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Check out the resources we've collected - Podcasts! Websites! Videos! Book info! Information Literacy info!
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Podcasts
Podcasts
Listen in on some great educators sharing some wonderful ideas, suggestions, and pieces of advice!
Amy Hermon's podcast. Great talks w/ great school librarians. And the show notes are a bonanza!
Podcast creator Amy Hermon has a "work-in-progress" set of "playlists" - episodes collected by topic, with links to listen.
Dr. Laura Sheneman's podcast offers great conversations with wonderful school library practitioners!
School librarian Tom Bober explores the uses of primary sources in K-12 libraries and classrooms.
Each episode focuses on one lesson from a teacher-librarian, sharing a written lesson plan and discussing the lessons they learned executing it!
A weekly podcast by educators who aim to share EdTech treasures with the audience in hopes of creating an AHA moment.
Join @MsThomBookitis & @lovealibrary as we highlight and celebrate examples of joyful lifelong learning, inside and outside the classroom!
UK school librarian Lucas Maxwell shares his experiences & ideas for programs and practices.
Websites
Websites
There are some great resources, materials, and ideas available from and/or useful to amazing school librarians. Here are some favorites!
US Holocaust Memorial Museum: Fundamentals of Teaching the Holocaust
Suggestions, resources, and materials for teaching this incredibly important topic.
School librarian Sara Smith reviews graphic novels and manga to help others find what works for students.
Reviews of graphic novels, manga, and anime, with Starred Reviews, School Picks, Core Lists, and more!
Extensive resources to help librarians create, manage, and expand manga collections & programs.
Use the drop-down menu on the right side to access an AMAZING amount of resources focused on using comics & graphic novels in education!
AASL's Knowledge Quest website offers articles by and about school librarians and their spaces.
The State of Ohio's online resource - a model for many great online resources!
SLNJ is a site conceived by Dr. Joyce Valenza and co-created by a team of school librarians.
Blog: Don't Shush Me
HS librarian Kelsey Bogan has amazing suggestions for TikTok, genrefying, and lots more!
Two dozen webinars available for viewing at your leisure!
Follet's First Chapter Fridays Author Videos
Follet offers a video collection of authors reading the first chapters of their books!
Penguin Young Readers Events On Demand
Watch author events, book buzzes and talks, author activity videos, and more on demand!
Current & past resources & videos
Elizabeth Hutchinson's Resources Page
Hutchinson earned a CILIP Fellowship for her outstanding contributions to librarianship in the UK.
A variety of blog posts, book recommendations, & resources from NBCT & MLIS Jillian Heise
Free graphics & a resource that allows participants to email themselves a time-stamped agreement to abide by the Rules of Civil Conversation
Lesson plans, resources, podcasts, and more dedicated to making students the center of education.
Applied Digital Skills: Back to School 2022
Self-guided lessons for learning to use Google for Edu products. Create a class and invite students!
"Explore the world of children’s literature"
Boss Librarian & Friends Back-To-School PD Event
Recordings and resources from 2 days of free PD, by and for school librarians!
Other Resources
Other Resources
We've got a digital book, a padlet, some free ARCs, a list of Twitter handles, info about Edcamps, and more!
Kristina A. Holzweiss's QR Code Tips, Tricks, & Hacks for Educators
A curated Wakelet collection from @lieberrian
Boss Librarian & Friends' Padlet
Each week during her Clubhouse conversations, K.C. and guests add resources and information.
Users can sign up to read and review free ARCs.
This spreadsheet includes handles and links to every state SL org we could find on Twitter!
View upcoming live & virtual "unconferences" you can attend. Participants sign up to lead workshops day-of.
Years' worth of book-oriented webinars.
PrivacyTools.io provides services, tools and privacy guides to counter global mass surveillance.
Primary Source Starter Pack for Teachers
"Because every Subject has a History"
Mackin "Lifting Voices" Archives
View recordings of past webinars.
AASL members can view recordings of past town halls.
About Books
About Books
Specific resources about book recommendations & resources.
School Librarian Stacey Nunn offers reviews for books, grouped by grade levels as well as by topics.
YADDB is meant to function as a curated list of YA books featuring disability representation.
A resource for exploring children's literature that deals with mental health and neurodiversity issues.
Afoma's website has lists of middle grades books for days! Tons of reviews, too!
Use the drop-down menu on the right side to access an AMAZING amount of resources focused on using comics & graphic novels in education!
School librarian Sara Smith reviews graphic novels and manga to help others find what works for students.
Reviews of graphic novels, manga, and anime, with Starred Reviews, School Picks, Core Lists, and more!
Extensive resources to help librarians create, manage, and expand manga collections & programs.
Goal: to introduce a cohort of diverse writers to future generations – contemporary authors who are non-binary, queer, trans, and disabled.
NCAC's School Book Challenge Resource Center
Home base for sharing how to advocate for books in schools and libraries.
Users can sign up to read and review free ARCs.
Educators sharing conversations with authors about their work!
In each ep, one great writer and one super-fan go head-to-head on trivia questions based on one of the author's best loved books!
BCTLA Position Statement: Book Levelling and School Library Collections
A research-based statement on why classroom and school library collections should not be levelled.
"Explore the world of children’s literature"
Tons of resources - including copy-and-paste letters - to help communities stave off book bans & censorship
Information Literacy Resources
Information Literacy Resources
Resources focused on information literacy lessons & resources.
Checkology: Free Information & Media Literacy Lessons
The News Literacy Project offers these mixable & malleable lessons to help teach media & information literacy.
Free information literacy resources from The Stanford History Education Group (SHEG), a research and development group.
AllSides: Balanced News via Media Bias Ratings
See how sources with different biases cover the same story, and see the biases of news sources.
Resources & lessons for teaching students about media literacy.
Fact-checking, accountability journalism and misinformation coverage from AP journalists around the globe.
Rumor Guard by the News Literacy Project
Tools & lessons to help news consumers recognize unreliable information
YouTube Channels of Interest
YouTube Channels of Interest
These video collections include all kinds of information, including past webinars and workshops - each of which is a great "anytime" learning opportunity!
The amazing Amanda Jones shares so many great webinars!
Videos from and by NJASL members and friends!
Videos from AASL and friends.
Dozens of videos to support those middle-ground readers!
The SXSW EDU Conference & Festival cultivates and empowers a community of engaged stakeholders to advance teaching and learning.
Educators sharing conversations with authors about their work!
In each ep, one great writer and one super-fan go head-to-head on trivia questions based on one of the author's best loved books!
Tech tips, webinars, and video podcasts from Stephanie Galvan Russell
This public broadcasting station offers hours of webinars.
ILA (International Literacy Association)
Several hundred videos on literacy-related topics.
Materials Challenges, Censorship, & Book Bans
Materials Challenges, Censorship, & Book Bans
Some resources to help school librarians prepare for or deal with challenges.
ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom
Confidential support, consulting services, and challenge reporting.
Book Riot's Template for Talking with School and Library Boards about Book Bans
Advice & copyable templates
NHHS "The Challenge of Challenges"
A comprehensive, step-by-step guide to preparing for & dealing with challenges; created by Martha Hickson, a school librarian who's faced multiple challenges.
"Proactive Approaches to Book Challenges"
Steve Tetreault's notes for a panel discussion, with links to a recording of the panel and other resources.
Texas-based group with lots of widely-applicable ideas for supporting the freedom to read.
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