Yay!  What a thrill to be able to present what we've learned from our eReader pilot program this year at the North Carolina Technology in...

Although I didn’t watch the Grammy’s the other night, I heard on NPR the next day about how a bunch of crazed Justin Bieber fans, angered...

Note: This post also appears on the Georgia Library Media Association's blog. Thank you Buffy Hamilton for asking me to be a part of...

As the sun sets on another year, it's only natural to reflect on what's transpired over the last 12 months and to then look ahead to the...

The Good: First off, I want to say that the vast majority of what we've experienced with our eReaders has been good.  Great even.  We've...

Since my last post, I've learned a few things about our Nooks that seem worth sharing: The Nook must be powered on or in "sleep mode"...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...