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    Author Archive for: "MichelleLuhtala"
    Second Quarter Begins!
    By Michelle Luhtala
    In Experts, Library, Library Transformation
    Posted November 20, 2019

    Second Quarter Begins!

    As we move into budget season, we reflect on how students use our collection. This year, we noticed a few trends we wanted to share. Students are borrowing more books! In response to a slight dip [...]

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    School Librarians Can Save Democracy
    By Michelle Luhtala
    In Library
    Posted June 13, 2019

    School Librarians Can Save Democracy

    I submitted a video proposal to TED. I’ve done this before, but my quest ended there. This year, I had the extraordinary experience of attending the conference. I have another post brewing [...]

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    6 concerning trends in digital collection development
    By Michelle Luhtala
    In Advocates, Digital, Library
    Posted June 13, 2017

    6 concerning trends in digital collection development

    I recently joined an American Association of School Librarians (AASL) working group that will develop guidelines to help librarians make decisions about digital content acquisitions. Members were [...]

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    Strategy for Evaluating Student Work (Cont.)
    By Michelle Luhtala
    In Advocates, Digital, Library
    Posted June 13, 2017

    Strategy for Evaluating Student Work (Cont.)

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    Twitter is the New Business Lesson
    By Michelle Luhtala
    In Advocates, Digital, Presentations
    Posted March 29, 2017

    Twitter is the New Business Lesson

    In November, the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) released the executive summary of a study they had worked on for the past eighteen months. I’ve included the results in a few [...]

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    How to Grade 75 Bibliographies in a Jiffy
    By Michelle Luhtala
    In Advocates, Digital
    Posted March 29, 2017

    How to Grade 75 Bibliographies in a Jiffy

    This is super quick and a little sloppy, but super helpful. Sydnye Cohen and I started this system back in 2013-2014, and I thought someone else might find it useful. It is not tech-y or sexy. [...]

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    Media Literacy Part I
    By Michelle Luhtala
    In Advocates, Digital
    Posted February 23, 2017

    Media Literacy Part I

    During my edWeb.net webinar today (5PM, eastern), I will interview Greg Toppo, the National Education Writer for USA Today, and author The Game Believes in You. “Fake news” is the buzz phrase of [...]

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