We just finished our first three days with the students. I’ll fill you in shortly, but let’s just say I’m very pleased we have a long weekend coming up. I wrote in a previous post about the issues that were occurring with our library software. All hopes were that it would be up and running [...]
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Students arrive tomorrow. They’ll be coming to the library for classes. I’m not sure the library circulation system will be ready. Today, for the first time this school year (we’ve had 4 teacher days already), the system actually booted up. However, the student data isn’t updated. It seems that our student information system, Infinite Campus, [...]
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In my previous post, I mentioned the need for an app to scan a book barcode and save the information in a list to be exported for easy ordering. I heard about another app that scans barcodes, Shop Savvy. I thought I’d try it out. This app does a nice job of scanning a book [...]
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As a school media specialist, a big part of my job is to building a library collection that meets the needs of our students and teachers. Scouring book review periodicals and book stores can be time consuming, but it’s a necessary part of the job. There are a lot of places with “Best [...]
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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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It’s sad and frustrating to read so many stories about libraries losing their funding or school librarians losing their jobs. The map at the botton of this post even shows many of the schools and districts who have cut their library programs. This is certainly a scary time. A district that borders my district has decided to cut [...]
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Tonight I presented a session on Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons for WEMTA’s Wired Wednesday webinar program. Each month, WEMTA, our state technology organization, offers a free webinar for members. In fall, I was asked to be one of the speakers and hesitantly accepted. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to, it was more [...]
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Thursdays are usually days I dread. It’s the day I travel to my other school to teach two classes, both 4th/5th grade splits. The first class contains too many students who are disrespectful, rude, mean, careless, and unmotivated. I believe these students also negatively impact many of the other students in the class, who are [...]
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“That’s what she said” – wait, who let Michael Scott in here? Sorry, I should have written – it’s not that difficult!
I’m trying, as any good educator should do, to improve what I do. As the school librarian/library media specialist, I serve the entire school community, both students and teachers. It’s my job to make [...]
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The AASL has officially changed the title of my job. I’m no longer the Library Media Specialist – I’m the School Librarian. When I first heard this, I wasn’t pleased. I’ve never been a fan of the term librarian when describing my job description. To me, the term librarian can be stereotyped pretty easily and [...]
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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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