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Some great book club ideas in this middle school blog.

Elaine Plybon's livebinder on social media use in the classroom.  This includes sites that simulate social media tools.

Children's book club kits available from Indiana State Library.  Free to those with InfoExpress.  Several of the titles are fairly recent, used in many schools

Tiffany Whitehead's blog post that includes two presentations from Follett's "New Leaf in Learning Conference", March 2012.  Includes "Embedded Librarianship" and "Next Gen Librarian"

Although from a college library, there might be some strategies that would work in the K-12 realm.

Resources and Ideas for Using Skype in the Classroom

This was from a great session Denise attended at ISTE.  Not only does this put the sites all in one place, it gives you an example of symbaloo.

"41 Free Live Webinars for Librarians in January"

This is amazing! Will be using and sharing.

Great presentation from NCTE referencing the history, current status, and many resources for digital text. Includes eBook resources in addition to curation tools

Presentation by Michelle Cooper at TCEA15 Marketing Your Library in the Digital Age

Love this map and list: great YA books set in each state (Indiana could have All the Bright Places too)

Love this map and list: great YA books set in each state (Indiana could have All the Bright Places too)

Most comprehensive site for OER that I have seen. Includes annotations.

Michigan school libraries are in very dire straights, but they are making some inroads.

While this is primarily for public libraries, she has some good points (and is a great Twitter/blog follow) This is written in a tongue and cheek way.

Similar to a document New York created, compares roles of librarians during in-person and remote learning situations

Gives explanations, including screenshots, on how to incorporate OER in Destiny searches.

Includes a great list of the dfiferent library chats across the country. Feel free to participate in any of them!

Hi Susie. Thanks so much for this link. The article about Twitter-based PD is useful, AND Nikki Robertson seems like a good person to follow for wider PD as well. PLEASE continue sharing in this forum - after all, you should have more time to read and curate the best sources for the rest of us. :) ~ Margaret

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Great resource to find official websites for authors and illustrators. In Indiana, we also have free access to teachingbooks.net for this as well.