by Leah Langby | Jan 31, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Image from PixabayThere’s been a lot of press recently about the new Facebook Messenger Kids app that Facebook rolled out in early December of last year. Messenger Kids is designed for kids as young as six (or even younger) to use social media to connect...
by Leah Langby | Jan 24, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Okay, folks, if you haven’t ever had the opportunity to hear the remarkable author Jason Reynolds speak before (and also if you have had the opportunity!), watch him mesmerize Trevor Noah on The Daily Show in a clip from last night. Wow! So much to...
by Leah Langby | Jan 19, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
A few years back, IFLS did a big project trying to get ourselves up to speed on new media, and how to help parents navigate the overwhelming avalanche of information and products. One of the things we did was hold a workshop on the topic with a morning...
by Leah Langby | Jan 17, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
One of the things I hear most often from librarians is that they are desperate for great ideas about teen programming, especially great ideas that won’t break the budget. As part of the Youth Services Track of the Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference,...
by Leah Langby | Jan 15, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Last spring, I posted a few times about the great new resource from the Public Library Association and the Global Family Research Project–a tool kit and a call to action for libraries to engage with families. There are some really terrific and practical...
by Leah Langby | Jan 5, 2018 | Keeping Up With Kids
Jacqueline Woodson is the new Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, a position appointed by the Librarian of Congress (with input from librarians, booksellers, educators, and children’s literature experts). I am so excited to see what she does...
