The Daring Librarian

We were SO excited & flattered to host the Bob Edwards Sirius XM show a few weeks ago! They were doing a month long series called “ Shhhh… Libraries at Work !” (of course I HATE the Shhh! part!) and chose my school, Murray Hill Middle School to represent school libraries. (I know...like, WOW!) They found us through this blog and the interview focused on the future of school libraries, digital literacy, creating a positive digital footprint, research strategies, creating student assessment products, audio books, and how we always push the love of reading to our kids! In Part 1 (#6 on the iTunes list) you can listen to the Bob Edwards XM Show Podcast featuring my MHMS kids, MHTV crew, & our school library! It starts with Mrs. Singleton's 6th grade reading & research class visited for seminar book selection & talked about the kind of books they like, transitions into our MHTV crew creating our news show, and finishes with...Mrs. Cullison's class coming in for th...

Write a Book Review - Read a Book Review! Hey there Teacher-Librarian peeeps! I've started up something super cool i just gotta tell you about! And yeah, i'm behind the curve on this one....but i'm running to catch up! LOL Using a simple to create Google doc with a pre-set theme i created an online book review wikipage! Where i can send my kids to to write & submit an online reivew and read published reviews ! of course i'm not going to publish their *real names* on these reviews - i've asked them to come up with an appropriate screenname! once we get started we're gonna have a drawing for prizes on book reviews for a chance to win FREE Advanced copy books, iTunes gift cards, and other random stuff i think is cool! Write a Book Review TODAY!~ Want to WATCH a Book Review? - My Teacher-Librarian friend Mr. Yeargin does book review VLOGS called Read This Book ! now, Ms. Jones is WAY to shy [cough cough] to do this - but hey! if anyone of my kids wants to, ...