IdaMae Craddock

Used in concert with traditional teaching methods, these resources for creation, instruction, research, and grading can make learning more dynamic.

Suggestions for teaching strategies, prompt-writing skills, and tools, plus an overview of those ethical questions. 

IdaMae Craddock and Ouida Powe began a bibliotherapy initiative to help combat the growing mental health crisis among children and teens.

Use these tools to engage students of every age in Hour of Code, planned for the week of December 7-13.

Literacy is the business of librarians. Supporting coding using the pedagogy of maker education is part of our work.

Help smooth the path from in-person to online making.

These virtual experiences can closely connect to the curriculum, whether that means chatting with an astrophysicist or visiting the Schindler factory in Poland.

These free and affordable learning options allow library professionals to follow their interests and dig deeper into new approaches.

Avoiding burnout was a focus of several sessions at this year’s ALA Annual Conference. Setting limits and learning to say no are among the ways that school librarians can help themselves.