Library Ties

DAY 2 Yesterday I kicked off the day with a run through the exhibit hall. We ran through about 1/3rd of the hall hitting various vendors and catching up with friends and colleagues. From there I headed to the AASL President’s Program. The program was kicked off by awarding the Spokane Mom’s the Crystal Apple […]

Bright and early I left Indianapolis (7:00am) and arrived in California around 10:00am. After getting settled in the hotel, I took a nice long nap. Working for C.L.A.S.S. this week on top of the early wake-up call this morning (4am) had just worn me out. ALA started for me with American Association of School Librarians’ […]

This week is always one of my favorites every summer because I get the opportunity to work/attend an amazing professional development event - C.L.A.S.S.Works! C.L.A.S.S. (Connected Learning Assures Successful Students was founded by Barbara Pedersen almost 20 years ago. From their website, C.L.A.S.S. exists to: ? Translate brain research into practical classroom application ? Provide […]

At the end of this week, I’ll be heading to ALA and hope to be sharing some of the interesting stuff I find in sessions and meetings on the blog! Check out the AASL blog which is just one of the places where other school librarians will be sharing about the conference!

In The Sloppy Copy Slipup, Brian is sure he is in trouble for one again not getting his rough draft done over the weekend. Over the course of the day, he shares the entire story with the teacher and finds out that while he thinks he has nothing to write about, he quickly figures out […]

Jacobson’s book was a wonderful short novel that helps kids figure out what they are best at doing. Sometimes it isn’t the most obvious thing or something that we work hard at, but everyone has something the do that makes them the best — for Winnie she hopes it is drawing. But, as the story […]

Every summer I read the 20 books nominated for the Young Hoosier Book Award in both ther Intermediate and Picture Book level. It gives me a chance to be ready to discuss these books with our students, plan our Read N Feed incentives, and this next year we’re planning to set-up a Moodle between my […]

I just read the April/May 2008 issue of AASL’s Knowledge Quest and really related to the article by Gail Dickinson titled The Questions….When Should I Move Up to the National Level?. Gail does a wonderful job of explaining options, choices, and reasons why you may or may not opt to move into being involved at […]

Today I’ve been at a wonderful workshop put on by Annette Lamb. AIME (Association for Indiana Media Educators) does a summer workshop focused on a single topic. This year Annette is sharing Web 2.0 and practical applications. All of the resources from the workshop can be found on the Eduscapes website that she and her husband […]

Last weekend I was one of the more 300,000 fans that attended the Indianapolis 500. Growing up literally right across the street in Speedway, Indiana from the most famous 2.5 mile oval track in motor sports, it is no surprise that I’ve been going to the race for the past 18 years. My elementary school […]