Author Archives: Kristin Fontichiaro
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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Academic Hand Gestures?
Yes, now there’s a whole new reason to show up for class: to see if your professor is intellectual enough to use one of a series of seven hand gestures collected by a pair of MFA grads. Says Wired: You’ve definitely … Continue reading
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Canva: Design for Non-Designers
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Whoa: Making Google Searchable By Young Non- or Emergent-Readers
When we first started searching the web with kids, spelling was an enormous barrier. Google has done a lot to mitigate that problem, gently offering us (and even acting on) alternative spellings. But check out this tip from Andy Plemmons … Continue reading
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Preschoolers make room-sized marble chutes
Love this blog post from TeachingPreschool.org about turning used holiday wrapping paper tubes into elaborate marble tunnels! Great preschool classrooms inspire me to think about great learning for kids, both in and out of school. At play with marbles and … Continue reading
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What Counts as a Library Makerspace?
Cross-posted to the Makerbridge blog … Over on the Library as Incubator Project blog, I was delighted to see a University of Michigan School of Information alum, Eden Rassette, blogging about what she called a “pop-up teen makerspace.” It’s a … Continue reading
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Slides: Rutgers CCSS and Research Panel
This morning, I’m Skyping into a day of conversations between principals, teachers, and librarians as part of a Rutgers conference on the Common Core State Standards. From the workshop description: Join us for a day in which all the … Continue reading
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Walking-est Cities
According to Governing magazine, who crunched some census data (later reported in Fast Company), our beloved Ann Arbor has a new claim to fame. Says Fast Company: Want to walk to work? You might consider living in a college town. They dominate … Continue reading
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Book Reviews from SLJ
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