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How to Set Goals for Your Library This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

Today, media specialist Amanda Johnson talks about the massive success of some new sections she added to the library last summer and how she’s going to improve her library even more this summer. Scroll down for some super cool pics of her library) SmartBrief Keeping up with the news is challenging.

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New Albrecht Blog Post on Library 2.0 - "Meth on the Walls of Your Library? How to Know, What to Do."

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We've just posted a new blog post by Dr. Albrecht in our " Library Service, Safety, & Security " section of Library 2.0 : "Meth on the Walls of Your Library? How to Know, What to Do." This follows a similar problem at a Boulder, CO library. Dr. Albrecht's twice-monthly Library 2.0 in English, and a B.S.

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How to Celebrate World Read Aloud Day

Ask a Tech Teacher

Teaches children how to sit quietly and listen while another is talking. I know — you’re convinced but don’t know how to blend read-alouds into your busy classroom schedule. Have a library of books intended to be read aloud. Simon & Schuster, 2015. Charlesbridge, 2015. Millbrook, 2015.

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How to Teach Language Structure Skills

Waterford

1] Exposure to various genres in your classroom library also helps students discover different purposes for reading, like reading a fantasy novel for enjoyment, reading a math book to learn how to multiply and divide, or reading the ingredients on a cereal box to learn what’s inside.[1]. Webinar from Waterford.org. and Cain, K.

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New Albrecht Blog Post on Library 2.0 - "Writing a Useful Security Incident Report: A Template for Library Security Officers and Library Staff"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We've just posted a new blog post by Dr. Albrecht in our " Library Service, Safety, & Security " section of Library 2.0 : "Writing a Useful Security Incident Report: A Template for Library Security Officers and Library Staff." This post covers how to write them with clarity, completeness, and skill.

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How to Put Kindness in Your Classes

Ask a Tech Teacher

” ( Measuring Kindness in School , John Tyler Binfet, 2015). Go to the library and thank the librarian if s/he helps you with something. Set up a Little Free Library at your school or neighborhood. That can be sports, tutoring, or in this case, how to use technology. Websites that teach Kindness.

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How To Engage Today’s Students in Civics

eSchool News

Search for other school library innovations. He as more than 35 years of experience in journalism and freelance writing and was a reporter and editor at Worcester’s Telegram & Gazette from 1987 until 2015. Key points: Alarming declines in civic scores demands new strategies. Unfortunately, stats are even worse in other subjects.