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EOY Report for the Hardest Year Ever
1May 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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#WhyStudentsGoToSchoolLibrary
Leave a commentApril 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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You Are Your School’s Pressure Release Valve
Leave a commentMarch 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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Wish List for a K-12 LMS Set Up
Leave a commentFebruary 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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Pivoting on a Dime
Leave a commentJanuary 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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#Oneword2022 Is Aspire
2December 27, 2021 by Dr. Robbie Barber
The concept of the #oneword, such as I understand it, is to have a word to focus on throughout the …
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How Best to Share?
1November 6, 2021 by Dr. Robbie Barber
When working with teachers, it is a bad idea to decide that because they are adults, they don’t require the …
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Books Unite Us
Leave a commentSeptember 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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Ask. Help. Listen. Repeat.
Leave a commentSeptember 25, 2021 by Dr. Robbie Barber
I’m officially renaming this year to “The Hardest Year Ever”. Last year, SY21, was the “Strangest Year Ever”. Last year …
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Student Technology Checklist
1August 29, 2021 by Dr. Robbie Barber
We are five weeks into school (four with students). We are face-to-face (with MASKS 😷) but still in a pandemic. …
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