Other accomplishments
Other Writing
Grant Writing
James Patterson Pledge to School Libraries, 2015, $4000,Â
Operation Round-up, 2012, e-reader project grant, 2013, voluntary reading project grant
Cullman City Schools Foundation, 2012 materials grant, 2013 materials grant
YALSA/Dollar General Teens Top Ten Grant, 2011, materials grant, 2013 materials grant
Dollar General Back-to-School Grant, 2010, $3000, for materials which appeal to teen boys
ALA/NEH We the People Bookshelf, 2006 & 2008, materials grant
Best Buy te@ch award winner, 2006, $2500, for multimedia equipment
Schools Foundation award winner, 2005, $420, for nonfiction materials in graphic format
Poster Sessions
"When the teacher makes them do it: does topic imposition affect student searching?" ALISE 2007 Works-in-Progress, Seattle, Washington.
"Teaching critical thinking and literary analysis using banned books," ALA, New Orleans, Louisiana. June 2006
"The 1961 Cuban literacy campaign and its effect on libraries." Alabama Library Association, Florence, Alabama, April 2006
"Virtual reference: quantitative and qualitative analysis." with Toby Faber Jeanne Holba-Puacz, and Rowena Li. ALISE 2006, San Antonio, Works-in-Progress
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), SIGMS, member since 2008
SIGMS Webinar co-chair, 2013-14
ISTE SIG Leadership Committee, 2013-14
SIGMS Conference Program Committee, 2010-11
SIGMS National Board Committee co-chair, 2010-12
SIGMS Executive Advocacy Committee, 2009-10; collaborator on The Role of School Librarians in Promoting the Use of Educational Technologies.