8th Grade Digital Essentials Curriculum: 2022-2023
This school year (2022-2023) I was tasked with transitioning my traditionally yearlong 8th grade digital essentials class into only one trimester. This meant that I…
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Annotated Bibliography: Books On Incarceration
This annotated bibliography is a (growing) collection of books and resources for young readers. The materials included are all on the topic of incarceration and…
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Faculty Development: Journal Review (Beanz)
This presentation (created on Canva) is a review of the children’s magazine Beanz. It is intended to guide school librarians in making a decision about…
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5th Grade African Research Project
This was a multiple part lesson that provided 5th Grade students with the tools to start research, and present research on an African country. The…
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7th Grade Soundtrap Basics: Podcasting Unit
This lesson was to provide students with instruction in the basics of using Soundtrap (an audio editing platform) to record a podcast, and share helpful…
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Faculty Development: Teaching Books Workshop
This professional development workshop is called “Ready to Read! Using ‘Teaching Books’ Educator Resources in the ELA Classroom to Increase Literacy Skills, and Promote Reflection on…
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Faculty Development: Wakelet Review
This digital tool review is for Wakelet, which is a free platform used to easily collect, save, and curate digital resources (articles, videos, tweets, documents, images, and…
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7th Grade Presentation Basics & Screen Recording: Math Fair Collaboration
This lesson was designed to provide with instruction in how to create a visually attractive, succinct, and digitally responsible slideshow. These skills were applied to…
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7th Grade Google Sites 101: Citizen Science Collaboration
This lesson was to provide students with instruction in how to set up a basic Google Site, and share tips & tricks for making the…
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Affinity Group Recipe Collection
The following recipe collection captures a snapshot of some of the middle school community’s favorite recipes. The school invited our faculty and students who participate…
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Media, Social Media & Body Image: Health Collaboration
This lesson on “Media, Social Media & Body Image” was taught to the entire 7th & 8th grade (4 sections per grade) in a Digital…
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6th Grade Field Guides – Canva Collaboration
This project was done in collaboration with the 6th grade Science department. Students were asked to create field guides for a local New York ecosystem.
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Libguides & Research Guides
A list of Libguides/research guides I have published for professional, or academic purposes.
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Reading Motivation Presentations
These three presentations were created as supplementary materials for reading motivation implementation strategies. They are meant to be engaging, digital summaries of arguments as to…
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Reader’s Theater Script: Harbor Me
I wrote this Reader’s Theater script based on an excerpt of Jacqueline Woodson’s middle grade novel Harbor Me. The passage has been adapted to be…
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5th Grade Minecraft EDU: Egyptian Tomb Unit
This project happened at the end of 2021, and was part of the 5th Grade Egyptian Tomb unit – an annual, all-grade event that culminates…
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Faculty Resource: Books & Bytes
Books & Bytes is a semi-weekly bulletin of middle school tech and library news. It is sent to our middle school faculty every two weeks.…
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Library Material: Reading Engagement Bookmarks
I created these reading engagement bookmarks during the 2021-2022 school year. They incorporate ideas of reading theory from Jim Trelease’s Readaloud Handbook (benefits of reading),…
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Faculty Development: Britannica ImageQuest Tutorial & Workshop
searches based in the science curriculum. The video tutorial includes information on why the database is both a reliable, ethical source for finding, citing, and…
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Student Resource: Canva Digital Makerspace Activity
oal for the first end product, and the initial use of a template, it will also ask students to explore the program by inserting their…
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Faculty & Student Resource: Banned Books Libguide
This research guide on banned books, and Banned Books Week is meant as a starting point for middle school students (5th-8th grade) to be explored…
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Faculty Development: Database Tutorial
middle school science department, and contains example searches based in the science curriculum (including space, and human anatomy). The video tutorial includes information on why…
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Student Resource: Tech & Library Norms Presentation
I created this presentation in partnership with the Middle School Librarian. It was presented during the 2021-2022 school year to the entire middle school (facilitated…
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Student Resource: Google Classroom Orientation
I created this presentation during the 2021-2022 school year. It was presented to the entire middle school (facilitated by individual advisors) during our orientation days…
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Book Talk Podcast: “Being the New Kid”
This is a book podcast I recorded related on the theme “Being the New Kid.” In it, I booktalk the two titles When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller, and New…
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Parent & Guardian Technology Resources: Google Classroom Information Session
I created this presentation during the 2021-2022 school year. It’s contents include Google Classroom best practices, tips, and middle school Google Classroom guidelines. It was…
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Faculty Development: Spaces Portfolio Support
Spaces is the portfolio platform we piloted in 5th Grade Humanities during the 2020-2021 school year. For the 2021-2022 school year, we will be expanding…
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Faculty Development: Video Streaming Information & Resources
This resource was created for teachers during the 2021-2022 school year. There were several questions coming up about video streaming, and the legality of how…
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Faculty Development: New Teacher Tech & Library Orientation
Library in the middle school has looked much different since the school went remote in March 2020. For returning teachers, there were many a lot…
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Faculty Development: Tech & Library Collaboration
eated this presentation for 2021-2022 August Work Week. It was presented as a way to reinforce information about how to effectively engage in tech &…
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Faculty Development: Google Classroom Resources
I created this presentation for the 2021-2022 school year on Google Classroom best practices, tips, and middle school guidelines. It was presented during our August…
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8th Grade CAPStone Project: Community Action for New Mothers & Caregivers
APStone is the community action program that all 8th graders participate in before they finish middle school. During the 2020-2021 school year, I led an…
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8th Grade Digital Wellness Guide & Lesson
I created this Digital Wellness Libguide during the 2020-2021 school year, in collaboration with the 8th Grade Health teacher. With the introduction of this guide,…
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8th Grade SketchUp Unit
This project was done in collaboration with the 8th Grade Science teacher during the 2020-2021 school year. In the past, this project had been done…
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5th Grade Google Drive Lesson
ndently, or asynchronously on their own time in the case of technical difficulties. The lesson includes video, audio, interactive elements, as well as sections to…
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5th Grade Email Lesson
I created this lesson for my 5th grade Digital Essentials class in the 2020-2021 school year. It was assigned when we were learning remotely, so…
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Guest Artist: Recorded Presentation
Mostly included for fun (although it was a good example of how to use Loom as an EdTech tool), this is a recorded video presentation…
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Digital Essentials Choice Board
I created this Digital Essentials Choice Board Libguide in the 2019-2020 school year, for the 5th through 8th grade Digital Essentials classes. It is meant…
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