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How to Design Learning Spaces in Libraries

The CoolCatTeacher

Carolyn Foote on episode 578 of the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Many schools are reimagining the learning spaces that some call libraries or media centers. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. Use this show as a conversation starter.

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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. That’s what Google dreamed of doing when it embarked on its ambitious book-digitizing project in 2002. It got part of the way there, digitizing at least 25 million books from major university libraries.

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Google Makes a Rare Education Technology Acquisition: Workbench

Edsurge

Getting acquired by the likes of Apple, Google and other “Big Tech” firms is often the dream of entrepreneurs (and their investors). But this week, Google acquired Workbench , a Baltimore-based company that provides an online library of lessons and projects, organized by subject and grade level, that educators can use in their classrooms.

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K–12 Schools Find Educational Benefits in Cloud-Based Gaming

EdTech Magazine

Six years ago, mixed reality game designer Jane McGonigal ’s keynote at the 2013 ISTE conference focused on how video games can boost resilience in real life. Among the tech behemoths, Amazon and Google are forging inroads in cloud-based gaming. You have access to a limited library of games.”. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Reflecting on the 2013 Schools of the Future Conference in Honolulu -- 8 Takeaways

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

Over 1300 educators from public and private schools attended the 2013 Schools of the Future Conference at the Hawaii Convention Center, in Honolulu, on October 17 and 18, 2013. I''m adding the book to our library collection, for our faculty. Google Rocks! Like-Minded Session: Libraries". So inspiring and fun!

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Change is a Mindset

A Principal's Reflections

Google Apps For Education (GAFE) implemented in 2012 empowering students and staff to learn collaboratively in the cloud. The Professional Growth Period (PGP) implemented in 2013. Makerspace added to the library in 2013. 3D virtual learning implemented in 2013 using Protosphere. See what CBS New York had to say.

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5 Top Resource Blog Posts of My 2013-14 School Year -- YouTube Safety, Libraries as Maker Spaces, Plussers that Pin, Sharing Passwords, & Olympics Resources

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

School Libraries as Maker Spaces -- A Few Resources to ? Dear Students: Word to the Wise about Sharing Passwords -- a G+ Post from Google 5. Dear Students: Word to the Wise about Sharing Passwords -- a G+ Post from Google 5. blogging Edtech Tips Libraries and Librarians professional development social media'