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?Scaling Mobile Technology for Community College Students: 5 Tips for Entrepreneurs

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Students need to have an option to reply where they can briefly indicate why they were absent and, if they are in crisis, be automatically redirected to on-campus (ex: counselling center) and neighborhood assistance (immigration advocacy). A cracked screen, however, is a burden shouldered entirely by students.

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

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In addition, there is research that documents that in states that lost school librarians, fourth grade reading test scores actually dropped. Resources: Advocacy co-chair Deb Kachel’s LibGuide curates many of PSLA’s advocacy resources, as well as the media stories. Reflection. No teacher suggested it. .

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Current Trends in Education

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Subscribe to journals, magazines, and online platforms that focus on education. This approach encourages self-reflection, self-advocacy, and a sense of ownership over one’s education. These events provide exposure to new ideas and foster collaboration.

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On the importance of making a (reopening) plan

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As soon as I saw the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Preliminary Guidance for Phased Reopening of Pre-K to 12 Schools document, I thought this is exactly what I am doing. Kim shared that she and her colleagues often describe advocacy in the context of the neverending burden of Sysyphus. Lady Gaga is always right.

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Discovering Interests, Igniting Passions, and Amplifying Student Voice

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

I’m not really sure how we decided it, but we decided to try magazines. I don’t really subscribe to magazines any more in the library, but we have all of the Ranger Rick, Zoobooks, Sports Illustrated, etc that we’ve subscribed to through the years. We modeled what “trying” a magazine looked like.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

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Like the DBQs, lessons revolve around a central historical question and sets of prima ry documents to engage learners with varied reading skills. The Reading Like a Historian curriculum also engages students in historical inquiry around both U.S. and world history events.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

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As librarians, we can do this by offering a range of genres and formats for students to choose from: novels, comics, magazines, audiobooks, print, or digital. These resources include digital archives, national library databases & collections, online databases of text, still images and audio, video and digital documents.