Category: technology

• Out of STEAM

  

  I have a confession to make: I don’t care about STEM. Or STEAM. Or even STREAM. I just don’t care. .fin.  Ha, no, just kidding. Here’s what I love: The Boombox at Skokie Public Library. They had a ton of middle schoolers who needed something to do and exposure to teach, so they decided the library…

  Miss Julie

  August 17, 2016

  diagrams & charts = science!, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, OPINIONS!, programming, school libraries, schools, stories, technology, teens

  innovation, librarian, outreach, technology, teens, youth services

• Programming for Preschoolers: Take a Tip from Preschool Centers

  When I was still teaching preschool (oh how I love to talk about when I taught preschool) one of the early literacy tactics we employed was to integrate literature and literacy skills into every center. This meant having books with building themes in the block center, books about nature in the science center, having pads…

  Miss Julie

  January 19, 2014

  artsncrafts, awesomeness, be the best you can be, early childhood, early literacy, folk & fairy tales, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries-everywhere, library spaces, preschool, storytime, technology

  art, books, child approach, children, colored pencils, dramatic play, librarian, libraries, literature, preschool classroom, programs, youth librarians, youth services

• Your silence is protection that they do not deserve

  If she had lived, my mother would be turning 66 on March 2nd, 2013. She died in 2007 of an enlarged heart, which, to me, has a poetic justice to it. My mother did not give love easily, but she gave it fiercely. My mother spent much of her life married to a man who…

  Miss Julie

  February 28, 2013

  be the best you can be, personal experience, politics, professional development, stories, storytime, technology, teens

  community, controversey, education, librarian, love, mothers

• Make It So

    As she so often does, Marge Loch-Wouters hit the nail on the head with her post Everything Old is New Again. I wonder, how many libraries with MAKERSPACES consulted their youth departments before creating this BRAND NEW THING? Because, seriously, been there, done that, have the stained shirt to prove it. Some of you might…

  Miss Julie

  February 13, 2013

  artsncrafts, awesomeness, be the best you can be, kids, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries-everywhere, libraries…of the FUTURE, libraries…of the PAST!, library spaces, marketing, OPINIONS!, outreach, participation, personal experience, programming, technology

• ego, thy name is librarianship

  Anyone who knows me will tell you that I have a bit of an attention problem. No, not attention deficit– I have a need to be, if not the center of attention, at least left of center. Even though I am an introvert at heart who needs significant alone time to recharge and prepare, I…

  Miss Julie

  January 13, 2013

  awards, awesomeness, be the best you can be, books, conferences, early literacy, ethics, kidlit, largely unsubstantiated, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, libraries…of the PAST!, library school vs. real libraries, library workers, marketing, OPINIONS!, participation, personal experience, professional development, reading, reading programs, stories, storytime, technology

  advocacy, books, community, librarian, libraries, literature, outreach, research, technology

• May the Fourth Be With You: 2013

  May 4th is on a Saturday next year and so help me, I’ll be planning and implementing a large scale, fun for the whole family “May the Fourth Be With You” Star Wars nerdamondium party that will be so awesome I may just explode. Other libraries have done it with much success. You can get…

  Miss Julie

  May 24, 2012

  awesomeness, be the best you can be, events, fathers, kids, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, library spaces, mothers, OPINIONS!, participation, programming, scifi, technology, teens, toddlers, video games, weirdnesss for the sake of weirdness

  community, star wars, technology, yoda

• On the Front Lines

  I’m attending a small but mighty conference at the state capital called On the Front Lines this week, and I had the pleasure of presenting Tech for Tots to a lovely group yesterday afternoon. I’ve put together a Pinterest board of all the articles I used while putting the slide show together, so head over…

  Miss Julie

  March 13, 2012

  apps, awesomeness, different ways to read, early childhood, early literacy, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, OPINIONS!, participation, professional development, technology

  benedict cumberbatch, gaming, screen time, technology, touch screen technology, walton goggins

• Let’s Get Digital

  I’m using Digital Storytime and the CYBILS site to curate a collection of early literacy apps for my library’s iPad. I’d really like to offer these apps to my patrons who are interested in items such as Your Baby Can Read and Hooked on Phonics, but I’m not sure of the best way to circulate…

  Miss Julie

  March 1, 2012

  apps, early literacy, easy readers, literacy, picture books, preschool, professional development, programming, storytime, technology

  books, gadgets, harold and the purple crayon, iphone, literature, technology