In preparation for a spring purging in our school library, I recently reread Julie Goldberg's reverent post I Can't Believe You're Throwing Out Books again this week. I suppose that I needed to thicken my skin thickened a little; keep up the resolve to start pulling; it was a desperately needed pep talk before absorbing … Continue reading Yes, I Am Removing These Books From the Library… →

Last month our superintendent, Mr. Jeff Jones, on his blog shared an anecdote on the passion and motivation of the administration that he witnessed while visiting last month at a local school.I felt compelled to respond (this is an editing version from the comment I left on his blog)...To take it a step further, Jeff, … Continue reading Passion: A reply →

To be honest, I was struggling to find an adequate explanation of the idea of the 'Flipped Classroom' that I could share with colleagues. And then...This Infographic by technology writer and educator, Peter Pappas, comes the closest, (so far):

For five and a half years, I've been encouraging teachers at our school to promote and support etextbook use among their students. Yes, there are essentially PDF versions and require a relatively large screen to view. These etextbook versions really offer no more of a benefit to students than not having to haul around fifteen … Continue reading iBooks Textbooks a Solution? →

Well, apparently, here's some sage (?) advice (if you can focus...).Chart courtesy of Learning Fundamentals

If there's any truth or an inkling of resonance to the following infographic then we are poorly underestimating the kind of education and preparation we are currently offering the students of British Columbia. Hey, social teacher still valuing the date of confederation as a 'teachable moment' apparently 'data science' is the new oil. Good bye real … Continue reading Big Data Science: The New Oil (and our kids aren’t ready for this!) →

The infographic below courtesy of onlineducation.net. 

Founder of Library Research Services, Keith Curry Lance, shares the importance of advocacy at the school and school district levels, including parent based grassroots movements. Maybe it's time for teacher-librarians and school library advocates to get involved with protecting these invaluable resources. Chapter 5: School Library Impact Studies and Advocacy from LRS on Vimeo.Wouldn't it … Continue reading School Libraries and Advocacy →

A very powerful Infographic from the folks at Goodreads.

So many teachers refuse to use YouTube in their classrooms for one simple reason: there's far too much 'crap' to wade through to find the diamonds. But help may be here! Google has attempted to make high quality YouTube clips searchable and reachable for all educators.