Friday, March 30, 2012

Hanging Out about Connected Learning

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Recently I was surprised and honored to be a part of this Google Hangout with some of my heroes, Mimi Ito and Howard Rheingold. It was my fi...
Sunday, March 4, 2012

Love Notes

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Late last night, I received the following email: Hi Ms. Abarbanel, I just finished  The Fault in Our Stars  by John Green. You gave it to ...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Just for Fun: Participatory Displays

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Sometimes participatory culture grows through old methods. Inspired by librarian Michelle Fromme , who often refers  to her "chalk talk...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Collaborative Group Work: Thoughts

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Just a quick post - I keep thinking about this opinion piece from last week's New York Times. It's important to remember introver...
Friday, January 6, 2012

LibGuide: NoodleTools for Creating Works Cited, Notecards, and Outlines

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Recently I made a LibGuide about using NoodleTools . The NoodleTools team was really helpful and gave me some good feedback and links to inc...
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Solve One Problem, Create Another

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My students used to email me all the time for database passwords.  Even though I had them listed in our intranet, which was easily linked to...
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Perception

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On Saturday Penelope Trunk  (@penelopetrunk) tweeted the following:  "Why are we quiet in libraries? Collaborative learning is loud...