Category Archives: Inquiry
Questions from HASL Conference, Part 4
This is one in a continuing series of posts based on questions submitted by participants at the Hawaii Association of School Librarians’ March 1 workshop. As you can see, the questions asked aren’t the kind that get short-and-sweet answers! Scroll … Continue reading
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Questions from HASL Conference, Part III
Howdy! This is the third in a series of posts to answer questions posed by participants at Saturday’s Hawaii Association of School Librarians conference. You guys are asking tough questions, so it’s taking me a bit longer than I would … Continue reading
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Questions about HASL conference, Part II
Continuing from the previous post, here are some more questions from HASL participants, along with my thoughts about them. Comments and tips welcome in the comments! Are we addressing special populations (mental, physical handicapped students) in Common Core standards? Short … Continue reading
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Questions from HASL conference, Part I
At Saturday’s Hawaii Association of School Librarians’ conference, Nalani left a spot on the evaluation form for people to ask questions. Here’s my first stab at the first batch of questions. More will be coming soon! Please leave a comment … Continue reading
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Hello, Hawaii Association of School Librarians! {updated!}
**Updated after the workshop to include your “Aha!” moments that you shared at the pin table at the bottom of the post** ***Updated again March 6 with your “Aha!” moments from the evaluations at the very very end of the post*** … Continue reading
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Hello, SLAQ in Cairns!
“The Great Barrier Reef” by Sinead Friel on Flickr. CC-BY. Hello, Cairns folks! It’s Day Three of my Australia Tour 2013, and I’m in this Great Barrier Reef city to talk about inquiry and good technology use. The first appalachianmagazine.com … Continue reading
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Hello, SLAQ Members in Brisbane!
“Early stages of the Story Bridge construction, Brisbane, ca. 1937″by George Jackman. From the Flickr Commons collection of the State Library of Queensland. My whirlwind tour of Australia continues! I’m in Brisbane speaking with members of the School Library Association … Continue reading
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Longwood Summer Literacy Institute
I am delighted to be speaking this morning at the Longwood Summer Literacy Institute at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. What a beautiful campus and town! It’s not every day you get to sleep a room with furniture once used … Continue reading
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What’s on your mind about inquiry learning in the era of CCSS?
Can you believe that it’s already time to start thinking about the back-to-school issue of School Library Monthly? As we’ve talked to readers over the past year, we realize that there are lots of questions that come up about carrying out inquiry-oriented … Continue reading
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Great KQED Mindshift Blog Post Quoting Chris Lehmann at EDUCON
A great quote from the KQED Mindshift blog, summarizing Chris Lehmann’s presentation at EDUCON last week: Besides, the availability of this mode of treatment was cost-effective buy viagra where and useful at the same time. What’s more, it can affect … Continue reading
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