Does the teacher-librarian profession have a death wish?

1. The importance of Library advocacy from Hartzell – Professional Death Wishes http://bit.ly/c2DeZQ
2. “Oh the places we (hope) to go” with Buffy Hamilton 10 Tips For When Someone Follows You on Twitter http://goo.gl/fb/Y6ntN
3. Golden rules of teaching. Gibbs in NCIS has RULES, in fact nearly 50 of them https://readingpower.wordpress.com/2010/06/08/popular-culture-rules/ So what are the rules of teaching? Here is my Rule 1 – Maximise time doing quality teaching. You may respond with Durrrr, but how much school time is spent with disruptions, kids in lessons with nothing to do if their teacher is absent etc. Is your school structured to maximize effectiveness of teaching time? Does your school have a target number of teaching days for each yea? What happens if a teacher is away? How much DVD babysitting occurs? So quality time = quality results – Rule 1.
4. Getting kids excited about books http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/home/885428-312/seeing_stars_how_i_ignored.html.csp
5. “I wish my mouth had a backspace key” http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2010/07/14/think-before-you-tweet/
6. 10 Tips For When Someone Follows You on Twitter http://goo.gl/fb/Y6ntN not what I do, but food for thought…
7. Future of teacher librarianship – Turn right at the obelisk – http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/blog/?p=1011
8. 101 Books That Hook Kids On Reading http://bit.ly/b1yN8e
9. Great use of google docs- collaboration on summer holiday activities http://is.gd/duGp1
10. Use Google Chrome like a pro http://post.ly/nP3g Stay focused- control time wasting sites http://goo.gl/fb/qBFEB – but Big Brother I like taking a break now and then- so I won’t be using these sites – sheesh!
11. Framework for 21st century learning http://www.p21.org/ and how arts learning contributes http://www.naea-reston.org/research/21st_Century_Skills_Arts_Map.pdf also http://www.naea-reston.org/research/21st-century-skills-arts-map
12. Debunking the Case for National Standards by Alfie Kohn http://bit.ly/84o8xH
13. Buffy Hamilton’s Battledecks presentation at ALA Annual 2010 in Washington, D.C. http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/al_focus/battledecks-buffy-hamilton
14. Summer Reads for Teens http://bit.ly/coNCyi From LJ’s Booksmack
15. Two Working Examples of a Database and Library Using QR Codes – music and video http://goo.gl/yh6H
16. Hope, Hype and VoIP: Riding the Library Technology Cycle – how to evaluate new technologies http://goo.gl/OFti First chapter is free here http://alatechsource.metapress.com/content/m4718186333051x4/fulltext.pdf
17. Library design – debate over signage http://goo.gl/Ql6X
18. E-textbooks, Social Learning, and Android http://bit.ly/bHFnyT
19. A hierarchy of failure http://goo.gl/xHp3 if we never fail, we must not be trying new things or taking risks- isn’t this failure in itself?
20. Even Overdue Fine Notices [Can Show] Personality: Branded Messages & The Little Cloud Concept http://goo.gl/D4iY