5, 2011 by 4 Comments
It’s time to act! This week, promise to raise your political voice by participating in two political activities to save libraries for young people! 1. Sign this petition now. I share this email from good friend and LJ/SLJ/The Horn Book publisher Ian Singer who forwarded a passionate plea to several of us yesterday: My friends […]
It was Shannon!
August 19, 2011 by 3 Comments
The article Casting a Wide Net for Mentors appeared on the front page of Tuesday’s USA Today. (Here’s the link to the online version.) The article begins: Julia Albaugh’s high school in Van Meter, Iowa didn’t have a course that would teach her about marketing and public relations. So a librarian in the school helped […]
Curating the #TLChat Daily
February 19, 2011 by 5 Comments
We began archiving the #TLChat hashtag as a daily newspaper around eight months ago. And now everyday I look forward to my email reminder to check out our newly aggregated news. But, when I looked at the number of other subscribers (only 56!), I realized that so many of you have not yet discovered this […]
For newbies: Just Heart the (#) Hashtag!
December 30, 2010 by 3 Comments
Looking back at the past year, when I consider my favorite source for leads for professional learning and growth, Twitter has clearly been my first alert system. It’s the place I go to when I need to take the pulse of what’s going on in the intersection of worlds I belong to. Judging from the […]
NARA gets more social
December 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I am both a primary source junkie and a social networking junkie and I’m loving the new look at NARA. A NARA blog post from 12/13 explains: You may have noticed that things look a little different on our website today. That’s because the National Archives just received a digital makeover, streamlining our look and […]
Paper.li
June 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I’ll admit it. I am a Twitter junkie. No surprise. Despite my lists and all my third party apps, my stream is a bear to keep on top of. I’ve been playing with yet another third party app and I like it. paper.li organizes links shared on Twitter into an easy to read newspaper-style format. […]
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