The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Today's three guests are expert authors of the newly released The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education. From budgets to banking to credit and savings, choose a topic and use it in your classroom with EVERFI’s free financial literacy lesson plans. Is it helpful? Should it be welcomed in schools?

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 21, 2023

In order to help you encourage families to read at home, I am sharing with you reading challenges, reading adventures, and ways for families to receive free books. Free Family Newsletter Template Send families a summer newsletter filled with information, resources, and tips. Choose Use Template then edit as you need.

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eSchool News

JULY 4, 2023

Key points: Audiobooks are popular, but print still commands a majority of the audience A balance of both offers students increased accessibility See related article: 5 long-term benefits of our online literacy programs My 2023 #BritReads book tally experienced a massive slowdown in April when my husband and I welcomed Holden Lane to the world.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Databases are essential for helping middle and high school students understand the value of research, appreciate the importance of validating sources, and make connections between different topics — all of which are necessary for building information literacy skills. Library databases are also powerful tools for educators.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Previously , I wrote about the tension surrounding book choice in schools from four main parties: parents, teachers, students, and admin. Guiding students in book choices is not an administrator’s role, as I understand it; we trust the mentors directly speaking into students’ lives for that. Maybe you’re angry about book bans.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2024

Across the country, state legislatures have passed bills to ban “age-inappropriate” books from schools, in many cases subjecting teachers and school librarians to criminal charges for possession of such books. Having books by, about and for LGBTQ+ students, she said, “does not mean we are out there promoting it.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2024

Burnsville, MN – Mackin , a leading provider of print and digital fiction and nonfiction books for PK-12, is pleased to announce it is a multiyear honoree and winner of its eighth Platinum Award in LibraryWorks’ tenth annual Modern Library Awards (MLAs). For more information, visit www.mackin.com or call 800-245-9540.

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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. Classroom Checkout –a fee-based app that catalogues books, manages student checkouts, and keeps track of books.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Book Creator for Chrome. Previously on the 10-Minute Teacher, guests have mentioned Book Creator as one of their top apps for the iPad. Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web browser. Make books, send the link to parents and even include audio and video. This is great news!

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 21, 2023

In order to help you encourage families to read at home, I am sharing with you reading challenges, reading adventures, and ways for families to receive free books. Free Family Newsletter Template Send families a summer newsletter filled with information, resources, and tips. Choose Use Template then edit as you need.

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2023

The license includes world rights for print and digital books, with ISTE providing supplemental resources supported by the ISTE Standards, a framework for using technology to support learning. Preview an advance copy of the book at: bit.ly/SoniasDigitalWorldARC. SoniasDigitalWorldARC.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Access to an effective school library program is one example of information privilege. The absence of access is one symptom of information poverty. Beyond access to a robust and effective library program, some students come to school with knapsacks fully packed. See School Librarian, Where Art Thou? ).

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NeverEndingSearch

MAY 14, 2020

And it is clear that the library must be the center of that experience. Currently, one very popular strategy is the creation of classroom scenes using Google Slides populated with their flexible Bitmojis. But, first, a little background: I’ve been playing around with building virtual school libraries for a very long time.

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Waterford

MAY 12, 2020

For more in-depth information, check out our full Waterford.org Foundations and Grants Guide 2020. There you’ll find a deeper dive, including information on types of funding available, how to find grants, and tips on preparing your applications. You can download our guide here. You can download our guide here.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

We provide children with a wide range of intriguing books, which increase in level alongside them as they increase in age. But what choices does he have for books that he is able to read? The books written at a third-grade level are for third graders! But the books with topics and characters intended for teenagers are too hard.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2021

The Second Collection in the Rising Voices Library® Series Features Powerful Messages from Industry Mentors to Shatter Misconceptions About Girls as Future Leaders in Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math . Learn more about the Scholastic Rising Voices Library series: www.scholastic.com/risingvoicessteam. .

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 24, 2023

Library 2.0's s ChatGPT Bootcamp for Libraries and Librarians: Harnessing the Power of ChatGPT in Library Services, with Steve Hargadon 3 x 1-hour live online sessions with non-expiring access to recordings OVERVIEW : Discover the transformative potential of ChatGPT for the modern library in this three-session bootcamp.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

School libraries should be places where students can learn independently and think creatively outside the traditional classroom. Instead, spaces once reserved for quiet contemplation of books will now be transformed into disciplinary spaces for troubled students. A library and supportive librarian would benefit them more.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Burnsville, MN – Mackin , a leading provider of print and digital fiction and nonfiction books for PK-12, is pleased to announce it is a multiyear honoree, winning another Platinum Award in LibraryWorks’ ninth annual Modern Library Awards (MLAs). The MLAs were created to recognize the top products and services in the library industry.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 12, 2023

For avid readers, book lovers, and lifelong learners, finding that next great read is always a delightful challenge. Book Recommendation Websites As someone passionate about reading and sharing book recommendations, exploring various book recommendation websites can be a great way to discover new titles and authors.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

When former National School Library Program of the Year librarian Marge Cox retired, she began volunteering at Youth Haven, a shelter designed to help abused and neglected children and teens in Southwest Florida. “I They had boxes of books that had been donated to them and wanted to create a library. Their voice is elevated.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 6, 2024

When it comes to distributing eBooks and printed books, there are several platforms that offer a range of services for authors and publishers. Best eBook Hosting Platforms to Explore in 2024 KITABOO Lulu IngramSpark Blurb Draft2Digital Google Play Books Amazon KDP Barnes & Noble Press II.

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Digital Promise

MAY 25, 2017

The Digital Promise maker learning team spent some time in Greer, South Carolina this winter observing and filming the Riverside Middle School Library Club students as they worked to design solutions to problems they identified in their community. We are excited to share their story as the second in our series of Maker Promise videos.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2023

It’s easier than you think to begin using Minecraft Education in your classroom. When kids use Minecraft in the classroom, they’re so engrossed in what they’re doing that they forget they’re actually learning,” Brooks said. The main thing is that you are not required to be the smartest person in your classroom,” Brooks said.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

This new feature allows educators to reserve and bundle digital books from their school’s Sora collection, offering exclusive access for select students based on specific scenarios. This provides us with so many options to filter content to meet specific district, classroom and learning needs.”. Learn more about Content Bundles.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

These frustrations can snowball, transforming books from magical escapes into mountains to climb. And now with YouTube or Minecraft just a tap away, books have the odds stacked against them. All of this is to say: digital library apps need to be really, really good. also recommends books by age as well as interest.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2020

Whether the 2020-21 school year is starting in the classroom or remotely, Follett is ensuring elementary and middle school students won’t be missing out on one of their favorite back-to-school traditions: the book fair. I chose a Follett Book eFair because it seemed so easy,” said Shawn Crist, media assistant at James E.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In Port Orford, Oregon, it’s a quick walk from the elementary and middle school building to the town library—the two buildings are right down the street from each other. In fact, the town library and school are linked by more than geography, since the school district’s two libraries became part of the Port Orford library system in 2017.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 27, 2021

How Schools Can Respond To The Age Of Information. The information used to be here, and there, and over there. Now it’s moving, from a singular there, to a plural everywhere –very much a new age of information and information access. Information Sources. by Terry Heick. See also The Definition Of Good Work.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2019

In her 2018 bestseller “ The Library Book ,” author Susan Orlean uses the history of a fire that destroyed parts of the Los Angeles Public Library in 1986 to explore transformations that libraries and librarians have undergone over the last hundred years.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2023

. – The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) partnered with Scholastic to help them develop “ Rising Voices: Elevating Latino Stories ,” a new collection of books for grades K-5 which showcases positive images of Latino protagonists.

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Buncee

MARCH 29, 2022

April is School Library Month and it brings an opportunity to highlight the work done and impact made by librarians and media specialists. First sponsored in 1958 by the American Library Association (ALA), it originally got its start after the creation of the National Book Committee, a non-profit organization in 1954.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2023

It’s easier than you think to begin using Minecraft Education in your classroom. When kids use Minecraft in the classroom, they’re so engrossed in what they’re doing that they forget they’re actually learning,” Brooks said. The main thing is that you are not required to be the smartest person in your classroom,” Brooks said.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 14, 2024

Our first Library 2.024 mini-conference: " AI and Libraries: Applications, Implications, and Possibilities ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, March 21st, 2024, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: How has artificial intelligence impacted library services, resources, and work so far?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 29, 2024

These tools are: Book Finder Book Summarizer Library Programming Assistant LOC Authority Record Finder Talk to a Book Search Query Optimizer ESL Reading Passage Creator We'd love your feedback--there's a link on the page to give it. Summaries from summarize.tech - detailed version at [link].

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Fractus Learning

MAY 1, 2022

Save time and effort with these classroom organization ideas. We’ve included organization hacks and tips for every day of the school week, suggestions to quickly put things away, keep the classroom organized, store learner materials, teaching resources, and more. Favorite Classroom Organization Ideas For An Organized Classroom.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Some have publicly proclaimed the steps they will take to create anti-racist schools , including diversifying classroom and library bookshelves. That task may be easier than ever, thanks to six years of advocacy by the We Need Diverse Books campaign. Picture books: Hands Up! That needs to be a goal,” said Michelle H.

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