#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 9, 2016
That would be fun, wouldn't it.
I am Nichole Hahn from Royse City ISD and a library practicum student at TAMUC.
Hi friends! Becky, Dist Lib Coor, Leander ISD in Leander, TX which is NW of Austin.
Robin Spencer, elementary librarian, Copperas Cove
Good evening. Michelle Griffith from Brazosport ISD
Hey Stanette. It was good to meet you f2f at
Hello Everyone! Glad to be here tonight! 🙂 Jean D. Fort Bend ISD, Sugar Land, TX.
Elementary librarian in Leander ISD
Working to apply all of my learning from ! Anyone else operating on inspiration overload!?!?
Hi, I'm Cynthia Lopez from Mesquite ISD and a library practicum student at TAMUC. How is everyone doing this evening?
I'm Katie Traylor from Gilmer ISD and a library practicum student at TAMUC.
Len from Austin here! School Program Coordinator
Hello! I'm Katy from Weatherford ISD and a library practicum student at TAMUC.
I am listening in tonight - middle school librarian in Pearland ISD
Robin Spencer, elementary librarian, Copperas Cove - drinking my wine, enjoying some chat
Hi! I'm Daniela, a primary school librarian in Pflugerville ISD.
Joining in from snowy Pennsylvania. Heather Lister, MS TL
Welcome everyone. I'm JH librarian from Copperas Cove who didn't attend TCEA16 first time in 10 years :-(
Christie Watts, Library Media Specialist in Royse City!
Phew! Nancy Jo from Frisco Reedy HS! Hi everyone!
It was so great to meet you at
Marsha Edney Henderson HS from Kilgore
Cristina Perez from Laredo Texas Laredo independent school district
Sue Fitzgerald here from Justin, Texas
Shawna from Weatherford here for !
Andrea Cardon from Copperas Cove. Elementary librarian
Toni Hylander, Birdville ISD Elementary Digital Learning Specialist.
Welcome Dayna! Glad you are here with us!
Cristina Perez Laredo isd
still digesting everything. A good overload
It IS the best job in the school! I taught 5th for 13 years, now I'm 13 yrs in libraryland.
Hello ! Tina, Elementary Librarian, from Grapeveine-Colleyville ISD!
lots of processing from a great week. chat
Brittni Elem lib from Brenham here.. So excited to share and learn!
Q1 What were your favorite resources from ?
Charonne King from Sunnyvale
Carolyn from Austin-District librarian Eanes ISD
Nicole Graham from Fort Worth
I wasn't at TCEA but is helping get all the great ideas y'all were able to get! :) So please share! share! share!
amazing list of Google add ins.
A survivor from the TAMUC cert program
Hi, I'm Cassie, an elem. librarian from North Fort Worth
Loved Dr. Gail Sheneman - saw her at two sessions - her handouts are online just download app & look for handouts
lots of processing from a great week.
lots of processing from a great week.
I know! I did find my stuff. I will work on it tomorrow.
Edupuzzle, Quizziz, and the quenelles
Definitely on overload! Jan Hodge here from Crowley ISD, District Library Media Specialist
Same! And I'm so happy for you. What an honor!
Hello classmates! Hello my mentor Christie Watts and professor Mrs. Gullett
Ur right Robin. T-TESS session was awesome and so packed w info.
Awwwwww Shawna! I'm giving you all the heart eyes right now. Love you friend!
Great hands-on maker spaces at Librarian's academy
Julie, HS librarian from Fort Worth!
TCEA was amazing and I saw so many inspirational presentations. Some of you are chatting here tonight!
A1 Is considered a resource? I could listen to her all day and still learn. How does she know so much?
' Thank you Michelle! It was wonderful seeing you. Excited to return to White Oak in August.
Agreed! So where we need to focus!
A1: Loved materials on how she uses Instagram
One of the best take always are the connections you make.
A1: Collab. notes produced by many connected educators at has been huge for me these last few days https://t.co/xgENNweAPD
A1: I wasn't there. A fellow librarian went/shared her exper. We're both nerdy. She explained ! Luv it https://t.co/fLlZyNE6Sh
A1: I wasn't there. A fellow librarian went/shared her exper. We're both nerdy. She explained ! Luv it https://t.co/8zUswPpvf8
A1 had so many awesome insights & resources. I learned so much from her! :-D
A1 Lots of great maker space ideas!! Lancaster ISD is doing AWESOME things!
did an amazing job putting the library academy together this year! https://t.co/lOxfZIqmqU
Great hands-on maker spaces at Librarian's academy
I'm going to work with history department with Google maps and more. Also going to introduce HistoryPin.
Yes! Bravo!!! It was fabulous! :-D
Laura is leading a group 2 form 2T-TESS toolkit 4 libns. More as it develops. Still an infant idea.
Welcome Katy! So Glad to have you. I graduated from WHS.
. One of the best take aways is the connections you make.
A1 was very inspirational at
We can't wait to see you again at 😀 https://t.co/J3we9Hi8yF
' Thank you Michelle! It was wonderful seeing you. Excited to return to White Oak in August.
was fab at the Connect lounge. Really neat use of space
YES!!! Thanks for sharing that resource and idea!
Q2 What were your most inspiring moments at ?
A1: I'm stoked about . Thinking of adding take home broadband as a library service. "Check out the internet"
thank you Marsha. The space was brain child.
A2 The massive rock paper scissors game in session!
A2. Listening to for sure!
A2: How people went out of their way to help me learn! From to to & ! So helpful!
A2: Without a doubt every session G presented.
I loved learning new engaging ideas about makerspace, Google classroom, and genius hour. Too many great sessions to count!
Using different apps & web2.0 tools learned & going to use them as intros to my lessons for Ss so they can see what's out there
A2 Hearing the libs in Leander talk about transforming their space hearing share her story
A1 I also loved the documentary . If you haven't seen it, you can get it for your district. Inspiring and interesting!
Great to meet you! I did too, many years ago!
A2 loved the augmented reality sessions. Already changing my 2nd grade teachers Dino projects.
A2 meeting in person & my new group Remember TCEA! :-D
A2: seeing and sessions; discovering aug reality pic bus, exploring HP Sprout, Lib Makerspace
Right?!?! Such a great day! :-D
Loved seeing our students present!
. I'll be doing a repeat of that session at for those who couldn't attend
We are setting up a demo w/the HP Sprout! It's so cool
it's great! I used it for teachers to sign up for book fair...they could choose the time slot.
was a big part of this year! Loved that part!
Confession-I have clip art on my web page. Thanks for a fabulous presentation and making me realize my website needs!
A2: Is it too cheesy to say THIS is my most inspiring moment from ? I'm picking treasures from my mega librarian mind! 🤓
A2: Hmm..probably telling librarians, "Change your call numbers! Dewey's dead! He won't care!" ; )
A2 sharing his story! So cool and inspiring!
A2: Seeing the sea of at the Library Academy and almost not getting in
Loved it! I learned so much from our librarians about coding and maker space ideas.
A2: the sessions on how to use just a few iPads or a mix of devices really inspired me to view my resources in a more positive way
A2 Presenting, & learning how awesome is a resource for Ts & Ss from &
Q3 Please share your favorite pictures from
A2: Was legit inspired by 's use of with her students! She gave me fresh ideas that I can't wait to use
So fun to see out pop in! :)
A2 Getting to present was a huge highlight. Also session with was Awesome. Was so filled with great ideas!
Thank you so much for saying that. I love being able to connect with educators to learn with. https://t.co/x9grkHZpsf
A2: How people went out of their way to help me learn! From to to & ! So helpful!
A2 I also enjoyed sessions learning about Microsoft https://t.co/dCoJz5liEp which can be used to jazz up your presentations.
I wasn't at , but I was able to Skype into a presentation by our assistant principal and teachers!
Karyn, elementary librarian, coming in on the tail end.
A2: seeing how many inspiring and excellent techie librarians Tx has at Library Academy Y'all rock!
Celebrate! TCEA Librarian Media Specialist of the Year. and one of founders.
Late to the party! I'm Buffie from Mesquite ISD. Biggest takeaway is the connections and inspiration from each and everyone of you!
Discovered w her amazing use of Google nice to hear many I had missed other years w presenting
' Thank you Heather! We can't wait to hear what u think of
Wasn't able to make TCEA due to an unexpected issue but LOVE this chat & living vicariously through all that went! ❤📲💻️🤓
Sorry to miss TCEA, but glad I still get to hear about tools from TLs that were there! Getting even more excited about TLA
presenters-Don't forget to put your slides or links up on TCEA site!
presented and she was awesome!
Always inspired by thinking forward & "free range thinkers"
And another survivor of the Practicum class at TAMUC.
Thx to you, and for teaching me about Nepris!
I'm sure you enjoyed the random informative text messages
shoutout to for bringing librarians and to for Connected Lounge!
Thanks for being great leaders and innovators !
Thank you for your conversation Thursday morning. I've never taken so many notes during a "keynote". https://t.co/U7hXnDDgVX
Thank you! I am so honored! We have so many awesome TL's in Texas! Glad to be a part of it!
Thank you everyone for sharing tonight! It was a great
A3 Also loved this clip I saw from the Office about Wikipedia. Going to use it when I teach research https://t.co/lXmP20x9Y9
Great job leading our tonight ! And so super proud of you!!
thanks for the audacious library programming in LibAcademy &
Skyping in to a panel is a great idea! Thanks!
& librarians really inspired me to rethink spaces
she always does a fab job!! Nothing less from Carolyn 😊
Thank you so much for the chat tonight! I loved continuing to learn about tonight!
a4- when your pics are all of qr codes, links to presentations, and parts of presentations.. https://t.co/6YJEiVeHOt
Thank you for a great chat tonight
YES!!!! (This also feeds my spacial nerd.) 😄 https://t.co/nP4k8PQe9A
& librarians really inspired me to rethink spaces
Thanks 4 gr8t topic tonight etc love sharing
so many great ideas, hope to go to it one day!
thank you for a great rewind of
thank you for a great rewind of
This is a great quote that has shared. It's def one to keep in mind during the redesign process.
All of the Library Academy offerings were
Thank you for joining in tonight!
thanks for a great chat...sorry to miss tcea16 but glad to catch some highlights here!
Hi Brandi! Nice to "see" you!
loved presenting with you ! you are a
Hahaha! That's the kind of pictures I end up with too!
Just lurking in the late and realize again how I really am a Texas Librarian wannabe
For sure...We just redesigned our library last month and really had to think about kids needs not adults
Remember how y'all are gonna be honorary Texas librarians a TLA 2017! But yeah, good stuff in
Back at you!!! You are the BEST!!!
I'm Hope Whitlock from CMISD and a library practicum student at TAMUC and a Twitter noob! Sorry I'm late!
