My husband and I disagree. One of my goals this summer was to update my resume/CV - I'm not looking for another job or anything, but it...

Like a lot of teachers/librarians who benefit from having "summer's off," I always head back to school earlier than I should.  We don't...

Having not been able to shake the "I had no idea librarians could do this!?" reaction I received at last week's Teaching Fellows...

Today I had the amazing opportunity to work with some of my state's most valuable resources: new teachers.  The students in the classes I...

As I prepare for some sessions later this week during which I will get to work with new teachers on the fine arts of collaboration and...

Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (p21) Institute in Stowe, Vermont.  To be honest, I’m...

In a few short weeks I have the tremendous honor of presenting to a group of soon-to-be-teachers who are a part of the NC Teaching...

For the last few weeks, this TED Talk, in which Daniel Tammet explores how perception impacts learning and understanding, has been...

QR Codes are one of those subjects that I’ve been meaning to write about forever. To be honest, I was something of a QR Code skeptic when...

The other day I ran across this post about educational conversations that have run their course. That is to say, ed-chat (not to be...

Today I had the honor of learning and sharing with educators from Southeastern North Carolina at the New Hanover County Summer Technology...

This summer I am starting 2000 hours project.  2000 hours is the brainchild of a teacher named Chuck who is fed up with the popular...

I've been getting a fair amount of (friendly) grief this week as I've been toiling away on my library's annual report.  Why?  Well......

My summer office has a GREAT view! I am very fortunate to live at the beach. That means I spend lots of my summer complaining about the...

Lots of state library associations sponsor kid-lit book awards – that is to say book honors that are decided by readers, as opposed to a...

Like many libraries around the world, mine holds a Food for Fines event each year.  In fact, I got the idea from my local public library...

I first became aware of "The Disgraceful Interrogation of L.A. School Librarians" when Neil Gaiman tweeted the link along with the note...

Recently, Andy Woodworth posted a series of TED Talks that he felt all librarians should read (and why!).  I'd seen a couple of his...

One of the things I love most about our profession is how generous so many people are with their resources, creativity and expertise.  I...

The image above is my response to Joyce Valenza's Action Figure Meme.  It's gone through a lot of changes since I created the first...