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Celebrating School Library Month with Buncee and PebbleGo

Buncee

April is School Library Month and it brings an opportunity to highlight the work done and impact made by librarians and media specialists. First sponsored in 1958 by the American Library Association (ALA), it originally got its start after the creation of the National Book Committee, a non-profit organization in 1954.

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Teens Now Turn to TikTok More Than Google — But Not for Schoolwork

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Emily Wilt, a high school library media specialist in Indiana who runs her library’s TikTok account , meets with upperclassmen at the start of each school year to talk about research best practices. There might be some audio-based resources or some videos that are still legitimate information that students can cite.”

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10 Digital Citizenship Resources: The Web in the Classroom…Part 3

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

In this post I would like to explore resources that are available for facilitating proper digital citizenship in the classroom. Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. More information at this link scroll to Concurrent Session Number 7.

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How to Assess Digital Literacy

Ask a Tech Teacher

The definition of digital literacy is pretty much what you’d expect: “the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills.” ” –from the American Library Association.

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9 Unusual Hour of Code Projects

Ask a Tech Teacher

Users create a recipe by choosing a trigger channel from IFTTT’s library, then a trigger, and finally an action channel. For example: IF they post a photo on Instagram THEN share it on Twitter IF it’s going to rain tomorrow THEN send me a text message IF my children are near home THEN turn on the lights Click for more on IFTTT.

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100th Day of School — Make it about Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

Then, have everyone copy their information to a digital magazine (like you can create in Canva or Adobe) and share it with everyone. This might become the core of an end-of-school (or back-to-school) Wish List for your class library. Visit my @AskaTechTeacher Twitter feed and share your thoughts! What caused it to change?

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Online Courses from Vector Solutions Help Schools Address Pandemic-Related Behavioral Challenges

eSchool News

For more information, visit [link]. The company also offers a set of Student Safety and Wellness courses for students on topics such as bullying, suicide and digital citizenship and resources such as whitepapers and webinars to help teachers and administrators deal with issues of student mental health and trauma stemming from the pandemic.

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