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School Libraries Work! 2016

NeverEndingSearch

. Among the many exciting events at AASL National in Columbus was Scholastic’s release of the 2016 edition of School Libraries Work! . You’ll want to keep this important advocacy tool on hand and share copies with administrators, board members, teachers, parents, students. Through School Libraries Work!,

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Mapping Out-of-School-Time Opportunities: Why It Matters

Digital Promise

For CLX, that meant creating a city-wide catalogue of the landscape of out-of-school-time (OST) programs offering learning experiences with digital media tools and technology (DMTT) citywide. In the same vein, CLX hopes its data will help Chicago understand the importance of informal DMTT-focused learning experiences for the city’s students.

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On the Relationship Between Adopting OER and Improving Student Outcomes

Iterating Toward Openness

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. They had an important role to play in OER advocacy. They might assign resources from the campus library, which students experience as being “free” since the fee they pay in support of the library is bundled with their tuition.

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Funding Edtech with the E-Rate Program and Grants

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As schools and districts strive to meet their existing technology needs and prepare for the future, access to federal and state funding, along with other grants, is making a major difference in whether students engage in 21 st century learning or are left behind. Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D., Cynthia Schultz, Esq.,

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Planning for and Sustaining District Technology Innovations

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Total Cost of Ownership Educational technology comes with direct and indirect costs. Using the total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis addresses the initial investment and the operational and support costs over the life of the investment for a district’s technology environment.

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Excite, expand, equitize: Using data to support reading

eSchool News

A priority was to give students seamless connection to the digital collections of the Lexington Public Library that serves our local area. The platform we selected—OverDrive Education’s Sora reading app —aligns with our public library system for easy access to its wealth of digital materials.

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Taking Districts’ Technology Integration to the Next Level

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The data should also be readily available for analysis, both for classroom instruction and district resource allocation, while being kept secure from inappropriate access. At the final “transformative” level, districts will be using predictive and prescriptive analysis to increase student learning and improve administrative decision making.