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Jun 16, 20123 min read

Summer Reading (For Kids & Adults)

Even as I write this post there's an amazing conversation taking place on Twitter related to the Level Up Book Club - a summer reading...

Jennifer LaGarde

Jun 8, 20121 min read

Video: It's a Small World After All - My PLN Keynote

Awhile back I posted about a recent trip to Vermont where I was honored to deliver (I guess it's safe to admit) my first keynote address....

Level Up Book Club: Gamification For An Epic Win

Jennifer LaGarde

May 31, 20122 min read

Level Up Book Club: Gamification For An Epic Win

Back in March I wrote about how the the TL Virtual Café hosted a webinar on WiiLearning: Engaging Students through Gaming Technology in...

Jennifer LaGarde

May 26, 20123 min read

Rock Star Advocacy

Last week I had the opportunity to lunch, laugh and learn with some rock star librarians in Union County, North Carolina. After a tough...

Jennifer LaGarde

May 15, 20122 min read

PLN Starter Kit: An Exercise in Crowd Sourced Learning

By writing this post, I am keeping a promise to several (dare I say many?) people who have asked me to compile a list of "must read"...

Cockroaches in the Library Are Good: And Other Lessons I Learned In Vermont

Jennifer LaGarde

May 13, 20125 min read

Cockroaches in the Library Are Good: And Other Lessons I Learned In Vermont

Last week I had the opportunity to share and learn alongside a wonderful group of educators at Dynamic Landscapes – a joint technology...

Jennifer LaGarde

May 11, 20121 min read

Dynamic Landscapes: Developing a PLN

Super excited to be delivering this keynote this morning. My own Personal Learning Network means so much to me, that this presentation...

Jennifer LaGarde

May 8, 20123 min read

News Flash: Kids Reading for Pleasure is Not The Problem

Warning: This is a grumpy post. But I can't help it. I've been sitting on these thoughts since this article stumbled across my...

Snapshot of a 21st Century Library Program: Redux

Jennifer LaGarde

Apr 26, 20122 min read

Snapshot of a 21st Century Library Program: Redux

Today I had the opportunity to share and learn with a fantabulous group of librarians in Duplin County, North Carolina. We spent nearly...

Jennifer LaGarde

Apr 24, 20122 min read

Circulating Ideas Podcast

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to chat with Steve Thomas, the master mind behind Circulating Ideas - if not the only, then...

Jennifer LaGarde

Apr 2, 20123 min read

What A Librarian Looks Like

I've never been a big fan of having my photo taken. Despite the fact that my online persona wears a cape while banging the library drum...

My #HoldShelf - A Window Into What Kids Really Want

Jennifer LaGarde

Mar 23, 20123 min read

My #HoldShelf - A Window Into What Kids Really Want

Maintaining a "hold shelf" for patron reserves is hardly innovative practice. However, a recent tweet by library rockstar, John...

Jennifer LaGarde

Mar 17, 20123 min read

One Lucky Mover and Shaker

Back in December I received an email which read: Dear Jennifer, "I’m pleased to tell you that your colleagues have nominated you as a...

Jennifer LaGarde

Mar 10, 20124 min read

Reflections from #NCTIES12 - Day Two

I went to three great sessions yesterday, the last day of NCTIES. Usually, by the time the last day (of any conference) rolls around, I...

Jennifer LaGarde

Mar 8, 20122 min read

Reflections on #NCTIES12 - Day One

"Master teachers must be public learners." -David Warlick at NCTIES 2012 Today and tomorrow I am getting my geek on at NCTIES - my...

Wii Wednesday! Gaming Technology in the School Library

Jennifer LaGarde

Mar 4, 20124 min read

Wii Wednesday! Gaming Technology in the School Library

A couple of weeks ago I was asked to speak to our local chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa – an educational sorority that a few teachers from...

Jennifer LaGarde

Feb 28, 20121 min read

Library Virtual Tour

One of the toughest parts of having an awesome PLN is the (often) unfulfilled desire to visit the libraries and classrooms of the folks I...

Jennifer LaGarde

Feb 22, 20121 min read

Moving Forward: Creating Library Spaces and Programs that Support Content Area Reading

I've been thinking a lot about content area literacy lately. Given the emphasis on expository text in the Common Core Standards, it's...

Reader's Advisory 2.01 - Collaborative Genre Prezis

Jennifer LaGarde

Feb 12, 20123 min read

Reader's Advisory 2.01 - Collaborative Genre Prezis

Awhile back, I wrote about a reader's advisory project I'd been working on - involving collaborative genre Prezis. At that time, I...

Jennifer LaGarde

Feb 5, 20125 min read

What Do You Stand For? Creating a Library Brand That Matters.

When I started this blog, I picked the moniker of "Library Girl" on a whim. All around me, it seemed like libraries were under attack...

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