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Texas Library Association Conference (TxLA)
Texas Library Association Conference (TxLA)
Rae and I are back from the Texas Library Association (TLA) Conference. We spent a week in Dallas with 8,000 public, academic, and K-12 librarians learning and sharing with one another on a variety of topics including collection development, curation, maker education, copyright, media/news literacy, design thinking, digital engagement, community outreach, OER, net neutrality, etc.
I was super lucky & landed an impromptu chat with library leaders Dr. Joyce Valenza (@joycevalenza,), Nikki Robertson (@NikkiDRobertson), and Jennifer Casa-Todd (@JCasaTodd) on "what's keeping them up at night" in K-12 librarianship. Tune into Episode 15 of Not A Rocking Chair Librarian podcast to listen to our conversation (see link below).
Over the course of 4 days Rae and I attended 40+ sessions and we will be sharing out more of what we learned at TLA via TL announcements, TL Workshops, etc., over the 2018-19 school year
Build A Better Book
Build A Better Book
Professional Learning Pathway
Professional Learning Pathway
Registration is open - MyPassport Course Code: 17321
BVSD Library Services and CU Science Discovery are partnering to provide MS/HS teacher librarians with a storytelling through making experience via the Build A Better Book Professional Learning Pathway (8.9 & 9.17).
Bring a book to life! Learn how to merge storytelling with art, tech, STEM, and literacy to create experiential, multimodal books, graphics and games that can be seen, touched, and heard. Through the context of storytelling, you will explore literacy-based maker tools including Makey Makey, paper circuits, Scratch, 3D printing, robotics (Dash), and other tools.
By the end of this course, you will learn how to:
- Merge literacy with making;
- Engage students in creative problem solving and design;
- Develop real-world learning challenges.
MakerEd Picture Book Lists
MakerEd Picture Book Lists
Loran Lattes and Rae C. curated a list of pictures books that illustrate and model maker education concepts, skills, and traits. Rae shared the list with Mackin and Follett and they created BVSD MakerEd Book Lists so you can easily find these titles and order them for your collections. Remember, when you order books from a jobber, Mackin or Follett, they will arrive shelf-ready & MARC records will be sent to Rae in advance of shipment receipt.
Locate Lists:
Login to the vendor websites, then navigate to the appropriate lists (see image below).
Follett: Navigate to State Bibliographies in Titlewave.
Mackin: Under Title Lists, do a List Search for "maker."
Guest Blogger - Katherine (Katie) Darrin | Creekside Elementary
Guest Blogger - Katherine (Katie) Darrin | Creekside Elementary
"You are able to specify which types of books you want, including Spanish titles, and the restock process was easy and quick." Read more.
- Library leaders Dr. Joyce Valenza (Prof. Rutgers), Nikki Robertson (President Elect of ISTE Librarian Network ), and Jennifer Casa-Todd (author of Social Ledia) discuss
- Stacey Duval, Teacher at Horizons School shared Mobile Maker Kit Reflections
BVSD OverDrive Teacher's Lounge
BVSD OverDrive Teacher's Lounge
Professional Learning Collection
Professional Learning Collection
Featured Title
Featured Title
by Colleen Graves, Aaron Graves, Diana L. Rendina
An invaluable how-to text that details the workshop model, addresses the design challenges, and explains the best avenues for curriculum-based learning in the school library makerspace.
• Explores crowdsourced research methods that lead to authentic participatory learning
• Ensures that student-led workshops and design challenges result in tremendous success
• Supplies practical tips that can be applied by beginner maker-librarians and provides curricula suggestions for advanced maker-librarians
• Explains how to incorporate design thinking, empathy building, and problem solving with design challenges that spur student creativity
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