The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 23, 2021

Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. We already have over 1,000 people registered for this event, and our mini-conferences almost always reache over 5,000 by the start date! The call for proposals is now open (see below).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2021

Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. Please also join this Library 2.0

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2022

-Alan Miller, founder and outgoing CEO of the News Literacy Project In 2008, when Miller started the News Literacy Project following a visit to his daughter’s sixth grade class, he thought news literacy would be an important skill for students and educators in the age of burgeoning social media and smartphones.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2020

In an online press conference May 27, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said that while the state has worked with companies and foundations to distribute more than a 100,000 hotspots and 21,000 computers, “there’s a gap in supply.” On the other side of the country, an estimated 1.2

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 25, 2022

It seems that many teachers have begun using more digital tools in their in-person instruction as well. Jen shares how she feels that teachers are utilizing digital tools in a way that now goes beyond substituting paper for computer. . Jen also shares how the digital divide has become more apparent. About Jen Giffen.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

These cells could also be used at professional development and conferences for back channeling and discussions. With Celly, cell phones have the potential to bridge the gap between the home, school, and social media world.” Plus, all members choose to opt-in, or out, of each mobile social network. ? Check it out.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 28, 2013

LTT2013 was one of two conferences I was invited to speak at this week. The Librarian's Information Literacies Annual Conference was well attended, and just as lively in its dialogue throughout the three days it ran. I made my way up to Glasgow after speaking at #LILAC13 in Manchester.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

At the San Francisco Public Library, family engagement specialist Christina Mitra has invested heavily in developing deep lines of digital communication with families through a targeted newsletter and their social media channels. At the American Library Association’s virtual conference in June, executive director Tracie D.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 12, 2016

The image presented here was ironic, appearing as it did on the door to the main venue of the conference, but as several pointed out, the device in the image is a reference to a bygone age when mobile phones were primitive. Here is my summary of seven of the themes and challenges raised during the conference.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 5, 2016

These highly confident teachers also believe that their students are significantly better prepared to use technology for everything from independent research to collaboration on schoolwork via social media.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

The app was only one piece of Youth Radio’s election coverage, which included real-time social media posts and interviews. Sometimes called “slacktivism” or “clicktivism,” critics point out that sharing on social media might make it too easy to commit to a cause without actually devoting any time or resources to it.

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Learning with 'e's

JULY 29, 2011

Some would suspect this is a reference to the digital divide, the haves and have nots in our society. The subject of my closing keynote at this weekend's free to attend Reform Symposium online global conference will be 'The Future of Learning'. This is a well used quote, but what did be mean by this?

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 2, 2020

As a result of the CoronaVirus Pandemic, we were faced with the choice of canceling our large yearly conference, or figuring out how to do a virtual conference. We opted for a virtual conference and decided to use Microsoft Teams and YouTube Live for our platform. Participants didn’t need a conference to access workshops.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 2, 2012

indicate the trends away from traditional repository approaches to a more distributed range of digital services for staff and students, with particular emphasis on the tools students are already familiar with - Web 2.0 social media. 2010) Why we still need libraries in the digital age. References Clarek, I. Akerman, R.,

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Booking Info – Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Welcome to the Future!

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2022

Monitoring student activity online has become a hot button issue for districts, schools and parents alike in the digital age, where information is often shared freely and copiously via email, social media and other channels.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Dont Hate the Hashtag: a Social Media Revolution for Librarians View more presentations from gwyneth jones. She rocked it at the pre-conference! A new digital divide going on: - Those who know how to “think” about search vs. those don’t. Dear CASL family of school librarians, Thank you so much for your time today!

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

When I got connected on social media, my lens grew and I became aware of more organizations, as well as some of their supporting tools and resources. The organization represents over 10 million students in school districts nationwide and provides various toolkits on topics such as digital equity, infrastructure, and privacy.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

The partnership aims to bridge the digital divide in Pittsburg by offering parents refurbished computers free of charge. Tagged on: March 16, 2017 CUE brings 7,000 teachers to Palm Springs | The Desert Sun → One of the larger state/regional edtech conferences targeted to educators.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Both these e-learning conferences, along with her other events related to education, gather together thousands of people annually to exchange ideas and make schools across the world a better place for teaching and learning. Rafranz Davis.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 12, 2022

Our second Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Urban Librarianship: Embracing Challenges and Opportunities through Innovation, Leadership, and Best Practices ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, July 14th, 2022, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. As always, we are up to the challenge. This Library 2.0 and at the Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 7, 2022

Our second Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Urban Librarianship: Embracing Challenges and Opportunities through Innovation, Leadership, and Best Practices ," will be held online (and for free) next week on Thursday, July 14th, 2022, from 12:00 - 3:00 US Pacific Time. The individual conference sessions are listed below. This Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2022

Our second Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Urban Librarianship: Embracing Challenges and Opportunities through Innovation, Leadership, and Best Practices ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, July 14th, 2022. Participants are encouraged to use #library2022 and #urbanlibrarianship on their social media posts about the event.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 16, 2023

The district gathers information and feedback through surveys, posts social media messages and information on its website, produces a newsletter, and uses Let’s Talk, an app that facilitates parent questions answered by district leaders and department heads who respond and further staff-researched to provide additional information to the community.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 21, 2022

Our second Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Urban Librarianship: Embracing Challenges and Opportunities through Innovation, Leadership, and Best Practices ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, July 14th, 2022. Participants are encouraged to use #library2022 and #urbanlibrarianship on their social media posts about the event.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 17, 2022

Our second Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Urban Librarianship: Embracing Challenges and Opportunities through Innovation, Leadership, and Best Practices ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, July 14th, 2022. Participants are encouraged to use #library2022 and #urbanlibrarianship on their social media posts about the event.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.”

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