I’ve been studying library space design a lot the last few months. I’m currently working on a book for ISTE, tentatively titled Reimagining Library Spaces, that will be out sometime in the fall. As I’ve been going through research, I thought it would be great to share some of my favorite learning space design books … Read more
The very first conference I ever attended was my state conference, FAME (Florida Association for Media in Education) back in 2010. I was a brand new librarian and soaked up all the new information, ideas, and connections. It only took one conference to get me hooked. Since then, I’ve attended and presented at conferences all … Read more
The future of school libraries is something that I spend a lot of time thinking about. In October, I had the honor and privilege of attending School Library Journal Leadership Summit in Washington, DC. As I looked back over my notes from the event, I realized that our future was front and center in all … Read more
Just as our lives need tidying up from time to time, so do our libraries. Decluttering the library can be daunting at first, but it’s totally worth it. Here’s some more on why we should tidy up: The Magic of Tidying Up Your Library: An AASL Post I read The Life Changing Magic of Tidying … Read more
The Sketchnote Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to Visual Note-taking On the flight to ISTE a few weeks ago, I brought along The Sketchnote Handbook. This book hooked me within a few pages. As I took sketchnotes throughout the conference (see them in my post) I could immediately see my skills improving. I’m relatively new to sketchnoting … Read more
ISTE 2016, Denver, Colorado Last week, I was in Denver for the International Society for Technology in Education conference. This was my third ISTE conference, and like the other two in Atlanta and Philadelphia, it was amazing and exhausting. It’s taken me a few days to get my energy back and write this post. I … Read more
Making Waves by Doing Less This post is an adaption of an Ignite talk I did at Riding the Wave Manitoba. I wanted to figure out what the most important message was that I could get across in five minutes and I realized that it wasn’t the importance of makerspaces or why we need to … Read more
Note: All opinions here are my own and do not represent my district or any other organization I wrote the bulk of this post a few months ago after a conversation with Susan Wells at FETC. And it sat in my drafts for awhile as I tried to figure out how to frame it. … Read more
What lead to the Renovated Learning Manifesto… I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and reflecting lately. After reading Essentialism, I’ve been soul-searching and trying to suss out where my true passions lie. Meanwhile, I’ve been reading business and productivity blogs, learning about SEO, and studying my Pinterest and Twitter analytics. I’ve been trying to … Read more
For the longest time (okay, for about five years) I would attend conferences, learn lots of great new ideas, and take them back to my school. I loved hearing from other educators about the awesome things that they were doing, but I didn’t really see what I had to share. Then I discovered the Maker … Read more