Episodes
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Tennessee school librarian Katie Capshaw is one of those people who feels like a friend after you've just met. She's here to share how she introduces her 8th graders to AI. This lesson has lots of adaptability, and could easily spin off some additional lessons. Settle in and enjoy the final episode of Season 1!
Guest: Katie Capshaw
Grade(s) Taught: 6, 7, 8
Resources:
Introduction to Ai Lesson: https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/what-is-ai
Add’l Links: https://schoolai.com/
Book Break:
Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd
The Women by Kristen Hannah
Where to find Katie Capshaw:
Website: katiecapshaw.weebly.com, mrscapshawslibraryworld.wordpress.com
Handle: @mrscapshawbooks
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/mrscapshawbooks.bsky.social
Instagram: instagram.com/mrscapshawbooks
TikTok: tiktok.com/mrscapshawbooks
Twitter: twitter.com/mrscapshawbooks
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It's me again! In the penultimate episode of Season 1, I'm sharing a lesson on information literacy that helped my students start to wrap their minds around two key concepts when it comes to considering any information: Context and Perspective.
Guest: Steve Tetreault
Grade(s) Taught: 7-8
Resources:
Information Literacy & Reliable Sources Lesson: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TDCqafzR9uZ-y3n3y9n98vUwMQcSbbvKrCrANtp1evs/edit#slide=id.p
All the Argument & Debate lessons & materials: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LF4D4Gpf_jSzDuyIzi1fX5MwTb_glMNo?usp=drive_link "Information Literacy v. Media Literacy: What's In A Name?"Book Break:
Foundryside (#1, The Founders Trilogy) by Robert Jackson Bennet
Super Powereds, Year 1 (#1, The Super Powereds series) by Drew Hayes
Forging Hephaestus (#1, The Villain's Code series) by Drew Hayes
Where to find Steve:
Websites:
SchoolLibrarianLearningNetwork.org
DrTLovesBooks.comHandle: @DrTLovesBooks
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/DrTLovesBooks.bsky.social
Twitter: twitter.com/DrTLovesBooksCheck in with us, and check us out!
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Your intrepid host shares a lesson he's found helpful in preparing students (and teachers) to do better research in less time.
Guest: Steve Tetreault
Grade(s) Taught: 7-8, 9-12
Resources:
Planning & Visualizing Lesson: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NBBdpOoktZ66HbodRXfpWF5WaHzuWaWEz7zQb4OJi40/edit#slide=id.p
Add’l Links: See all the lessons for my "secret info lit" class here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LF4D4Gpf_jSzDuyIzi1fX5MwTb_glMNo?usp=drive_link
Book Break:
Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers by Caela Carter
Where to find Steve:
Website: DrTLovesBooks.com, SchoolLibrarianLearningNetwork.org
Handle: @DrTLovesBooks
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/DrTLovesBooks.bsky.social
Twitter: twitter.com/DrTLovesBooksCheck in with us, and check us out!
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Virginia school librarian Maura Madigan has taken the idea of reading to pets to a whole new level as a way to support her school's literacy efforts.
Guest: Maura Magigan
Grade(s) Taught: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Resources:
Reading Rescue Pet Adoption Program Lesson: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MidinPgjzMl25QmKJwlwA-jDjxWYv47G?usp=sharing
Book Break:
The Bird Hotel by Joyce Maynard
Casa Paloma RetreatWhere to find Maura:
Handle: @mauramadigan7 (X and Bluesky) https://alastore.ala.org/content/maura-madiganCheck in with us, and check us out!
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Melissa Corey shares so much of her work and so many ideas - and here she's sharing an amazing exhibit, along with ideas for her process of creating museum-like exhibits in her library!
Guest: Melissa Corey
Grade(s) Taught: 6, 7, 8
Resources:
Holocaust Memorial Exhibit Lesson: https://fb.watch/rXxGavabSy/
Book Break:
Free Lunch by Rex Ogle - My goal is to meet Rex Ogle so I can tell him in person how much our students appreciate his books!
Where to find Melissa Corey:
Website: https://linktr.ee/melissacoreylibrary
Handle: @melissacorey
TikTok: tiktok.com/@melissacoreylibrary
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I was fortunate enough to befriend Todd online, and his energy and enthusiasm were always a ray of sunshine on my day! Here, the 2016 SLJ School Librarian of the Year shares a great lesson that ticks so many boxes! While Todd does this with his upper elementary students, this could easily become a great lesson for upper grades as well!
Guest: Todd Burleson, School Librarian
Grade(s) Taught: 5, 6
Resources:
Bookprints: An Exploration of Our Reading Journey Lesson: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vEf27cCsul1C7osvf3KyF85zsU--DNBX?usp=drive_link
Add’l Links: Rhonda Jenkins twitter.com/@luv2teachtech
Book Break:
Heroes and others by Alan Gratz
Hatchet and others by Gary Paulsen
The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President--and Why It Failed by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church by Sarah McCammon
Where to find Todd Burleson, School Librarian:
Instagram: instagram.com/burlesot
Twitter: twitter.com/todd_burleson and twitter.com/SkokieSchoolRC
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Texas high school librarian Kaitlyn Carpenter shares this great lesson that connects her students' academic work to their yearbooks!
Guest: Kaitlyn Carpenter (aka Carpe_Librarian)
Grade(s) Taught: 9, 10, 11, 12
Resources:
Sociology - School Culture Case Study Lesson: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15czk9bmM4vPI3MWsKbD5ughYFeZAt-mN?usp=sharing
Book Break:
Thrillers:
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
That's Not My Name by Megan Lally
Realistic/Romance:
Exactly Where you Need to Be by Amelia Diane Coombs
This Might get Awkward by Kara McDowell
Where to find Kaitlyn Carpenter (aka Carpe_Librarian):
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/kaitlynrcarpenter/
Handle: @carpe_librarian
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I'm back - this time, with an actual lesson! Check out how you can build your own custom search engines that will only search within the sources you select - handy for you, handy for students, handy for staff!
Guest: Steve Tetreault
Grade(s) Taught: 7, 8
Resources:
Build Your Own Search Engine! Lesson: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQgq3iy0Hiiq8JU6Vr3m8jrH7dzxQYaIAB0SxwEHtdlyBGfWoVw-eey3vpFNmFJ5GX45wEoP88tbPMb/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
Book Break:
The Meister of Decimen City by Brenna Raley
Where to find Steve Tetreault:
Website: SchoolLibLearning.Net
Handle: @DrTLovesBooks
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/drtlovesbooks.bsky.social
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrTLovesBooks
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This week is a special episode of the podcast. I’ve been travelling, and haven’t been able to record one of our usual episodes with a guest. But I didn’t want to leave you hanging, either, so we’re doing something different this week. We’re going to start with the book break, followed by a special surprise.
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This week, the SLLN Podcast goes international as Canadian school librarian Christopher Hunt joins us to share his science-focused "Makery Bakery" lesson, where second graders make bread and butter!
Guest: Christopher Hunt, Chris (he/him)
Grade(s) Taught: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Resources:
#MakeryBakery : States of Matter via Bread- and Butter-Making Lesson: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QdhbK-wNfBeOZTvlPWeUGH-L5Ib-cA7Zlz5pypF9-x0/edit
Add’l Links:
3 Links with pictures of the whole process of baking bread in the library:
https://x.com/exlibrismrhunt/status/1579576580837629952?s=61&t=Tv9BKUdb0H2orkq59euXgw
https://x.com/exlibrismrhunt/status/1061003182879338496?s=61&t=Tv9BKUdb0H2orkq59euXgw
https://bsky.app/profile/exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social/post/3kkp7t5ojlc2s
Bread & Butter Recipes without the lesson plans:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QhdyDHiz2feI4eGzPlWThWG4cGMUT--fBwC1nvtMz84/edit
Book Break:
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity by Nicholas Day and Brett Helquist (Illustrator)
Where to find Christopher Hunt, Chris (he/him):
Handle: @ExLibrisMrHunt on Bluesky, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter/X
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Miss Jean Darnell, known online as Awaken Librarian, is a careful thinker and diligent researcher. In this episode, she shares some lessons and thoughts about AI in education.
Guest: Ms. Jean Darnell
Grade(s) Taught: 6, 7, 8
Resources:
Using AI for Literacy Lesson: https://www.awakenlibrarian.com/2023/04/using-ai-for-literacy-exciting-prompts.html
Add’l Links: https://ditchthattextbook.com/about/
Book Break:
Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine by Uché Blackstock
Where to find Ms. Jean Darnell:
Website: https://awakenlibrarian.com
Handle: @AwakenLibrarian
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Kelly Hincks has been sharing wonderful lessons over on the Knowledge Quest blog for years - if you've been missing them, be sure to check them out! In this episode, she shares how she has students use hexagonal thinking to get to know each other in a fun and creative way. This lesson can be adapted in many ways to get students thinking creatively across the curriculum - and you can be the hero who brings this into collaborations with your staff!
Guest: Kelly Hincks
Grade(s) Taught: K, 1, 2, 3, Preschool age 3 and age 4
Resources:
Learn About Each Other Using Hexagonal Thinking Lesson: https://knowledgequest.aasl.org/my-favorite-collaborative-lesson-learn-about-each-other-using-hexagonal-thinking/
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/hexagonal-thinking/
https://engagetheirminds.com/2022/07/15/getting-to-know-you-hexagons-for-back-to-school/
Book Break:
Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance on You by Suneel Gupta
The Very True Legend of the Mongolian Death Worms by Sandra Fay
The Three Little Tardigrades by Sandra Fay
Where to find Kelly Hincks:
Website: https://knowledgequest.aasl.org/author/khincks/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kellyhincks.bsky.socialInstagram: https://instagram.com/kelly.hincks
Twitter: https://kellyhincks1Check in with us, and check us out!
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"Everything's bigger in Texas" is not just a saying, as school librarian Deb Zeman will prove in this episode! The lesson is big, the resources are big, the Book Break is big - and the implications for our students are big!
Guest: Deb Zeman/MS Librarian
Grades taught: 6-8
Resources:
Wakelet Student Ambassador Program: https://wakelet.com/wake/z7FWzla_1fiAlwlJ7p-hG (this also includes the links to the Certified Student Course and the Portfolio Course.)
Final Wakelet Student Ambassador Certificates: https://www.canva.com/design/DAF_nHaxmfM/79K5TssTbsxbNFSZKdx3zA/view?utm_content=DAF_nHaxmfM&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink&mode=preview
Wakelet Raceboard: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFq9kRdcLI/7wqSxbzjzuB9tIm07Rmvxg/view?utm_content=DAFq9kRdcLI&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink&mode=preview
Parent Letter and information graphic about the course, etc template: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFq9sLREGQ/Cb6UOjGkRk5TwYgzxG_OJg/view?utm_content=DAFq9sLREGQ&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink&mode=preview
Book Break:
Starfish by Lisa Fipps
Aniana del Mar Jumps In by Jasmine Mendez
Hope Wins: A Collection of Inspiring Stories for Young Readers edited by Rose Brock
Shine On, Luz Veliz by Rebecca Balcarcel
Four Eyes and Pizza Face by Rex Ogle
Plan A by Deb Caletti
In the Orbit of You and Amelia Unabridged by Ashely Schumcher
“Go look at my goodreads and ask me again at the end of the year! LOL”
Where to find Deb Zeman
Website: bit.ly/DZLinkTree
Handle: @Z_Brarian for all social media platforms!
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Tennessee school librarian (and generally wonderful human) Laurie Stansbury shares the lesson she does with the book The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story by Aya Khalil and Anait Semirdzhyan
(Illustrator) - and both the book and the lesson are lovely!Guest: Laurie Stansbury
Grades: K-5
Resources:
"The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story" (same name as the book) Lesson: https://docs.google.com/document/d/188aT4KP9US_HfqLvl610PUWJ6TqAoaU_l9yO5JQvLJU/edit?usp=sharing
Add’l Links: Youtube link of book being recorded: https://youtu.be/JLxFioeUcjo?si=77BuDRmHZlFOMwT0
Book Break:
The Partition Project by Saadia Faruqi
Where to find Laurie Stansbury:
Facebook: CBES Library ; Laurie StansburyBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lauriestansbury.bsky.social
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauriestansburylibrarian/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaurieStansburyCheck in with us, and check us out!
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The ever-delightful Katie McNamara shares how she uses "Game of Quotes" as a lesson in collaboration with her teachers, and gets requests from both students and staff for more!
Guest: Katie McNamara, High School Teacher Librarian & Fresno Pacific University Program Director, Teacher Librarian Program
Resources:
Game of Quotes Lesson: https://www.canva.com/design/DAF9EWHvGw0/6I1M71IhOI_Y4BCJdYcDyA/edit?utm_content=DAF9EWHvGw0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton
Book Break:
Your Lonely Nights are Over by Adam Sass You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn BayronYour Plantation Prom is Not Okay by Kelly McWilliams
Where to find Katie McNamara, High School Teacher Librarian & Fresno Pacific University Program Director, Teacher Librarian Program:
Website: https://linktr.ee/katiejmcnamara
Handle: @KatieJMcNamra
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New Jersey is in the house! 4-6 school librarian Gab Casieri shares how she gets research skills and critical thinking embedded in her "Curiosity Project" lesson!
Resources:
Curiosity Project Lesson: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B8ePsu1vzo_4tdwUKO0sXG-j_GQO98s4tK-WhelOI6U/edit?usp=sharing
Add’l Links: https://www.noodletools.com/
Book Break:
I have been recommending Rupert Holmes's Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide. It's really terrific. The audio is fantastic with Neil Patrick Harris and Simon Vance narrating.
Where to find Gabrielle "Gab" Casieri:
Website: https://libguides.ltps.org/home/
Handle: @mrscasieri
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Friends, if you haven't gotten to know school librarian Erika Long, what have you been doing with yourself? She is an amazing practitioner, and we're lucky to get to learn from her this week! She's bringing her middle grades "Renaissance Art Tour" to us, and I have no doubt you'll find the lesson - and Ericka - as engaging as I do!
Resources:
Renaissance Art Tour Lesson: https://www.canva.com/design/DAF626h2v_I/9_2VXHyjaZhlM4V8KRcf4A/edit?utm_content=DAF626h2v_I&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton
Add’l Links: https://k12mnps-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/elong1_mnps_org/EdVMonRoc6VCpYxVYk5cPSsB4_VBThER_Y-B3TWJLDEUxw?e=x4jAz0
https://k12mnps-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/elong1_mnps_org/EerhCFibq3hPqyeD-DbJSUEBl3OA-qmSFGpDXkUkmPPKGg?e=lKXTRzBook Break:
Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You by A'ja Wilson
Libro.FMWhere to find Erika Long:
Website: notyomamaslibrarian.my.canva.site
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/erikaslong.bsky.socialInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/notyomamaslibrarian
Twitter: https://twitter.com/erikaslongOther Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikaslong/
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Ya'll, we've got Dustin Hensley in the house! This Tennessee high school librarian is all about experiential, authentic learning, as his "Community Improvement" lesson clearly demonstrates. (On a completely unrelated note, Dustin is also the KING of grant writing - if you're looking for tips, he's the man!) Learn along with me from this font of knowledge!
Resources:
Links: https://sdgs.un.org/goals
https://dev-xqcompetencies.xqsuperschool.org/Book Break:
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Where to find Dustin Hensley:
Handle: @dshensleyedu
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Tom's online handle is "Captain Library" because that's his school, but it's also a fitting title, because Tom is THE MAN when it comes to all things library - particularly primary sources! (If you haven't checked out The Primary Source Podcast, you are missing out.) He has collaborated with author Melissa Stewart in the past, and here he shares his lesson on how he presents Stewart's five kinds of nonfiction with students (and staff). It's helped me rethink my approach to nonfiction - maybe it'll spark something for you, too!
Resources:
An Introduction to the Five Kinds of Nonfiction Lesson: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AChMn3SREMhcWCVX44-d4mspntVfCXIF/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107672689077137206868&rtpof=true&sd=true
Add’l Links: https://www.melissa-stewart.com/books/teachers/bk_5_kinds_nonfiction.html
Book Break:
The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt
Where to find Tom Bober:
Handle: @CaptainLibrary
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/captainlibrary.bsky.social
Instagram: instagram.com/CaptainLibrary
TikTok: tiktok.com/@CaptainLibrary
Twitter: twitter.com/CaptainLibrary
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Resources:
MISSION MARS Lesson: https://wakelet.com/wake/r571cioBoL8vU9KHLVAU-
Book Break:
We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library: The Graphic Novel by Chris Grabenstein
Where to find Ali Schilpp :
Website: https://linktr.ee/AliSchilpp
Handle: @AliSchilpp
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alischilpp.bsky.social
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alischilpp
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@alischilpp
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AliSchilpp
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