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Guest Post: From Consumption to Creation: Future Ready Librarians Embrace Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

As a former librarian and district leader, I found that success was the best form of advocacy—when the great work of librarians is shared and documented, good things follow for students and library programs. Additionally, submissions are evaluated by practicing library leaders. With teacher librarians across the U.S.

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Rally to Restore Philadelphia School Librarians: Responses, reflections, and resources

NeverEndingSearch

While she learned to navigate and understand the value of her library’s network of databases, she knows that many kids don’t even know what a database is. She recognizes the library as a safe space for the individual and as an important space that creates community. See video at 28:40.) I am standing here in privilege.

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Critics warn that well-meaning reforms may be lowering the quality of college

The Hechinger Report

A student walks past the Bender Library on the American University campus in Washington, D.C. And a committee of the principal national faculty union is at work on a position paper documenting problems with some dual-enrollment programs. “I The document is no longer on the university’s website, but is available from a web archive.).

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How (and Why) to Generate a Static Website Using Jekyll, Part 1

ProfHacker

The commitment to this maintenance continues to be one of the main reasons web projects fall by the wayside, or the reason you may be having a hard time getting your library to "support" you in the creation and maintenance of your digital humanities project. Getting started with Jekyll. Installing Jekyll.

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Taking Over Georgia Department of Education Instagram: A Lesson in Trust

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

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. Partnering with Gretchen Thomas and her UGA Project Spark class to give students more access to our library makerspace. Post 2-5 photos per day.

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The newly reimagined Empire State Information Fluency Continuum

NeverEndingSearch

Barbara Stripling, Professor Emerita, Syracuse University, and former ALA President, describes the history and goals of the project that builds on an earlier version developed by school librarians in 2009 under the auspices of the Office of Library Services and its former Director, Dr. Stripling.

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Students Are Learning Outside of School. Why Don’t They Earn Credit for It?

Edsurge

There is a need for increased flexibility—live lessons and self-paced projects, new tools for self advocacy and creative tech platforms. We are teaching our students how to learn. Students can document and track growth through video diaries like Flipgrid and develop a scheduling calendar for family use.

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