Digital Promise

AUGUST 16, 2018

The NNSTOY Social Justice Book list is a great resource for building your classroom library. Speak out in faculty meetings about inclusion, equity, and social justice and if necessary, challenge the status quo. One Without the Other: Stories of Unity Through Diversity and Inclusion (2016) by Shelley Moore.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 19, 2019

Digital Promise’s Adult Learning initiative launched Community Impact Stories, a new series of blog posts to highlight adult learner stories across the nation. In 2016, Facebook reached out to Grand Circus with a big goal of providing digital literacy training for 3,000 Michiganders in two years. We immediately jumped on board!

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 25, 2016

I posed that question in my recent TEDx talk during the 2016 Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools meeting in San Diego. Thanks to a partnership with Follett, I am now collaborating with national educational leaders to connect librarians and libraries to the strategic work of districts.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In 2016, two books were published: The Reading Intervention Toolkit , by Shell Education and Read Talk Write: 35 Lessons That Teach Students to Analyze Fiction and Nonfiction , published by Corwin Literacy. So it's ongoing. They're all unique.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 13, 2017

The countdown has begun and we can hardly contain our enthusiasm at the thought of meeting once again so many beautiful people who, before anything else, are interested in how to leverage technology in order to do more for student learning. Just last year, in 2016, there have been around 19,000 people attending ISTE.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2017

You want to meet new people. Summer PD: The Tech-infused Teacher is for credentialed and non-credentialed K-12 teachers, tech teachers/integration specialists, library media specialists, and pre-service professionals. a Tagxedo or Voki) into their blogs, as well as screencasts and screenshots where these are appropriate.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2019

EdSurge Independent was created in 2016 as a way to change that by providing college and university students a platform to share their ideas, concerns, excitement and frustrations with the way technology shapes teaching and learning in higher education.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Word problems for 2nd graders are the topic of our blog post today. 2016) provides some great insights. Bookshelves : A library has 10 bookshelves, and each bookshelf holds 12 books. How many books can the library hold in total? Now, why are word problems such a big deal, you ask? de Koning, B.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

The easy tool educators are using every day From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Updated: February 5, 2016. Blog Posts. TIP: The Google for Education Blog has the breaking announcements and information on Google Classroom. Library Hi Tech News , 32 (9), 1-3. Johnson, C.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Library makerspaces, including members of the YOUmedia Learning Labs Network, offer students a chance to design, tinker, and build critical thinking skills. Libraries are all about inquiry,” says Valerie Jopeck, a former librarian and current education specialist for a large public school district in Virginia.

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ProfHacker

AUGUST 31, 2016

I also took a couple of sets for my office and sometimes in an informal meeting I’ll take them out and we’ll play around with them to keep our hands busy while we talk. I can’t travel often, and I get FOMO for all the events I miss and the people I don’t meet. Kindle Family Library. It’s my story.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 3, 2016

It’s time for us all to start making plans and building excitement for Litworld ‘s World Read Aloud Day 2016. This year, World Read Aloud Day takes place on February 24, 2016, but many of us will celebrate the entire week of February 22-26 and into the next week for Read Across America. There’s not just one way to connect.

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

It should not be controversial in 2016 that there is a baseline expectation of access to technology in schools, just as there are baseline expectations for access to textbooks and desks. In 2016, this includes a statewide strategy for technology in K-12 education. These also speak to implicit expectations for technology availability.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Librarian and maker Colleen Graves recaps a lively and learner-driven session on makerspaces and embracing making as teachers of writing at the 2016 NWP Annual Meeting. In our interactive session for “ Makerspace in the Library: What it means for your Classroom ,” we really let our participants drive the learning. Session Info.

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The Daring Librarian

DECEMBER 24, 2017

A couple weeks ago the On Our Mind blog by Scholastic shared an article featuring 15 Librarians to Follow on Instagram. But I never thought to blog about it (because, like bragging, right?) But I never thought to blog about it (because, like bragging, right?) She's also one of the few friends that I've asked to guest blog here.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 20, 2020

We are expanding our planned Library 2.0 DATE & TIMES: Thursday, March 26th, 2020 | 1:00 - 6:30 pm US-Eastern Time (4 one-hour sessions with 1/2-hour breaks) COST: Free REGISTRATION: To register for the mini-conference, join Library 2.0. Those who are already members of Library 2.0 Please note the new expanded times.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2016

On September 21-23, 2016, Digital Promise and the U.S. Department of Education hosted the 2016 Education Innovation Clusters Convening (#EdClusters16) in Providence, R.I., Sean Duffy (@dearmrduffy) September 23, 2016. rdaley0001 (@rdaley98) September 22, 2016. Joseph South (@southjoseph) September 22, 2016.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 11, 2016

This week, the Library of Congress debuted the The Technicolor Adventures of Catalina Neon as an interactive online project. In an LOC blog post , Juan Felipe Herrera shares: It was a magical experiment and experience conjuring this project with the one and only Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress . . .

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The discussions shouldn’t focus on denying technology, though, said Michelle Cooper, Library Media Specialist, White Oak ISD, TX in the edWebinar “ Achieving Media Balance in a Tech-Immersed World.” Librarians, who are often at the front lines of media and tech in schools, can provide that crucial guidance.

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edWeb.net

JULY 18, 2017

In “ Summer Reading 501: Helping Generation App Read This Summer ,” Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, New Canaan High School, CT; and Jane Lofton, Teacher Librarian, presented creative ideas to get students excited about summer reading. During a read aloud, teachers can sign up to read a book of their choice at the public library.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The GaDOE Social Studies team had the foresight to launch professional learning communities on edWeb in 2016, so their programs were in place when the pandemic hit, creating a successful, sustainable solution for personalized PD before and during the pandemic, and beyond. Why did we start communities on edWeb virtually in 2016?

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The GaDOE Social Studies team had the foresight to launch professional learning communities on edWeb in 2016, so their programs were in place when the pandemic hit, creating a successful, sustainable solution for personalized PD before and during the pandemic, and beyond. Why did we start communities on edWeb virtually in 2016?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter The conversation is about Artificial Intelligence. They have a wonderful lesson library that they've created as well. Is it helpful? Should it be welcomed in schools? Should it be blocked? And she's @AmandaFoxSTEM on Twitter.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

You can save and organize recommended content into "Boards" -- think Pinterest boards but for Graphite content, including tool reviews, lessons, blog articles, and more. We'll be adding more of these pages in 2016. Find the right tool to support meeting the standards. Display fresh content 24/7. How cool is that?

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 21, 2016

You will want to share the following with your classroom teacher partners and your school’s edtech leader: Best of Breed 2016 (categorized favorites). Here is Jane Hart’s slideshow of the selected Top 200 Tools for Learning 2016. There’s a CTREX Library Hub for librarians and a CTREX School Hub for teachers.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 25, 2016

This year I find myself collecting creative ideas for my School Library Management class from blogs and tweets coming across my network in the form of an Orientation And Getting Ready For Action playlist. You can see her 2015/2016 Prezi here. We share that there are no fines and no limits in our library.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

She is the director of library at Episcopal School of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Tiffany earned her undergraduate degree in elementary education and School Library Certification from Southeastern Louisiana University, and her graduate degree in educational technology leadership from Northwestern State University. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

It was critical that school districts “get a handle on” digital tools and subscriptions in an attempt to streamline and create efficiencies in their districts that can lead to measurable improvements and learning outcomes while balancing student privacy and meeting annual budget. Data Analytics. Join the Community.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 23, 2016

My name is Andy Plemmons, school library media specialist at David C Barrow Elementary in Athens GA @barrowmediacenter I will take over the DOE account this week. A photo posted by GA Department of Education (@georgiadeptofed) on Jan 18, 2016 at 4:39am PST. gadoeteachertakeover #librariesofinstagram #tlchat #edchat #ccsdath.

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techlearning

JULY 6, 2018

In a 2016 blog post entitled the Equity Case for High-Quality Digital Content , my colleague Marty Creel, Discovery Education’s Chief Academic Officer opined, “Not all digital content is equal. It is important to hear the students’ perspective on what this shift means to them, and how to meet their needs. Blog posts.

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 8, 2017

Mary Beth Hertz, tech teacher and coordinator in Philadelphia recently explained in the Atlantic that what many districts get wrong is listening too closely to lawyers without hearing the voices and meeting the needs of students and teachers. Stay tuned on The Innovative Educator blog for the additional considerations in future posts.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

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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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

In 2016, she created CatchOn to help districts meet and adapt to changing instructional needs and trends through the use of real-time data and cutting-edge technology. 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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edWeb.net

JUNE 30, 2018

They also send a technical survey to the vendor, many times followed by a call or meeting to review more details of that resource. Mark Ray is Director of Innovation and Library Services for Vancouver (WA) Public Schools and Future Ready Librarians Lead at the Alliance for Excellent Education.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 11, 2016

Young people are invited to submit entries on the website of either DeviantArt or Wattpad from March 6 through April 6, 2016. And, the book will be made available to the public in libraries across the country. Meet the “Deviants”: Networked Artists and Makers of DeviantArt. Related Webinars.

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Buncee

AUGUST 6, 2020

As a third grade general education teacher, I’ve used Buncee across subject areas since 2016 for everything from nonfiction presentation making, to Math Escape Room challenges, and so much more! And Buncee did not disappoint with its impressive library of dragon stickers and animations. It seems the opportunities are limitless.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 7, 2016

NSDL – The National Science Digital Library has some outstanding resources that include numerous links to some great STEM programs and organizations. Teachers can explore and use Design Squad Nation activities, animations, video profiles, and episodes in classrooms and after-school programs, in libraries and museums, at events and at home.

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