Blogs and Blog Readers



I chose Feedly as my Blog Reader because of the high reviews and clean interface.  I like that I am able to view all of my blog newsfeed in one place.  I can also create more than one category for my newsfeed to personalize it based on my interests. Feedly also recommends similar blogs based on what I already follow.  I can view all new posts in one location. When searching for school library posts, I didn't have to Google it and then copy and paste.  I was able to locate and bookmark the blogs within Feedly which was convenient.  I love the simplicity of Feedly and am happy to have discovered Blog Readers!

Here are the five blogs I decided to follow:

The Incredibly True Adventures of a School Librarian
http://www.nikkidrobertson.com/
Nikki Robertson shares her creative vision for the elementary school library.  She gives detailed examples of stations (and links to any resources she uses), including coding, green screen, osmo, library helpers, etc.  It is helpful to see what she is implementing because she is a forward thinking librarian.  One thing that drew me to her was reading her book check out policy: She states that she empowers Kindergarten students to check out books on the first day of library (even chapter books for reading at home with family) because she never wants to hold any reader back.  Robertson gives honest and inspiring advice to help librarians grow.

Texas Librarian
http://www.texaslibrarian.com/
Texas Librarian features reading strategies, book reviews and lesson plans from a school librarian in Garland, TX.  I chose to follow her blog because I love how she grouped her lesson plans by grade level.  This will help me, especially in the primary grades, since I've taught only upper elementary in my career. It is helpful that she is from Texas too.  This helps because her lessons correlate to the TEKS.

The Library Voice
http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/
The Library Voice is a blog by K-12 district teacher librarian, Shannon McClintock Miller. She has an amazing teaching and library career. She's received many awards and honors, including being named in the "Top 10 School Librarians to follow on Twitter" by Scholastic. In her blog, Miller gives ideas on how to incorporate AASL and ISTE standards in library lessons. I chose to add her to my newsfeed because she shares ideas of what she does in her library.  It is helpful to view ideas from people who are currently in the field.  She is truly a 21st century librarian!

ALSC Blog
http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is committed to "pursuing excellence for library service to children". ALSC's blog features 18 different bloggers who currently or have served in the library field.  The blog includes posts about several topics: ways to service students from various social and learning backgrounds, library program ideas, information literacy and collaboration to name a few.  I chose to follow the ALSC blog because I know that it will keep me informed and give me ideas to provide excellent library service to my school community.

The Adventures of Library Girl
http://www.librarygirl.net/
Jennifer LaGarde shares ideas digital literacy and ways to improve student learning.  She provides great ideas to increase student access to library materials. LaGarde is a big proponent of supporting literacy over everything and shares ideas that might be controversial to some.  I like reading her unique perspective on all things library!

My Tumblr link: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/mckeaguelibrary

Comments

  1. Teresa LunaNovember 4, 2018 at 6:59 PM

    Anita-
    I also chose Feedly as the most user-friendly blog reader. I like your choices of blogs to share...I had not run across Texas Librarian! -Teresa ;)

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