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Kate Gukeisen

Librarian. Optimist. Military Spouse. Reader.

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Screen Shot of 2018 Goodreads Reading Challenge that shows 76 books completed of the 104 book goal.
November 4, 2018 Finding Balance / Motivation / New Libarianship / Reading for Pleasure / Social Networking

11 Books Behind

I’m generally more of a “the journey is the thing” person than a goal oriented person, but for the past

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November 1, 2018 education / Finding Balance / Improve Society / Inquiry / Intellectual Freedom / Motivation / Social Networking / writing

November Writing: 31 Days 

Anyone else want to write with me? For the past six years, I’ve participated in posting 31 Days of November

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February 17, 2018 Banned Books / Book Review / Innovation / Intellectual Freedom / Knowledge Creation / Motivation / Reading for Pleasure

Reader Response: Ulysses

I look forward to doing a book review for Ulysses next, but a Reader Response based on my margin notes

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July 31, 2016 Finding Balance / Inquiry / Motivation / Uncategorized

Summer Road Trip, 2016

The Vagabond Teen and I hit the road for a summer adventure as our Vagabond Soldier left for his own

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April 27, 2014 education / Inquiry / Knowledge Creation / Motivation / Reading for Pleasure

Transforming Stories Collaboration Celebration

I’m excited to share this celebration video I’m creating for one of the classes I worked with during my practicum.

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September 23, 2013 education / Facilitating / Improve Society / Motivation / Social Networking

Informal Leadership

Last week I had the opportunity to attend a seminar in which we explored concepts of informal leadership, including strategies

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September 5, 2013 Finding Balance / Motivation / Reading for Pleasure

Our Reading Summer

“Reading Summer” at our house is that brief time of year when we have the opportunity to read whatever we

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August 13, 2013 Collaboration / Common Core / Motivation / Technology

Incorporating Informational Text Into Library-based Activities

School librarians can serve an important role in supporting teachers and students as they adjust to new expectations. While I

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June 20, 2013 Finding Balance / Improve Society / Knowledge Creation / Librarianship / Motivation / New Libarianship / Reading for Pleasure

Death To (Assigned) Summer Reading! Long Live Summer Reading!

Alexander Nazaryan’s article Trust Me, Assigning Summer Reading Is Totally Pointless has set off a rather passionate discussion about summer reading among

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May 31, 2013 education / Knowledge Creation / Motivation

Encourage Making Over Using

The following is an actual question, posed by an actual school librarian:   You can’t use citation generators–why?? That is

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