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100 Scope Notes — @100scopenotes Children's Literature News and Reviews

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100 Scope Notes — @100scopenotes Children's Literature News and Reviews

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100 Scope Notes - @100scopenotes Children's Literature News and Reviews

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Tales of a School Library Media Specialist A blog about the ins and outs of running an elementary school library media center Here you will find lesson ideas, freebies, organization ideas and ways to connect with other LMS. Hope you will find something useful.

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The Digital Shift — On Libraries and New Media, powered by Library Journal and School Library Journal

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The Digital Shift — On Libraries and New Media, powered by Library Journal and School Library Journal

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"Teen Librarian Toolbox" blogger and SLJTeen Live! panelist Karen Jensen shares some ideas and resources for low-budget maker spaces.

Library staff are the folks who love to talk about books. The more people we reach and can inspire, the happier we are. We also love to talk about libraries and their place in our society and share ideas about how to make libraries a better place for our users.

Library Ideas, developer of the Freading ebook and Freegal music solutions for libraries, is launching the GoChip Beam, a new type of device for lending movies and television series. Each GoChip Beam device contains a small Wi-Fi router, rechargeable battery, and solid state storage preloaded with five feature length movies or an entire season of a television series, all enclosed in a 3.5″ x 1″ stick.

Marmot Library Network has developed a Digital Archive and repository solution, enabling its member libraries to showcase digitized collections of images, postcards, books, magazines, videos, recorded oral histories, music, and academic research. Users...
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"Teen Librarian Toolbox" blogger and SLJTeen Live! panelist Karen Jensen shares some ideas and resources for low-budget maker spaces. Library staff are the folks who love to talk about books. The more people we reach and can inspire, the happier we are.

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Free Technology For Teachers – A TeacherMeade site

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Dr. Catlin Tucker - Find me on Twitter @Catlin_Tucker

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The best teachers are those who love to learn! My love of learning led me to a career in education and continues to drive my work today. I'm passionate about blending the best aspects of online and offline learning to actively engage students and shift them to the center of learning.

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Well, hello! I'm so happy you're here!

I don't usually post about travel or vacation stuff here without having it related to an Ed Tech or Library conference or educational stuff, but this travel experience to the Biltmore Estate was so magical, beautiful, significant, and transcendent and I wrote such a LONG Trip Advisor review, I felt like I had to share it with ya'll!

I won't be mad if you choose to skip reading this post if you're only here for the education related stuffs ....because it's kinda long and it's kinda detailed! Shocker.

And no..no..The Biltmore Estate did NOT sponsor or pay for this post --though, I wouldn't mind a little swag when I go back (in April! LOL) What can I say? I was inspired and when I feel thusly, I write it down.

Also, this might seem weird to you, that as a grownup, I really like to travel with my Mom & Dad. I have friends and I love them dearly, but I love my parents more. They're fun to be with! Als...

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Well, hello! I'm so happy you're here! I don't usually post about travel or vacation stuff here without having it related to an Ed Tech or Library conference or educational stuff, but this travel experience to the Biltmore Estate was so magical, beautiful, significant, and transcendent and I wrote such a LONG Trip Advisor review, I felt like I had to share it with ya'll!

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Read This Book: Educated By Design

If you're interested in the ways that education and design intersect, this book is for you. If you're interested in empathy, design thinking, hands-on creative learning, getting comfortable with failure, you're in luck. And if you love super-awesome illustrations created by the author spread throughout your books, this one's got you covered. Educated By Design: ... Read more

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Read This Book: Educated By Design If you're interested in the ways that education and design intersect, this book is for you. If you're interested in empathy, design thinking, hands-on creative learning, getting comfortable with failure, you're in luck. And if you love super-awesome illustrations created by the author spread throughout your books, this one's got you covered.

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Mighty Little Librarian | Librarian Tiff's Blog

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Mighty Little Librarian | Librarian Tiff's Blog

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The first quarter was a whirlwind, and the second quarter is off to a similar start. This is my sixth year at my current school, and I can finally say that things are shaping up the way I've always wanted! I typically tell new librarians that it takes at least three years to hit the sweet spot where you know the school, the people, and enough about your library to really get things moving. Apparently it took me twice as long this time around, but between the 2016 flood and the start of the pandemic (among other things), I'm giving myself grace.

Last year our Writing Center relocated into the library, and that has honestly been the most positive and beneficial move for the library that we ever could have made. We have an incredible partnership with them - the coordinator is fabulous and she and I are able to tag team so many projects. The student Writing Fellows are in a space that has much more traffic than their previous spaces, so they are able to support their peers more often. It's a beautiful thing, and it just makes sense in terms of being a one stop shop for research and writing.

We put together this infographic to showcase how busy we were for the first quarter. We are still constantly having class visits and the library space is being used as a productive, collaborative work environment for students and teachers - MY DREAM COME TRUE!

I have come to realize that I have to be consistent with my expectations and the use of the space. In years past, our space has been so busy (but not necessarily in a productive way), overrun, and chaotic that is was not the place where students would come to work or where teachers could bring classes to collaborate and research. Drawing some hard lines was hard for me, but it had to happen in order to really get this space to its full potential. As exhausting as this school year has already been, I'm looking forward to seeing what's ahead for us in the library!

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The first quarter was a whirlwind, and the second quarter is off to a similar start. This is my sixth year at my current school, and I can finally say that things are shaping up the way I've always wanted!

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Jennifer LaGarde is a lifelong teacher and learner with over 20 years in public education. Her educational passions include leveraging technology to help students develop authentic reading lives, meeting the unique needs of students living in poverty and helping learners (of all ages) discern fact from fiction in the information they consume. A huge fan of YA Literature, Jennifer currently lives, works, reads and drinks lots of coffee in Olympia, Washington. Follow her adventures at www.librarygirl.net or on Twitter @jenniferlagarde.

Jennifer LaGarde (aka library girl!) is a lifelong educator and learner. With over twenty years of experience in public education, Jennifer has served as a classroom teacher, a teacher librarian, a digital teaching and learning specialist, district level support staff and a state-wide leader as a consultant for both the NC Department of Public Instruction and the Friday Institute for Instructional Innovation.

Jennifer earned her Bachelor's degree in Secondary Education with a concentration in English/Language Arts from the University of NC at Wilmington. And she earned her Master's in Library Science from Appalachian State University. She also holds National Board Certification in the area of School Library Media. Some of the awards and distinctions she has received include:

ALA, New York Times and Carnegie Corporation's "I Love My Librarian Award,"

Library Journal Mover and Shaker

AASL Social Media Superstar: "Social Justice Defender."

Salem Press Blog of The Year

Jennifer is currently a guest lecturer for Rutgers University where she teaches courses in Emerging Literacies and Young Adult Literature. She is currently the librarian in residence with Evergreen Public Schools. She also works with teachers, librarians, instructional technologists, instructional coaches and both building and district level leaders, around the world, to develop innovative instructional practices that both serve the literacy needs of students and that infuse technology in meaningful ways.

Jennifer has published numerous articles on best educational practices for journals like Teacher Librarian, ISTE, School Library Connections and Knowledge Quest. She's also the coauthor of the book Fact VS Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking In the Age of Fake News with . Jennifer currently resides in Olympia, Washington where she spends time chasing after her two dogs, drinking lots of coffee and updating her award winning blog The Adventures of Library Girl where she proves you don't have to be super hero to be a teacher librarian, but having a cape sure helps.

Headshots (and stuff like that).

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Jennifer LaGarde is a lifelong teacher and learner with over 20 years in public education. Her educational passions include leveraging technology to help students develop authentic reading lives, meeting the unique needs of students living in poverty and helping learners (of all ages) discern fact from fiction in the information they consume.

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NeverEndingSearch — @joycevalenza by Joyce Valenza

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NeverEndingSearch — @joycevalenza by Joyce Valenza

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Neverending Search - A School Library Journal Blog

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Ten years ago today, I began The Unquiet Librarian blog. It's hard to believe a decade has passed, but the years have passed in the blink of an eye. When I began blogging, I simply did it to have a space to reflect on my practice, period.

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A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet

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A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet

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A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet

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Tornadoes!-lesson plan for grades 4-5TSUNAMIS How Tsunamis Work- TED lesson and videoTsunami Activities and Lesson Plans- from Teacher PlanetTsunami Discussion Guide- grades K-2; from TeachervisionTsunami Lesson Plan- grades 6-8; from Discovery EducationTsunami Lesson Plans- from TeAchnologyTsunami Resources for Teachers- from NOAA TYPHOON HAIYAN

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The Learning Librarian | In my library, everyone is a student and everyone is a teacher!

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The Learning Librarian | In my library, everyone is a student and everyone is a teacher!

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Welcome Fall!

Fall is absolutely my favorite time of year, and I enjoy fall picture books just as much as I enjoy fall weather. Here are some of my favorites to welcome the season. (Remember, it comes later here in the south!)

Fall Leaves: Colorful and Crunchy by Martha Rustad
This one has been around for several years but it's still a fun celebration of the beautiful foliage that is synonymous with autumn. Because it's written on two levels (simple narrative main text, plus more information shared in side notes) it works for preschool/kindergarten and elementary learners. This book is part of a series which includes five other books about the season:Fall's Here!

. Because of an Acorn by Lola Schaefer
A simple cause-and-effect book that depicts and entire ecosystem then circles back to the acorn as it falls from the oak tree. It's a book intended for young students, but children of all ages will appreciate the detailed artwork and the progression of ideas as they flow through the cycle of nature.

Counting on Fall by Lizanna Flatt
Another book for younger readers, this is a nice addition to a STEAM collection because of the math connection to the scientific world of nature, with some creative collage art to round things out. It explores numbers, patterns, shapes, estimation, etc - all within the context of animal behavior and traditional symbols of autumn. This book is also part of a series:Math in Nature.

Look What I Did With a Leaf by Morteza Sohi
Part craft book and part field guide, this is a book just begging to be used in a makerspace! The illustrations do a nice job of showing the reader how to follow the written instructions, and the projects are easily do-able by even young artists. As someone who has used leaf-picture activities with my students and my own children, I was very pleased with this book.

Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
And of course if you're going to make leaf pictures, you MUST share this inventive book first! The books I've mentioned so far have all been nonfiction, but we're moving into pure fantasy now as we marvel at the collages Ehlert creates from paper leaves showing us animals, vegetables, and leaf people. The regular version of the book is fine, but if you're using it as a read aloud you may want to invest in thebig book edition so your audience won't miss the small charming details, such as the mice in the pumpkin patch.

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert
If you want to go beyond leave to the life cycle of a tree (a sugar maple, to be specific) this is another winning title from Lois Ehlert. The vibrant illustrations are sure to draw the reader in, and the factual details are communicated in a lovely narrative told from a child's point of view.

What are your favorite books to share the joy of fall? Please leave a comment, or tweet me @LibraryLoriJune

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Welcome Fall! Fall is absolutely my favorite time of year, and I enjoy fall picture books just as much as I enjoy fall weather. Here are some of my favorites to welcome the season. (Remember, it comes later here in the south!)

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library learners - at the Centered School Library

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library learners - at the Centered School Library

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In our elementary school library, we read, wonder, discover, and create!