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??Librarians Fight Book Bans With Twitter Takeover

Edsurge

The governor has accused school libraries of carrying pornography and demanded a review of their stacks. Now entering the fray is a cavalry of librarians, who are taking to social media in opposition of what they say is an attack on their professionalism—and on student access to diverse books.

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New Albrecht Webinar: "Preventing Workplace Harassment: What the New EEOC Guidelines Mean for Library Leaders and Staff "

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Preventing Workplace Harassment: What the New EEOC Guidelines Mean for Library Leaders and Staff Part of the Library 2.0 This session is for library leaders and staff who need to know how this affects their colleagues and the patrons they serve, and how to enhance and protect the health and strength of their workplace culture.

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Social Media in the Library: 4 Top Ways to Promote Digital Literacy

EdTechTeam

The importance of media literacy cannot be understated. Nor can the value of social media as a teaching, learning, and publishing tool. Two principles inform why I engage with my students around social media: Digital literacy doesn’t just naturally develop any more than print literacy does, and.

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From Banning to Embracing Social Media: #GovTechLive Names #NYCSchoolsTech Facebook Group & Twitter Chat Best in NYC

The Innovative Educator

The New York City Department of Education has come a long way since 2012 when I took a risk and criticized the city's conservative approach to social media. It wasn't long after that I was brought on to help New York City schools embrace social media for teaching and learning. I’m here to say that not all tweets do that.

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Unconventional Research Sites to Inspire Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

Pew Research recently reported that about half of Americans regularly get their news from social media. That’s newspapers, evening news, and anything considered ‘mainstream media’ They prefer blogs, Twitter, and Facebook. So why do students turn to it for news?

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8 Lessons in amplifying literacy with technology

Neo LMS

Some teachers might opt for using social media, posting frequent updates on Twitter, or uploading student reviews of books on Youtube. Similarly to a book club, read-alongs are fun ways in which people discuss a text in an online forum, group, or via chat. Also, students can simply opt not to join if they don’t want to.

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20 Ways to Have a Summer That Matters

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Today I want to challenge your thinking about your summer. If you delete the apps for social media, you’re not deleting the social media service. Find a Good Group Find a group online that is right for you and join in the conversation!

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