Category Archives: School Media Specialists

  1. Compliment a Colleague

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    February 18, 2023 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s …
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  2. Help with Help Tickets

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    October 23, 2022 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    Technology use has exploded in the school building. With the theme of this being the #YearofAskingforHelp, there is a growing …
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  3. Is This the Year of Asking for Help?

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    August 28, 2022 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    Welcome to the school year SY23. I am understaffed and overwhelmed. A third of my certified teachers left the building …
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  4. Relationships from the Hardest Year Ever

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    July 6, 2022 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    I called SY21, the #StrangestYearEver, and used this as the lens to look at everything. I wrote about my relationships …
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  5. EOY Report for the Hardest Year Ever

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    May 15, 2022 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    To cap off the #HardestYearEver, we need to create an end-of-year report. This year, our district’s teacher-librarians (a.k.a. school librarians, …
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  6. #WhyStudentsGoToSchoolLibrary

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    April 30, 2022 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    Why do students go to their school library? In all of the arguments about the access to and appropriateness of …
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  7. You Are Your School’s Pressure Release Valve

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    March 26, 2022 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    As we turn the corner into the new School Library Month (April), we need to understand the real importance of …
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  8. Wish List for a K-12 LMS Set Up

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    February 5, 2022 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    How do you want your Learning Management System (LMS) to be set up? This is different from the discussions of …
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  9. Pivoting on a Dime

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    January 15, 2022 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    The original schedule had teachers returning on Monday, January 3rd for a workday followed by students on Tuesday. The announcement …
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  10. Books Unite Us

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    September 30, 2021 by Dr. Robbie Barber

    I am extremely proud of my friends, colleagues, and students who have bounded into this annual #BannedBooksWeek with joy. And …
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