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PROOF POINTS: The life of an online tutor can resemble that of an assembly line worker

The Hechinger Report

Salvatore was born in Italy and immigrated to the United States when he was 15 in 2014. There, he tutored fellow undergraduates the old-fashioned way, in person, in the library. He has a flair for languages and worked as a part-time French tutor in college at Soka University of America in Orange County, California.

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Curation Situations: Let us count the ways

NeverEndingSearch

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. The folks we interviewed across library land curated in several different ways and we used the term curation differently depending on current community needs or where they were in any particular project.

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State and District Leadership Discuss Digital Learning Opportunities

edWeb.net

In a recent edWebinar , presenters from Idaho and Pennsylvania discussed how state and district leadership support digital learning opportunities and implement digital materials. According to the Brookings Institution there is strong evidence that the choice of instructional materials has large effects on student learning.

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What role should a teacher play in choosing books kids read?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Maybe you think removing upsetting books from school libraries is the best thing for your child. Your classroom libraries, core texts, optional reading, and on-the-fly suggestions have great power in developing your students’ love of reading, leading them to new understanding, and nurturing their empathy. Illinois (1987).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via PBS Newshour : “GOP reinstates usage of ‘ illegal alien ’ in Library of Congress ’ records.” The School Library Journal reports that “ New York DOE Green Lights Amazon eBook Deal.” ” “ Why Free School Lunches Might Be Harder To Get Soon.” million total.