Entries from March 2009
Honoring a Great School Library Advocate
March 28th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: General Info · Journal Type Entries · Presentations
Using Wikis for Collaborating With Teachers
March 21st, 2009 · No Comments
Using wikis in collaboration has added a dynamic dimension to working with teachers. I had not really articulated just how they made a difference until I started planning two presentations I am giving in April at the Texas Library Association and the Missouri Assoication of School Librarians. I like the initial stages of [...]
Tags: Instructional use of blogs and wikis · Resources
Idaho Falls 21st Century Skills Conference: Collaboration At Its Best
March 15th, 2009 · No Comments
Even though it was 16 degrees outside, participants were hot with effective and innovative ideas for integrating the Big6 and higher level thinking skills into their Idaho science standards. Groups of librarian and science teachers from around the state participated in a 2.5 day seminar: Critical Learning Skills in the 21st Century:Collaborating for Student Success [...]
Tags: ICT Skills · Journal Type Entries · teaching
How valuable should we feel?
March 4th, 2009 · No Comments
How often does a high school librarian teach classes as a result of collaborating with teachers? That is my passion, yet I do not feel that I do this enough. I believe that teachers get busy with the daily-ness of their lives and we fall off their radar. I try to encourage teachers to plan [...]
Tags: Journal Type Entries