Mimi Nightowl

Hey twitterverse, have you followed @NeedSchoolLibs yet? Because they are beginning the big push to get Teacher Librarians and school library resourcing at the top of our national education agenda. And they could use your support.

School libraries are not just spaces for story time & book check out; instead they could the learning & literacy hub of the school where research, collaboration, critical thinking & creation are the guiding principles! Libraries are critical to our schools! #hacklearning

#teacherlibrarians Why we need teacher Librarians .It's easier to jump on a motor bike at 100km per hour (do not try this ) than find the book a kid needs NOW .A good school library can contain 10,000 universes, & a great TL orders the right ones & finds the one each kid needs

Love the take aways from this article ~ written from an author's perspective: 1. Librarians want to help you. 2.... fb.me/AVQ7S84Y

@scisdata Some of the most wonderful things teacher librarians do are totally specific to them, or their school, or the person/group they are helping. Every TL I have met does so many 'extras'...

27 things your teacher librarian does. And we're sure there are more. #tlchat fb.me/1eslqWCgm

School libraries matter. fb.me/K7EAf7pB

“We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are.” Remembering the writer #UrsulaLeGuin, who passed away on Monday.

My favourite quote from this week (which I won't attribute) is "If a school library didn't add huge value to teaching and learning, not an independent school in the country would have one. But they all do" #libraries

Still true. (Thanks @MrSchuReads for the image. And thank you @NancieAtwell for being right). #justletthemread #tlchat #futurereadylibs #readingchampions #teacherleadersareteacherreaders

“If we want kids to be readers we give them time to read.” fb.me/1rdqNQmvq

Can You Name These Things? #vocabularylearning #spellingmastery #softwareforimprovement merriam-webster.com/word-games/nam…

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