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...

I feel so fortunate to have had a number of amazing opportunities to reflect on this year's experiment with eReaders in my library....

Today we took a big step in our journey with eReaders as a tool for impacting student learning - we purchased 35 more! This time, we went...

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...