Author Archives: ALSC Children and Technology committee

The Gamification of Reading

Posted on June 8, 2013 by ALSC Children and Technology committee

John Hersey, author of Hiroshima, once worked on a committee for his children’s school to determine why children were struggling at reading. The group’s discovery was that the reason the children were struggling was because they thought the primers they … Continue reading →

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Establishing Your Professional Learning Network (PLN)

Posted on May 11, 2013 by ALSC Children and Technology committee

One reason I became a librarian is that I’ve always loved learning anything and everything and I realized I really wanted to learn new things every day for the rest of my life. I figured the best way to maximize … Continue reading →

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iPod Touches in the Library

Posted on April 13, 2013 by ALSC Children and Technology committee

Back in the “technological dark ages” at least a year ago or more, when a group of children were sitting together in the library not talking, they were playing their Nintendo DS together via the library’s wi-fi. Oh how times … Continue reading →

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Using Evernote for a Storytime Archive

Posted on March 9, 2013 by ALSC Children and Technology committee

I’ve been presenting storytimes for over 15 years and I have tried many systems for keeping track of my plans, rhymes, songs, books, and ideas. Binders, Word docs, notecards, file folders…all of them have worked well for awhile but nothing … Continue reading →

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My (Current) Favorite Websites

Posted on February 9, 2013 by ALSC Children and Technology committee

The websites I use to do my job are as varied as the questions I get asked at the youth services reference desk, so the list of my favorite websites is a moving target. Beyond the tried and true sites … Continue reading →

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Exploring the World of 3D Modeling

Posted on January 12, 2013 by ALSC Children and Technology committee

Have you seen Crayon Creatures? The concept is to take a child’s drawing and turn it into a 3D-printed sculpture. Aw…so cute! Grandma will love it! Until news of this service started circulating on Twitter and blogs and places, I … Continue reading →

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I’m LinkedIn, Are You?

Posted on December 8, 2012 by ALSC Children and Technology committee

As this entry posts, I will be starting my last day as a Youth Services Librarian. For the past five years, I have worked with Toddlers all the way up to Teens. It has been a very rewarding experience. While … Continue reading →

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IT People–Children’s Librarians In Disguise?

Posted on November 10, 2012 by ALSC Children and Technology committee

In the tradition of My Father the Dog by Elizabeth Bluemle, I offer this observation. I’m pretty sure library IT people are children’s librarians in disguise. Unfortunately, I do tend to agree with many of my colleagues that it can … Continue reading →

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