Category Archives: Food for Thought
On ISTE and Products vs Pedagogy
I didn’t go to ISTE this year, and not just because it overlapped with ALA. Over the past few conference visits, I’ve been uncomfortable about the overall lack of depth of ideas. There seems to be a lot of cheerleading for … Continue reading
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Making and Apprenticeships and Storytelling
I like using Flipboard because it finds readings from topics I’m interested from sources that I might not know about or follow regularly. That was how I found “The Apprenticeship: gallery exhibition celebrates craftmanship” in the Brisbane Times of Australia. … Continue reading
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Hamilessons
Congratulations to our alum Addie Matteson on the publication of her Hamilton-themed Hamilessons in School Library Journal! She writes: I teach in a Title I school, and I knew many students would connect to Hamilton’s difficult childhood. My library also has … Continue reading
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Obama is right.
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Inspiration: Sorting Your Programming by Dewey Number
Interview: Delaware Division of Libraries | UpNext: The IMLS Blog via kwout I was fascinated by this map created for the Delaware Division of Libraries that appeared on the IMLS Blog UpNext. It sorts library programming by Dewey number. Would sorting … Continue reading
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Food for Thought: Why do librarians so often equate purchases with “better” information?
From “Locating Infomation Literacy within Institutional Oppression” by Joshua Beatty on In The Library With The Lead Pipe, inspired by an outline by nina de jesus: Information today is largely a commodity. We have an internet that continually walls off portions: … Continue reading
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LEGO To Release Female Scientist Minifigs Next Month
You’ve read — here and elsewhere — about how some influential folks in maker publications have focused much of their attention on the work of males, particularly white males. And this has been a big concern for us here at … Continue reading
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Yearning for Depth
From Tony Schwartz’s essay “In Praise of Depth” in the New York Times: I’m craving more depth in my life, and so are [my coworkers]. My strong suspicion is that it’s because we’re drowning in so much trivia — a tsunami … Continue reading
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Are Selfies Good for Girls’ Self-Esteem?
“Selfie” (slang for photographic self-portrait) is the Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2013. Do selfies promote a healthy self-image? Or narcissism? In a recent Slate article, Rachel Simmons (author of Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Agression in Girls) posits … Continue reading
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Quotable: NYTimes Letter to the Editor
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