User-Friendly? - part 2
So, here are the nuts and bolts of how I rearranged my library to be genre based. The entire process took just over a year and I'm loving the change.Step 1I determined the genres I would use and where...
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This past April, the high school librarian and I presented at PSLA on Building a Culture of Reading in a school and/or district.The presentation was a huge success. Several people e-mailed our...
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The 5th grade Social Studies teacher asked me to come up with a research project to introduce the Explorers Unit. I gave her a few options and she liked the idea of having each student create a Museum...
View ArticleGoogleDocs+Prezi+Screenr = Collaboration
Each year the 8th graders do a research project on the Cambodian genocide before reading the book, Children of the River. This year we decided to revamp the project completely! First, we wanted to...
View ArticleWeb2.0 Professional Development
In late June, I led two three-hour professional development sessions for teachers at my school. One was geared toward teachers in grades 5-12 and the other was geared toward teachers in grades K-4....
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