In the Library Media Center this month we're talking about Caldecott Awards. The 2011 awards were announced and the Medal winner, given for A Sick Day for Amos McGee lives right next door in Ann Arbor which we all thought was pretty exciting!Y

New AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner

Mar 30th, 2008

In order to better understand the American Library Association (ALA), American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Standards for the 21st Century Learner, (the new revision or "evolution" of the Standards for Student Learning in Information

How will the field of School Library Media evolve?

Mar 26th, 2008

This is the first podcast of the School Library Media Primer. This first show was an exploration as to where the field of school library media is headed in the future, in particular pertaining to traditional library media versus the influx of d

Web 2.0 and Education

Mar 26th, 2008

I spoke with Dr. Annette Lamb and media specialists Mike Chmura and Cindy Albarado about Web 2.0 and the implications for education, in particular for teacher librarians.Dr. Lamb has a webpage called Library Media Specialist 2.0 that she publis

Community Reads

May 29th, 2007

In my quest to understand how to create a community read in an exciting, successful and relatively pitfall-free way I interviewed Nancy Pearl creator of the "One Book, One City" concept.In addition, I talked with Charlie Shaw and Pat Burns, two

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