Mary, The Primary Source Librarian | July 9, 2013
Even though social media has expanded our capacity to interact with educators from around the world, often our Twitter and other social media environments still keep us fairly insulated from people outside our profession. I am occasionally reminded that I have something to offer those “outsiders” if I only remember to look. Last week my […]
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Mary, The Primary Source Librarian | April 5, 2011
I’ve been thinking lately about how often our students experience the joy that comes with connected learning. Nothing delights me more than those moments when I can connect whatever sources I’m reading, listening to, or viewing with each other and with my world. Here’s a recent example: I’m listening to an Audible.com book of Unbroken: A World […]
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Tags: Chicago, Eiffel Tower, Gustave Eiffel, Industrial Revolution, inquiry, Laura Hillenbrand, Louis Zamperini, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival Resilience and Redemption