Hey! It's almost time for the school year to start, and this is my first year as librarian at the 5th-8th grade middle school. I'm excited but nervous at the same time... Every teacher is required to start their classes (each class period is 45 minu
Read more…I am on our school graduation project committee and we are seeking ideas as we revise what is currently in place. Who oversees this project in your school? When is a student required to present their project (ours is currently done junior year)? Are
Read more…I've decided that I'm going to start a Library Advisory Committee at my school. I read the archives at Lm_Net and read some about them in a few library science books, but I'm still interested in any hints anyone out there has who has worked with them
Read more…If you have a lending contract or checkout bookmark displaying how to safely transport books between home and school, may I have a copy of it? Thanks!
Read more…Been doing the same 'ol orientation for incoming 9th graders for too long... need your help w/new and interactive learning activities.
Read more…We're revamping our reading incentive program this year. Instead of keeping a signed list of books and page numbers, we're giving points for special activities such as creating a podcast booktalk, participating in a lunch bunch/breakfast book discuss
Read more…After hearing Joyce Valenza at BLC 08 in Boston, our school's tech teacher and I were inspired to start a library archive of digital student work that we can link to our website (thank you for the inspiration, Joyce!). I'm just wondering if there's a
Read more…Hey All! I'm going to present an online one hour class every few weeks this fall for professional development credit. We'll explore new technologies that you will be able to use with teachers in the library. Every other week we'll explore one technol
Read more…Hi everyone, My school next year is reconfigured from a gr7-9 to a gr 8-12. There are renovations planned for all over the school, but not the library. In fact, when the principal toured the library he mentioned he would like to see the book stacks
Read more…Our school year begins in two weeks and I am looking for ideas on displays for the beginning of the year. I would also like some ideas for beginning of school lesson plans. Thanks for your input.
Read more…Are any of you using a ning in your library media program with teachers and/or students? I'm looking for some good examples to share at an upcoming presentation to school library media specialists.
Read more…I have been learning English for almost a year and right now I’m taking a curso inglés Madrid – an intensive course in Madrid. I feel I was able to improve my English a lot with this and now I can finally have real conversations and write letters in
Read more…Since I'm now working in school law, I'm curious about the types of legal issues school librarians have to deal with (beyond copyright law). Have you had some sort of licensing, contract, constitutional or other legal problem that has been unresolved
Read more…Hi All, I am starting a new job in September. I have been asked to create a description of what I would like teachers to do while they are assigned to the library for one period per day. Does anyone have experience with this? Thanks! Deborah in NJ
Read more…I work in a 1-12 school and have always had a flexible schedule in the library. Now we have a new Elementary principal whoi wants to go to a weekly period for skills instruction. I know I can find this myself but don't have time...I meet with her in
Read more…Hi everyone, I thought I would cash in on the Twilight fan base and do a display called "Books that Bite" or "Take a bite out of these books" or something like that. I have found the following books (and have read all - except unreleased) to include
Read more…With the opening of school just around the corner, I'm trying to plan some rather creative ideas to promote the media program with my teachers. Our teachers are always inundated with all of the district and school policies, instructions, scheduling,
Read more…Greetings and salutations from the southern tip of Africa! I hope you are all well. We are in the middle of exams, so I have a little time to catch my breath and do some digging on the ‘net. I am keen to link up with other librarians who are using th
Read more…We are a group of educators who for the past 7 months did an extensive research about on-line research and the education world. According to studies most students have difficulty conducting an efficient on-line research and most do not understand how
Read more…I saw on Joyce's poll (pretty by the way) that most of the respondents (not a high number I know) posted that Wikis are the killer app for a teacher librarian. I am working on something in regards to professional development and personal learning net
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