a discussion of information fluency, searching, teaching, and learning in the 21st century

A number of folks I’ve bumped into lately ask me why I stopped blogging. I haven’t.  I  simply can’t maintain both of my blogs, work, travel, and have a life.  So, while I may continue to post in this blog occasionally, I have an obligation to post on SLJ space.  So please, please link to NeverEnding [...]

Just posted my five top reasons for blogging the research process.  Check it out in my SLJ post.

The 2nd annual K12 Online virtual conference is just about a month away. Make sure you attend, or attend the conference archive. The event is completely free. Important thinkers and dreamers and practitioners will present. Connect yourself with their visions of how our schools are evolving, how learning is changing. Because the presentation [...]

I finally posted a very belated BlogDay celebration on my SLJ Blog. (Their software and my Mac just don’t seem to get along.) Anyway, forgive my cheat. The occasion gave me an excuse to promote some of the wonderful bloggers in the school library world instead of the recommended stretching beyond. I am [...]

Just wanted to alert those folks who don’t read my SLJ Blog to my latest post. One of my most popular pathfinders in our high school, where media projects are fairly commonplace, has been the one that leads learners to images and sounds they can use easily in Web publishing, podcasting, and broadcasting. As I worked on [...]

SLJ just posted podcasts of our SIGMS panel at NECC. You can hear my 21st Century Librarian Manifesto, as well as David Warlick on 21st century literacies, Alice Yucht–who throws a lifeline to those drowning in an information ocean and suggests her new three Rs, and Lisa Perez–who urges us to explore the potential for libraries [...]

In preparation for the Teachers Teaching Teachers webcast tonight, I put together a little VoiceThread called: Why I Love Databases.  It’s a bit corny and it needs a little humor. I welcome your ideas! Please try to join us tonight at 9 PM Eastern for an EdTechTalk conversation about using State Online Virtual Library Click [...]

Paul Allison, of Teachers Teaching Teachers, posted this entry on Databases and Research on his blog last night. Listen to the audio. I think Paul’s comments honestly demonstrate the problems we have promoting databases. At one point Paul asks do students really need those old newspapers anyway? Paul’s right about much of the access stuff.  [...]

I am back from Texas, from the UNT hooding ceremony and from visiting family in Houston. (Those of you who are already groaning, please keep reading, this post moves beyond the personal.) First, let me say that I am grateful to the UNT SLIS faculty for offering me a precious gift–the chance to pursue the degree [...]

Don’t miss the next two webcast chats on state subscription databases hosted by TeachersTeachingTeachers on the EdTechTalk channel. They’re coming up over the next two Wednesday nights at 9:00 PM Eastern time. Last night the TTT folks hosted representatives from Georgia’s Gallileo, New York’s NOVEL, Maine’s MARVEL!, and Florida’s FEL. Catch [...]