Digital Promise

MARCH 31, 2020

Multiple surveys (for example, this 2018 survey from PWC ) report that many teachers in the United States do not have enough experience, resources, or training to use technology in the most effective ways, especially in low-income schools.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 14, 2022

We've just posted a new blog post by Dr. Albrecht in our " Library Service, Safety, & Security " section of Library 2.0 : "Library Customer Service - Hawaiian Style." Customer Service in Stressful Situations: Step-by-Step to Better Interactions with Patrons" Part of the Library 2.0 How not to take it personally.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 4, 2020

Our first Library 2.020 mini-conference of the year is next week: "Wholehearted Libraries," online (and for free) on Tuesday, March 10th , from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Not only do libraries need high tech, they also need staff who approach their work with a wholehearted attitude.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 29, 2018

I regularly share free web tools, resources, and tips on ESL Library to help teachers find great resources to use with their learners. Below are a list of the articles I’ve written in 2018. Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com ! If you like these ideas, take one of my courses or check out my books.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2018

Thu, 08/30/2018 - 13:22. Take advantage of community partnerships to provide training for your faculty. Local community makerspaces, libraries and universities are all possible allies. Partnering with universities also creates a pipeline of trained preservice teachers who can enter the field confident to lead.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

We're excited to announce our second Library 2.020 mini-conference: " Small, Rural, and Independent Libraries ," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, June 17th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join this Library 2.0 Please also join this Library 2.0

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Pluralsight , the publicly-traded provider of online training courses on technology skills, has reached an agreement to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners in an all-cash deal worth approximately $3.5 Today, Pluralsight offers a library of over 7,500 online courses across technology, design and business skills. in cash per share.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

"Helping Library Patrons with Autism: Start with Understanding” Part of a special Library 2.0 Wining and hosted by Dr. Steve Albrecht OVERVIEW : A 60-minute training webinar presented by Library 2.0 If you serve the homeless population in your library, you need Dr. Jim Wining’s advice, as a leading autism advocate.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

Our second Library 2.020 mini-conference: " Small, Rural, and Independent Libraries ," will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, June 17th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join the Library 2.0 Please also join the Library 2.0 Steve Steve Hargadon Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Wining, presented by Library 2.0 and Dr. Steve Albrecht: " Helping Library Patrons with Autism : Start with Understanding.” We've also posted a new blog post on the same topic from Dr. Albrecht in our " Library Service, Safety, & Security " section of Library 2.0 : " Helping Library Patrons with Autism: Start with Understanding.

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Edsurge

APRIL 11, 2017

But these days the question is how publishers can afford to produce them at all, especially as the main customers for those books—academic libraries—face ever-shrinking budgets, and the open-access movement has pumped up expectations that scholarship should be shared as widely and cheaply as possible.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

These include: Promoting Digital Literacy Assessment : The group is working to expand training for how to implement the Northstar Digital Literacy Assessment and share best practices systemwide, with the goal of increasing both the number of proctored administrations and the number of certificates earned by learners.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 13, 2023

A “full support school” since 2018, we were dealing with some major challenges. This type of teacher training is so critically important right now because the research shows that when the pandemic hit, a lot of our kids suffered learning losses. I especially like the platform’s expansive video library and science of reading approach.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Our Polar Express tradition continued this year in the library. Every year we host a Polar Express Day where every class comes to the library to enjoy hearing the story read aloud. In the library, the lights are turned off and our tables have been flipped on their sides to form a train that students board.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Those were all takeaways from the ITHAKA Next Wave 2018 conference, held here last week. Attendees from academic libraries and scholarly publishing explored how higher education will have to adapt to changing demographics, rising inequality and continuing tensions between big commercial companies and their academic customers.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

It allows for a deeper level of interaction and trains efficient communication. 12, 2018 | Updated 11:02 a.m. nacesports.org, February 27, 2018. The post How to Start a High School Esports Team & Benefit Your School appeared first on ViewSonic Library. These skills honed in game play readies students for life.”.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Preventing Burnout and Fatigue: A Masterclass with Loida Garcia-Febo The Library 2.0 Mental Health and Wellness Series OVERVIEW : “Burnout is the biggest problem at our library” is a phrase we increasingly hear from library workers at all types of libraries. This 60-minute training is presented by Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 22, 2019

We're excited to announce our third Library 2.019 mini-conference: "Emerging Technology," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 30th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join this Library 2.0 This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2020

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library was one of the book giveaway programs that obtained “impressive” results for early childhood literacy in a May 2020 analysis by international researchers. Imagination Library, launched by American country music star Dolly Parton, mails a new book a month from birth to age 5.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

Tomorrow is our second Library 2.020 mini-conference! Small, Rural, and Independent Libraries ," will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, June 17th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join this Library 2.0 Please also join this Library 2.0

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

Kolibri enables offline access to a curated library of educational content, supports customized curricula creation and facilitates self-paced, differentiated and project-based learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2019

Online libraries and collections of free didactic documents were a reality as early as 1997 , through the Cisco Networking Academy. Fast forward to 2018, how many schools in the world can actually say that they executed this? In addition to this, platforms such as CloudShare offer virtual training labs for their users.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 3, 2021

We've posted a new blog post from Dr. Albrecht in our " Library Service, Safety, & Security " section of Library 2.0 : " Some Leadership Truths for Library Leaders. It's hard to know fully what library leaders need to do as the Coronavirus and the pandemic's impact go into the wretched history books. See you "online!"

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techlearning

JULY 10, 2018

(ATLANTA, Georgia) July 10, 2018 — Thanks to a generous donation from the Atlanta Retailers Association (ARA) that was matched by the Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia, Alive Studios is equipping all 15 Gwinnett County Public Library branches with its evidence-based Learning alive™ kits.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

We've posted a new blog post from Dr. Albrecht in our " Library Service, Safety, & Security " section of Library 2.0 : " Helping Library Patrons with Autism: Start with Understanding. Ask him or her for his or her library card or the Guardian’s card. Wining, presented by Library 2.0 Steve Hargadon Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2024

Emotional Intelligence: A Masterclass with Loida Garcia-Febo The Library 2.0 This can help us to strengthen communications, decision-making, and relationships between library workers, team members, and other people in general. This 60-minute training is presented by Library 2.0 and hosted by Loida Garcia-Febo.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 2, 2018

We've got lots of updated details on our third Library 2.018 mini-conference: "Social Crisis Management in a 21st Century World," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 17th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join the Library 2.0

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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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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The panic alarm helps schools meet the recommendations in Alyssa’s Law, named after Alyssa Alhadeff, one of the 17 victims killed during the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. As more classrooms re-open for in-person instruction, student safety and mental health remain top concerns.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2020

Our second Library 2.020 mini-conference is just one week away! Small, Rural, and Independent Libraries ," will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, June 17th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join this Library 2.0 Please also join this Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 24, 2019

We have two new Library 2.0 First is the return of Dr. Steve Albrecht with " Coaching Skills for Library Managers and Supervisors: Getting Better Performance and Behavior From Your Employees One Meeting at a Time " on February 12th. The active shooter training was fantastic!" Webinars coming up in February.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Building Good Work Relationships: A Masterclass with Loida Garcia-Febo The Library 2.0 Library workers are human beings and are impacted by the world's chaotic climate, the situation in their library’s community service area, and interactions with coworkers. This 60-minute training is presented by Library 2.0

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Just a couple of weeks ago, the Library of Congress announced the launch of three new apps for Web and mobile, developed by educational organizations that were supported by an LOC grant for app development. Links to Library of Congress primary source analysis guides. A second group of organizations will launch their projects in 2018.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2019

The app offers a library of books and videos and 2,400 learning activities across 22 sessions covering math and reading. Onebillion makes a solar-powered tablet, along with the Onecourse app that houses activities for reading, writing and math, plus a library of over 300 stories. and London-based nonprofit Onebillion.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 19, 2022

Our first Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Virtual Reality and Learning: Leading the Way ," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, March 29th, 2022. Virtual Reality was identified by the American Library Association as one of the 10 top library technology trends for the future. Please also join this Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Our first Webinar in a special Library 2.0 Christie Kaaland , author of Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Recovery in School Libraries: Creating a Safe Haven, and then from Shauna Burkeen , the librarian at Marshall County High School who experienced a school shooting this past January with 52 students in the library.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Art of Saying No to Preserve Our Wellness: A Masterclass with Loida Garcia-Febo The Library 2.0 This 60-minute training is presented by Library 2.0 Large-scale institutional access for viewing with individual login capability: $499 (hosted either at Library 2.0 President of the American Library Association 2018-2019.

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