The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 1, 2023

My experience with the school library and book choice tension I have over 1,000 books in my American international Christian school classroom in southern Taiwan where I teach English Language Arts (8th), Yearbook (10th-12th), US History (11th), and British Literature (12th). Teachers want to advocate for the learning needs of their students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

Students can practice persuasive writing, comprehension, and typing skills by completing reviews, reports, and reading logs online. International Children’s Digital Library. Books are made available from a variety of sources including the Library of Congress. Open Library.

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Educational Technology Guy

APRIL 9, 2015

Classroom Organizer is a free web based and mobile app that allows you to organize and manage your classroom library and school book room. With the mobile app, available for Android and iOS, you can scan book title ISBNs into your library, view your library, and manage your book locations. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

It’s an extensive topic that we’ve covered in this article , but a few important points to note are that lamp projectors typically run at least 2000 lumens, while laser projectors can easily provide higher than 3500 lumens – often higher with optional equipment. We’ve discussed them in this article. The post What Are Lumens?

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: How K-12 schools can bring digital transformation to their libraries. When Harbor Beach High School in Michigan decided to redesign its library , administrators there held meetings with faculty, staff and members of the student council to decide how the new space should look based on how each group envisioned its use.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 19, 2023

Every Earth Day (April 22, 2023 this year–see our previous article on Earth Day Class Activities ) someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? The other feels like the catalog room of the Library of Congress. Really, though: Why not?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2017

Academic research libraries are many things: knowledge storehouses, teaching and research partners, technology hubs. That assessment, which won’t surprise anyone who has been paying attention at library conferences, is one of the standout findings of a report released today by the nonprofit group Ithaka S+R. The Andrew W.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Make a copy for your personal Workspace library if you’d like to save one and use it this year. You can also use Share links to send a meme, a funny video or an inspirational article. It has four different views, and you can generate your own reports on demand. The message will pop up on a learner’s screen.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Search for other school library innovations. See related article: Khan Academy Boosts National Civics Bee At this point, we have all heard about the learning gaps in math and reading scores these past few years. Key points: Alarming declines in civic scores demands new strategies. Unfortunately, stats are even worse in other subjects.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Libraries have long counted up the books on their shelves to show their value. That meant Harvard University’s library (with 18.9-million These days, though, libraries are finding new ways to measure their worth. Many college leaders now see encouraging library use as a way to boost student success.

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ViewSonic Education

APRIL 7, 2022

An article written for the Council of Ontario Universities explains that accessible education aims to provide an inclusive way of teaching, taking into account how factors like gender, race, age, disabilities, sexual orientation, and preferred learning styles can result in students having significantly varied learning experiences. .

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 13, 2019

The LVP team recently partnered with ReadWorks , a nonprofit literacy organization that provides free resources, including a library of curated nonfiction and literary articles, to K-12 teachers. Implementing Research-based Digital Supports for Students. Teachers also commented on how these features support student autonomy.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Attendees from academic libraries and scholarly publishing explored how higher education will have to adapt to changing demographics, rising inequality and continuing tensions between big commercial companies and their academic customers. There is no way to lock in curiosity,” he said. “We We don’t want to be irrelevant.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2022

Furthermore, in September 2020, UNICEF reported that 1 billion children worldwide aren't learning at all. In a recent news article, Andrea noted that her struggling readers in grades 7-8 used to read at a grade 5 or 6 (Barshay). Have a great classroom library. There are also lots of links in this article.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 22, 2020

We've posted a new podcast from Dr. Albrecht on the topic of " Safe and Simple Patron De-Escalations " in the " Library Safety and Security with Dr. Steve Albrecht " section of Library 2.0. If you work on the frontline of daily patron interactions at your library, it’s easy to go home tired. and Fear and Violence on the Job.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

According to the report, the EdTech industry will reach a global value of $252 billion by 2020. Digital libraries. Digital libraries are not the brand new thing in the EdTech universe, but the concept itself is going through changes just like all other aspects of this industry. Conclusion.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

It reported one of the highest rates of ransom payment, with 47 percent of K-12 educational organizations paying the ransom requested. million if they chose not to pay, Sophos reports. The E-rate Trends Report gives stakeholders a broader picture of what applicants think about the E-rate program.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 11, 2020

We've posted a new podcast episode and a new blog post in the " Library Safety and Security with Dr. Steve Albrecht " section of Library 2.0. The 30-minute podcast is on the topic of " Special Libraries. " Albrecht's newest webinar, coming up on Friday, August 28th: " Your Library and the Police: Time for a New Relationship."

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 4, 2023

In this article, we will take a closer look at what LED wall display technology is, how it works, where it can be applied, and the kind of viewing experiences it can provide. . This can be especially useful when it comes to shared creative processes, reporting, conferencing, and similar group activities. .

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2024

K-12 Value Networks: The Hidden Forces That Help or Hinder Learner-Centered Education , a report from the Clayton Christensen Institute, offers insight into understanding why schools struggle to change their instructional models, along with 5 models that prioritize learner-centered education.

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MindShift

JULY 22, 2018

For 12 years Jennifer Taylor watched kids come into the library at McCaffrey Middle School in Galt, California and struggle: “We’d have rows and rows of books, and they don’t know what to pick.” Little did Taylor know, she’d stumbled upon a hotbed of controversy in the world of library science. Leigh Collazo, otherwise known as “Mrs.

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Hapara

MAY 23, 2022

Many of us remember heading to the library to gather books and printed articles for our school projects. Libraries, of course, still hold a wealth of information, but now learners can go beyond the library walls. In 2018 the Pew Center reported that 58% of American teens had experienced cyberbullying.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. One way to accomplish this might be to have students write news articles about various sessions.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 19, 2023

It combines contextual analysis, fuzzy matching, and conditional scoring to deliver comprehensive and accurate plagiarism reports. It not only checks for similarities against a massive database of academic works, Internet sources, and student papers but also provides detailed feedback and originality reports.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Albrecht on the topic of " Getting a Temporary Restraining Order for a Problem Patron " in the " Library Safety and Security with Dr. Steve Albrecht " section of Library 2.0. You will also find Dr. Albrecht's new blog post, " Re-Evaluating the Police Response to Your Library ," on the site. and Fear and Violence on the Job.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2022

There is a robust agenda for academia’s future, including code sharing, registered reports and accessibility. For instance, since the first Coleman Report on educational opportunity was released in 1966, economists , sociologists , and other scholars have debated ad nauseam the empirical effects of school expenditures on student outcomes.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 14, 2018

In our latest report , we chronicle LPS’s partnership with ReadWorks , a nonprofit that leverages learning sciences research in support of its mission to help address gaps in students’ reading achievement. Teachers reported that the audio feature allowed all learners, whether or not they could decode quickly, to access knowledge.

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Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

I’ve been writing this article 30 minutes here and 60 minutes there for several months (WordPress tells me I saved the first bits in March). This article started out with my being bothered by the fact that ‘OER adoption reliably saves students money but does not reliably improve their outcomes.’

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2019

Online libraries and collections of free didactic documents were a reality as early as 1997 , through the Cisco Networking Academy. Although many professors still favor hard copies, online libraries have also made their way into the course plan in some places across the globe. Opportunities, Benefits, and Progress.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

I hope that, by the end of this article, you will be less afraid of the apocalyptic implications (which I will still attempt to address). The plagiarism checker Turnitin has developed a filter in its similarity report that notes the percentage of AI-generated phrases with 99% accuracy. You might still be there. Modeling works!

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Waterford

MAY 12, 2020

In this article you’ll find a brief primer on what educational grants, along with a list of a few of the best school grants to apply to. Grants are typically awarded to schools to help them fulfill a certain goal, like improving their school library or implementing new curriculum. Who’s Eligible: PreK–12 educators with financial need.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 2, 2012

What does the future hold for our university libraries? The library has long been seen by many as a very traditional, conservative institution, and is often portrayed as a place where rows upon rows of antiquated book shelves slowly gather dust. Just how are libraries adapting to the digital age and all it brings? social media.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

published an article that addresses many of the myths and facts associated with UDL, highlighting what Regina Meeks has experienced in her own classroom. Articles recommended by EALA: Universal Design for Learning (UDL): A teacher's guide. UDL expert, Loui Lord Nelson, Ph.D., percent to 22.5 percent, just since last year.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2020

3, the Federal Communications Commission released its Report and Order, which includes important changes. In its recent comments, the FCC noted “overwhelming record support” for the Category Two approach, which it says “provided broader, more equitable, and more predictable funding for schools and libraries than under the prior rules.”.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2020

3, the Federal Communications Commission released its Report and Order, which includes important changes. In its recent comments, the FCC noted “overwhelming record support” for the Category Two approach, which it says “provided broader, more equitable, and more predictable funding for schools and libraries than under the prior rules.”.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

3, the Federal Communications Commission released its Report and Order, which includes important changes. In its recent comments, the FCC noted “overwhelming record support” for the Category Two approach, which it says “provided broader, more equitable, and more predictable funding for schools and libraries than under the prior rules.”.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 31, 2019

3, the Federal Communications Commission released its Report and Order, which includes important changes. In its recent comments, the FCC noted “overwhelming record support” for the Category Two approach, which it says “provided broader, more equitable, and more predictable funding for schools and libraries than under the prior rules.”.

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