Archive for May, 2012

Publish Your Best in SLM!

Wednesday, May 30th, 2012

Purple and Pink together again.

For many of you, Memorial Day marks the winding down of the school year. So you’re either breathing a sigh of relief (another year completed!) or ramping up for end-of-year hijinks.

As you wind down your year and take some time to reflect, I hope you’ll consider taking some of your expertise — and your students’ learning — public by submitting a lesson plan (SLM calls them “learning plans”) to School Library Monthly. You may be ramping down, but the magazine is ramping up to get the back-to-school issues ready!

You can learn more about submissions here.

Thanks!

Image: “Purple and Pink Together Again,” by downing.amanda on Flickr. Used with a Creative Commons CC-BY-2.0 license.

How Do We Help Folks See The Difference Between Data and Knowledge?

Sunday, May 27th, 2012

Maybe with this? (via @joycevalenza)

data cake
Image by EpicGraphic

Hello, Farmington Librarians!

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Michigan 1920 Hi-Way Map

Today I’m doing a short presentation on the Common Core State Standards for school and public librarians in Farmington and Farmington Hills, Michigan. This is my local library and school district!

You can find the slides here.