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Creating your virtual library (quickly) using Slides and Bitmojis)

NeverEndingSearch

And it is clear that the library must be the center of that experience. But, first, a little background: I’ve been playing around with building virtual school libraries for a very long time. I started playing around with the fairly easy and recently very popular strategy of building a library scene in Slides. by EZ EdTech!

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What Happened to Google's Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books?

Edsurge

It was a crazy idea: Take the bulk of the world’s books, scan them, and create a monumental digital library for all to access. It got part of the way there, digitizing at least 25 million books from major university libraries. But the promised library of everything hasn’t come into being.

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Launching SchoolLibraryNJ (and some models beyond)

NeverEndingSearch

We’re exited to launch SchoolLibraryNJ , a evolving project designed to address inequitable access to resources for K12 schools and libraries and to present the value of librarians in digitally curating resources for teaching and learning. Not every library has a realistic budget. But must we all begin from scratch?

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254: Why Art and Science go hand in hand

The Thinking Stick

She began her publishing career in New York at Scientific American in 1996, moved to Washington DC to join the art department of National Geographic, spent four years as a freelance science communicator, then returned to Scientific American in 2007.

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Rebuilding a School Community with Maker Learning

Digital Promise

Beginning in 2007, the district’s financial situation and declining enrollment were impeding its ability to equitably serve the student population. Just down the hall, another group of students are showcasing their self-portraits created using wood-burning tools and slabs of wood. professional learning and new learning experiences.

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Physical Bookstores in The Digital Age

Ask a Tech Teacher

When Amazon released the Kindle in 2007 authors began to see the end of times. Data-safety tools tester with over 10yrs experience. How do I create a classroom library checkout system? Brick and mortar bookstores have been a dying breed in recent years. It seems every time we turn around another handful of locations are closing.

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Mitch Resnick: The Next Generation of Scratch Teaches More Than Coding

Edsurge

Much has changed since we introduced the first generation of our Scratch programming language and online community, back in 2007. And the library of extensions with continue to grow over time. On January 2, our group at the MIT Media Lab introduced a new generation of Scratch , called Scratch 3.0. Scratch 3.0

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