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Under Common Core, students will be writing scripts, reviewing books, making public service announcements, and creating other content, all using video. For schools, this presents a technical challenge: Where to host all this video? SLJ columnist Christopher Harris has found a solution.
Librarians are masters of information. Finding it, storing it, organizing it, retrieving it—you name it. We excel at a wide range of skills. And in today’s world, that’s the name of the game.
Christopher Harris and Kristie Miller are the latest to brave the uncharted territory that lies beyond the Dewey Decimal System. Harris recently joined the librarian in the effort to reclassify her elementary school collection. Here’s the result.
Want to help teachers find high-quality “complex texts,” a key ingredient of the new educational standards? Christopher Harris shows you how.
From Keynote to Penultimate, the must-have productivity apps SLJ columnist Christopher Harris puts to use while on the road.
Open educational resources (OER) are the next big thing. Christopher Harris runs down the potential of OER—and necessary work involved—for school librarians.
Reference is dead, and traditional notions of fiction and nonfiction may be obsolete, too. The Common Core Standards has Christopher Harris reconsidering how library resources are presented to students.
Do you have permission to contact students with updates from the library? SLJ columnist Chris Harris envisions the confluence of “permission marketing” and library services.
No doubt, 2011 was the year of the tablet; now we’ll see those devices go to school. BYOD (bring your own device), holds great potential but needs serious consideration before it can be implemented.
This holiday season, don’t forget your favorite library. The following items are easy on the budget and can help your media center do great things in the coming year.
