Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Museums and art galleries have adapted for their guests, who want to take pictures and videos and share their experiences. " However, there's still a question of whether smartphones and social media enhance or distract from the museum experience.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The metaverse itself can be described as a virtual setting that users are able to occupy synchronously, which facilitates meaningful social interactions. ’ The company saw the metaverse as the future of online social interactions and as the evolution of existing social media. appeared first on ViewSonic Library.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 23, 2024

Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Digital Magazine Step 1: Have a Pre-defined Goal Step 2: Pick a Theme Step 3: Choose the Right Digital Publishing Platform Step 4: Start Writing Articles Step 5: Get Creative with Graphics Step 6: Pick a Template Step 7: Design an Appealing Cover Step 8: Proofread and Finalize Your Content Step 9: Congratulations!

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2018

Two years ago when Erick Hanson migrated from history teacher to media specialist he had one big goal in mind: to make the library cool again. “If If kids weren't coming into the library to check out books because they need the information or they just want to read for leisure, where are they going instead?”

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Competitive video gaming has quickly risen to the ranks of “real sports” in many vital ways. This article will give you a step-by-step guide on starting a high school esports team and takes a look at how having a team will benefit your school and its students. Why watch other people play video games? at: [link].

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In addition, PowerPoint lessons with graphs and other visually-oriented materials such as videos are beneficial. Outside the classroom, students love to share their experiences on social media such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat. This often presents a challenge for them and their teachers.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Her article Reflecting on 2013 Through Social Media inspired me to reflect too. My Top Tweets of 2013 2013 Twitter video ? ? ? ? ? Again, inspired by Jenny''s article.) What did your year look like in social media, and what does your Omnibox autofill say about you? Google social media'

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

As I said in the first article, with so many things grabbing the attention of administrators, AI seems to be taking a back seat in the minds of many. Let me hear from you on social media or in the comments if you have some awesome examples to share! Generative AI Use Case #1: AI is built into social media.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

A recent article by Beth Holland for Edutopia reinforced many of my thoughts as of late on this topic. Groff’s history classes utilized Paperlet , a participatory technology platform where students created digital stories that incorporated various multimedia elements including video, sound, and image files.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

Visit the article her e. The New York City Department of Education has come a long way since 2012 when I took a risk and criticized the city's conservative approach to social media. It wasn't long after that I was brought on to help New York City schools embrace social media for teaching and learning.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Once your school district makes the commitment to have a digital library, the next step is for people to understand how they can stay engaged. In just one year of having a digital collection, checkouts from the district’s digital library increased by 184 percent. Don’t forget to involve teachers in the digital library.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 18, 2017

Apps bring technology, functionality, and creativity into your school library program. In “ Virtual Library Program Development ,” Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, New Canaan High School, CT, reviewed an A to Z list of 50 apps to virtualize your school library program. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 27, 2018

Flipgrid and Recap: Video Response and Reflection for Education are both great options for reimagining class discussions and formative assessment. While Flipgrid is focused on being a fun, social video-response platform, Recap is more of a multimedia response tool that allows for differentiation. Winner: Recap. Winner: Recap.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 13, 2019

“Access to an effective school library program is one example of information privilege. Providing good information resources and the skill to use them is both a social goal as well as an economic imperative, with fewer and fewer jobs for those without training and skills. The absence of access is one symptom of information poverty.”—

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2021

These same young teens were also less likely to say they talked about books or went to the library. Perhaps reading posts on social media and clicking on article links in Google searches are useful types of reading too. Positive attitudes about reading fell too. It’s a passive activity.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

This article is part of the guide What Reading Well Looks Like. Like it or not, smartphones and teens’ social media use aren’t going anywhere any time soon. These reactions, in retrospect, often end up being more about the disruption of social order than the inherent dangers of technology.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The library has over 2,000 individual products inside performance tasks. . Product display is also a great time to take pictures to share on social media and publicly celebrate learning with public displays and student-created bulletin boards. Prepare to Celebrate Products. A product of a project gives you evidence of learning.

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ViewSonic Education

APRIL 10, 2019

We explore these controversies in our article Is Esports a Sport? In 2018, the Pew Research Center reported that 97% of teen boys and 83% of teen girls played video games. Esports in schools can transport these kids from the solitary world of digital gaming into the common space of the school computer lab or library commons.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

When homework becomes an extension of that passion, it is a favorite choice instead of TV, video games, or social media. Assume that doing academic work at home is about extending the love of learning. It’s important to remember that many students love learning. — published first on TeachHUB. More on homework.

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EmergingEdTech

APRIL 25, 2023

This article briefly describes the changing picture of student engagement and offers some tips to address it. But there is a huge diversity of other factors and issues at play—a detailed assessment of which is certainly beyond the scope of this brief article. There is an overall sense of disconnection sifting throughout age groups.

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Some point to the clever, social media-friendly ad campaigns and marketing efforts of Juul in the early 2010s. The following video, discussion guide, and activity are designed to help students build these key media-literacy skills. ” Show the Vox video "How Juul made nicotine go viral."

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

If there is a makerspace in your school, it may be down the hall, in the library, or in another building. Final Reflection: Learners reflect on the process in a way that works best for them – blogs, photo essays, video recording, podcast, sketchnotes, illustrated ebook. Video Game Design with Elementary Learners.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 27, 2019

While our students need help coping with the emotional trauma and fear caused by news of these shootings, it can also be helpful to move beyond coping to thinking and acting -- especially about how the media covers these shootings. " Show the Retro Report video " Columbine at 20: Media Attention and Copycat Killers.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Please support my ability to hold these kinds of events by considering the purchase of the all-access Summit "library" pass. Buy the Summit all-access library pass HERE and you can watch the all the recordings any time you like. If you buy the pass by the end of the day today, you'll save $50, since the price goes up tomorrow.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

For Scholastic, Robb has completed several best sellers including the first and second editions of Teaching Reading in Middle School , Differentiating Reading Instruction , Teaching Reading in Social Studies, Science, and Math , and her newest, Unlocking Complex Texts. She writes articles for education journals and blogs.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

And tomorrow is the last day to purchase the all-access Summit "library" pass at $99, allowing you to be able to watch any of the 300 talks and interviews on your own time and forever. Purchase the all-access pass and you can give one copy of the all-access Summit library pass to someone else as a gift.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Organized by the New York Academy of Medicine Library, #ColorOurCollections returns next week. The social media campaign raised awareness of these collections by sharing color sheets and books based on content in these special collections on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, using the hashtags #ColorOurCollections, and #ColourOurCollections.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 25, 2022

Listen to this article. . In year two of the pandemic, Jen’s district shut down all of the libraries within the district and began a virtual school. This current school year is working as a hybrid model allowing Jen to be back in the library again supporting in any way possible. Remote Learning Advice for Teachers.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 24, 2016

However, we know that kids read on their devices all the time -- whether to check their social media feeds, look up a random fact on Wikipedia, or keep up with text messages from friends. Parents can help kids find a good read from the library or bookstore to download onto their devices. BiblioNasium. Read full review.

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edWeb.net

JULY 18, 2017

In “ Summer Reading 501: Helping Generation App Read This Summer ,” Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, New Canaan High School, CT; and Jane Lofton, Teacher Librarian, presented creative ideas to get students excited about summer reading. During a read aloud, teachers can sign up to read a book of their choice at the public library.

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The Principal of Change

JUNE 18, 2017

As my first form of business, I think that the library should go. This was an interesting comment in the article: “One student’s phone was found, they lost it and had put it in the office, and it had buzzed, he said it buzzed in one hour, forty times with SnapChat messages,” said Thissen.

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The Daring Librarian

MAY 5, 2010

The Library in Your Pocket: Mobile Trends for Libraries View more presentations from Meredith Farkas. Information Wants To Be Free Website The above slideshare preso is from a talk for Western New York Library Resources Council’s "Gadgets and Gear: A Tech Gathering" - May 7, 2010 And it BLEW me AWAY! Mobile Libraries!

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ASIDE

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Ask students to participate through social media using the hashtags #StandUp4HumanRights and #RightsOutLoud on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Read it online or download the PDF for your classroom library. TED educational videos are our go-to for many topics. This video is perfect for any age.

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The Daring Librarian

DECEMBER 24, 2017

A couple weeks ago the On Our Mind blog by Scholastic shared an article featuring 15 Librarians to Follow on Instagram. While reading this article, I discovered several new Librarians to follow- which is always exciting! Her unboxing videos were a revelation to me! playing @spotitgame in the Library Media Center!

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EdTechTeam

MAY 19, 2017

As I met with my students, many who volunteered to come in at recess, we reworked our classroom library and opened up new areas for the students to work. Visited several local libraries and InfOhio : I tapped into these resources which gave me over 300 books, magazines, and articles at various reading and interest levels.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 26, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Library 2.014 - October 8th + 9th. We are gearing up for another amazing year of the Library 2.014 Conference.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

Instead of focusing only on screen time, this article will cover how teachers and students can use devices and consume media in more deliberate and mindful ways -- what Common Sense calls "media balance." As teachers today, we have so much digital media and so many digital tools at our disposal.

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