Charity, Cathy, and Laura revisit the staple resource of NCWiseOwl. NCWiseOwl is going through some changes and transitions, but we highlight some of our favorite features about this tool. For complete links and shownotes, please visit TechPlusBooksPod.net Canvas links for NCWiseOwl tool kit , get NCWiseOwl updates , Strategies & Classroom tools (scavenger hunts!) Kami extension Wordle spinoffs for many disciplines The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman The Last ...
Apr 03, 2022•37 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Charity, Cathy, and Laura discuss our emotions surrounding "other duties as assigned," work that we do that isn't necessarily Library work or what where our passions lie. If you are sick of being the one who puts in the tech tickets or agonizes as testing coordinator or can't stand the hassle of a book fair, you're in some good company with this episode as we offer some suggestions on how to navigate those assigned tasks. For full show notes visit TechPlusBooksPod.net
Feb 13, 2022•43 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Charity, Cathy, and Laura have a candid conversation about book selection amidst the backdrop of national book challenges and reconsiderations. This is not a how-to episode for handling a complaint or challenge. We urge all of our librarians to familiarize themselves with district policies regarding challenging or objecting to school materials as well as having a clear collection development policy for purchases. For full show notes, including book titles, recommendations, and tips visit TechPlu...
Dec 12, 2021•39 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Laura interviews Faith Huff about how to use social media to amplify and promote library programming. Faith shares best tips and practices for TikTok. For full show notes visit TechPlusBooksPod.net
Nov 14, 2021•37 min•Season 3Ep. 2
For full show notes, visit TechPlusBooksPod.net . Cathy, Charity, and Laura discuss what they are focusing on in the immediate, what they are implementing right now at the start of the school year. They share book suggestions from YAC with the PACK and more inspired by recent TV shows. They wonder about the mysterious boost for one book request at the middle school. Having had a break from Google Meets, they explore new features in Google Meet and offer some other tech resources....
Oct 10, 2021•29 min•Season 3Ep. 1
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May 23, 2021•35 min
We sit down with Innovation Learning Catalysts for DPI and discuss how educators can ignite and embrace innovation in the classroom.
Apr 30, 2021•42 min
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Apr 02, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 8
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Mar 13, 2021•18 min
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Feb 13, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 6
See TechPlusBooksPod.net for complete show notes for every episode. Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam, House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely Danger of a Single Story Ted Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Mirrors, Windows, and Doors essay by Dr. Bishop The Way Out is Back Through Podcast Nice White Parents Podcast & segment from Here & Now featuring excerpt of the Promise, a WPLN podcast looking at public education and ...
Jan 01, 2021•29 min
For complete shownotes visit Tech Plus Books Pod . In today's episode we talk with Tommy Jenkins , author of the graphic novel Drawing the Vote .
Oct 29, 2020•44 min•Season 2Ep. 4
See our website TechPlusBooksPod.net for full and complete show notes and hyperlinks. Guest Ashley Sherman shares ways in which she got her Makerspace program launched and how she integrates the maker model into all classrooms. Join us for #TechPlusBookStudy! We hope you'll add to discussions and slow chats! Our first book title is on Cultivating Genius by Gholdy Muhammad
Oct 04, 2020•31 min
NCSLMA.org https://media.giphy.com/media/xTiTnEHBh7qapyuvwQ/giphy.gif Sessions: Advocacy & Marketing: Advocacy....It's for Every School Librarian, Crystal Joyce (twitter: @librarianmrscj), Dr. April Dawkins (twitter: @Aprldwkns), Faith Huff (twitter & tiktok: @teachinatardis) & Lila Morel Ain't No Mountain High Enough: How to Create and Advocate for Your Library!, Lila Morel and Faith Huff Marketing Your Library, Kathy Parker (twitter: @kparkerslmc) Connect the Dots: Destiny Discover...
Sep 30, 2020•14 min
We discuss goals for this school year amidst pandemic, share Google Classroom tips, and books we've enjoyed over the summer. See complete show notes at TechPlusBooksPod.net
Sep 20, 2020•36 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Cathy, Charity, and Laura reflect on the past year of podcasting and goals for next season. Visit us at our website techplusbookspod.net for show notes.
Jun 19, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Cathy, Charity, and Laura chat with first year librarian Beimnet Baissa. Links discussed in the episode: Instagram accounts for Pernille Ripp Instagram & Jennifer Lagarde Instagram Tweet Deck Books: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf, Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate, Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga ALA annual conference site & 2020 Virtual Event #NCSLMA20 Carolina on my Mind
May 23, 2020•28 min
This is episode 3 in our When the World Gets Weird series in which we share our thoughts and experiences dealing with the Covid-19 situation. We share some silver linings of this situation and also our struggles as school librarians during school closures. Wakelet Webinar with Ken Shelton - Equity during Remote Learning (https://learn.wakelet.com/ http://kennethshelton.net/) & Charity's Wakelet https://wakelet.com/@CharityHarbeck2702 AASL Snapshot of School Libraries During School Closures (...
Apr 27, 2020•25 min
In this episode we talk about our reading lives right now. What We Talk About AKA Show Notes The Vagina Bible by Jennifer Gunter Mary Roach books (http://maryroach.net/) ALA Pandemic Preparedness resources (http://www.ala.org/tools/atoz/pandemic-preparedness) Stamped by Jason Reynolds So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo Vitamin N by Richard Louv (http://richardlouv.com/books/vitamin-n/) The Nature Journal Club John Muir Laws Youtube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpcRk9AaBeWgk7...
Apr 07, 2020•27 min
We've been out of school a week now. And we wanted to share our experiences and observations being school librarians during a pandemic. #SuddenlyBabysitting Wakelet by Charity Harbeck LMES Daily Ideas (private info removed for public viewing) https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_It-n1yacZEC6XtHoEyhwkc9fOwco2O3IFiRpNl0Cao/preview YES Learning Commons https://bit.ly/YESLC Heather Pennica Hyperdoc Destiny Collections https://www.arthighway.org/ https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/ https://american...
Mar 22, 2020•32 min
In this episode we discuss the most common copyright issues we notice in schools. Charity shares the classroom game show tool Gimkit . And a special guest shares the book Rated by Melissa Grey . Other things we mention: Photos for Class Fake Library Statistics Jennifer LaGarde's When Adults Don't Read, Kids Lose infographic...
Mar 15, 2020•35 min
In this episode we discuss our struggles with meeting the needs of all our students and providing equitable access to our resources and spaces. Cathy shares PhET simulations. And Charity booktalks an adult nonfiction book, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez. NPR Interview with Caroline Criado-Perez https://www.npr.org/2019/03/17/704209639/caroline-criado-perez-on-data-bias-and-invisible-women Book Info https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/invisible-wom...
Feb 12, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In this episode Laura and Cathy discuss fines and circulation policies. They talk about ways to use the Start Player app in the library and a quick way to communicate overdue notices. Cathy booktalks The Whispers by Greg Howard and Laura shares Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai. The Whispers by Greg Howard ( https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/576472/the-whispers-by-greg-howard/ ) Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai ( https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250208675 ) Start Player app ( https://play.google.com...
Jan 27, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 13
#GoOpenNC is a library of Open Educational Resources (OER) that is available to all North Carolina educators beginning December 16, 2019. In this episode we talk about the new platform and why you should log in and start sharing. #GoOpenNC: https://goopennc.oercommons.org Leslie Carriker's blog post: https://sites.google.com/view/lesliecarriker/blog?authuser=0 Creative Commons Information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Audio clips: https://audiosoundclips.com/dj-sound-effects-sfx/
Dec 16, 2019•17 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Need gift ideas for your bookish or tech-y friends? We have ideas. Book/Audiobook Subscription Services Libro.fm https://libro.fm/holiday Click here for a referral code. Little Heirloom Books https://littleheirloombooks.com/ https://www.mysubscriptionaddiction.com/best-subscription-boxes/best-book-boxes Book and Tech Themed Clothes & Stuff Svaha USA (https://svahausa.com/) Click here for a referral code. Litographs (https://www.litographs.com/) Out of Print (https://outofprint.com/) Isotoner...
Nov 30, 2019•20 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this episode we discuss our struggle to find "mirror" books for our students. In particular we address the lack of books with rural settings featuring children of color. If you have book suggestions, please add to our Padlet of Rural Mirror Books. Cathy shares a fun, light adult fiction book about a modern school librarian, The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms. And Laura shares a middle grade book, More to the Story by Hena Khan, which is a modern retelling of Little Women. Tech tips ...
Nov 25, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 10
We are joined by Charity Harbeck, the librarian at Franklinton High School, to discuss issues surrounding ebooks and audiobooks in school library collections. For our tech tips we share ways to use Google Tour Builder in ELA and Science classes and how to enhance and organize Google Keep. For books, we each talk an audiobook. ALA Press Release on Macmillan ebook lending model (http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2019/07/ala-denounces-new-macmillan-library-lending-model-urges-library-customers...
Nov 18, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In this episode we discuss our experiences with Imposter Syndrome and strategies to curb self-doubt. Laura's tech recommendation is the extension Google Tone. And she booktalks the YA book Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram. Cathy shares what she loves about the Scholastic Branches and Acorn early chapter books. Show Notes ON LIBRARIES: When in Doubt by Hilda Weisburg (https://hildakweisburg.com/2018/11/05/on-libraries-when-in-doubt/) The Wild Card: 7 Steps to an Educator’s Creative Br...
Nov 04, 2019•26 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Cathy and Laura discuss the ever-evolving nature of titles and names for school librarians and libraries. Tech tips include Google for Education: Teacher Center courses and the the app creation tool Glide. We share The Bad Seed by Jory John and The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown. Google for Education: Teacher Center (https://teachercenter.withgoogle.com/) Glide (https://www.glideapps.com/) The Bad Seed by Jory John (https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062467768/the-bad-seed/) The Forgotten Gir...
Oct 24, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this episode we share ways we build our collection with little to no budget, recommend some favorite professional books, and tech talk Screencastify and Google tricks . Show Links: Hacking School Libraries by Kristina Holzweiss & Stony Evans (https://www.amazon.com/Hacking-School-Libraries-Incorporate-Community/dp/1948212064) Reading Reasons by Kelly Gallagher (https://www.stenhouse.com/content/reading-reasons) Screencastify (https://www.screencastify.com/) First Book (https://firstbook.o...
Oct 17, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 6
