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WOW! Our Libraries Are a Changin'!
School libraries are learning laboratories where information, technology and inquiry come together to assist with 21st century learning. Our school media specialists and library support staff are...
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The Paper Library Evolves
In the past I have always thought of libraries as a place to find books, encyclopedias, maps, atlases, a card catalog, and especially Melvil Dewey. Though these tools are still a part of today’s...
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What's Your Library's Destiny?
In my first post, I shared an overview of the transformation that has gone on in our district’s library/media program. Previous to the implementation of our 24/7 anywhere, anytime 21st century...
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A Library Transformed
When I was assigned to teach in the library two and a half year ago, I spent the year happily engaging students in various reading activities, information and technology literacy skills, teaching...
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Inquiry, Investigation, and Integrated
Over the past year and a half we have been upgrading and maximizing our use of Destiny. For example, as a part of the updates to our library automation system and the tools that we make accessible for...
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W(e)Read!
The last two years I have spent updating the library in an effort to make it functional for accessing information and utilizing 21st century tools. One of the biggest transformations our library has...
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Virtual Pens and Digital Ink
There is nothing like logging into the library system and seeing your own book review! As we move forward with our new 21st century library program, students are encouraged to access/monitor their...
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Reaching Out with iPads and ebooks
In my last post I wrote about a grant I received that allowed me to implement the use of ebooks and iPads in the library in which I work. Though the program has been wonderfully successful in many...
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Middle School Students as eBook Authors
One day I made a casual comment to an innovative middle school teacher who had participated in last year’s Libraries without Walls training: “Why don’t you have your students write their own ebooks...
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Part 1: First Through Fifth Grade eBook Authors
Yes, you read correctly, first through fifth grade students authored their own ebooks! This past spring I collaborated with three different teachers to help students write their own ebooks.Last...
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Part 2: First Through Fifth Grade eBook Authors
In the first part of this blog post, I discussed our school’s launch into student authored eBooks. I had started with our first grade teacher, Mrs. Stock’s classroom. Part 2 of this blog post...
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eBooks-from Follett to Gutenberg
Over the past two years, our district has tried to make a number of online resources (e.g., Learn360, Gale, Atomic Learning, Project Gutenberg, and Follett ebooks) available to students through our...
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