Library Ties

“Tie”ing together my thoughts on school library media programs, technology, and education

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Podcasting PLCs

September 19th, 2009 Comments Off

We’re working on a lot of fun things this year at my school.  I’m most excited about our professional development plan.  Our staff book study is Will Richardson’s Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms.  We’re not necessarily going in order, but using it as the outline for our professional development his [...]

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Networking

April 24th, 2008 Comments Off

This week I’ve been out of my library for a variety of difference reasons.  I attended Peggy Sharp’s BER workshop.  This is a perennial favorite event on my calendar and a great time to share and talk about new books.  It also provides an opportunity to catch-up with some of my library media friends — [...]

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Professional Development and Library Media Specialists

March 20th, 2008 Comments Off

Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend a professional development training with several of my teachers.  The workshop focused on a model for instruction and that our district has adopted.  The topic really doesn’t matter, but one thing I noticed was the absence of other library media specialists in the room.  Why is that? 

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