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Why Esports in Schools is a Good Thing

ViewSonic Education

Esports in schools can transport these kids from the solitary world of digital gaming into the common space of the school computer lab or library commons. A 2003 analysis of 15 cases of school shooters found all but two suffered from social rejection. More likely to graduate. More likely to aspire to higher education.

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Register Now for the Open Mini-Conference on Library "Expertise, Competencies, and Careers"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We're getting close to our Library 2.017 mini-conference: "Expertise, Competencies and Careers," which will be held online (and for free) March 29th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). How can library and information science schools and professional development programs prepare library professionals?

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Library 2.017: EXPERTISE, COMPETENCIES, AND CAREERS

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We're excited to announce our first of three Library 2.017 mini-conferences: "Expertise, Competencies and Careers," which will be held online (and for free) March 29th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join this Library 2.0 Please register as a member of the Library 2.0

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The Emergency Home Learning Summit Final Week - 24 Amazing Interviews Start Tomorrow

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

But you can own access to the full library by buying the Summit all-access pass, which is $99, a $50 savings from the price after the 25th. She is co-author of Overloaded and Underprepared: Strategies for Stronger Schools and Healthy, Successful Kids (Wiley, 2015). I hope that gives you some incentive to consider the purchase!

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Truth, truthiness, triangulation and the librarian way: A news literacy toolkit for a “post-truth” world

NeverEndingSearch

Professional journalists themselves face new practical and ethical challenges relating to anonymity, privacy and safety, as well as reliability in their attempts to verify sources of breaking news from social media and user generated content in all media formats. (The On news literacy. Not as a lesson of good vs. bad.

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Dear ISTE (reprised)

NeverEndingSearch

The key mission is to provide a professional learning community where librarians can leverage technology knowledge and expertise to improve school library programs, increase access to information, and foster strong teaching and learning environments in a connected world. My library was open 24/7 since 1996.). ISTELIB on Twitter.

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The breaking point that led to my sabbatical (and what’s next)

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I remember as a teacher checking out stacks of professional development books from the library and reading them poolside in the summer over my break and creating new activities to do with my kids. . I am not the same person I was in 2003, or 2010, or 2015, and the person I’ll be a few years from now will be different, too.