#TXLchat Archive
The #TXLchat provides a forum for Texas librarians (but not limited to Texas librarians) to create collaborative connections, share educational resources, and foster life-long learning.
Tuesday February 23, 2016
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Q1 I'm about to read Passenger by for a YA book club I started with some librarian friends and their friends
Renovated Learning is my favorite blog as I have started Maker Spaces in the Library.
YAY!so many folks already set for our chat tonight!wrapped in my blanket on my cozy couch ready to roll! let the library fun begin!
My first act on day one as librarian was to remove the card catalog. Never. Looked. Back.
Nicole Graham HS librarian from Fort Worth
peeps, Stay tuned for starting now
Becky, Dist Lib Coordinator, Leander ISD
Jessica Samuel from MISD...Librarian at 5th grade campus...Grad Student at SHSU
Tammy Turner. High school library media specialist.
Linsey Taylor elementary librarian
Michelle from White Oak ISD! Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday!!! 😃
Charonne King from Sunnyvale.
Thanks for joining in on tonight folks! We'll be back at it in two weeks! Be sure to check out next
Shawna from Weatherford ISD
Karyn Lewis elementary librarian in Houston
Hi! Cristina Perez from Laredo Tx... Tamuc practicum student
Nancy Jo here from Frisco & the great . :-D Ho friends!
A1 finish the Selection Series by Kiera Cass
Q1: What’s on your “leisure” to-read list?
Good evening 2 all from educator in Denton, TX
I'm Erika from Mesquite ISD and a library practicum student at TAMUC.
Kelly from Amarillo hi everyone
Hi, I'm Cynthia Lopez from Mesquite ISD and a library practicum student at TAMUC. Great to be back tonight keep warm!
So happy many of past and future students are in the house!
A1: The Little Paris Book Shop by Nina George and The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
Jan Pelias from Frisco TX
Hello! Katy from Weatherford ISD-practicum student at TAMUC.
A1: On my reading list-The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore
A1-Rising Strong by & Stella by Starlight by Sharon Draper
A1 All Fall Down. Ally Carter is visiting tomorrow so I'm finishing it tonight. Hopefully.
A1 All the new Bluebonnets.
Bernal MS librarian from NISD here!
So I'm totally trying this thing tonight.
A1 - a big combo of YA & adult fiction. Several orders have just come in so lots and lots of YA
A1: Thanks to and , my next read is Salt to Sea by ! It came highly recommended by both of them!
A1 Summer Lane Collapse Series, Maze Runner, and Divergent Series
A1 the glittering court, the bunker diary, relentless, the murderer's daughter
we would be SO MUCH FUN, girl!
A2 Leisure list includes Through the Looking Glass
A1 Finish Crenshaw by: Katherine Applegate
A1 Kiss of Deception & The Glass Sword right now. Just finished Wildflower the Drew Barrymore Memoir.
Q1 This summer.... To Kill a Mockingbird
The maze runner series...
Q1. Make Me by Lee Child. Big fan of the Jack Reacher series, but haven't read the new one.
A1: I have several book stacks, but I am currently reading THE WILD ROBOT by (among other books)
just read Little Paris Bookshop for my book club last month---what do you think of it?
A.1 Totally hooked on Outlander series – currently listening 2 Voyager read by amazing Davina Porter
Hi, Ro, ES Librarian, Mesquite ISD.
Q1: Endangered by C.J. Box
I'm hoping to borrow this one too! https://t.co/ZCvCdc1vJV
A1: Thanks to and , my next read is Salt to Sea by ! It came highly recommended by both of them!
that's my problem too, just got new books in & can't read them fast enough
OH I adore that series!!!
Q1: I need to start reading young adult chapter books
A1 I'm also listening to Bill Nye's Unstoppable on audio from I usually have a non fiction going with a fiction
A1. Willie Nelson's It's a Long Story among others. fascinating life!
A2: Show Your Work by Austin Kleon
A1 I listen to mostly audiobook from
Have you read The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner? Check out reviews on Goodreads. It's amazing!
I read 2-3 urban paranormals per week along with many YA. Really enjoyed Walked Two Moons last week.
A1. also enjoying the Molly Murphy mysteries on audiobook. who doesn't love delicious Irish accents & who-dun-its?
Does that qualify you to buy "Have a Willie Good Day" tshirt at Buckees?
A2: Everything I can get my hands on that deals with makerspaces!
A1: Pax for personal enjoyment A2: blended for school reading
A2: Auggie & Me (three wonder stories). The kids love Wonder!
I heard speak @ ALA Midwinter about fascinating research 4 Salt to Sea. Definitely must read https://t.co/yZsoWl3j5v
A1: Thanks to and , my next read is Salt to Sea by ! It came highly recommended by both of them!
A2 I just ordered a bunch of Maker books from Barnes & Noble that my Ss are excited about!
Definitely one of my favorites!These were introduced to me by
A2 The Innovator's Mindset by I saw him at TCEA and he was so inspirational
I read all 8 YA books we are using for our MS Book Brawl. Had school competition last week and Ss had a blast.
please share ur prof reading bk list
A1: Also about to begin MAYBE A FOX by Kathi Appelt and Allison McGhee
Just read 'The House of Purple Cedar' by Tim Tingle and loved it! It's hard to just name one book!
A2: George Couros book. The Innovator's Mindset
A2: Invent to Learn, High-Tech DIY Projects with 3D Printing, and anything else MakerSpace related!
Also enjoying Because of Mr Terupt again with Ss book club-Author Visit in April!
Just finished Shadow & Bone and currently reading Glass Sword & Gone. ALL SO GOOD!
A2: Reading Multipliers:How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
by . Just finished by
Sorry I'm late, was putting a roast in the crock pot. What did I miss? Len from Austin...
A2-Amplify by & Uncommon Learning by.
I'm interested in this title too! https://t.co/8qIabdm7Ww
A2 The Innovator's Mindset by I saw him at TCEA and he was so inspirational
What’s your favorite blog to read?
A2. rereading Bird by Bird by because she gets it & shares it. both prof. & personal
I'm Erika from Mesquite ISD and a library practicum student at TAMUC.
A1: I am re-reading Nick Offerman's 2 books: Paddle Your Own Canoe and Gumption.
Len, is that "What Did you Do at School Today?" question?
A3: The Scholarly Kitchen
A2: Reading In The Wild by Donalyn Miller is my current professional read.
A3: Renovated Learning is my favorite blog as I have started Maker Spaces in the Library. (Duplicate from earlier!)
A. 3 Two Writing Teachers is an awesome blog--not only for writing teachers. Reminds me to put myself in S shoes.
A2 I really liked Switch by Chip Heath and campus is doing a book study on Mindset by Dweck
I'll definitely need to check this blog out https://t.co/kKZLiyGMwz
A3: Renovated Learning is my favorite blog as I have started Maker Spaces in the Library. (Duplicate from earlier!)
A1 My internet is acting squirrely! The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan, The Crossroads of Should and Must by Ellen Luna.
A3 Watch Connect Read by and Nerdy Book Club are my go to blogs
well that sounds intriguing!
A3: Any blog post by Gary Stager, Dean Shareski, and Justin Tarte
A3-I learn so much from the blogs &
A1 Weird things customers say in bookstores Jen Campbell and I hope to finish The World Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne.
I filmed the STAAR video.Can't wait to see it!
A3- I love his blog! Great stuff about making our libraries awesome!!
TOO MANY blogs to name just one. I'm thankful for my !
A3: And don't forget cybraryman
A3: Blue Skunk Blog by Doug Johnson. He is a former librarian turned district tech director. Super helpful and thought provoking!
A3 Not a blog so much but I love to use for information and recommendations
A3-also appreciate literacy blogs by &
look what our Q3 is. our tech team at BISD just had a session on being connected thru blogging https://t.co/r7NxU80IH6
Please share your STAAR video with when you can.
thank you so much, Shawna! I love sharing about what our Ts and Ss are doing in the library!
Donalyn Miller for books. Mark Garrison for technology.
I need to hear more about
A3 LOVE leadershipfreak posts aren't long & even though they don't specifically apply 2 libraries r very relevant
A2 Professional reading, I have printed and also Instapapered lots of journals that I want to pour over during the summer.
Q4: What is one must-try tech tool we should all explore.
thank you, Brittni! Love sharing and connecting! Looking forward to our collab tmwr, friend!
keeps all the blogs I follow in order and alerts me when a new entry has been posted by the blogger. LOVE IT!
I'm checking this out! https://t.co/DdiVpdqVTJ
keeps all the blogs I follow in order and alerts me when a new entry has been posted by the blogger. LOVE IT!
Hey! glad you dropped by!
A4: tagboard - search a hashtag and get all social media results in one place
A4 google drive, love everything about it!
A4: Bloglovin is an app to explore. Sorta like an RSS feed.
A4 Draftback! Awesome Chrome add on that lets you see edits as they were made and stats on Google docs! My ELA and SS Ts LOVE it!
A3 Renovated Learning by Watch.Connect.Read. by Frugal Fridays by (awesome Maker ideas)
A4 Google Keep helped me gather info at TCEA16
A4: Stikbot app for stop motion animation! Got free bots from Scholastic book fair $ for our
A4 Google Cardboard! I have some teachers can check out from the library. Love virtual reality!
A4: Sway for presentations, mentimenter for audience response using smartphones
thank you so much dear friends! I will share your kind comments with the library staff!
A4 GoFormative, Canva, Emaze, Quizziz
Cheers for the lovely shout out!
BTW, do you know ?
I think we have a lot in common!
A4. Certainly not new, but love Padlet. So simple to use!
Hometown Houston. Some shoes make the news. Your Shoes My Shoes. artist. Stopping by hello. :)
A4: Sock Puppet app for story reselling in K-2. Ss LOVE it!!!
Thank you for sharing my blog, !
Blabb is at top of my to-explore list.
A4: Tunity to unmute the TV of your choice at Buffalo Wild Wings so you can hear the game you want!!
A4-Google Keep is new for me & it really is better than post-it notes I tend to lose
I think we may have crossed paths during ??
A4 if Twitter qualifies as a tech tool, I sing its praises I'm fairly new to it & its been one of the best things ever
A4- I love my GAFE, but I also love padlet for sequencing, educreations for book talks & studystack for vocab
A4 Draftback as a Google Drive app or extension. Perfect for monitoring student copy & paste.
A4 Tweet Deck keeps me sane when sifting through Twitter and is especially helpful for
A4 I am also loving making Groups in my for research for my Ss!
A4: Edpuzzle! I love how seamlessly it works with Google Classroom!
A4: Just discovered ! It's a very cool Microsoft presentation tool!
I like imovie trailer and explain everything
Feltboard is a great app to help students with the elements of fiction.
1 last Q. Q5: Give us a link to your favorite Pinterest Board or fav pinner. (Doesn’t have to be library related.)
A4 I tried a Web 2.0 resource called Protopage. I loved it.
Apologies: prior answer was for Q2
Yes! Love ! https://t.co/ljNQ0ZZMAG
A4: Sway for presentations, mentimenter for audience response using smartphones
