The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2021

Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. Please also join this Library 2.0

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The Kudan Elementary School in downtown Tokyo organized the first robot teacher testing as far back as 2009. Today, it’s easy to find books or other studying materials online within seconds, sometimes even free of charge. Digital libraries. Robot teachers are able to work 24/7 without taking a break and don’t need a salary.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2021

Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. Please also join this Library 2.0

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Waterford

APRIL 6, 2021

Then, discover kid-friendly books and activities about music that are perfect for elementary classrooms. If you have a copy of the picture book at your school library, try this Chicka Chicka Boom Boom-themed rhythm game. 10 Picture Books About Music. This picture book is extra special because it’s based on a true story.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 23, 2021

Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. Please also join this Library 2.0

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2022

Speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, and behavioral and mental health professionals using PresenceLearning’s proprietary platform now have access to an enhanced digital library featuring a curated collection of more than 160 content pieces from Highlights’ extensive catalog.

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Waterford

MAY 11, 2020

1] Specific causes vary from family to family, but they often have to do with limited resources and opportunities when there’s not as much free time or money to provide students with books or educational activities. 6] You could, for example, give low-income students a few books to take home.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 2, 2012

What does the future hold for our university libraries? The library has long been seen by many as a very traditional, conservative institution, and is often portrayed as a place where rows upon rows of antiquated book shelves slowly gather dust. Just how are libraries adapting to the digital age and all it brings?

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Waterford

JANUARY 10, 2020

You could, for example, stock your school library with a few books in their first language or connect them with other students who speak their language. Stock books in your bilingual students’ first language(s) to help them continue practicing their first language. Theory and Research in Education, 2009, 7(2), pp.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

For example, one of the things that we learned was that the majority of Hispanic school districts are twice as likely not to have school libraries as the majority non-Hispanic districts. Districts are also eliminating library clericals and paraprofessionals at alarming rates. This is a piece of hard data relating to equity.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 8, 2014

Every excuse in the book was at our disposal not to change and continue down the same path year after year. Luckily change came in the form of a little blue bird that gave me the kick in the butt that I desperately needed back in 2009. Makerspace added to the library in 2013. It was a huge problem for us.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

But then you see so many kids who might show up in kindergarten the first day—and this was eye-opening to me—who haven't seen a book, some of them have never been read to. My oldest son, who’s 12 now, was born in 2009, and he kind of grew up on it. They probably got that [concept] when they were 3 or 4 years old.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Access to an effective school library program is one example of information privilege. Beyond access to a robust and effective library program, some students come to school with knapsacks fully packed. In an SLJ post from way back in 2009, I faced an experience that painfully amplified that chasm on a local level.

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The Daring Librarian

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Photo Credit: Second Life Jokadia Island "You can now vote for your favorite education-related blogs — voting for the 2009 Edublogs Awards is open until December 16th. Here you can learn details of the voting, see all the nominees, and begin voting at The 2009 Edublog Awards !

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

It’s Banned Books Week. Michelle proposes that we work together and contribute to a Challenged Books Slide Show. After many years in a middle school, I’m in a high school for Banned Books Week for the first time. I did start collecting the book cover images though. “Book Reviews.”

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

EDTECH: When you talk about the “modern learning environment” in your book, what do you mean? For me, I got connected with it in 2009. It can be a common area, a library or a space with flexibility. Follow @EdTech_K12 for our live Periscope interview with Murray and Sheninger on Feb. This incident really struck me.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

MyON was previously a division of Capstone , which formed in 1990 as a print publisher serving schools and libraries. Much of the momentum behind myON’s launch was spurred by the popularity of iPads, recalls Todd Brekhus, myON’s President, who joined Capstone in 2009 to expand its digital offerings.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

There was a bumper crop of truly weird and wonderful entries that not only compressed the books into super-short videos, but also creatively messed around with genre: “Ramona and Her Father” done in the style of a James Bond movie, “Charlotte’s Web” done as a horror movie, “Mr. All that green screen work!

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Stewart Hase contacted a group of us due to our interest in heutagogy for the purpose of writing a chapter in an edited book. This past week, because of their hard work, this book has been published through Amazon. What follows is: The Book Description. Book Description. The Table of Contents. Through Education 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2020

He writes and speaks about academic librarianship, learning technologies, library leadership, higher education, open and affordable learning, design thinking and user experience. He authored two regular columns for Library Journal Academic Newswire, "From the Bell Tower" and "Leading From the Library" from 2009 through 2019.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 30, 2013

Zittrain is worried about the possibilities of ''censoring, erasing, altering or restricting access to books'', and argues that digital texts are ''increasingly coming under the control of distributors and other gatekeepers rather than readers or libraries.'' Will there be a danger to our use e-books? He has a point.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2020

Coding gives us another way to solve our problems,” Diane Nodell, the library media specialist, reminded them. On a rainy day last November, the library at Mineola High School had more than enough online and off-line activities to keep students occupied. Nagler, who became superintendent in 2009, had lots of ideas about how to do that.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

He writes and speaks about academic librarianship, learning technologies, library leadership, higher education, open and affordable learning, design thinking and user experience. He authored two regular columns for Library Journal Academic Newswire, "From the Bell Tower" and "Leading From the Library" from 2009 through 2019.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 21, 2015

“It was a fun event to get teens out to make them aware of everything different organizations around the city were offering during the summer, whether that be just drop-in programming like the library has or intensive types of programming or internships,” said Julie Koslowsky of the Chicago Public Library. and Catherine T.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Join me Tuesday, February 28th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with David Weinberger about his new book, Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren''t the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room. We got our answers from books or experts.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

In 2009 Rossana Rodríguez-Sánchez was a middle school theater teacher in Puerto Rico. In October 2009 she found work in Chicago, as the resident art director of a youth theater organization. She has lots of ideas: tutoring services, a library, a theater, a kitchen, case managers, social workers. It was insane.”.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 17, 2017

We're excited to announce the keynote panelists for our our second of three Library 2.017 mini-conferences: "Digital Literacy + Fake News," which will be held online ( and for free ) on Thursday, June 1st, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join the Library 2.0 YouTube channel.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Previously , I wrote about the tension surrounding book choice in schools from four main parties: parents, teachers, students, and admin. Guiding students in book choices is not an administrator’s role, as I understand it; we trust the mentors directly speaking into students’ lives for that. Maybe you’re angry about book bans.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 31, 2017

Tomorrow (Thursday, June 1st) is our second of three Library 2.017 mini-conferences: "Digital Literacy + Fake News," being held online ( and for free ) from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). We invite all library professionals, educators, students, and others to participate this event.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 20, 2019

Awarded Technology Director of the Year by TCEA in 2009, he has also been featured in several educational technology magazines as well as other published books on edtech. Monica continues to support national organizations advocating for the effective use of technology and supporting the needs of our education and library communities.

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The Daring Librarian

JUNE 14, 2010

after a long day making phone call after phone call to the homes and parents of all the kids that still have out Library Media books (87!!) Oh and i just uploaded the Justin Bieber has Overdue Books! Hopefully the Bieber fever fans find it and help Justin bring his books back! i needed a little video fun!

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 20, 2015

How do you find just the right book to recommend for a kid? What makes a certain book a yes for one kid reader and a clear no for another? All mysteries are not created equal… someone who loves Blue Balliett may not want to read the Sammy Keyes books. Consider books like Little House on the Prairie.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Education is free, lunch is free, books are free, sanitary napkins are free,’’ Ballani tells parents, urging them to visit this government-run school on the edge of the Thar Desert, where, on a warm day late last spring, 12 teachers were overseeing the education of 260 students from first grade through high school. Fresh drinking water.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

AUGUST 10, 2015

Reynolds ’ book The Dot on September 15, 2009. Often, we start by reading The Dot by Peter Reynolds or other dot-inspired books such as Press Here by Herve Tullet. The Dot is the story of a caring teacher who dares a doubting student to trust in her own abilities by being brave enough to “make her mark”.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 29, 2017

Anytime I wanted to know something, I had to ask my teacher or go to the library to look it up in a book or on microfiche. Students have more computing power in their cars and even their phones than the Apollo 11 systems (Computer Weekly, 2009).

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MindShift

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Excerpted from the book “ Participatory Culture in a Networked Era: A Conversation on Youth, Learning, Commerce and Politics ” by Henry Jenkins, Mizuko (Mimi) Ito and danah boyd, published by Polity. Q2L is a public middle school in Manhattan, founded in 2009, which now incorporates grades 6 to 12.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

OCTOBER 11, 2010

The American Library Association has put together a terrific list of resources about bullying: Speaking OUT about Bullying [link] Here''s the embedded article: Immediate Help The Trevor Project A national 24-hour, toll free confidential suicide hotline for gay and questioning youth. The guide lists great resources about bullying.

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