Library Ties

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

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Entries from August 2010

China

August 29th, 2010 Comments Off on China

Today I spent the day working on one of my other jobs. Each month during the school year, I write a short E-Tools newsletter for C.L.A.S.S. (Connected Learning Assures Successful Students). I’ve had the honor to work with this group for the past several years (both presenting and writing) and have learned so much that […]

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Getting Involved

August 25th, 2010 Comments Off on Getting Involved

Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of librarians connected with the Indianapolis Foundation. This group has some funding dedicated to school libraries in the Indianapolis area and they pull that group together for some professional development. My talk was focused on how and why I got involved in our professional organizations […]

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Nevada Library Association

August 18th, 2010 Comments Off on Nevada Library Association

If the start of school this last week wasn’t exciting enough, I also had the chance this weekend to travel to Henderson, NV (just outside of Las Vegas) for the Nevada Library Association Conference. The Nevada School and Children Librarians’ Section of the NLA is an affiliate of American Association of School Librarians (AASL). My […]

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Summer of Good Intentions

August 18th, 2010 Comments Off on Summer of Good Intentions

I had such good intentions that this summer I would keep up with my blog. As you can see, my last entry was in May, so that didn’t happen. This summer was one filled with wonderful memories from the American Library Association Conference, the C.L.A.S.S. Institute, and spending time with my nieces and nephew. I […]

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