Sandra's Reading Nook

Social Media: Instagram, Facebook & Twitter in Schools      These ubiquitous apps are helping teachers develop activities that simultaneously appeal to student interests and include digital technology in their lessons to produce global learners.  While the average Facebook user may be changing, schools have been utilizing this app to connect or disseminate information to parents and students. Educators can find pages where they can connect and share innovative ideas that can be applied in the classroom. Librarians today can join groups like Elementary Library Exchange, Learning Librarians & Future Ready Librarians. All provide excellent information on curriculum, activities and technology applications from currently practicing librarians.  Librarians can also follow pages set up exclusively to showcase libraries across the country and keep us informed of book reveals, reviews and ideas for teaching them to students.  However,...

I currently discovered FEED READERS and am wondering why I never heard of them before. My only guess is that people are more focused on getting information from sources like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter all at once. However questionable the information may be.                 The Feed Reader allows us to choose the websites that interest us and get the information from all the different sources at once. Some will even choose the most pertinent post to our likes and display that first. The feeder I enjoyed the most is Feedly.                 Feedly is straightforward in what it’s doing. Saving you time from switching through all your sources and sorting the information to suit your needs. It does not overwhelm users with a lot of graphics and options like Feedspot. It was a close call with others such as Inoreader because of th...

Why pull a BAOBAB? My favorite book as a child was The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. I've always loved the look of a baobab tree. Saint-Exupery, however, uses them as a metaphor in his story because they take over the prince's small planet if they aren't pulled out. Sometimes, we tend to let some things continuously grow until they overwhelm us. Lately, I have to remind myself to pull out the baobabs and focus on the sweeter things in life. Sandra