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A Journey through a revolution ...
From Cambridge University Press, Computing Universeby Tony Hey and Gyuri Papay was just released this week and I have been leafing through a digital version of its pages which are “intended to be...
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What We’re Intrigued by/Reading/Watching Right Now…Mr. Stuczynski: “TED talk that I saw recently made an impression upon me because it deals with both marketing and leadership and how great leaders...
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Some end of the year lists worth a look
At this time of year we are often thinking about lists of numbers so here are a couple of others to peruse: 5 Things We Know about College Students in 2014, published by The Chronicle of Higher...
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Wes Moore to Speak at New Trier
Most of you are probably aware that Wes Moore will be speaking at the Cornog next week. Here are the details:Wednesday, January 147:00 PM - 8:30 PM Northfield Cornog Auditorium 7 Happ Road,...
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Illinois Computing Educator Resources
The Library Department spent our Institute Day (Friday, February 27th) at ICE, the annual conference for Illinois Computing Educators. The schedule included an opening keynote and then a variety of...
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Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis by Robert D. Putnam
Is income inequality a serious concern? Impacting opportunity for upward mobility? Robert D. Putnam, Harvard University professor and author of Bowling Alone, argues yes to both in his new book Our...
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School Library Month Resources
Happy April! Take a few minutes and celebrate School Library Month. Watch and SHARE this great, short new video from Common Craftcalled “Libraries in the Internet Age.” They say, “We love libraries...
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Summer reading options
Time to start thinking about summer reading … there are tons of lists of great titles – old and new – plus the choice of technology. Of course, we are encouraging teachers and students to grab print...
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Tech Day Learning
Several of us had a great professional development day recently as we played with a variety of technology and explored some new additions to our toolkits for next year. Our exploration spanned a number...
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ALA on Best Web Sites for Teaching and Learning 2015
Last week the American Library Association released their Best Websites for Teaching and Learning 2015. Though I had heard of some (IFTTT, gooru, knowimania, etc.), I found plenty that were new to...
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Web Reference – Revised and updated
The New Trier librarians, especially Matt and I, have been busy working on a summer grant to refresh, revise, and update our Web Reference. Here, again, is the NEW link on...
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Rising Strong with Dr. Brene Brown at New Trier
Dr. Brene Brown, a best-selling author and research professor at the University of Houston, will be speaking at New Trier later this week as part of a program sponsored by FAN(Family Action Network)....
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Connected Educator Month and other Professional Development
October (Connected Educator Month) is always a busy time and this year is no exception. Be sure to take advantage of the many professional opportunities. Here are just a few:Digital Shift -- This...
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The Great Thanksgiving Listen
StoryCorps is appealing to high school students and teachers to preserve the voices and stories of an entire generation of Americans over a single holiday weekend. Learn more about the Great...
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Primary Sources, apps, and more ...
Recently, we have had classes in the library who were looking for primary sources, particularly related to waves of immigration. We also had several classes who are writing letters from the time of...
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Just this past week in its NewsHour Shares, PBS mentioned the New York Public Library and its collection of digitized materials:Not only are these 180,000 public domain digital resources available; the...
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Makerspaces in Libraries
Here’s a picture of several New Trier students having fun working on a puzzle in the Library:This all started for us last December when we decided to offer some “de-stress” activities during the lunch...
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Some ideas for searching help ....
Just posting a few links that lead to much more:One is Illume Learning which I first came across in an email. This site makes me think of open educational resources and the efforts to make those more...
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Promoting Reading with Speed Dating and Book Trailers
Just a very quick post this month to highlight some of the discussions we have been having at our Library Department meetings about book talks, speed dating, and book trailers. We have been...
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Grit by Angela Duckworth
Captain America: Civil War opened at movie theaters this weekend. He has GRIT. It’s Mother’s Day; mothers have GRIT. Angela Duckworth does, too. She is a Professor of Psychology at the University of...
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Good Charts and Data Visualization
Good Charts by Scott Berinato is published by Harvard Business Review Press so it understandably uses examples relating to the corporate world (power outages, customer complaints and revenue, for...
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eBook Updates, pricing and trends
Based on an annual study from Follett and School Library Journal, we can see that the percent of school libraries offering eBooks has plateaued, although the size of the collections continues to...
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Future Ready Librarians
I had the wonderful privilege of working with graduate students in library science this summer and one of the topics that really caught our attention is Future Ready Librarians. This initiative is...
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National School Librarian of the Year is Really Local
The national School Librarian of the year is Todd Burleson of Hubbard Woods School in Winnetka. See the School Library Journal article and announcement for more details.Having worked several years ago...
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Happy 10th Anniversary!
It seems hard to believe, but Judy Gressel and the New Trier librarians started this blog a full decade ago. Since then, multiple authors have written just under 700 posts and had roughly 150,000 page...
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