Thoughts from a Librarian Blogger

Schools today face many challenges, including student engagement. In our digital age, it is so important to have resources that will not only get our students actively involved in their learning but also make them tech savvy.  One way teachers can engage students is by using web tools to create quizzes and surveys that can be used in fun ways. My assignment for class this week was to research the different sites that can be used to create surveys and quizzes, choose one and create a product to share. The list I had to choose from was lengthy. As I looked over the choices, a quiz web tool that I really liked and heard was good is Quizizz ( https://quizizz.com/ ). Quizizz is a free web tool that is easy to use. Quizizz offers millions of free teacher-created quizzes you can choose from, or create your own. If you want to choose from created quizzes, all you have to do is search for your topic, and then peruse the different choices. Each quiz has a title, th...

Learning How To Blog Welcome to my very first blog! I have been curious in the past about what goes into creating a blog but had never really thought to make one. Through graduate classes, friends, and social media, I have read others' blogs and have posted an occasional comment, but that was it. As I have been learning and growing in my new role as a librarian, I have kept up more with a few blogs and have gotten great insight into ideas to implement in my library.  I've realized too, that blogs can be a great place to share and celebrate the great things that are going on. With all of this in mind and the help of my current Applications of Technology class assignment to create a blog, I realize this is my chance to jump right in. Before creating my blog, the first thing I decided to do was to look at a few articles about blogging to see what others know about the different platforms to use. I knew that I wanted to find a tool that was free, easy to create and use,...