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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

EdTech Magazine

Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. The independent private school in Medina, Wash., which has 330 students, is not alone.

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When the Variability of All Learners Is Addressed

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Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is one such network formed to ensure equity and support for students with disabilities and learning differences across education environments.

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Reach out!: Web-Based Advice Service for School Librarians

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I’ve read their books and articles. The School Library Leaders (SLL) project , generously hosted on the site of the National Collaborative for Digital Equity (NCDE) , allows practitioners to pose questions or problems they encounter to the members of this impressive team. 2020) is available on the NCDE website.

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On the Relationship Between Adopting OER and Improving Student Outcomes

Iterating Toward Openness

I’ve been writing this article 30 minutes here and 60 minutes there for several months (WordPress tells me I saved the first bits in March). This article started out with my being bothered by the fact that ‘OER adoption reliably saves students money but does not reliably improve their outcomes.’

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

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Susan Gentz, a partner at K20Connect, provided a guide to the types of emergency federal funding that became available during the summer of 2020, as well as some of the issues that districts receiving funding will need to work through. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. Understanding ESSER, ESF-REM, and GEER.

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Effective Technology Professional Learning: Leading and Collaborating to Assure Success

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Gaddis explained how Wake County focused their professional learning by first identifying three groups: teachers, leadership, and school library media coordinators. Allison is a member of the Wake County Public School System’s Digital Learning & Libraries team where she serves as their senior director.

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AI and Personalized Learning That Goes Beyond Tech: The Latest Camelback Ventures Cohort

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Quartolio Many scientific articles go unread, and many are never analyzed across disciplines, said Nicole Bishop, the CEO and founder of Quartolio. It’s a cloud based platform that uses library science and AI so researchers can “discover, manage and curate research” in a single location. Quartolio wants to go beyond an internet search.