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Carson Graham Loves the Library
Miss Clark’s English classes love the library and the library loves them in return! What I’ve loved most about working with this teacher and these hundreds of students ove (More)
School Library Programs
How public school helped Point find the right track... "I tell the students to whom I speak that the libraries in their schools are a repository for what (More)
Word on the street is Wikis are wicked!!! In a good way...
For the las (More)
What Does a Librarian Really Do?
This video (6:40), created by the California School Librarians, is a snapshot into the daily lives of school librarians. What Does a Teacher Librarian Really Do? Ask a TL! (More)
The ugly side of research - plagiarism!
“Copy from one author, it's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research. “  Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933) Last week I presented a lesson to some grade 11 English classes on plagiarism.  It's not a favorite topic for anyone.  Students don't understand w (More)
Booklists to go!
One of the jobs I enjoy as a teacher/librarian is creating booklists for teachers and students. I love the challenge of coming up with the perfect titles for an assignment. You often have to find books with a particular theme or plot line, so it make (More)
November Numbers
People often wonder what teacher/librarians do all day.  Because we're non-enrolling teachers, there may be the perception that we don't work with classes.  It's a mistake to think this way!  In November of this year, North Vancouver's secondary scho (More)
Social Media and the Librarian
Ian Jukes who writes the Committed Sardine blog recently posted about Joyce Valenza's article 14 Ways K12 Librarians Can Teach Social Media. There are many ways tha (More)
Supporting Teachers by Providing Online Resources
Teachers often ask the teacher librarian to locate resources for their classes.  This used to mean pulling books from the shelves and setting them aside for each class.  Today it goes beyond books to a wide range of online resources. When a teache (More)
Search Like a Librarian
When classes arrive in the library to begin a research project the teacher librarian will often spend time teaching them how to be successful when they begin an online search.  This week a senior English class will begin their research for a debating (More)
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