Last week many of us had the opportunity to attend the free, online, global conference, Library 2.011. But if school or sleep or life in general prevented you from attending a few sessions, the good news is they are all archived as a rich legacy of this inaugural event. (Thank you Steve Hargadon and San José
For my September newsletter, I decided to resurrect and majorly update an old PowerTools document of ideas I had for mixing up the traditional student… Read More
As we open our library doors–both virtual and physical–this fall, we are less alone than ever. Librarians (and others) are sharing when it comes to info lit learning activities.
I’ve been trying to aggregate some of my favorites in this Guide. And with the understanding that the best infolit instruction is integrated infolit instruction, I’ll highlight just a few information literacy portals to guide us as we develop… Read More
Becky Russell, School Library Senior Consultant, Colorado Department of Education wrote this week to share an exciting project relating to the State’s retooled Power Library Program.
The program and its competencies are closely tied to the newly revised Colorado Academic Standards, which integrate 21st century skills across grade and content area.
It is a highly inclusive program.
Becky writes of the urgency for action and for… Read More
The article Casting a Wide Net for Mentors appeared on the front page of Tuesday’s USA Today. (Here’s the link to the online version.)
The article begins: Julia Albaugh’s high school in Van Meter, Iowa didn’t have a course that would teach her about marketing and public relations. So a librarian in the school helped
I’ve been attending your conference since the early 1990s, before the Web was born. I was a founding member of SIGMS, which has grown, under the stewardship of so many of my TL colleagues, to one of ISTE’s more powerful SIGs.
At this year’s conference in Philadelphia, you released three new sets of NETS standards