Digital Promise

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Digital Promise and Learning Heroes have teamed up for a special blog series that explores how teachers and families can use technology to work together and facilitate learning for students of all ages. Ask your local library about access to free digital or audio books. This will help your child with communication skills and reading.

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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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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 19, 2016

In a previous blog post titled “ Create Small Learning Communities with the Station Rotation Model ,” I described many of the reasons I use the Station Rotation Model in my secondary classroom. StudySync has a huge digital library of media and texts ranging from historic speeches to poetry to excerpts from novels.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2023

Foster Collaboration Reflecting on Chicago Public Schools' Skyline project, a universal preK-12 digital curriculum, Kara Thorstenson , director of digital learning and libraries for Chicago Public Schools, emphasized the significance of assembling the right team from various departments.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 30, 2020

Substitution allows colleges and even secondary schools to reach students who have been excluded by distance. Students who are unable to access the internet from home may have the opportunity to reach online class resources from a local library or from a computer at school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Compare this to the old school way of doing research: spending hours in a large library and slowly filling out flash cards. Much of the information we gather comes from secondary sources. In addition, Jefferson had a 10,000-book library. She enjoys blogging and helping others.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2023

About Gale Community For Educators Gale Community For Educators is an online community designed for K-12 educators, with an emphasis on secondary education. The company currently serves the K-12, higher education, professional, library, English language teaching and workforce training markets worldwide.

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Digital Promise

MAY 20, 2020

When schools in Ontario’s Grand Erie District School Board shut down for three weeks before beginning remote learning, Lynn Thomas, an English teacher at Dunnville Secondary School, wanted something to focus on during the time off. Micro-credentials support educators’ continuous, on-demand learning. Start earning micro-credentials.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 13, 2019

“Access to an effective school library program is one example of information privilege. As I reflect on this challenge, I see three areas where public education can focus: Keep school libraries well-staffed. Public library access should be part of all students’ public school experiences.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 6, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Artificial Intelligence in schools should present educators, parents, and policymakers with many concerns but there are also opportunities. Pat Yongpradit, in his role with Code.org is also working with the TeachAI initiative. initiative.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Stories written by students can be used as prompts for open discussion in class, or if you have a class blog or website, you can share them online for others to read and interact with. Assuming the role of journalists will help students practice first-hand the concept of framing and hone in their writing and editing skills.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 22, 2023

Science posters for classroom is the topic of our blog post today! In this blog post, we’ll explore some of the best science posters available on Amazon designed specifically for educational settings. Helping Secondary School Teachers Make Better Use of Audio-Visual Aids. Journal of Education and Practice. 6(19), 226-234.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2017

Summer PD: The Tech-infused Teacher is for credentialed and non-credentialed K-12 teachers, tech teachers/integration specialists, library media specialists, and pre-service professionals. a Tagxedo or Voki) into their blogs, as well as screencasts and screenshots where these are appropriate. Also, teachers will embed web tools (i.e.,

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Neo LMS

MARCH 19, 2019

For example, in a survey investigating the impact of collaboration in the learning of secondary school Statistics, one school found out that students had a 11.8% In addition, files won’t get lost in Facebook chats or Whatsapp messages since everything gets stored in the LMS library and can be retrieved in an instant.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Bitsize is the BBC’s collection of free short videos and lessons (they’re all bite-sized) on over fifty subjects taught in Primary or Secondary education. C-Span video library. It has become the largest STEM video library of its kind. Videos are free when low-resolution and are watermarked. History Channel.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 2, 2023

During the edLeader Panel, “ Utilizing ESSER Funding to Implement PBL + STEM Initiatives ,” a panel of educational peers engaged in a lively discussion about how to best invest funding from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) in high-impact project-based learning (PBL) and STEM initiatives across the nation.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Another team created their own game testing protocol and got feedback from a local game library. HP Teaching Fellows, part of HP and Microsoft’s Reinvent the Classroom initiative, supports innovative elementary and secondary school teachers demonstrating powerful teaching and learning with technology. Interested in learning more?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

This post originally appeared on the Christensen Institute’s blog and is reposted here with permission. These two challenges are at the heart of why one-room schoolhouses were replaced by age-graded elementary schools and subject-specialist secondary schools.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

While Google Classroom and its accompanying suite of tools is immensely popular in education -- especially at the secondary level -- Seesaw is a fast-growing and user-friendly digital platform for teachers to assign work, engage with students, and provide feedback, among other classroom activities. Activities library: Just as Kahoot!

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EdNews Daily

APRIL 22, 2017

In addition to federal support, other STEM education programs such as 21st-Century Community Learning Centers (in partnership with NASA and the National Park Services) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services attempt to reach students in urban schools. However, it is not an easy task. Latinos in STEM Education.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 9, 2022

Blog post by Robert Low based on this edLeader Panel. The pandemic-driven shift to a new paradigm, in which most students have computers and are comfortable using them, can result in greater access to primary and secondary sources that become a focus of learning, rather than just having the teacher provide information.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 16, 2022

Coach / Library Media Specialist Relationship. The Library Media Specialist / Coach Relationship. In the world of Instructional Coaching, the one relationship that is mostly the strongest in a school building is the one between the Instructional Coach and the Library Media Specialist (LMS). Coach / Central Office Relationship.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 1, 2016

Find life balance and get your weekends back From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. They get an email when new content is added to the membership library. There is a group for elementary (K-5) and one for secondary. This year, I started hearing about this amazing new program.

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Buncee

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

I prefer to use it instead of a computer because I have easier access to the tablet than the library computers. I downloaded the app when I received my school iPad from our Library Media Specialist ( @DebZemanLMS ), after seeing it on Self Service, an app store used in our district to make sure we download apps for education purposes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Julie Hembree on episode 233 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Prior to landing her librarian dream job, she was both a secondary and primary classroom teacher. Bulldog Reader Blog [link]. Blog: Bulldog Reader Blog. But that’s not all.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, more commonly known as E-rate, is a federal program through which schools and libraries can apply for funds to purchase hardware, internet access, and telecommunications to connect their students to learning opportunities. What if I get audited? What is E-rate?

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NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 16, 2016

I’d venture to say that most of us could stand to learn a little more about ESSA and its potential for school libraries and the communities we serve. Deb’s presentation ESSA: Every Student Succeeds Act: Implications for School Library Programs , shares critical background on the ESSA reauthorization and a plan for moving forward.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 9, 2019

As part of the Reinvent the Classroom initiative, a collaboration between Digital Promise, HP, Microsoft, and Intel, Digital Promise is supporting innovative elementary and secondary school teachers through the HP Teaching Fellows. Library Media Specialist, Suffield Middle School, Suffield, CT. Practicing Reflection.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 12, 2021

She graduated from Florida State University and received a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of South Florida. In 2018, CatchOn joined forces with ENA, a leading provider of comprehensive technology solutions to education institutions and libraries across the nation. Kevin Lewis Sr. Kevin Lewis Sr.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 30, 2018

Mark Ray is Director of Innovation and Library Services for Vancouver (WA) Public Schools and Future Ready Librarians Lead at the Alliance for Excellent Education. In addition to blogs, he has also written for School Administrator , eSchool News , and School Library Journal. About the Host. Christina Luke, Ph.D.

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EdTechSandyK

OCTOBER 14, 2013

I was able to learn the app very quickly this weekend in preparation for introducing it to secondary fine arts teachers from my school district this morning. This is the procedure I used to add the Gami above to this blog post. The video below is only the third Gami (the app maker''s term for a finished product) which I have created.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Eisenhower Library and Museum. Part of our time together was spent talking about non-traditional primary and secondary sources. There were some interesting conversations around primary vs. secondary sources and what really makes a virtual reality tour a primary source. Maybe your scene descriptions provide hints to the location.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Michelle Luhtala , Department Chair of the New Canaan, CT, High School Library and a 2015 Library Journal Mover & Shaker , is a leader in helping teacher-librarians all around the country to become Future Ready. She is the winner of the 2011 “I Love My Librarian” Award and the Library Association’s 2010 Outstanding Librarian Award.

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The Daring Librarian

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

From Joyce Valenza, on the NeverEndingSearch Blog: New Book Video Trailer Awards! "On On September 27th, School Library Journal will ask readers to vote for the best video trailers that promote books and encourage reading. contest Diane Cordell iMovie joyce valenza School Library Journal video book awards' Start nominating!

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The Daring Librarian

JULY 20, 2018

Recently, I spent so much time answering, linking to past posts, and giving paragraphs and paragraphs of advice I thought - This would be a good blog post! Some of these topics, I've blogged about before. This blog post is broken up into 9 topics -- feel free to skip around with abandon! But, I always try to answer and help.

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edWeb.net

JULY 10, 2018

How big is their library of single sign-on applications? Kimber has been a classroom teacher, technology resource teacher, and is now the instructional technology coach for secondary schools for the School District of Pickens County. How strong is the company’s K-12 track record? She earned a B.S.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund follows the same formula as Title I, so it can be used to help bridge the digital divide for students from low-income families. There should also be outreach to new partners such as libraries and local city councils in an effort to obtain resources and other support.

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