Hello everyone, I am pleased to inform you that registration for the 2017 Library Symposium is now open. You can find more information and the link to the registration form at the following address: https://qslin.org/symposiums/2017-library-symposium/ The symposium is open to school library personnel and all of their educational partners, (like Educational Consultants, Principals,
In addition to our QSLiN Library Hangouts, and a few other videos, we are now releasing a new series of short videos about why school libraries matter. We hope that these unscripted, personal interviews can be helpful to remind everyone about the importance of school libraries and the role they, and their personnel, play in
Leave it to Teen Services Underground to come up with stimulating ideas to be used in libraries catering to teens. For those of you with a love of board games and a hankering for something other than same old, same old, this proposition will certainly put some pep in your step when it comes
Here are a few goodies I came across in the past few weeks as I was trolling through the ever helpful Educational Technology and Mobile Learning website. They all have to do with libraries. · 6 Great Search Engines Designed specifically for Kids: https://goo.gl/lDilGy · Infographic Featuring 12 iPad Apps for School Librarians: https://goo.gl/iVeAbz ·
Sarah FitzHenry put a whole new spin on the age old format of the book club! She used the book as more than a discussion starter, and made it come alive. She looked at all the ways in which we learn. She relied on collaboration, was able to play to different strengths, and created activities
There has been a concerted effort in the past few years to encourage and support the writing and acquisition of diverse books due, in no small part, to the activism of We Need Diverse Books. I put together a few resources that you might find interesting. · www.weneeddiversebooks.org their website offers great resources, my favourite
As we get ready for the 2017 QSLiN Library Symposium, we thought this would be a good time to look back at some of the great things from the 2016 Symposium. In 2016, we invited Gwyneth Jones (a.k.a. The Daring Librarian @GwynethJones) to come to Quebec and share with us some of the great ideas that
I came across an early Christmas gift from writability for those of us on the lookout for resources on diverse YA books. In a recent blog post, writability offered a comprehensive list of links to lists of diverse books organized by themes. Enjoy and share if you also have favourites. http://avajae.blogspot.ca/2016/12/diverse-books-resource-list-2016.html Suzanne Nesbitt
I’ve been collecting resources about coding for the clueless for some time now and thought it might be a good moment to share as the annual Hour of Code Campaign is held in December. Here goes… The ever resource-full, free, and archived-watch-at-your-convenience EdWeb has an upcoming Webinar entitled: Now I have to teach Coding: A
The following is all about a great opportunity for students to share Québécois and Franco-Canadian books that they love and to win prizes to boot! Qui dit mieux? Allier technologie, médias sociaux et la joie de partager les livres québcois et franco-canadiens que vous aimez! Vous deviendrez ainsi booktubeur. Le concours Vous trouverez le
