The Best List of…. Can there really be a Best List of list? I’m not sure. Obviously, these lists are simply opinions of someone or some organization. What makes the list more credible, I believe, is our personal opinion of the person or organization. If I heard a list of “The Best Teaching Sites” from [...]
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A couple of days ago I received a Direct Message on Twitter that said “Love that you were featured in Tech&Learning email today!” Huh?? What?? Really?? I was racking my brain trying to figure out what in the world that meant when I decided to ask the person what they were referring to. [...]
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On the first day of school, I had my fifth grade classes. Rather than go through the rules of the library and all the other information the students really don’t want to hear, I thought I would try something a little different. As the students walked in the door, they were given a playing card [...]
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A few weeks ago, I introduced blogging to some of the librarians in my department. Along with another teacher-librarian, we showed some of the tools we use to find and keep track of the blogs we follow. I use Google Reader, as does my coworker. For us, it works. It was [...]
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As educators, we’re always looking for new tools to use. Whether we are looking for new tools to use in our personal lives, our professional lives, or with our students, I feel we always have our eyes and ears open to something new. Last week, I saw a tweet refer to Google Forms. [...]
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I’m getting overwhelmed. I’m finding so many outstanding blogs that I’m having a hard time figuring out where to start. There are tons of teaching blogs out there and tons of Ed. Tech blogs that I’m really starting to enjoy. However, I’m finding out this world is much bigger than I imagined. [...]
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Yesterday wrapped up our third evening of parent teacher conferences. Spending three evenings at school followed by a day with students can be very exhausting. Now that I’m out the classroom and working as the Library Media Specialist, my thoughts on conferences are a little different. During the time we have for [...]
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After spending too many hours over the previous few days reading familiar blogs and discovering new ones, I’ve come to the conclusion that I think I have a problem. Now, I’m not admitting it yet, and that’s usually the first step to getting help, but I think I’m headed down the wrong path.
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My name is Chad Lehman. I'm currently an Elementary Library Media Specialist. I spent eight years teaching third grade prior to moving to the school library. When I'm not at school, I'm probably online, playing or watching sports, or driving my two kids to one of their activities.
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