Learning about Ourselves to Better Serve Others

Elisabet Kennedy

2023-05-23 07:30 AM

Adapt, change, modify, translate, try, and then try again. Each of these are familiar skills to school librarians nationwide and sadly, they often go unrecognized. As educational trends and methodologies come and go, school librarians are often tasked with integrating... Read More ›

5 Tips and Tricks for Teaching Research in Elementary

Kelly Hincks

2023-05-16 09:00 AM

Research in early elementary? Yep! You bet!  Teaching research skills to students at any age can be a large task, but with elementary students, it takes a unique approach.  Here are five tips and tricks I have learned for teaching... Read More ›

Form Versus Function: Learning to Appreciate Beauty

Steve Tetreault

2023-05-15 09:00 AM

"Get a Haircut!" Let me start with a short story:  When I graduated college, I had hair down to my shoulders. It drove my conservative dad nuts (which was some of the point). At one point, after several interviews with... Read More ›

Soft Censorship Scenarios – What Would You Do?

AASL/ALSC/YALSA Joint Committee on School Library/Public Library Cooperation

2023-05-10 09:00 AM

Last month, the AASL/ALSC/YALSA Joint Committee shared soft censorship self-reflection questions to help us to gauge our understanding and feelings about censorship and self-censorship. This month, we're offering scenarios to think through and prepare for these types of situations. We... Read More ›

Are We Too Late for Information Literacy?

Leslie Maniotes

2023-05-09 09:59 AM

[SPONSORED CONTENT] In March of 2023 there was an outcry from tech leaders to place a hold on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The message came through loud and clear because of a race to release AI on social media platforms and... Read More ›