Getting There

Entries from March 2009

Honoring a Great School Library Advocate

March 28th, 2009 · No Comments

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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