Library Transformation

There aren’t many children’s book authors who have written close to 200 nonfiction books and not a single fiction title, so it’s no surprise that one of the most common questions children ask me [...]

When much of the United States, and the world, was disrupted by the pandemic in March 2020 people were surprised that I could work from home.  After all, many people think my main job consists of [...]

In his Assorted Stuff blog, my friend Tim Stahmer, looks at our old educational nemesis plagiarism and how technology is making it easier to use other’s work than one’s own to [...]

It’s like making resolutions, but it’s all about measuring your progress toward keeping them. In practice, I regret that I didn’t create formal plans. I did write at least three goals each year [...]

I have a confession. Over my 25 years of teaching I’ve developed focusing problems (“Squirrel!). I find myself reading the first few lines of an article, jumping to the end, and then [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This summer I made the decision to leave Shamong Township School District. In the three years that I spent in Shamong, I was able to make many wonderful transformations to the library. These [...]