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EduBlog Awards 2010 Nominations

I'm so excited to be casting my virtual ballot for the Edublog Awards this year. There are so many wonderful bloggers out there -from...

Wikibrarian! My Prezi on Using Wikis for School Librarians (and you!)

Looking forward to teaching a brief session on wikis this afternoon to a mighty group of NC School Librarians. Some of the ways I use...

Our Nook Adventure Part I

If imitation really is the purest form of flattery, then Buffy Hamilton and Kathy Parker should feel extremely flattered right about...

Go Forth And Quantify

I saw a post on facebook recently by a veteran teacher bemoaning the focus on data in education. She posited that the emphasis should be...

A Long Look In The Mirror

Call it what you want. The elephant in the room, a tough pill to swallow or just the ugly truth, but either way, it's time for school...

The Power of Doing

I want to be the Luke Geissbühler of school librarianship. Luke Geissbühler is the guy who (with very little money) built a space craft...

Make Your Library Indispensable: Or Why Professional Development is Not A Luxury.

I wrote this article for the North Carolina School Library Media Association's Media Connections Newsletter AFTER being inspired by the...

Eat Your Heart Out, Gloria Gaynor.

At the first district wide meeting of school librarians this year, I floated the idea of creating a research team/plt -wherein interested...

A Big Sloppy Love Letter To My PLN!

When I was a classroom teacher, I often found myself feeling isolated from the rest of the world. Perhaps it was the era in which I...

May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor

When I started this blog, I had every intention of using it to advocate for my profession; To rouse the rabble with my lofty ideals and...

Your Understanding of Libraries is Expired, Why I'm Not OK With It.

First of all, credit where credit is due. This blog has existed in my head for a long time. But it wasn't until reading this that I...

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