edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

With personalization becoming a growing initiative in schools, the library is a valuable asset for personalizing instruction around student needs. Michelle and Jackie discussed how the library can personalize instruction through assessing, reading, learning, and making.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2024

Virginia Standards of Learning are embedded in programs’ reporting, and instructors can easily identify Virginia SOL Primary Standards in the online libraries and offline materials. About Lexia Lexia®, a Cambium Learning Group brand, is a leader in science of reading-based solutions.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 18, 2017

Apps bring technology, functionality, and creativity into your school library program. Since apps are a part of our everyday lives, especially those of students, they have the power to totally change the way students and teachers think about learning. Does your library have a makerspace, or are you looking to get started with one?

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The Thinking Stick

JANUARY 23, 2023

Let’s learn more about our guest: Drea Weiner is the MiSTEM Network Regional Director for the Northwestern Lower MiSTEM Network region. She provides professional learning, support, community connections to education, grant writing guidance, and resources to educators in order to bring the best possible STEM education to students.

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2021

This selection of content, created in partnership with leading corporate and community partners, inspires families to learn together by exploring the world around them during the summer break. As the school year turns into summer break, I can make sure my students keep learning by connecting their parents to cool resources like these.”.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2023

Previous winners, such as Leanne Fan (2022), Sarah Park (2021), Anika Chebrolu (2020), Kara Fan (2019), and Gitanjali Rao (2017), specifically show the power of girls in STEM, along with a library of Science at Home activities that foster STEM learning anywhere.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 7, 2017

Administrators model teamwork by often conducting their meetings in a glass conference room in Mentor High School’s library, giving students a transparent visual of what it means to serve on a team. Collaborating for greater impact. Externally, it’s clear social media is a key part of the collaboration within the Mentor community.

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eSchool News

APRIL 28, 2021

(Wednesday, April 28, 2021) — Discovery Education – the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms – today launched the new Social-Emotional Learning Coalition. About The National AfterSchool Association.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Dyane Smokorowski on episode 195 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Smoke” talks about what makes excellent professional development. How often do we sit in professional learning that is Unexciting? We do it on Twitter. Or whatever!

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edWeb.net

APRIL 16, 2020

In their presentation, sponsored by Mackin Educational Resources, “The Transformative Power of Digital Reading,” Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, New Canaan High School (CT), and Jane Lofton, Teacher Librarian “In the Wild,” offered tools and strategies for effective engagement with digital sources.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Drawing upon USC Shoah Foundation’s vast library of audiovisual testimony from survivors and witnesses of genocides, Teaching with Testimony empowers students to find their voices and take action for a better future. Discover more digital resources in the Discovery Education K-12 learning platform. Financial Literacy Lessons.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

In 1986, approximately 30 educators came together to form Illinois Computing Educators (ICE) , as a statewide initiative to offer professional development opportunities for teachers, technology coordinators, library media specialists, administrators, higher education representatives, school support staff and other stakeholders in Illinois education.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms. Keeping You Connected to Curiosity is the right initiative at the right time,” said Janel Bedor Griffiths, a Library Media Specialist in Wisconsin’s Green Bay Area Public Schools.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 14, 2019

We’re hosting a panel on “Exploring a Free World of Personalized Professional Learning” and invite you to join us for the 412 District Teacher Band at the Field House Sports Bar. Join us for our panel: Explore a Free World of Personalized Professional Learning. Follow her on Twitter @mluhtala.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

Derry said libraries often find it easier to encourage play than schools, which tend to be more closed environments. A focus on empathy and learning to relate to all aspects of the problem and not just the end result. The New Canaan High School Library won AASL’s National School Library Program of the year in 2010.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms worldwide. ” In addition to the digital NFL PLAY 60 exercise library, the NFL and the American Heart Association provide a variety of tools to add movement throughout the day.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Peter Bohacek, Chief Executive Officer of Pivot and physics teacher, and Matthew Vonk, Chief Science Officer for Pivot and physics professor, founded Pivot Interactives by developing a library of interactive video-based activities funded in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

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eSchool News

MAY 3, 2022

With Discovery Education’s dynamic set of learning supports, educators have a new set of resources supporting the integration of M:EE into Discovery Education’s math, SEL, STEM, and science lessons.

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Buncee

DECEMBER 9, 2020

I’ve used it to create newsletters, presentations, and images for Twitter. Buncee keeps my presentations looking professional and fun. My professional learning sessions are more interactive. Some of the Buncees are from the Ideas lab or from the Buncee Templates Library. Meet the Author. She is from Gansevoort NY.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

With mental health issues and racial injustices on the rise, Gale, a Cengage company, is helping the Charleston County School District (CCSD) provide its students and school staff with authoritative digital resources to support social and emotional learning (SEL) and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Follow Gale on: Twitter.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 18, 2016

And they can access a library of more than 20,000 user-created books available free for anyone to use. It’s part of its mission to bust barriers to learning wherever they exist.”. CAST offers a variety of professional learning opportunities for educators seeking to expand their understanding of Universal Design for Learning principles.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 19, 2018

Maker culture is thriving in schools and public libraries across the United States and beyond. With hundreds, or even thousands of kids using the library space, it doesn’t make sense to design that space without their voice. The New Canaan High School Library won AASL’s National School Library Program of the year in 2010.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Quick news on Library 2.013 , our third annual worldwide, online, and free conference on libraries, librarians, and librarianship: the formal deadline for session proposals is end of day Monday, September 30th. From Twitter to Facebook and Pinterest to Vine (hey--what about Classroom 2.0 ?!), We hope you''ll submit !

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Michelle Luhtala , Department Chair of the New Canaan, CT, High School Library and a 2015 Library Journal Mover & Shaker , is a leader in helping teacher-librarians all around the country to become Future Ready. She is the winner of the 2011 “I Love My Librarian” Award and the Library Association’s 2010 Outstanding Librarian Award.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Follow Dr. Levett on Twitter @AnnLPGA. Follow Dr. Miyashiro on Twitter @davidmiyashiro. His passion is harnessing a school culture that thrives on design thinking skills, innovative digital spaces, high caliber professional development, exponential thinking, BYOD/1to1, Social-Emotional Learning, Zen Dens and Makerspaces.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 21, 2021

Jacquelyn Whiting is the innovation and technology specialist for Cooperative Educational Services (CES) in Trumbull, CT and information literacy editor at School Library Connection. You can follow Eileen on Twitter @EileenBelastock. About the Presenters. Join the Community.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

, Second Monday of each month is the Teacher Librarian Twitter Chat. Follow #TLChat on Twitter to participate. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. Monday, February 23rd at 3pm Library 2.0 ADE Goodies.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Mandy Froehlich on episode 192 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Learn how she uses this tool. FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. Twitter: @froehlichm.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

Use these fun activities to highlight the importance of Earth Day including discussion questions, a coloring sheet, vocabulary cards, and more.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. Might we also study whether learners with solid K12 library inquiry experience perform better than the student in the general SHEG sample ? You can now find out. Beyond the Bubble History Assessments.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Challenge-based learning projects in the makerspace have many benefits for students, and can engage and get them excited about new projects. When Diana first started her position at Stewart Middle Magnet School, a public STEM magnet school, there was almost nothing in the library for hands-on STEM learning. About the Presenter.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

A virtual, professional learning conference, this peer-to-peer experience provides a unique, no-cost opportunity for teachers and administrators to learn new, actionable strategies for creating dynamic digital learning environments. Scheduled sessions include: · Maker Space, Mega Fun!

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

In a recent edWebinar, Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, and Donna Burns, Technology Integrator, both from New Canaan High School in Connecticut, showcased the transformation of the NCHS library from a collection of used reference and biography books into a living, breathing makerspace. Redesigning the Space.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 22, 2018

In a recent edWebinar , Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, New Canaan High School, CT, reviewed these models and discussed apps that can take teaching, learning, and reading to the next level. The New Canaan High School Library won AASL’s National School Library Program of the year in 2010.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

You are invited to connect with him on Twitter and share your favorite leadership book at @pj_aiken. Super-Connected is a free professional learning community on edWeb.net for school superintendents, district leadership, and aspiring district leaders. You can follow Eileen on Twitter @EileenBelastock. Join the Community.

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The 21st Century Principal

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

While it is difficult to narrow down my choices, these are sites I visit and read just about every single day and important nodes in my own professional learning network. Library/Librarian Blog A Media Specialist’s Guide to the Internet : Site with tons of information and resources from the perspective a media specialist.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

But no one was providing professional learning opportunities for us, and any attempt at training certainly wasn’t personalized. Surveying Teachers and Sparking Interest In January 2018, I launched a survey about professional development on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn and the response was overwhelming. Terri Collins.

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