Take Joy

In my life as a learner, I have always followed my bliss. I had understood the educational power of flow, Continue reading →

Media Smart Libraries

We are off to the races now! We have just finished an intense 6-month planning process to develop Media Smart Continue reading →

Inquiry Learning with Pop Culture

School doesn’t have to be about loading up on all the “fact bricks” of stuff that “needs to be known.” Continue reading →

Waking Up to New Approaches to Community Media and Librarianship

Two amazing professionals have been literally keeping me awake at night: Maureen Sullivan and Tom Stites. For days now, I Continue reading →

A “Ripping” Fine New Year

My New Year’s Resolution: In 2013, I’ll be “ripping” DVDs to make clip compilations for media literacy. And I’ll be Continue reading →

Assessing Digital Literacy: Outcomes and Impact

If you want to measure something, first you have to define it. That’s why we’re just at the very beginning Continue reading →

Defining Digital Literacy

What is digital literacy? The term has been rising in visibility since 2009 but it has been used quite differently Continue reading →

The Promise of Libraries Tranforming Communities

Sometimes I wish that information specialists ruled the world. After all, people who know how to find and access information, Continue reading →