Things of beauty attract our eye, refresh our spirits, calm a troubled moment, and bring joy and inspiration to our lives. I would even posit that good design can encourage us to “do better.” Continuing my thoughts from previous posts about design, I’m contemplating points that Daniel Pink made in Whole New Mind regarding [...]
Entries from April 30th, 2008
Of communication, design, writing and many other things
April 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Cross Curricular Connections, Learning
It is insight into human nature that is the key to the communicator’s skill. For whereas the writer is concerned with what he puts into his writing, the communicator is concerned with what the reader gets out of it. – William Bernbach A lengthy debate has been going on at Clay Burell’s blog regarding the [...]
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Why blog anyway?
April 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Leadership, Web 2.0
I’m sure some teachers or others wonder why I blog or don’t really understand the point of sharing what’s going on in our school. And I’ve seen recent comments around online about the proliferation of blogs–wondering if we can get overwhelmed or there be too many, etc. But this post at the Principal’s Page blog [...]
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Love your library?
April 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments · libraries, Web 2.0
A video promo is a great way to publicize your library. A group of librarians in our district are meeting tomorrow to work on some video messages for our programs. But videos like these could be used on campus websites as well. Imagine energetic, amusing, enthusiastic video messages that convey what your campus is all [...]
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Sometimes a seed. . .
April 19th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Change, Collaboration, Web 2.0
Sometimes it just takes the seed of an idea to inspire others. Last night I was checking in on Twitter, feeling a little discouraged, and fellow librarian Jenny Luca just happened to tweet that her students’ live Project Global Cooling concert was just starting their broadcast from Australia. This was a concert they organized for [...]
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For simplicity’s sake
April 12th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Design
Rather than write about ideas for improving presentations that I’ve gleaned from wiser minds than mine, I decided to just “present” them: | View | Upload your own
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Can we help our students blaze new trails?
April 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Design
Design Are we challenging our students enough when it comes to design? A recent article in Library Media Collection by Joyce Valenza, led me to consider how we need to take more leadership to help students improve their presentation skills. With great thanks to Joyce–whose links led me to other links( in the random, yet not so random way that happens online)–I’m [...]
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High School Daze to Praise
April 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Book recommendations
I’ve been tagged by a few people for the High School Daze to Praise meme so I thought I’d toss in my contribution! (thanks Diane, Susan, and Doug). The name of the game started by Paul at Quoteflections is–pick a book you’d recommend for teens, include a photo, entitle it Meme: High School Daze to Praise, [...]
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Thinking about library design
April 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Design, Web 2.0
You can observe a lot by watching. YOGI BERRA The only important thing about design is how it relates to people. VICTOR PAPANEK One of the interesting things about planning a new library is thinking about design. This is another area where we have to begin with the end in mind and to know what [...]
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Reflective conversations
April 6th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Web 2.0
Do we always keep our end purpose in mind when using technology tools in the classroom? It’s easy to get pulled in by the lure of the bells and whistles and perhaps lose sight of our learning goals for students. Our teacher Bill Martin made an interesting comment during a recent workshop that we (along with [...]
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