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3D Printers have become a staple tool in today’s schools, libraries, corporate, and military environments. While we bring our ideas, and [...]

As part of my role as a Collection Management Librarian at Mackin, I evaluate new contemporary fiction titles for middle school and high school. [...]

There has been a growing interest in meditation within the educational setting. Perhaps this is because of the growing awareness of scientific [...]

“I’ve wanted to be a writer since at least as far back as third grade,” says Kate Milford, a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author. [...]

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 [...]

Memes are a creative way of promoting literacy with visuals and text. You can create them digitally with Canva, Buncee, and Google Slides. Or you [...]

How can you inspire your students to write about what they know? Deborah Wiles is the author of Freedom Summer, The Aurora County Trilogy, and [...]

Today we are welcoming author and illustrator K. G. Campbell to the Mackin Community blog. In this post, he invites readers into his childhood in [...]

Adobe Spark is one of my favorite technology tools. They make it easy to look like a rock star! Adobe Spark allows you to create: Graphics [...]

I believe that World Kindness Day, taking place on November 13th, is a day that everyone should observe. The purpose of World Kindness Day is to [...]