Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2024

But they still like print, and they still like to go to the library, according to a survey of Gen Z and Millennial public library use and media consumption released by the American Library Association last fall. They also did ethnographic research at two Ohio public library branches.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 19, 2023

These are great for all ages to not only read but research topics that might have been well-covered years ago but not so much now (like primitive tribes). Books are made available from a variety of sources including the Library of Congress. This includes not only public libraries but colleges and universities.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As schools across the nation shifted to distance learning — and then again to a hybrid model — library staff have taken creative approaches to foster student engagement and give students access to literature.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Reliable internet sources are the same as those you would search for in the library. With that in mind, there is one guideline that will help even novice researchers find reliable sources: the extension. Historically, focused on research, study, and education.org U.S. non-profit organizations and others. These are foreign sites.

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ProfHacker

APRIL 10, 2017

There’s a new resource for librarians looking for high-quality, open-access library and information science research, The Idealis. Image At the library by Susanne Nilsson licensed CC-BY 2.0. What good aggregators or curated resources for resources on scholarly communication do you rely on?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2022

Luckily, Common Core–and many State standards–provide an excellent starter list of seven ways to blend technology into your everyday teaching: have digital ebooks included in your class library. have online libraries included with student resources. Treat them exactly as though they were print books.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2022

These are great for all ages to not only read but research topics that might have been well-covered years ago but not so much now (like primitive tribes). 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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eSchool News

MARCH 15, 2024

Let’s take a look at what makes libraries such critical parts of the school environment: Why do libraries matter? Study after study has shown that effective library programs can increase student literacy and test scores and create more equitable student outcomes. What is the purpose of a school library?

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Bryan Alexander

JUNE 16, 2015

On May 12 the head of the National Science Library at the Chinese Academy of Sciences , Xiaolin Zhang, gave a major speech to the THETA conference in Australia. Anything they don’t own they obtain through consortial relationships (I think that’s inter-library loan). Research is changing as a result of these developments.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 15, 2023

If you’re researching for a project, visit an online library. While researching using an online library, cite materials in an appropriate manner to comply with student digital responsibilities. For example, if you make posters to discuss great inventors, use an online tech tool like Canva ?

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Khan Academy Digital Citizenship Training Libraries 312

EdTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2018

How to Implement Library Makerspaces in STEM Programs. For Laura Fleming, library media specialist at New Milford High School in New Jersey, a library makerspace is a unique learning environment that encourages tinkering, play and open-ended exploration for all. Understand the Needs of Students in a Library Makerspace Project.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2018

When Harbor Beach High School was built five decades ago, the library was a hub of student activity, but in recent years, it had become a veritable ghost town. I’ve got to use the library.’ If a teacher needed them to do research, they would take them there, and as soon as they could, the students would leave.”. by Wylie Wong.

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Classroom Libraries Mobility EdTech 353

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 3, 2022

National Library Week April 3-9. Does MS Word Have ‘Research’? Here are the most-read posts for the month of April. Preparing for College or Career. Long-Term Benefits of Bilingual Education. How to Become a Tech Teacher. Tech Tools for Reading Fluency. Assistive Technology in Colleges. Resources to Teach Taxes.

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Digital Citizenship Assistive Technology Libraries Resources 297

Waterford

APRIL 12, 2023

Libraries can be powerful tools—in your classroom, school, and community—to encourage a love of reading and engage students in learning. Read on to learn about the benefits of classroom libraries and how to build and organize your own. Here are a few more ways your classroom library can turn reading enjoyment into reading engagement.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2023

But all this raises the question: Isn’t that something libraries do? The project reflects work that libraries have been doing for a long time, says Steven Bell, an associate university librarian at Temple University. Bir’s site may have attracted so many users because traditional library resources aren’t on the top of people’s minds.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2022

As the pandemic continued, engagement with micro-credentials exponentially increased, as did the need to ensure that our micro-credential library reflected the goals and needs of the field. Does it reflect current best practices and research? Does the research reflect a diverse group of researchers?

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Accessibility Libraries Resources Professional Learning 299

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Our research-backed micro-credentials are digital certifications that verify an individual’s competence in a specific skill or set of skills, regardless of where and how they learned them. Digital Promise has developed product certifications to provide education stakeholders with signals about the quality of research used to design products.

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NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 19, 2015

Discussed at last year’s CLASS (Causality: School Libraries and Student Success) Summit, the project is realized and described as one of three goals in the CLASS White Paper : Goal 3: To outline mechanisms by which a community of scholars can be cultivated and nurtured toward furthering the research agenda and its activities.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2023

More than 30 states have written legislation that requires schools to utilize scientifically researched instructional strategies. It’s a collection of scientific research from a variety of fields—including cognitive psychology, education, and neuroscience—that helps us understand how we acquire written language.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Nearly 20 years ago, Google made an ambitious play to digitize the content of some of the world’s largest research libraries. It seemed like the beginning of a new era, when scholars and the public could make new connections and discoveries in the kind of mass digital library that had previously been the stuff of science fiction.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 14, 2024

Our first Library 2.024 mini-conference: " AI and Libraries: Applications, Implications, and Possibilities ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, March 21st, 2024, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: How has artificial intelligence impacted library services, resources, and work so far?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Key points: Cybersecurity remains a major concern among school IT leaders, and many schools would like these services included in the E-rate program Schools and libraries continue to depend on the E-rate funding for internet connections and affordable pricing See related article: Will cybersecurity receive E-rate funding?

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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. Searching the internet allows our learners to become better researchers and evaluate information across multimedia.

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Digital Citizenship Internet Safety Hapara Social Media 259

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 14, 2023

Google Scholar is definitely a great academic search engine for research students and academics. Besides searching for academic literature such as journal articles, peer-reviewed papers, books, reports.etc, Google Scholar also enables you to create your personal library where you can save and organize your materials.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 24, 2021

When edtech tools incorporate research about learning from the start, learners are the center of product design. Below are some resources to help you find products that center learners in the design: The Research-Based Design Product Certification is awarded to edtech tools grounded in learning sciences research.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The “ Public Libraries and Book Bans – Parent Perception Survey ” gathered insights from 1,527 parents and guardians with children under 18 in two surveys during October and November 2023. We continue to be thrilled to see the vast majority of parents think that the public library is a safe place for their children.”

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Edsurge

MAY 19, 2023

Absolutely, say a pair of researchers from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. They published a research paper on the use of “makerspace therapy” by graduate counseling students in 2021. Perkins, an associate professor of technology education, has a background in library science and art education.

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Libraries Social Media Study Mobility 195

eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

With time-saving technology strategies, school librarians can find ways to connect with their school’s teachers and students on a deeper level, forming relationships and helping with research and skill development. “A newsletter is a wonderful way of advocating [for your library], Holzweiss said.

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Differentiated Instruction Advocacy Libraries Google 136

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 19, 2021

Important new quantitative research documents concerns relating to the future of our profession and implications for those we serve. Kachel of Antioch and principal investigator Keith Curry Lance of the RSL Research Group. States, districts and school type very widely in their approach to support for school library programs.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2024

Online archives such as the Library of Congress’s Digital Collections and the National Archives offer students the opportunity to explore primary sources firsthand, gaining insights into historical events and cultural phenomena that would otherwise be inaccessible.

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Study Tools Khan Academy Analysis 120

eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2024

We know from a couple decades of research that when children learn to read in their primary language, they are able to learn to read in additional languages more effectively. Weekly trips to the library are a great way to give them new books, but not all parents have the time or opportunity to visit the library regularly.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 4, 2021

School librarians must excel at research, teaching, technology, digital and information literacy, and library design to lead today’s school libraries

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Libraries Technology 144

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 1, 2023

Our second Library 2.023 mini-conference: " Banned Books and Censorship: Current Intellectual Freedom Issues in the Library ," will be held online (and for free) nextThursday, June 8th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. In this Library 2.0 Please also join this Library 2.0

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

For a new generation of educators, these pursuits have something in common: They’re all appropriate learning exercises that can take place in the school library. Makerspaces, or library media centers that encourage collaboration and support student invention, are on the rise across the United States. As the U.S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 20, 2020

Academic research moves at a famously sluggish pace. And then, only those who can get to a library that subscribes to the journal can see it. So a group of professors have built a preprint server for education research, with the hope of speeding up the pace of research and reaching communities of teachers and parents.

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Libraries Education Software Conference 203

Waterford

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Sign up for the free summit to learn research-based strategies from early education experts, including Julie Christensen, Vice President of Curriculum at Waterford. That’s why choosing research-based programs for core, supplemental, and intervention instruction is so important.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Create digital lessons from a library Recommended Resources BookWidgets Blog BookWidgets Webinars BookWidgets Tutorials Teaching with BookWidgets | Facebook BookWidgets YouTube Channel Finding user-friendly online platforms to create projects and activities is crucial in our classrooms. The Widget Library. Image Credit: BookWidgets 2.

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