NeverEndingSearch

MAY 14, 2020

And it is clear that the library must be the center of that experience. But, first, a little background: I’ve been playing around with building virtual school libraries for a very long time. I thought quite a bit about how important this virtual presence was to me over the course of 25 years. website evolution.

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The Thinking Stick

MARCH 6, 2023

Often the cliche ‘the library is the heart of the school’ is heard in literacy circles…but what does it mean to listen to a library’s heartbeat? On the podcast this week we hear directly from award-winning librarian Karina Quilantán about the journey she’s explored in telling the story of her library.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Students who take online college courses may not realize it, but they are the beneficiaries of a special bill of rights. Libraries are really, really good at collaborating,” says Karen Munro, president of the Association of College & Research Libraries. “I

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Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2021

Library closures hit patrons hard—especially those who relied on them as their main internet source and used them to access online educational resources. Libraries Close, Internet Access Ends There have been several studies about how the lack of fast home broadband has hurt kids’ access to online learning during school closures.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 9, 2018

The importance of media literacy cannot be understated. Nor can the value of social media as a teaching, learning, and publishing tool. Two principles inform why I engage with my students around social media: Digital literacy doesn’t just naturally develop any more than print literacy does, and.

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Hapara

MAY 23, 2022

Many of us remember heading to the library to gather books and printed articles for our school projects. Libraries, of course, still hold a wealth of information, but now learners can go beyond the library walls. Across subjects, educators can add online research into class activities, homework, essays and projects.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 17, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Librarian Karen Scott challenges us with some non-traditional practices to get kids interested in reading including organizing her library by genre and using social media and graphics to inspire a love of reading.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 16, 2022

This blog post will give some recommendations about what you need to do to feel rejuvenated and point to some courses that will help you do that. Advancement Courses sponsored this blog post. Take a Social Media. For those teachers who need professional development and CEUs this summer, you want your PD to replenish you.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Online learning has become not only a common alternative to physical classes, but a well-regarded change maker in the education ecosystem. That doesn’t happen in online courses. Neither of these is a good solution and they certainly aren’t where the education ecosystem is headed. Communicate With Social Media.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 6, 2023

Now that it’s been a few months, I’m like, ‘Well, yes, of course, AI generates anything.’" - Karen X. I have been using AI in one form or another since I began making art on computers in the 1990s. I only truly started using image-generating AI tools around 2020.

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ViewSonic Education

OCTOBER 6, 2023

From grade school to higher education, Smart Classrooms have become a mainstay of the modern educational environment. For the uninitiated, Smart Classrooms are digitally equipped learning spaces that come tailored with an array of teaching and educational resources, most of which are dependent on some form of digital technology.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Our third Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Libraries and Privacy: Critical Issues for Information Professionals ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 13th, 2022, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Please also join this Library 2.0 Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2022

In May, the homework-help site that relies on student-generated content, Course Hero, dipped its toes into freely available, openly licensed alternatives known as Open Educational Resources, or OER, course materials. When educators stumbled onto the fact that hosting had changed hands, it provoked a backlash.

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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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Neo LMS

JANUARY 17, 2017

But this is felt when I opened a virtual library of online courses. Enrolling and paying for an online course is a little bit more challenging than deciding which snow cone to choose. Things to know before paying for online courses. How did you come across the idea of an online course? Just be true to yourself.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2020

The lesson featured two art historians, a microbiologist, a writing specialist, the library director and me, a historian in sports studies. That’s how the idea for a multi-faculty, interdisciplinary summer course for first-year students emerged. We created this course to help make that a reality.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The education sector has undergone significant changes in the last decade. By incorporating technology into K-12 education model, institutes are aiming to improve the teaching and learning processes in schools and universities. Let us have a look at top 7 innovations in K-12 education: 1.

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The Jose Vilson

APRIL 5, 2024

Of course, when mainstream media asks him questions under their terms, he turns to cellophane, but that’s another layer to this conversation. Time and again, the same set of ghouls lay out the playbook through their social media platforms and articles. Critical race theory is about you, too. Not necessarily.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The governor has accused school libraries of carrying pornography and demanded a review of their stacks. Now entering the fray is a cavalry of librarians, who are taking to social media in opposition of what they say is an attack on their professionalism—and on student access to diverse books. In October, Texas Rep.

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edWeb.net

MAY 3, 2017

edWeb is so excited to congratulate Michelle Luhtala, department chair at New Canaan High School Library in Connecticut, for being selected as a 2017 AASL Social Media Superstars winner ! I’m the founder of edWeb.net and had just started our social network for educators.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 19, 2023

Now that it’s been a few months, I’m like, ‘Well, yes, of course, AI generates anything.’" - Karen X. I have been using AI in one form or another since I began making art on computers in the 1990s. I only truly started using image-generating AI tools around 2020.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2023

The 2023 TCEA Convention & Exposition is almost here, and with the conference comes the opportunity for educators to connect in person and share insights and innovations around teaching and learning. And it’s the kind of learning that will change the story of education.” It’s not too late to register! Get started here.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2023

While reading out loud and building a love of literacy is still a foundational part of their job in a school, school librarians wear many, many hats and touch many lives in the course of a day’s work. Customer service rep here at Follett, Suzanne Florek, says, “Of course, I have my favorite librarians I talk to!

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 25, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Educators are the best! So, yesterday I asked educators on “X” (the new rebranded, Twitter, I guess) to share where they are learning about AI. Check out @MyEdTechLife podcasts, all summer hot has interviewed educators using AI.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

And of course, using the latest tech helps prep students for the future in a variety of ways. Read on for the top 5 advantages to technology in the classroom or visit our education solutions page for more insights on EdTech. It’s faster and easier, of course, but it’s not that effective. Benefit #3: Encourages Collaboration.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 29, 2018

I regularly share free web tools, resources, and tips on ESL Library to help teachers find great resources to use with their learners. If you enjoy these tips, then check out my Fully Accredited online course (In-Service and Graduate course options), Methodologies and Best Practices for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 14, 2018

This is a chart of best practices for developing learners’ reading skills that I created for my upcoming online course, Methodologies for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. You can usually find free books at thrift stores or libraries or ask for donations from the community. More Tips and Resources.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2024

From interactive simulations to online databases of primary sources, these tools offer educators a wide array of resources to enrich their curriculum and foster student learning. Social studies education serves as the cornerstone for cultivating informed and engaged citizens capable of understanding the complexities of the world around them.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Our third Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Libraries and Privacy: Critical Issues for Information Professionals ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 13th, 2022, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Please also join this Library 2.0 Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0

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Neo LMS

MARCH 26, 2019

In an age of digital formats, quick texts (and the associated degradation of spelling and grammar), online content, blogs and posts, many in the education, publishing and library sectors — as well as broader cultural institutions — are wondering and worrying about the future of literature. in their lists. NEA, Reading at Risk , 2002.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

To them, loving and teaching our youth was a great honor despite the devaluation educators often experience. As an educator, I work within and around systems that are designed to lock out historically marginalized communities; this is why I lead and educate through a DEI lens. Who gets to decide what books go into the library?

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 21, 2018

With web tools, students can layout their writings, pick from hundreds of cool fonts, and add their own images or choose from a library of stock images. Below I’ve listed some free educational web tools for creating a class ezine. Students can add stock images from their library.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JANUARY 3, 2019

You can read more about student vision boards in my book, The 30 Goals Challenge for Educators: Small Steps to Transform Your Teaching. If you like these ideas, take one of my courses or check out my books. Canva – web tool and iPad app with a free library of stock images, stickers, and graphics.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

A version of this post was originally published in ICT & Computing in Education , on January 18, 2019. Even though many people accuse the education system of being stuck in the past and resistant to change, it advances nonetheless. The modern classroom is equipped with all sorts of educational technologies.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

He’s won a national teacher-of-the-year award and his viral videos about education earned him praise from Wired magazine. But it also emerged from what he calls a “dark time” at his university, when budget cuts seemed certain to reduce the number of professors in his department, thus restricting the courses it could offer.

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The Daring Librarian

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

I’ve been sharing on social media professionally for eight years now, and I have to admit, it can be kinda tricky. As educators, I passionately believe we should use social media to push the positive, celebrate student successes, share resources with our colleagues, and connect with parents and the community.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 30, 2019

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