I’ve been interested in the idea of doing a virtual field trip with my students but hadn’t previously had time to explore the idea or select a destination for us to visit virtually. I found dozens of expeditions that look… Continue Reading →

I attended the VAASL (Virginia Association of School Librarians) conference this past fall, November 2019. I cannot even begin to list the myriad amazing ideas, books, and makerspace projects I encountered, and one of the highlights of the conference presentations… Continue Reading →

Like the rest of the country, we ended the school year with what my district called remote learning. This required an enormous amount of creativity on the parts of all educators, not to mention the need to learn and then… Continue Reading →

This time last year, I was tasked with creating a nursery rhyme poster using one of several different presentation tools for a Children’s Lit class. I tried Smore a bit, took a very quick look at Canva, and then defaulted… Continue Reading →

I’ve never previously used audio tools to record something for my website or to share with my students, so this, like everything else in this class, was revelatory! I fell in love with Voki and can think of myriad ways… Continue Reading →

Here is an infographic I created to display the number of nonfiction books of each type in our Hartwood Elementary School Library collection. I’m just finishing up my end of year reports, so collection statistics are on my mind, and… Continue Reading →