Shannon Miller authors and has authored a ton of blogs including one in partnership with John Schu, Mr. Schu or @Mr.SchuReads as you may know him, called Two Libraries One Voice. What a great way for two librarians to form a brainstorming laboratory and share their ideas with the world. Mr. Schu also has a great blog on using book trailers called Watch. Connect. Read. I had the privilege of hearing Shannon Miller speak last summer at GMLA's Summer Institute. She is indeed a mover and shaker, and involved in so many projects and honors that I'll just give you a link to check out: About Shannon. Okay, I will share just so you can be amazed.
Awards/Honors
- 2014 Library Journal Movers & Shakers,Shannon McClintock Miller, Innovator
- 10 School Librarians To Follow On Twitter, Scholastic
- Skype Educational Ambassador,Skype Moment Makers
- 200 Librarians To Follow On Twitter, Matt Anderson Blog
- The Top 35 edTech Influencers from Wibki
- 2014, Bammy Awards School Librarian Finalist
- 2013 Center for Digital Education Yearbook, One of 50 in this group
- 2013 Best Library/Librarian Edublogs Award, 3rd Place
- 2013 Best Individual Twitter EduBlogs Awards, Nominated
- 100+ Inflential Learning Professionals To Follow from Edudemic, January 2014
- Top 50 School Library Blogs.Teacher Certification Degrees , November 2013
- Connected Educators partnered with U.S. Department of Education, One of the featured Connected Educators, August 2013
- Faces of Innovation from Broadband for America, One of 21 Faces of Innovation, July 2013
- Top 5 ed-tech Twitter Accounts That We Follow, eSchool News
- Bammy Awards, Finalist of 2013 School Librarian Bammy Award, June 2013
- Teacher Goody of the Month of March 2013, Goody Awards
- Bammy Awards, named a member of the Top 20 Twitterati, September 2012
- Nominated 2012 Best Library/Librarian Edublogs Award
- Teach 100 Blogs, Van Meter Library Voice
- Nokia Connecting People Shorty Award, 2011
- Iowa Librarian Wins National Tech Award (Channel 8 News)
- Top 50 School Library Blogs,Teacher Certification Degrees
- Edmodo Blogger Team, June 2011
- Nominated 2011 Best Group Blog (Two Libraries One Voice) Edublogs Award
- Nominated 2011 Best Individual Tweeter Edublogs Award
- Nominated 2011 Best Library/Librarian Edublogs Award
- Featured ISTE Member in Leading & Learning Journal, March 2011
- Selected as member of School Library Journal New Leaders Program, 2010
- Nominated 2011 Best Library/Librarian Edublogs Award
Check out her professional affiliations and organizations:
- Future Ready Librarians and Project Connect Spokesperson. 2016-present
- TYSL (Transforming Your School Library), Mackin Educational Resources. 2015-2016
- United Tools for Schools, Committee Member, 2015-present
- Buncee Ambassador, 2015-present
- GoNoodle Ambassador, 2015-present
- Remind Connected Educator , 2015-present
- TackkEdu Advocate, 2015-present
- Canva’s Education Advisor Group, 2014-present
- Library Journal, Horn Book, School Library Journal Advisory Board, 2013-present
- Skype Educational Ambassador, 2014-present
- Skype Master Teacher, 2014-present
- eSchool News Advisory Board, 2014-present
- AASL STEM Advisory Board, June 2014-present
- In This Together Media, Educational Board of Advisors, 2014-present
- AASL Students to AASL Presidential Initiative Task Force, 2013-present
- Social Media Sub-Committee for ALA President Barbara Stripling, 2013-present
- AASL Best Websites Committee, 2013-present
- ProQuest “Share This” Featured Blogger
- Gale Advisory Board, 2013-present
- EasyBib Advisory Board, 2013-present
- Bammy Awards, Council of Peers, 2013-present
- Member of ASCD, 2013-present
- Children’s Literature Network, 2013-present
- LitWorld Social Media WRADvocate for World Read Aloud Day, 2013-present
- StarWalk Kids Media Advisory Board, 2012-present
- BiblioNasium Advisory Board, 2012-present
- LitWorld WRADvocate for World Read Aloud Day, 2012
- AASL 2013 Annual Conference Committee
- AASL Fall Forum Taskforce 2011-12
- FableVision Learning Ambassador, 2011-present
- Rosen Digital Advisory Board 2011-present
- School Library Monthly Advisory Board, 2011-present
- AASL Blog Group Committee, 2011-2013
- Iowa Center of the Book Advisory Council, 2010-2013
- Member of ISTE 2010-present
- Member of ISTE SIGMS 2010-present
- IASL Advocacy Chair, 2008-2013
- IASL Advocacy Committee, 2013-present
- Member of AASL 2007-present
- Member of ALA 2007-present
- Member of IASL 2007-present
- Member of ILA 2007-present
For 8 years, she was a district librarian at the Van Meter School District in Iowa. From that small, Midwestern place, she connected her students to other students and authors from all over the world. I was so excited after hearing her speak that I just wanted to jump up and cheer. Here's a list of her blogs:
- The Library Voice
- VM Web Watch
- The Weekend Wanderer
- Shae and Shannon's Rocking Review Corner!
- Van Meter Merton Connect
- Two Libraries One Voice
- Hagan's World of Awesome
- She's the First Van Meter
- Van Meter Student Library Squad
- A Peachy Project
- Van Meter Junior High News
- Club Click
- Meridan's Little Voice
- A Girl From Iowa And Her Mom
- The Student PLN Connect
- Living Light and Breezy
- van meter TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES library club
- Hear Us Read!
- Creative Connections Club
- Van Meter Elementary Library VOICE
This is an idea for a Cootie Catcher, okay- a Fortune Teller, it's just so much more fun to say "Cootie Catcher" - to use with Pebble Go that I found on Miller's blog. I tried this with several classes. The kids loved it! Her last post on The Library Voice was about using Buncee to create library branding, promotions and signage. An older post is about connecting two schools in two different states using Web 2.0 tools and social media. Shannon teaches us about reaching out beyond the confines of our classrooms and schools. For example, after sending out a tweet looking for special education teachers to collaborate with, she ended up connecting with the superintendent and an elementary technology teacher. They used Skype, Storybird, Google Interactive Maps, and Glogster using a Connect Wiki to connect their two schools. That was in 2011. Shannon Miller is all about making connections and forming relationships. There is a lot of love in her voice and I view her not just as a librarian, but also a peacemaker. Check out Miller's blog archive on the lower right menu to be amazed. So far this year, she has 82 posts, 41 in February alone. Last year, she shared 391 blogposts. I'm out of breath just thinking about it all. She is now an international speaker and consultant. |