Are you interested in learning more about fine art? The Guggenheim Museum is offering over 200 free exhibition catalogs available to download. An exhibition catalog is a book published for each art show presented at a museum. Find more information here.
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Pandemic Resources for School Librarians
The American Library Association has a number of resources for school librarians gathered at this page. Here's a bunch more links librarians might find useful, and to share with their school communities: https://nycdoe.libguides.com/COVID-19ebooks/free https://slsa-nys.org/resources/coronavirus-information-resources-2020/ http://www.nysed.gov/coronavirus https://www.buffalolib.org/subject-guides/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-covid-19 https://slsa-nys.org/resources/coronavirus-information-resources-2020/ https://esboces.libguides.com/COVID19 http://www.nysed.gov/postsecondary-services/covid-19-resources-families-and-communities https://www.e1b.org/en/about-us/novel-corona-virus.aspx# https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/index.html https://www.ed.gov/coronavirus
CDC Guidelines for Re-opening
Check out the SLJ article on CDC guidelines for re-opening schools here. It's a four step process that takes into account a number of factors, just as re-opening businesses does. Here's the article. Edutopia has a more detailed article on this subject here. And an important article on the implications of the current situation, according …
Bitmoji Classroom!
If you're a teacher or librarian, or even a student with a cool teacher :), you may have seen a cool bitmoji classroom. There's a bunch of tutorials out there, but I'm posting this one. Check it out! and make your own fun online classroom or interactive lessons. Here's a bunch more ideas in case …
NASA at Home
Ever since I watched the moon landing when I was very small (yeah, I'm *that* old), I've had a special interest in NASA, astronauts, space, and the universe. I love seeing photos, movies, video, and stories about all of the above. Now NASA has created a home page just for families to explore their vast …
Library Dept. Pages Update
If you're a teacher, librarian, student or parent in my district, you may be interested in checking out our newly updated library department web pages. I/we will be adding more content over time, but for now, the basics and some interesting other resources have been updated and added---student resources, parent resources, teacher and librarian resources. …
Library Book Return
My philosophy is people are more important than books at this time. I'm not alone, according to a School Library Journal poll. Do I want all the library books returned? Sure, of course. Will the library survive without them all? Again, sure, of course. Should anyone get more stressed worrying about returning their books this …
What are you reading?
I know it's been awhile since I've posted here. I've been heavily involved in library department activities, primarily updating and overhauling our entire library department website (I'll share the link in another post). I created a little Padlet awhile ago, asking the question: what are you reading? If you're out there reading these posts, add …
SYNC Audio Books Reminder
Hi all, just a reminder to check out the 2 free audio books (for young adults) this week from the SYNC program. You need to download the SORA app in order to download the books, but it's super easy to set this up. Check out this week's books. Two new books will be unveiled this …
Storyline Online
I posted about Storyline way back when we first started instruction from home. I thought I'd re-post it in case you forgot about it. Lots of actors reading books aloud for kids. Check it out here.
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