Maker Heaven!
We celebrate the arts every year at our school through an Arts Week that brings together speakers and activities through many of the fine and performing arts. We had some AMAZING speakers (photograp...
The Deconstruction of the K-12 Teacher – A Reflection
I don’t often do this, but I read a recent article in the Atlantic, The Deconstruction of the K-12 Teacher, that really got me agitated and I need to air some thoughts here. Michael Godsey, a ...
Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free – Book Review
OK, I’m a big Doctorow fan so I would likely be partial to his latest non-fiction offering anyway, but Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free is an outstanding, thought-provoking book on copy...
There is nothing “New” in Libraries in the 21st Century
A brief thought this morning. I was reading through my Twitter stream over a cup of coffee and found a tweet of a Mindshift article from back in June on what the “next-generation” school...
Making as the Motivator
We’ve been having a great time this week at my school. It is Arts Week and we have had some greate speakers in to work with and speak to our kids. Shea Hembrey has been particularly motivati...
Treasure Mountain – Day 2
What a great day at Treasure Mountain! Getting up at 6am was still a bit rough (3am Best Coast time), but once the eighth cup of joe got into the system, life was good. A quick detail breakfast wi...
Treasure Mountain Research Retreat – Day 1
My goal today was to have my mind blown. Well, there’s one big thing off of my “todo” list! The day started with some introductions and a brief history of the school learning com...
Creation Culture in Libraries
Cross-posted from Hypermarc I have to say that I’ve enjoyed the readings of the past three weeks. I’d spent a lot of time thinking about how mobile and geolocation technology could apply...