eSchool News

AUGUST 8, 2023

. — The Epilepsy Foundation announced a five-year collaboration with Vector Solutions, the leading provider of training and software solutions for K-12 and higher education institutions, to offer the Epilepsy Foundation’s Seizure Recognition & First Aid Certification training in the Vector Safety and Compliance Course Library.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

One cohort member, the United Way of Greater Cincinnati (UWGC), has been advancing ACP advocacy work in southwest Ohio and the tri-state area. We went to libraries, community fairs, reentry events, and other places where the covered populations already were, and we asked them about their lived experiences.

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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. OVERVIEW : Library marketing can be effective without the expense of hiring a marketing and PR firm.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 18, 2022

The School of Information at San José State University is the founding sponsor of the Library 2.0 Deaf Community and Culture and Best Practices for Libraries | Deaf History Month Free Symposium APRIL 21, 2022 - 1:00PM - 3:00PM ROSA RODRIGUEZ, ALICE L. Library Services to the Deaf Community Panel Discussion (2:10 - 2:40 p.m.

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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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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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Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 27, 2019

For the first decade of the modern open education movement (1998 – 2007), the distinguishing feature of our work – the thing we cared most about and talked most about – was the open licensing we applied to educational materials. ” There were two kinds of educational materials in the world. yellow below).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Please consider joining us for this special Library 2.0 OVERVIEW: Library marketing can be effective without the expense of hiring a marketing and PR firm. OVERVIEW: Library marketing can be effective without the expense of hiring a marketing and PR firm. You will first need to be a member of Library 2.0

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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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Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. As I eventually wrote in Open educational resources: Undertheorized research and untapped potential : Many of the articles reviewed in Hilton (2016), including some articles on which I was an author, are woefully undertheorized.

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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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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

50 Free Online Courses For Teachers: Spring 2015. Below is a list of 50 free online courses for teachers for Spring 2015, aggregated by Class Central. Education & Teaching (50). Commonwealth Education Trust via Coursera. Education, Mini-Course III: Accountability and National Standards. by Class Central.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2022

This week, the Aspen Institute announced its 2022 Ascend fellows, a cohort of 22 individuals hailing from a range of disciplines including medicine, research, entrepreneurship, government and policy, and nonprofit leadership and advocacy. This is a pivotal moment for early childhood education,” Robinson notes. “We We must invest.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Jordan Teacher representative of WE, the Caucus of Working Educators, Jessica Way Former Philadelphia school librarian and leader in APPS, the Alliance for Philadelphia Public Schools, Debbie Grill Masterman High School senior Kayla Johnson. (See See video at 28:40.) She has called it home for eight years. I am standing here in privilege.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2018

Those who are proficient can take regular classes, and choose their electives and sometimes enter advanced-placement courses. Though many of these students may retest each year, parents note that their children fall further and further behind as they remain in remedial courses.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 7, 2019

We didn’t pay a parking ticket or a library fine, and our college refused to release our transcript. The practice of holding on to students’ transcripts prohibits them from enrolling in another college, which will need proof of courses taken, and can result in the loss of a job offer. Many of us have been there.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

MARCH 22, 2016

I’m beyond excited to finally announce that I’m a 2016 Library Journal Mover and Shaker. I’m extremely honored to represent the power of libraries in our world along with the many other talented individuals on this year’s list. The library has never been just mine. We realize that we are never alone.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 6, 2011

This is our official call for presentations for the Library 2.011 conference, November 2 - 3, 2011. The conference will be held online, in multiple time zones over the course of two days, and will be free to attend. We encourage all to participate, and ask that you share this information where appropriate.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Tuesday, November 18th, is day two of the fifth annual Global Education Conference. We had a great opening day of sessions and keynotes, and the recordings of any sessions that have taken place are accessible on the conference recordings page. The list of Tuesday''s sessions, in US-Eastern Standard Time, is below.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JUNE 6, 2016

Educators have the summer off, right? While on paper it may seem that educators have two months off, most of us continue to develop our professional lives and dream and plan for the upcoming school year. We will of course be flexible and take into consideration the needs and requests of the group as we spend time together.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

It will take Chinchon an extra semester to earn his degree, and that’s even after he took courses in the summers to catch up. For these and other reasons, some take courses they don’t need, pick majors they will later change and don’t know what to do when the resulting problems leave them on the brink of flunking out.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

Remind is a good example of this because professors can easily and privately share with a whole class, or groups within a class, relevant course materials. These mobile messages keep students connected to course material and let students know we care about them, but the system is still too one-size-fits-all.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Wednesday, November 18th, is day three of the sixth annual Global Education Conference. Thomas Petra ‏ @ RealWorldMath 6h 6 hours ago Day 2 of the Global Educ Conference. We've had two great days of sessions and keynotes, and the recordings of any sessions that have taken place are accessible on the conference recordings page.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 15, 2017

And there seem to be a few go-to digital tools to support engagement, discovery and setting a fun and participatory tone for what library (and the librarian) looks like. Using GoosechaseEDU scavenger hunt platform for iPhone or Android , you can create a new game or copy and adapt games from templates in the Game Library.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards recognize the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration. The program received an influx of inspiring nominations that highlight the innovation and selflessness of educators in schools and districts across the nation.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2018

A student walks past the Bender Library on the American University campus in Washington, D.C. At a time when parents, politicians and universities all want more students to go to college and graduate on time, the idea of letting them take college courses while in high school seems a great solution. a former assistant U.S.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

That’s the message shared by local children’s advocacy and community groups during a meeting at the Main Branch Library on Monday. It may seem crazy to think we’ve got to start with preschoolers, but we do,” said Laurel Morris, director of the county’s library system and the Early Literacy Collaborative. “We Viorst, Judith.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Although they would eventually change their model to focus on traditionally copyrighted textbooks, FWK’s over 100 openly licensed textbooks can still be found archived around the web in places like the Open Textbook Library and the Saylor Foundation’s website. Effective Advocacy.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 21, 2015

“It was a fun event to get teens out to make them aware of everything different organizations around the city were offering during the summer, whether that be just drop-in programming like the library has or intensive types of programming or internships,” said Julie Koslowsky of the Chicago Public Library. and Catherine T.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

Wilson, 47, started taking courses in 2019, a few months before the pandemic hit and just before he lost his job as an elementary school music teacher. Pandemic-related hardships have propelled many students to choose jobs over education and online classes have been barriers for low-income students without digital resources.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The sixth annual Global Education Conference , our free four-day online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world, runs today Monday, November 16 through Thursday, November 19, 2015 (November 20th in some time zones). We invite all to attend! A full listing of sessions is below.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 27, 2015

Wednesday, April 29th at 4pm Common Sense Media Webinar: Helping Students Make Good Digital Decisions with Digital Compass , Join Common Sense Education for a webinar to celebrate the launch of their newest free education resource, Digital Compass. Register for free at [link]. Register for free today at [link].

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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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Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

I recently attended one of the community meetings discussing whether or not a national open education policy is needed in the US. But here are my quick takeaways from the meeting I did attend: There will likely be an effort to create a national open education policy. No one knows what the purpose of such a policy would be.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

“Last year I thought about it a lot because as a junior you start to realize how fast things are going,” she said in the library, otherwise empty but for students playing cards. Fewer than one in five children of parents without higher educations end up getting degrees. Only later did he become an educator.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. The charter school, NACA, opened its doors in 2006.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 29, 2017

I’m very pleased to share my New York Times Learning Network blog post with the Educator Innovator blog. The teacher facilitates the work, of course, but leaves as much of the decision-making as possible to the students. Of course, a few quick lessons on how to find and evaluate information may help.). By Steven Zemelman.

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