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Information Fluency Project

What's the DIF? Digital Information Fluency that is? This group is dedicated to the proposition that part of the mission is to teach 21st Century Information Fluency Skills to each other and our students. (Let's share ideas and energy!)See More
Nov 1, 2012
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Gamification for the EPIC WIN! at TL Virtual Cafe

November 5, 2012 from 8pm to 9pm
Why gaming works, reframing instruction using game theory, and the most epic book club EVER. No gaming experience necessary.Monday, November 5th - 8pm ESTPresented by: Matthew C. Winner& Jennifer LaGardeGamification for the Epic Win! wikipagePaticipation LinkSee More
Nov 1, 2012
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Creating a Culture of Reading wherever they Go! at tlvirtual cafe

April 2, 2012 from 8pm to 9pm
Dynamic Duo: English Teacher and Teacher Librarian!Meenoo Rami and Nick Provenzano withModerator Shannon M. Miller discuss how classroom teachers and librarians should be working together to create a rich literacy environment in our schools.Participant LinkSee More
Mar 29, 2012
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Debra Farquhar updated their profile
Feb 25, 2012
Debra Farquhar might attend Dhaivyd Hilgendorf's event

TL Cafe presents "Be the Change..." at CST. Virtual event - wherever you have Internet access

June 4, 2012 from 7pm to 8pm
Be the change you want to see in your school library-media center. Moderated by Shannon M. Miller, leaders from the Minnesota Educational Media Organization, including Dhaivyd Hilgendorf, Doug Johnson, Gina Light, and Mary Kunesh-Podein, will ask engaging questions about how your state professional organization can support your practice in these areas. The conversation has already begun on Twitter (#memobtc) and a blog (http://d279.us/btc). The June 4 virtual…See More
Feb 25, 2012
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Debra Farquhar replied to Tracy Varner's discussion Accelerated Reader??
"I run personalised reading programmes for all students from UK Y5-Y11. I do not use AR and from anecdotal evidence would choose not to. Getting kids blogging about their reading e.g. setting up an account on goodreads.com is far more 21stcentury…"
Feb 25, 2012
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Wanna Play? Gaming @ Your Library at TL Virtual Cafe

March 5, 2012 from 8pm to 9pm
NPC? PvP? WoW? Does this sound like a secret code? Whether or not you know the meaning behind these acronyms, come join three "gaming-positive" educators as they introduce you to gaming @ your library. Hear about the benefits of gaming, discover how to embrace games that respects the users and the medium, and learn how you can incorporate video games into your library - even without paying a cent. Those WoW (World of Warcraft) players in your school and other gamers that enjoy some PvP (player…See More
Feb 25, 2012
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Mike McQueen left a comment for Debra Farquhar
"Greetings Debra, I'm Mike McQueen, teacher librarian and founder of http://www.GettingBoysToRead.com. Like many school districts, we are in a financial crises. Our school board recently proposed to eliminate ALL 20+ middle school teacher…"
Jan 25, 2012
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Debra Farquhar commented on Rachel Brockman's group Web 2.0 in the Library World
"@Susan, I suggest that initially you look at giving grades based on variance of checkouts vs. "average borrower habits, this class/grade" (perhaps weighted by reading ability/stage, i.e. whatever reading scheme your school operates). In my…"
Jul 1, 2011
Debra Farquhar joined Joyce Valenza's group
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High School TeacherLibrarians

A separate group to discuss 8/9-12 issues
Mar 31, 2011
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Debra Farquhar joined Rachel Brockman's group
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Web 2.0 in the Library World

This group is for those who wish to share about using collaborative Web 2.0 tools in their library instruction. Here we can discuss what tools we are using, make connections for collaboration, and celebrate our technological triumphs!See More
Feb 26, 2011
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Debra Farquhar joined Ashley Stang's group
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Private School Librarians

This group is for librarians who work at private, religious, or parochial schools that set them apart from public school media specialists.
Jan 22, 2011
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Debra Farquhar joined Beth Friese's group
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Inquiry Circles Book Group

We will "headquarter" our discussion of "Comprehension and Collaboration: Inquiry Circles In Action" (Harvey & Daniels, 2009) from here. Feel free to link, create, innovate all kinds of other things - but link it all back here!See More
Jan 22, 2011
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Debra Farquhar is now a member of TLNing
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Walton on Thames, Surrey, UK
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Teacher librarian in a K-13 international school

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At 2:40am on January 25, 2012, Mike McQueen said…

Greetings Debra,

I'm Mike McQueen, teacher librarian and founder of http://www.GettingBoysToRead.com. Like many school districts, we are in a financial crises. Our school board recently proposed to eliminate ALL 20+ middle school teacher librarians and also cut all 90+ elementary schools to half time. Since we are the biggest district in all of Colorado, we worry this will cause other districts to follow suit. We launched an online movement and are going to do our best to put up a good fight. If possible, please visit our Facebook page and "Like" us http://www.facebook.com/SupportSchoolLibraries . Adding a positive comment and sharing with your friends would help our morale as well. The board finalizes the budget soon so your timely support would be greatly appreciated!

Sincerely,

Mike McQueen

Teacher Librarian at McLain HS

Lakewood, CO

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Mansfield University Scholarship Program – Begin in January 2012

In an ongoing effort to recruit a new generation of school library leaders, Mansfield University recently received a fifth Institute of Library and Museum Services (IMLS) grant to fund scholarships for its totally online School Library & Information Technologies Master of Education degree program with school library certification. If you know of an educator or non-certified librarian seeking school library certification, please pass along the news that we are still accepting applications for the spring 2012 semester.

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