Like many of my educator colleagues, I’ll confess to having been a webinar junkie under quarantine. Like many of my edtech colleagues across the world, a couple of weeks back I attended Wakelet Community Week. I was already sold on the free, flexible collaborative platform. As an early adopter, I’ve used Wakelet to curate conferences […]
Nepris: Matchmaker for classroom experts on demand
October 25, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Way back in 2015, I shared a post about Nepris: Matchmaker for STEAM Learning. It’s time for a bit of an update. The libraries of archived sessions are nowsubstantial and free, as are a wealth of other materials to inspire exploration of our students’ next steps. If you haven’t yet discovered it, Nepris is a social […]
Migrating from G+ Hangouts on Air to YouTube Live (Thanks, Nikki!)
September 6, 2016 by 2 Comments
I was in a serious panic a few nights back when I discovered my go-to strategy for meeting and sharing with my classes and hosting and archiving guest visits was kind of (but not really) going away. Hangouts on Air was so, so easy to use. So when the news that Hangouts On Air was […]
Literacy through the arts (and a mother’s digression)
May 3, 2016 by 1 Comment
“You don’t have to be an art teacher to include the arts in your classroom or to encourage children to think about the arts.” Emily Valenza believes there are many engaging ways all educators can make thinking visible, rethink assessment and critique, and make critical connections across artificial disciplinary boundaries. I am pretty darn excited […]
Mark your calendars! #TLDay15 is just round the corner
October 5, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Once again, the Rutgers University Master of Information Program and The Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL) sponsor a day celebrating our profession! Join us on Monday, October 19th 2015 from 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT /1:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT for Teacher Librarian Day A Library 2.015 pre-conference, this open, online, […]
So you think you know your phone
July 23, 2014 by 3 Comments
Confession: I love my iPhone and I thought I knew how to use it, until I attended Michelle Luhtala’s latest edWeb webinar. I couldn’t make the session live, but I am actually kinda glad I watched it first in archived form. The recording allowed me to pause and take a good look at the features […]
Be the Change @ TL Virtual Café tomorrow night
June 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It’s been a great year for the TL Café! Visit our archive to relive the memories or catch up on the active. But make sure you join us tomorrow night at 8 PM Eastern for the last Café of the school year. Inspired by the forward-thinking Minnesota MEMO colleagues, it’s going to be pretty fabulous […]
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