MORE 'TECHNOLOGY' POSTS
Yesterday, I did another webinar for Florida Library Webinars, this time on ways that we can use technology to engage our communities – and beyond – in creative book discussion groups. Below is the presentation I put together. Unconventional Reading Groups
Back in August of 2013, in my system we had to pitch ideas in order to get funding for the 2014 fiscal year. The library system had already been earmarked special programming money, and divided among three locations and with a huge amount already spoken for with various continuing projects, every penny is precious. Karen […]
Beware the Return of Point Horror
Anna Davies, Chris Van Etten, Collection Development, genres, Horror, Point Horror, Scholastic, Technology
|Scholastic has heard your pleas for more horror and is in the midst of releasing some cool, easy and very accessible horror with the Point Horror line. This relaunched line combines technology with horror to create some fun, fast reads. I was able to read these titles quickly and, being a horror fan, I found […]
Top 5 Take-aways from ILEAD-USA
Community, Librarianship, STEAM education, STEM Education, Technology, Things I Never Learned in Library School
|This year I’m jumping out of my comfort zone of YA fiction and crafty programs and have joined a team that was accepted to the ILEAD USA program in Illinois. Over the course of the year, our team will design and implement a program using technology to improve service to our patrons and more deeply […]
Earlier today author Mindy McGinnis (Not a Drop to Drink, In a Handful of Dust) and I presented at TLA on the ways that you can use social media to get teens connected with authors and invested in a rich, rewarding, and affirming reading community. You can read the initial post here. And here is […]
As part of our Teen Summer Reading Challenge, we are looking for ways that we can make some small robots with our teens. In part, because I am robot obsessed. And we’re all looking for fun ways to involve more tech it seems. Bristle BotYou can make a small robot using a toothbrush. It looks […]
Sometimes we talk about things we didn’t learn in library school. The point of that occasional series is to illustrate that a lot of our librarian skills are learned on the job, and to acknowledge that the scope of what we do is wide and ever-changing. Before I get going on how I jumped in […]
Middle Grade Mondays: 5 Things I Love Right Now, from a Tween
Apps, Dork Diaries, Flappy Bird, MG Lit, Middle Grade Monday, Minecraft, Technology, The Land of Stories, Wonderstruck
|Robin broke her arm, in two places!, so we are punting for this week’s Middle Grade Monday. So I gave my Tween homework: write a post about the things that you love right now. I added some notes because she apparently is a minimalist. But it is always good to know what your patrons are […]
Earlier today, I presented a Webinar on Teens, Tech and Programming. Like you, I am in the process of putting together not only my Teen Tech Week programming, but in general I have been exploring how I can better incorporate technology into my programming. So I went a little crazy with the research. So here […]
“I read and loved The Hunger Games, what else do you have like that?” Reader’s Advisory! It’s the heart of what we do. If a teen comes in and asks me this question, I will jump over the desk in an attempt to get 10 more books in their hands. But the truth is, sometimes […]
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