School Librarians United with Amy Hermon

Have your teachers included Genius Hours, Passion Projects or 20% Time in their lessons? If so, this is your time to shine. Time to showcase your collection, research lessons, databases and collaboration skills! Kamala Harris reads to students Forbes: Kamala Harris's New Book Tour Is Seen as a Soft Launch of 2020 Campaign AP News: Kamala Harris plans a picture book version of her memoir Planet Money: The Indicator Tuesday, Feb 12, 2019 Backpack kid sues Fortnite for stealing his dance moves Bookmark entry form - make a copy and edit Powtoon: Bookmark Contest introduction Powtoon: Introduction Don't call it a classroom: Kevin Brookhouser at TEDxMonterey Implementing Genius Hour in your classroom Genius Hour research checklist

What do you do when you are handed a self-published book? How does your library include these books in your collection? Join me as I consider the process and implications that come with self-publication. Schoolcraft edcamp schedule matrix Vox: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark YouTuber Jimmy Champane's Everything we know so far It's Been a Minute's Interview with Angie Thomas NYT's Interview with Angie Thomas Washington Post: Madeleine L'Engle's Rejections Joanna Penn's Pros And Cons Alisha Krpalani's And the winner is… Art Kavanagh: Why I'm no longer a self-published author Amy Collins: 5 Reasons why Marlene Harris interview Andrea Jamison: Where do we stand?

Where do podcasts fit into your life? Join me as I share all the podcasts which help me do my job everyday. Podcasts offer us a perfect way to personalize our PD. Perhaps you'll find a new favorite. NYT: Endeavor, Always Looking to Grow Forbes: Changing Your Brain Do you consider Podcasting part of Social Media? Xerox commercial from the 1977 Superbowl Updated Xerox commercial 40 years later Podcasts on Literature: Books Between Podcast with host Corrina Allen The Children's Book Podcast hosted by Matthew Winner, The Yarn with Travis Jonker and Colby Sharp Scholastic Reads Kidlit women podcast by Pacyworks Studio: A product of Grace Lin Book Club for Kids with Kitty Felde The NYT Book Review KidLit Radio Pop Culture Happy Hour (NPR) Podcasts on Teaching: Cult of Pedagogy with Jennifer Gonzalez The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast with Betsy Potash Partial Credit with Jeffery Heil, Donnie Piercey, and Jesse Lubinsky The Brave Educator with Rob Harsch and Traci Chun Podcasts on Technology & Podcasting: Check This Out with Brian Briggs and Ryan O'Donnell TOSA's Talking Tech Podcast with Tom Covington and Michael Jephcott Google Teacher Tribe with Matt Miller (Ditch That Textbook) and Kasey Bell (Shakeup Learning) The Feed - Official Libsyn Podcast with Rob Walch and Elsie Escobar House of EdTech with Chris Nesi The Chromebook Classroom Podcast with John Sowash Educational Duct Tape with Jake Miller BBC's Trending Other library podcasts The Bibliodames: Nicole Graham and Jenny Stafford American Libraries Dewey Decible Podcast (ALA) The Librarian Is In (NYPL)

How do you strike a balance in purchasing for your collection? What do you do to insure your students' choices are included and to what extent does crude humor find its way onto your shelves? Take a listen and decide for yourself. Colby Sharp's newsletter and video Intellectual Freedom Blog: Librarians Beware: Self-Censorship The Booklist Reader: Whats's with the Underwear in Picture Books? Children's Book Review: 7 Underwear Books for Kids NYT: Beyond Battles, Boogers and Pranks

How often have you resorted to self-censorship in your collection, circulation and checkout procedures? Is it just cowardly or have we just decided that compromising is necessary? This episode will ask you to call into question many practices used in school libraries today. Wendy Rickman's Study of Self-Censorship Phillip Nel's Nine Kinds of Pie A Dirty Little Secret: Self-Censorship NYT's Telling Trump's Story to Children PW's Children's Choice Award Finalist Stirs Controversy

What do you honestly think about celebrity authors' contribution to children's lit? Are children's books becoming more politicized? Will your collection benefit from Netflix's latest sensation Tidying Up? Tune in to find out. schoollibrariansunited@gmail.com CNN: Netflix has people (serenely) bulldozing their closets, and thrift stores are riding the wave By AJ Willingham and Andrea Diaz (January 12, 2019) CBS: Interview with John Lithgow YouTube: Remarkable Farkle McBride with music Ranker's List of Celebrity Authors The Guardian: Why political books for kids are more popular than ever - and six you should definitely read by Zoe Williams (November 11, 2018) The Atlantic: The Radicalization of Bedtime Stories by Joe Pinsker (November 11, 2018) Kirkus Review: The Wall in the Middle of the Book Goodnight iPad by Ann Droyd (aka David Milgrim) Stephen Colbert's intro: Whose Boat Is This Boat? Dueling Marlon Bundo books Let's Talk Picture Books #85 PW: Trumpian Political Humor

Join me as we consider what makes our day and listen to one librarian's story of overcoming a complete loss to find joy in her job as a school librarian. My Google Slides: Libraries that move! Waiting For The Biblioburro by Monica Brown My Librarian is a Camel by Margriet Rurrs US News and World Report: Library Laundromat Program (Dec 25, 2018) Libraries without Borders NYT: 8 Delightful Tips for Living a Better Life in 2019 (Dec 22, 2018)

Join me as I address how the Holidays impact our library program. While our libraries cannot escape the craziness and disruption of our routines, we can embrace the chaos and have some fun along the way. Happy New Year! Christmas Dance party

Find out what happens when a publisher decides to stop publishing a popular title in my collection. ESPN: Stephen Curry makes shoes available to girls online after letter (11/29/2018) NYT's November 1 article: My Deployment Was Not an "Adventure" NYT's December 1 article: A Marine's Reaction ...Prompts and Apology From the Publisher Capstone Connect Press Release: (11/5/2018)

Join me as I address the contentious issue of Wikipedia and what role it has, if any in our students' research strategies. Forbes: Amazon donates $1 million NYT's November 16 article: From Encyclopedia Collector to "Wikipedian-at-Large" MOMA's Wikipedia Edit-a-thon ALA's 2018 Spotlight: On Wikipedia Four questions with author, librarian, and Wikipedian Merrilee Proffitt Trump's Wikipedia page on Thanksgiving Wikipedia: FAQ's for Schools NYT's November 1 article: My Deployment Was Not an "Adventure" NYT's December 1 article: A Marine's Reaction ...Prompts and Apology From the Publisher