May 12th, 2010
by pollyalida.
Jan Tunison, who is the Head of Library Services at the Scotia-Glenville (NY) High School forwarded this wonderful summer reading poster that she created with Glogster. Additionally, she’s in the process of creating ones for chapter books and nonfiction. I’m really looking forward to seeing the finished project with all the linked posters!
Apr 20th, 2010
by pollyalida.
Thanks to everyone for attending the last two workshops at the Capital Region BOCES School Library System. As promised, here are the slides from today’s Search Update and the Google Earth workshop a few weeks ago. Looking forward to seeing you all at the next session on Google Sites & Docs. Do let me know [...]
Apr 5th, 2010
by pollyalida.
(via: AASL Hotlinks April 2010) Add to the Google map of a nation without school librarians This map marks the cities, towns, communities, and states that have made the decision to either eliminate certified school library positions or require one school librarian to work with two or more school library programs throughout the week. Librarians [...]
Mar 26th, 2010
by pollyalida.
Last weekend, 30+ school librarians & classroom teachers gathered at the Hotel Thayer at West Point for 2 days of Tech Camp! After a bit of a rocky start due to problems with the hotel’s wireless network (which the ever resourceful Danielle handily solved!), we were off to the races. Tech camp is a two [...]
Dec 3rd, 2009
by pollyalida.
Got a terrific school library web site? Does your site need a pick me up? Or a complete make-over? Get some inspiration from your colleagues web sites and share your own great examples on the new SchoolLibraryWebSites wiki spearheaded by Joyce Valenza (Pointing to effective practice, join the wiki!) The wiki has examples of: Elementary, [...]
Sep 19th, 2009
by pollyalida.
Buffy Hamilton, Roxanne Johnson and Tammy Beasley have done a great job transforming their library (Creekview High School, GA) for Banned Book Week. The windows are wrapped in brown paper and books covered with “Do Not Read” covers. Take a look at the full set of pics on flickr.