Beth Hennes

high school librarian, polyglot, loose-leaf tea drinker, house rabbit owner, snowboarder, violinist, runner, reader

[Beth Hennes @hennebe]

Hey @briskteaching, teachers need Eras Tour tickets for Indy! 🎤✨ @suviatbrisk, let’s make this happen—our wildest dreams are in your hands.

[Beth Hennes @hennebe]

@TheJeditor Toothpicks
Tide pen
Felt furniture pads
Chapstick

[Beth Hennes @hennebe]

@OpenAI Cool… but we school people are not happy that you named it the same as our @OverDriveEd Sora app that we used for our digital libraries of ebooks and audiobooks!

[Lousy Librarian @LousyLibrarian]

Coming in 2024 to a theater near you: a gritty update of "Scarface," in which Tony Montana's brutal book cartel comes to dominate the library underworld. "Say hello to my literate friend."

[Beth Hennes @hennebe]

@RoomofOnesOwn We were inspired by your Baldwin infographic and made a poster for our BHM display at @MadisonWestHS!

[EveryLibrary @EveryLibrary]

Because 50% of parents expose their children to divorce by getting a divorce.

Books help children learn and heal and grow.

[Beth Hennes @hennebe]

Author Grace Lin @pacylin and editor Alvina Ling @planetalvina at the #CharlotteZolotowLecture tonight. Grace drew me a bunny on my author signing tote, and I swear I didn’t tell her to do it! @CCBCwisc

[Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn]

"Teacher shortage" is shorthand for "shortage of teachers willing to work under crappy conditions and/or for insufficient pay."
More generally, as author Garret Keizer reminds us, "Our entire economic system rests on the principle of paying people less than their labor is worth."

[Doomscrolling Reminder Bot @doomscroll_bot]

what if instead of a doomscrolling reminder everyone goes to bed early before 11pm and we try again tomorrow

[TCEA @TCEA]

Thanks to Storyline Online, you can bring Chris Pine, Betty White, James Earl Jones, and more, to read aloud in your classroom for free! Plus, learn tips to make for making read alouds successful.

https://t.co/e2yI296QAS @emilyforedu
#ela #elar #elemchat #teachertwitter #reading

[Tessa Davis @TessaRDavis]

The world's most popular browser:

Google Chrome

Unfortunately it sucks your computer memory and slows it to a crawl.

Here are 7 simple ways to speed up Chrome:

[That LiBEARian @thatliBEARian]

Hey #librarytwitter school is starting and I want you all to come together to share your no. 1 piece of advice for #mlis students. Ready, go!

[Beth Hennes @hennebe]

@thatliBEARian Master the Booleans.

[Author Lisa Fipps @AuthorLisaFipps]

🧵Not going to lie. I'm tearing up. I never imagined STARFISH would end up on a bookshelf at Indiana University Kokomo as required reading for senior nursing students.

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[Midwest vs. The Rest @midwestern_ope]

In the Midwest it is customary to accept a compliment by explaining how you got the item at a significant discount “thank you I got it cheap at Kohls”

[Amy Kuong @MissAmyEAL]

Making sure our new starters with no English have a voice and are welcomed by having some survival phrases in their #homelanguages along with visuals to help them express their needs and feelings in the classroom. #alllanguagesmatter #multilingual #eal #esl #translanguaging

[tyrannosaurus lex @folkmare]

while #goodreads is trending, as a librarian, I am here to beg you to get a storygraph account
-fractional star ratings
-genre, mood, tone (STATS)
-mark DNF option
-nicer design
-not owned by amazon (Black woman owned/founded)

[🟠 George @OneGSisneros]

I've been married 23 years. This is the advice I'd give myself if I could go back.

// a thread 🧵

[Beth Hennes @hennebe]

DDC tea cup #iykyk #librarianlife #cricutmade https://t.co/eyjl8xpkMw

[Beth Hennes @hennebe]

@alfiekohn Raise your hand if you knew what you wanted to do with yourself for the rest of your life at at age 11… age 14… age 18… Many of us don’t get it right at all, despite early career prep. I remember prep in MS—and I was wrong. I didn’t figure it out until age 31. This is crap.