The Daring Librarian

Lustworthy Fonts I've made no secret that I have a great love for graphic design, fonts, and the FREE site PicMonkey ; which makes even the novice dabbler feel like their creations are Made of WIN! As Joyce Valenza said in a recent blog post "my love for PicMonkey, in general, is so great that a premium subscription is critical!" But you don't have to have a Royale subscription (but it's worth it!)  to get lustworthy fonts, see!? Here are 10 FREE fonts that are super cool! And here are 10 Royale fonts that are nom nom delicious! You can also find some of these fonts on Dafont and 1001 Free Fonts ! How do you find them to download them to your lappie? Just Google the name of the font + FREE + MAC (or Win)  - and Bazinga! Lustworthy Fonts! Design With Style  & Pimp Up Your Blog Posts The coolest new thing they offer is the ability to create from a blank canvas and a new design feature where there are pre-set sizes! Even a Facebook Cover [wr...

Did ya know that you can easily embed your Tweets in blog posts or wikis? Sure can! It's sorta buried, but I'll show you in 4 easy steps! — The Daring Librarian (@GwynethJones) January 4, 2014 Super thanks to Sasha Reinhardt or @MiddleGrdReads for letting me use our Tweet convo as the embed examples and inspiration for the graphic! Cheers! @GwynethJones That's awesome! — Sasha Reinhardt (@MiddleGrdReads) January 4, 2014 My Year in Twitter as an animated movie by @Vizify https://t.co/KO6wbSwex1 Wish they would give the EMBED code for blogs, tho! — The Daring Librarian (@GwynethJones) January 4, 2014 Have you consolidated your many different flash drives, changed your passwords, cleared your cookies, & dumped your cache? Click below for 10 Super Geeky Tips for the New Year Here's that golden Tweet. My silly Twitter high point of 2013! This is what got the most RT's & most Favourites? LOL Oh sure, this & not any of my ed te...

Good news TV Bingers, We're Not Alone! According to Netflix it's OK to binge on TV shows and entertainment !  Whew, I thought I was the only one! Who needs DVD's?! Leveraging the power of my beloved Roku box , Verizon Fios on Demand, and Chromecast combined with my amazing Amazon Prime Instant Streaming account (AP) ,  Netflix (N)   (streaming only account) and ACORN MEDIA (AM) TV , there are hundreds of awesome bingeworthy TV shows with no commercials out there waiting for you! Are you an Anglophile? Do you LOVE British TV? Me, too! Then AcornMedia TV might just be for you! With new shows added every month and the most extensive catalog of all my favourite series and documentaries all streamed handily though my Roku box, this is a brilliant addition to my steaming addiction! ( Sign up for a 30 day Free Trial to give it a go then 4.99 a month ) Here are my 21 picks of great bingeworthy TV! So, once you finish with Breaking Bad and the 2.2 days it would tak...

An Easy Holiday Recipe for Student Engagement & Professional Happiness For Student Engagement: Be fearlessly goofy (in moderation and at the right time), laugh at yourself (often!), admit when you don't know something or are wrong both to the kiddos and to your colleagues.  Mix it up, be vulnerable, be daring to try new things, and learn when you fail them. Do not forget to celebrate when you succeed! It's OK to do a happy dance now and then. For Professional Happiness: Have empathy and patience for those other educators who don't "get it," are annoying, haters, stuck in the past, toxic, sour to the kiddos, & not supportive. Empathy because they can't or won't change and because they don't get the joy of our calling. They're just putting in time until the next snow day, bank holiday, or break. How sad for them! Bless their hearts! How to Repress Passive Aggressive Funpires!  Call out (gently) those people who are p...

Hello Book Lovahs, How You Doing? You're Lookin Good!   Are you ready to make a love connection and to hang out... with a good book?    Get Engaged! So, I've been inspired lately by a lot of amazing teacher librarians who have written about doing this lesson or some kind of variation (resource links below) and though they sounded awesome, they were too much work.  Decorations, tablecloths, candles, writing activities, dating profiles on Good Reads , Shelfari , LibaryThing , or Shelfari -- so being naturally enthusiasticaly indolent, I wanted to find a quick & dirty way to get kids looking at books, checking out books, and moving around the library. Voila! This is my version. Think Chuck Woolery cheezy love connection with a dash of Marvin Gaye! How YOU Doin? Hot Set Up! Take a book cart and shop for some hot books around your library media center. That's right, be deeply shallow and choose books that have the most attractive covers, are hot popular, ...