Ahnalese Pearson - LIS

Bringing the World (and Beyond) to the School Library with Google Arts & Culture As librarians, we are often looking for ways to bring creativity and engagement into the library space. Google Arts & Culture —a free, interactive platform that gives students access to some of the world’s most incredible artistic, historical, and cultural experiences. It’s an easy-to-use resource that gives students the chance to zoom in on Van Gogh’s brushstrokes, tour the pyramids of Egypt, or even step inside the Hubble Space Telescope (which, as a space nerd, I found incredibly cool).   Getting Started: Setting Up an Account & Accessing Google Arts & Culture One of the best things about Google Arts & Culture is how easy it is to access. There’s no complicated setup—students and educators can start exploring immediately by visiting [artsandculture.google.com](https://artsandculture.google.com/) from any computer, tablet, or phone. However, creating an account (which just req...

  Using Common Sense Education to Teach Digital Literacy in the School Library In today’s world, even our youngest students are engaging with technology on a daily basis. Whether they’re watching videos, playing games, or using educational apps, children as young as kindergarten are becoming digital citizens—whether they realize it or not. That’s why it’s so important to start  teaching digital literacy early , helping students build safe, responsible, and healthy online habits. A  school library  is the perfect setting for introducing these concepts. As a space where students come to read, research, and explore technology, the library can serve as a  central hub for digital literacy instruction . One of the best tools I’ve found for this is  Common Sense Education , a free, research-backed resource that provides age-appropriate digital citizenship lessons. Here’s what I’ve learned about how it works, how to set it up, and why I highly recommend it to fello...

Hello all! This week I explored a website called Biblionasium , which is like  Goodreads for kids , designed to get students excited about reading. It’s a safe, digital reading community created with the intention that students can: 📚  Track their reading  – Log books they’ve read, are reading, or want to read. ⭐  Write reviews and rate books  – Helps build critical thinking and writing skills. 🎯  Get reading recommendations  – Based on their age, interests, and reading level. 🏆  Join reading challenges  – Teachers and librarians can create reading goals or competitions. 👩‍🏫  Connect with classmates  – Students can share book suggestions with friends and teachers. Ultimately, the goal is to make reading more social and interactive, and possibly could motivate reluctant readers.  Also, as someone who loves to read, I would've LOVED to have had this to I could keep track of all the books I read -- I can see yo...