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Fun, Thoughtful Technology In The Classroom


My colleague Sarah and I presented again this week at a VLA conference on using technology in the classroom to engage students. It was a great conference and I love getting together with other librarians from around the state. People are doing such interesting things, and I always come back with ideas. Our presentation was [...]

NELIG Presentation: Mobile Polling In Instruction


On Friday, my colleague Sarah Cohen and I delivered a presentation about mobile phone polling in information literacy instruction at the New England Library Instruction Group annual conference in Lowell, MA. The slides are posted below. The Librarian Says. “Turn Your Cell Phones On!”   View more presentations from Andy Burkhardt

3 Insights From ACRL 2011


ACRL 2011 wrapped up this past weekend and much like the last time I attended, it was a great conference. There was a lot of great content and ideas in the papers, panels, posters and Cyber Zed Sheds. There were also some excellent keynotes that challenged us to think outside of the echo chamber of [...]