Does your school allow holiday activities? This is a hot button issue for many teachers. On the one hand, you don't want to have any students feel excluded if they don't celebrate a particular … [Read more...]
Create a Choose Your Own Adventure Story with Google Forms
Does anyone remember the old chapter books in the Choose Your Own Adventure series? Readers would get to a certain point in the story and then have to choose the ending they preferred (does the … [Read more...]
Getting Started with BOOM Cards™
Do you use task cards in your classroom or library but hate the preparation work? Maybe you should try BOOM Cards! BOOM Cards™ are interactive digital task cards with no printing or laminating … [Read more...]
Wintery Weather? Warm Up Those Reading Comprehension Skills!
Are you among the thousands of people digging out from a major winter blizzard? Did you know that the amount of snow is not what qualifies a storm as a blizzard? It is the fierce wind and low … [Read more...]
Distance Learning or Home Schooling? How Libraries Can Help!
Wow! We are in a brave new world now! When I worked in business, I sometimes "tele-commuted," (that is, worked at home). Not often, but occasionally. When I became a school librarian, I thought, "How … [Read more...]
What You Need to Know about the Google Educator Certification Exam–Level 1
How are you spending your summer break? Sipping piña coladas at a tropical resort? Cooling off in an Olympic-sized swimming pool? (Please don’t say redecorating your classroom! I just ran over to the … [Read more...]