Digital

by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager & Makerspace Specialist Stories entertain. Stories also teach. Having diverse literature available to students helps create a culture of [...]

When I was a teacher, I had a multimedia approach to gathering content for my students. I truly believed in creating learning experiences in different formats to help reach all learners. During [...]

Thanks for checking out my #MakerspacesAtoZ blog series. In case you missed it, you can catch my previous posts here: A:  Aspirational B:  Boring C:  Combinatory D:  Disobedient E:  Enterprising [...]

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 can go “old school” with pictures cut [...]

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 Websites Slideshow style videos If you are an educator [...]

In the era of 1:1, many educators (and parents) hold tight to students reading “real” books, such as books bound by a publisher. Others say we need to “get with the times” and allow our students [...]

Sometimes a post pops up into your Twitter feed that inspires you to create something. This is what happened when Heather Lister posted about a website called the Breaking News Generator, and [...]

I have written several times in the past about how connecting has made a difference in my practice and development as a teacher librarian. If you haven’t read about my Skype in the [...]