School Librarian Candidate

Author kdavi037

Staying Current

TeachingBooks.net – I just starting using this website for my paired text teacher’s guide in LIBS 642. It is actually an online database used to search for both children’s and young adult literature. In the library, students would be able… Continue Reading →

Kids really love to code!

Since I work with students in the computer lab at an elementary school, I have seen first hand how much they love to code. I do an Hour of Code rotation with students several times each year and one activity… Continue Reading →

Virtual Summer Institute 2020!

Although it was unfortunate we couldn’t meet in person, I thought the Virtual Summer Institute went really well. I was able to attend quite a few sessions and learned a lot of new things about the MLIS program. Here are… Continue Reading →

Library Websites in today’s World

Of the library websites I looked at, the ones that caught and held my attention were the sites that were simple with color schemes and had links listed along the left side or the top of the page. The design… Continue Reading →

A (virtual) Trip to the North Pole!

https://poly.google.com/view/azyEdNbXadC This is so cool! I have to admit this was so much fun, that I watched a lot of the tours. I thought the North Pole trip was especially interesting. If I could name one place where not many… Continue Reading →

QR Codes in the library

I had no idea how easy it would be to create a QR code, but it was super simple. I already had a QR reader app on my phone which I have used when we traveled abroad mostly for accessing… Continue Reading →

Creating Videos: A work in progress

I admit I was nervous about creating this video. I won’t even mention how many times I had to start over for a variety of reasons! My original plan was to do a screen share of a children’s e-book. I… Continue Reading →

Haiku Deck – love it!

https://www.haikudeck.com/p/dff6a40ea5/i-love-to-travel https://www.haikudeck.com/p/a38758dc54/hero The cool name of this website caught my attention, Haiku Deck, which made me want to check it out. I found this site to be very user friendly. It also offers lots of free design options: backgrounds, images,… Continue Reading →

Wow in the World: Two Whats!? And a Wow!

This family-friendly daily podcast is on NPR. They post 8-10 minute podcasts each weekday with “encore” podcasts every Monday, which are 25-30 minutes long and provide more detailed information on popular topics. Listeners are given 3 science related statements and… Continue Reading →

Audio Tools

http://tinyurl.com/ybfeadan Check out the link to my VOKI audio message. https://voca.ro/jEMSPQSIK1f Check out the link to my Vocaroo recording. I started with VOKI since it was an audio tool that I wasn’t familiar with and found it to be super… Continue Reading →

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