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Essential Guide to Digital Citizenship for CIPA and E-Rate

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What does E-rate have to do with digital citizenship? Through E-rate, your school or library can receive support to purchase communication services and other technological products. What services are eligible to receive discounts under E-rate? What are the educational requirements for compliance? What if I get audited?

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Celebrating School Library Month with Buncee and PebbleGo

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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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Teaching Online During COVID-19

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Check with your local broadband provider to see if they have free access programs. GetEpic –Digital library for kid’s books. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Ideas For Providing Internet Access At Home

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Now, “the biggest challenge is the at-home piece,” says Brent Legg, vice president for education programs at Connected Nation, a nonprofit committed to bringing high-speed Internet and broadband-enabled resources to all Americans.” Samsung, along with other companies, are working with districts across the U.S.

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Librarians at the Forefront of “Future Ready”

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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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Learning Revolution Free PD - Angela Maiers Tonight - LOTS of 2014 Global Education Conference Updates - Proposal Deadline, Keynotes, and Volunteering

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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. This virtual conference will be hosted in Adobe Connect and registration is free for librarians and leaders of libraries.

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State and District Leadership Discuss Digital Learning Opportunities

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Students can now have an entire library in their backpack, and this changes the dynamic for schools and students. The district has been recognized as a Digital Promise School District from the League of Innovative Schools, and has received an Apple Distinguished Program Award.