Nextgen Team

In 2021, a group of Idaho’s school librarians got together with the goal of bringing tools to secondary teachers and librarians to teach students to consider information critically.  They realized checklists to evaluate websites didn’t address the way most people, and particularly students, were accessing information and set about finding a more useful and practical approach.

Founding team:

Kiersten Kerr, Coeur d’Alene High School in Coeur d’Alene School District

Tifani Young, Lakeland School District

Mandy Genetti, Star Middle School in West Ada School District

Natasha Rush, Boise High School in Boise Independent School District

Julie Briggs, Bonneville School District

Penny Kimmet, Idaho Falls High School In Idaho Falls School District

Jeannie Standal, Idaho Commission for Libraries

2022 Team:

Kiersten Kerr, Coeur d’Alene High School in Coeur d’Alene School District

Mandy Genetti, Star Middle School in West Ada School District

Natasha Rush, Boise High School in Boise Independent School District

Perri Moreno, University of Idaho

Jeannie Standal, Idaho Commission for Libraries