Each TechnoTuesday
Posted in Advocacy, Back-to-school, Library, Library Brand on Sep 16th, 2012
This time of the year, many of us are preparing for a parent night of some kind at our schools. This actual question was crowd-sourced recently on our list serv, and I chimed in (with what else? Cathy Nelson’s Professional Thoughts!!) But I do think some of the responses were worthy of blogging. So here [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Conferences, Library Brand, Professional Development, Professional Organizations, Reading Advocacy, South Carolina on May 20th, 2012
On the school front, we’re pushing the public library’s summer reading program for teens. It sounds so cool and I love their logo so much — i soooo want a tshirt. Too bad I don’t qualify. I think I’ll crash their kickoff party anyway to see if I can score a shirt. After all I [...]
So I’m working on some signs to put around school, and here is sign numero uno.
Posted in Advocacy, k12 Education, Library, Library Brand on Mar 23rd, 2012
A post was in my reader this afternoon, one so moving, I popped out to go leave a comment of support. Apparently the post has been pulled down. Ever happened to you? How many of us have been on the other end of a Tweet, Facebook, or blog post as author and shared something, [...]
Posted in 2.0, 21st century, Advocacy on Mar 10th, 2012
Are you a RIF or a VIP? Having a PLN can help! was originally published in the SCASL Media Center Messenger, Volume XLIX, No. 3 (February 2012) Cathy Jo Nelson, Teacher Librarian, NBCT Dorman High School, Spartanburg District 6 cathyjonelson@gmail.com Are you a RIF (reduction in force) waiting to happen? Those educators who have stopped [...]
Posted in 21st century, Advocacy on Dec 19th, 2011
I love how Christmas break frees up time and really allows me to throughly read through my feeds. I can take the time to think through the posts, reflect, ask myself questions, develop action plans, and apply what I am learning to my own teaching and learning context. Many times I leave my reader knowing I [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Education, Information Literacy, Learning, Library, Library Brand on Nov 11th, 2011
Rant two: student ID’s. See rant 1 here. (Fictitious letter, all names and locations are anonymous.) Dear School Library Professional Guru, My colleagues and I don’t agree on the requirement of student ID’s to check out books from our high school library. Can you guide me in how to handle this situation? I want to [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Blogging, Book Reviews, Censorship, Education, Library, Library Brand, Nominations & Awards, South Carolina on Jul 7th, 2011
I just want to thank those in my reader for helping me make grand plans!! I’ve been really focusing on some Teen Read Week plans already (yeah, its not until October!) but I like to start the brainstorming early. I think some of the motivation has come from book trailers being shared in my reader [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Professional Development, Professional Organizations, Uncategorized on Jun 4th, 2011
Okay I am on this panel, and I have promised to help promote. It also falls into the category of “Shameless Self Promotion.” So I shamelessly copied Doug Johnson’s original post to share via my blog. Forgive me Doug!! You said it so well, how could I improve on it? Yeah, the answer was to [...]
Posted in Advocacy on May 18th, 2011
So this article has been making its rounds today. It’s generating a lot of traction in my area that includes some panicked school librarians. Can you hear them screaming, “The sky is falling, the sky is falling!”? Click here to see the pic if it is not pictured below. As expected many are knee jerking [...]
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