While the adage in real estate that the three most important considerations are location, location, location, in librarianship the surest way to success is recognizing the three primary rules are relationships, relationship, relationship. Is being current with the latest in…

I had a PLN before the term came into use.  We all did.  Our Personal (Professional) Learning Network was composed of the colleagues we counted on to help us figure out a student, an approach, or sometimes an administrator.  After…

Almost every day I trip over some new digital tool or resource I hadn’t heard of previously. When I despair over all I don’t know, I remind myself in this day and age, and even in the world of school…

While School Librarian’s Workshop subscribers will soon be receiving their February/ March 2014 issue, I am almost finished with the April/May 2014.  With April being Math Awareness Month, I have STEM on my brain.  If you recall a previous blog…

An interesting discussion has been taking place on the School Librarian’s Workshop Facebook page.  It began when I reposted Ruth V. Small’s report on the  research study she has done at the Center for Digital Literacy (showing “young innovators perceive…

A Buffy Hamilton post (http://dmlcentral.net/blog/buffy-hamilton/libraries-‘sponsors-literacy-and-learning-peeling-back-layers) which I shared on The School Librarian’s Facebook page, reminded me about the important differences between questions and answers.  In the current situation with the Common Core Curriculum, our schools are focused more than ever…

I am reminded that January is named for the Roman God Janus, pictured as looking forward and backward.  Once we are past our childhood, it seems inevitable that the New Year causes us to reflect on the year gone by…

As a member of ASCD, I receive their monthly Education Updates in the mail.  Normally, I give it a cursory reading, but the lead article in the December issue, “More than Words: Developing Core Speaking and Listening Skills” made me…