Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2020

With that being said, it is also worth noting that there is still one more amazing resource that families should tap to make the most of any online learning experience—the local public library. Public libraries offer an incredible array of tools, supports, and resources—far beyond (but also including) the books.

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MiddleWeb

APRIL 2, 2023

Scholastic’s Dwaine Millard explores how community libraries can both offer all young people opportunities to improve their access to resources and technology and provide face-to-face settings where they can form positive social norms outside the boundaries of social media.

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2023

In this episode of Innovations in Education , Wilson Tsu , founder of PowerNotes , talks about how AI is being baked into his and other platforms to transform the ways students perform research—and how the rise of AI has re-invented the role of libraries and librarians.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If you want to use published cases instead of writing one, this article will give you a list of online resources, as well as several guides for case method teaching. There are articles, core curriculum, pod cases, and simulation. CLEO Collection of Free Case Studies CLEO is a curated library of teaching resources.

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MiddleWeb

JULY 30, 2023

Need fresh titles for your classroom library? The post 13 Exciting New Titles for Your Classroom Library first appeared on MiddleWeb. ELA teacher Kasey Short shares 13 new books that are sure to resonate with middle graders.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 5, 2024

As a part of Library 2.0 and The Learning Revolution , I've created a blog + weekly newsletter with news and views about Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education and libraries. You can follow the blog with an RSS reader by using this feed , or you can subscribe to a weekly newsletter that summarizes all articles. It is free.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 3, 2023

Our second Library 2.023 mini-conference: " Banned Books and Censorship: Current Intellectual Freedom Issues in the Library ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, June 8th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. In this Library 2.0 Please also join this Library 2.0

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2018

How to Implement Library Makerspaces in STEM Programs. For Laura Fleming, library media specialist at New Milford High School in New Jersey, a library makerspace is a unique learning environment that encourages tinkering, play and open-ended exploration for all. Understand the Needs of Students in a Library Makerspace Project.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 19, 2023

International Children’s Digital Library The ICDL offers over 4,600 digital children’s books in over 59 languages that exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages, and ideas. Books are made available from a variety of sources including the Library of Congress. Books can be read online or on mobile devices.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 22, 2023

Our second Library 2.023 mini-conference: " Banned Books and Censorship: Current Intellectual Freedom Issues in the Library ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, June 8th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. In this Library 2.0 Please also join this Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 1, 2023

Our second Library 2.023 mini-conference: " Banned Books and Censorship: Current Intellectual Freedom Issues in the Library ," will be held online (and for free) nextThursday, June 8th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. In this Library 2.0 Please also join this Library 2.0

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

The largest library in the world contains more than 168 million items, with materials in some 470 languages, and is located in Washington, D.C. The Library of Congress, situated right behind the U.S. Then the library makes that source material available and easily accessible to all. Let us know here.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

All of this is to say: digital library apps need to be really, really good. It’s also got an impressively large library of high-quality books -- these aren't the bargain bin picture books you'll find with some other competitors. feels like a real library or store full of stuff that kids will actually want to read.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2022

International Children’s Digital Library. Books are made available from a variety of sources including the Library of Congress. Open Library. Open Library is a curated list of over 20 million books (and growing) that are available worldwide to all age groups whether from the public domain or under copyright protections.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2019

It’s a chatbot, which library officials plan to add to the library’s website this summer to answer some of the most common questions students come in with, as well as to help them get started with their research. The use of AI in libraries has resurfaced age-old questions, such as whether technology will replace human librarians.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 5, 2023

Our second Library 2.023 mini-conference: " Banned Books and Censorship: Current Intellectual Freedom Issues in the Library ," will be held online (and for free) this Thursday, June 8th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. In this Library 2.0 Please also join this Library 2.0

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Teacher Reboot Camp

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Generative AI is computer technology that creates products like articles, images, presentations, and even videos based on a person’s instructions. I’ve tried libraries of graphic novels, comics, audio books, animated books and digital books. No programming or coding is needed.

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 11, 2019

In this article for my newsletter, I share why students should be involved in designing and organizing the classroom library. Starting in November, some articles will be for subscribers only. Below is a visual summary of ten ways to engage in this community-building activity. Consider signing up today!

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 1, 2023

My experience with the school library and book choice tension I have over 1,000 books in my American international Christian school classroom in southern Taiwan where I teach English Language Arts (8th), Yearbook (10th-12th), US History (11th), and British Literature (12th). Teachers want to advocate for the learning needs of their students.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 10, 2019

"INTERACTING WITH THE HOMELESS: SAFETY, SECURITY, AND SERVICE FOR LIBRARY STAFF." Please consider joining us for this 60-minute webinar, part of a special Library 2.0 You will need to be logged into Library 2.0 --if you are not yet a member, you can join for free here.) More information on the webinar is below the articles.

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MiddleWeb

OCTOBER 20, 2021

I’d been researching the benefits of promoting student voice and choice by having them assist in organizing an in-class library. The post Have Students Organize the Classroom Library first appeared on MiddleWeb. After a year of having her classroom book collection in pandemic disarray, Katie Durkin was ready for a restart.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Libraries that are designed to be enjoyed—whether they’re traditional libraries, digital libraries, or classroom libraries—motivate students to read. These days, digital libraries offer a supportive reading experience by providing features such as the ability to hear a fluent reader reading aloud.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Key points: Without continued funding, schools and libraries may struggle to maintain or upgrade technological infrastructure See article: 3 ways the E-rate program helps level up learning See article: Will cybersecurity receive E-rate funding? Another innovative approach involves the recycling and upcycling of technology.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2017

It was a crazy idea: Take the bulk of the world’s books, scan them, and create a monumental digital library for all to access. It got part of the way there, digitizing at least 25 million books from major university libraries. But the promised library of everything hasn’t come into being.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Key points: Cybersecurity remains a major concern among school IT leaders, and many schools would like these services included in the E-rate program Schools and libraries continue to depend on the E-rate funding for internet connections and affordable pricing See related article: Will cybersecurity receive E-rate funding?

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techlearning

DECEMBER 9, 2019

What better way to acknowledge Violin Day (12/13) than to access the collection of stringed musical instruments housed at the Library of Congress? The photographs, construction details, recordings, articles, and related resources will be music to your ears.

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

LC Labs’ newly launched Newspaper Navigator leverages machine learning and the substantial digitized resources of the Library’s Chronicling America website. Their discovery depended on often tedious browsing through relevant scanned articles. . We can now freely search more than 1.5 How does it work?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2016

I got this question from a colleague: I am looking for an app that classroom teachers can use to scan a classroom library and allow teachers to check books out with students. Here’s an article on it. If you have a question, please contact me at askatechteacher at gmail dot com and I’ll answer it here. .

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

We’ve rounded up our 10 most popular articles from 2017, as picked by our readers. A few weeks after EdSurge probed the company about the silence, Amazon opened up the resource library to the public. What Happened to Google's Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books? So what were some of the most popular themes?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 14, 2023

Besides searching for academic literature such as journal articles, peer-reviewed papers, books, reports.etc, Google Scholar also enables you to create your personal library where you can save and organize your materials. Metrics allows you to see which articles in a publication were cited the most and who cited them.

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ViewSonic Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In our recent article Best Practices for More Inclusive Meetings , explored why it’s important to foster inclusivity in your meetings and how technology plays a role. In this article, you’ll learn how to leverage tools like the ViewBoard IFP105S to achieve greater inclusivity, collaboration and overall productivity.

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EdTechTeacher

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Jamboard Information and Transition Resources Jamboard Announcement blog / Workspace updates blog Preparing for Jamboard to wind down How Admins can identify which users in their domain have active Jam files How users can download their Jam files Using Google Slides as a Jamboard alternative Alternative #1: Figma (FigJam) 5 Reasons to Use FigJam This (..)

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2018

But another print-based technology—the copy machine—is disappearing from many academic libraries, as librarians swap the old dime-eating machines for multi-function devices that scan texts and send copies to students via email. We have multi-function machines just about everywhere,” Russell says—eight in the main library alone. “We

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 26, 2021

Good Documentation, Community Support and a Big Network of Python Libraries : There is no dearth of guides and video tutorials for those working with Python. Plus, Python has several libraries that help minimise one’s time and effort during development. –thank you to Ask a Tech Teacher contributor for this article.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 2, 2021

Article Libraries. More so, many organizations also provide article libraries to expand your learners’ programming knowledge. In addition, many of these articles are available for free online for learners of all ages. In addition, many of these articles are available for free online for learners of all ages.

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Educational Technology Guy

APRIL 9, 2015

Classroom Organizer is a free web based and mobile app that allows you to organize and manage your classroom library and school book room. With the mobile app, available for Android and iOS, you can scan book title ISBNs into your library, view your library, and manage your book locations. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

International Children’s Digital Library. Books are made available from a variety of sources including the Library of Congress. Open Library. Open Library is a curated list of over 20 million books (and growing) that are available worldwide to all age groups whether from the public domain or under copyright pro tections.

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