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Library Sparks was a magazine with a great variety of library lessons.You can access all the issues here.

Using forms to keep track of activities in the library; can be used to generate graphs and stats

Well-organized library webpages from Medford, OR during COVID. I like a lot of their activities, like having students play music, poetry on Friday, etc.

Great summer activity newsletter from Elmhurst Public Library. Great ideas for activities and programming too

This includes lessons for tech and library activities, K-5.  Very comprehensive, if not a bit dated.  Just looking at their scope and sequence may be helpful.

Even if you aren't in NYC, this calendar could give you some ideas for programming and activities, whether online or in person. You might also want to join some of the online ones. Includes book clubs, crafts, tech instruction, and more

Actively Learn lets you use their vast library of resources, at different levels, use their questions, insert your own, have it grade it for you, allow you to comment, and more.

Free download. Can be used in library or classroom

Great source for journal articles, primarily by Annette Lamb.  Part of the great eduscapes site.

Great Websites for Kids (GWS) , the Association for Library Service to Children's (ALSC) online website directory, has been completely redesigned. The updated site boasts a fresh and colorful kid-friendly look and interactive social media enhancements. Clear, bright icons display subject categories and appear on every page, while eye-catching thumbnail images provide a visual preview of each great site represented. Special sections highlight Sites of the Week and Month, Most Popular pages and Top Rated selections. Prompts for each site offer "more selections like this." Visitors can actively connect with the site and further their online experience by rating sites; sharing their favorites on social media sites such as Facebook; and emailing recommendations to friends.

 tool that allows for quickly and easily designing posters, signs, fliers and more, allowing for a variety of customizations with backgrounds, clipart, and text, while also allowing users to upload and use their own pictures.  My own high school kids have used it to complete one page posters referred to as visual book reports.  Their end products were printed for display purposes in the library, and used for visuals for book-talks done by both the librarians and the students. We even use them in digital frames that loop through pictures at our circulation desk, and students have responded to the "book-reports" created in Poster My Wall by checking out those titles.   The site does not require an account though that is an option, and those opting to use the free version can create professional looking posters and download for printing in minutes.  My school secretary was so impressed with the site she has even used it to create fliers for events and activities at school.   The site is easy enough for even elementary school students.  Like Wordle, my collaborating teachers are finding some very interesting uses for Poster My Wall. Cons?  It is not a replacement to Glogster by any means, but a poster app none the less. (Rec by Cathy Jo Nelson)

Blog reviews many books and has cute lesson/programming ideas. Esp good for elementary

Student interactive activity for learning about copyright

Blog recommended by noted non-fiction author Marc Aronson.