What is an effective teacher librarian?
What is an effective teacher librarian?
What is an effective teacher librarian?
What is an effective teacher librarian?
With remote learning possibly on the horizon again (sigh!), it has never been more important to highlight Safer Internet Day. The eSafetyCommissioner has a plethora of resources available online on topics suitable for early childhood, primary and secondary students including a video library for educators. Reporting online abuse: Cyberbullying, Image-based abuse and Illegal and harmful... Continue Reading →
If school librarians facilitate student-led inquiry at least weekly, that dramatically improves the odds that students have been taught the full range of essential information literacy skills. /https://kappanonline.org/linking-librarians-inquiry-learning-information-literacy-lance-maniotes/ Data collected in 2017-18 by the Colorado State Library from the state’s certified school librarians indicated that school librarians who promoted student-led inquiry at least weekly —... Continue Reading →
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I write southern historical fiction, local history, and I've written a devotional book. The two novels I'm writing are set in Virginia and the Carolinas in the 1760s. My weekly blog started out to follow my journey as a writer and a reader, but in 2025 it has been greatly expanded to include current events and politics in the United States as I see our democracy under attack from within. The political science major in me cannot sit idly by and remain silent.
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