Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 29, 2015

Many of the comic creation tools are easy to use and allow learners to choose from a library of characters, props, scenes, and templates. Best one in my opinion that allows adding your own images along with their library of characters, backdrops, and more. Embed in a blog or wiki. Frames set and students can fill in the story.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

This is a continuation from yesterday''s post on changing roles , disruptive innovation and the survival of higher education. One of the most popular and easy to use tools in the wiki – a shared website which anyone can edit. We therefore designed a number of activities for the wiki. Changing Times It is now time to take stock.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

In today’s K-12 education ecosystem, most classroom management tools have moved online. The first ‘lite’ option that most educators think of is Google Classroom. It’s easy to use, accessible from all devices, collaborative, and integrates with lots of education apps. Designed by Freepik.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MARCH 29, 2016

Many comic creation tools are free, easy to use and allow learners to choose from a library of characters, props, scenes, speech bubbles, and templates. Students add their own images or can choose from their library of characters, backdrops, and speech bubbles. Embed in a blog or wiki. Students can draw in the comic.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. We’d also check out the historical photos of Texas, Mexico, and Teddy Roosevelt from Southern Methodist University and the World War II advertisements and posters from the Library Company of Philadelphia.

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The Daring Librarian

DECEMBER 11, 2010

On the back of my Sephora catalog, windows of shops, and in my library! QR Codes in the Classroom - and the Library! QR codes can also be used to conduct a treasure hunt of information in the school library. and the Apple Educator price was.wait for it.$229! QR Codes are popping up everywhere! Shopping ALERT!

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Two elements from my training as educator lead me to really embrace this topic: Background in Experiential Education. ” ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiential_learning ). The maker movement and maker education are becoming very popular in school and after school settings, libraries, and community centers.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2016

Excitement about school makerspaces has been in the air, but many educators eager to create hands-on learning spaces in their schools still aren’t sure how to get started or why it’s worth the effort. Luhtala is blessed with a big library, but for most of her career it has been dominated by large bookshelves. GETTING RID OF BOOKS.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 23, 2014

There are a lot of course management tools available for educators, including Blackboard and PowerSchool, that allow educators to do attendance, grading, post and organize resources and lessons, and interact with students. There is a resource library with videos, web sites, wiki’s and more. Many of them cost money.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Jordan Teacher representative of WE, the Caucus of Working Educators, Jessica Way Former Philadelphia school librarian and leader in APPS, the Alliance for Philadelphia Public Schools, Debbie Grill Masterman High School senior Kayla Johnson. (See See video at 28:40.) She has called it home for eight years. I am standing here in privilege.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2023

And in some cases that has caused new kinds of challenges, since those fees are often paid by college libraries, and not every scholar in every discipline has equal access to support. To pay 13 bucks a month for Amazon Prime, you get I think something like 15,000 movies and TV shows, you know, as a lending library, that's not a bad model.

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myViewBoard

JANUARY 12, 2020

While YouTube is a great source of good videos, myViewBoard Clips also includes extra content from some of the most trusted names in educational media. myViewBoard Clips is powered by BoClips — the largest (and still growing) library of safe, relevant, and educational videos.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Take the mystery out of copyrights –by the Library of Congress. Wiki Images. iSafe – A helpful resource completely centered around E-Safety Technology and Education. Copyright and Fair Use –Common Sense Media video. Copyright Law Explained (fun video, informative, thorough). Copyright law curriculum.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

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. Klein , Global Educational Consultant, Maureen McLaughlin from the U.S. We look forward to seeing you there!

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The Daring Librarian

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Letters for Libraries: It''s Not Just About Books. Funding for school libraries and funding for other student literacy programs (like the National Writing Project) is being threatened both federally and in states across the country. of Education **AskArne@ed.gov** " Improving Literacy for School Libraries will no longer be available.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

Minecraft: Education Edition —currently available for Windows 10, macOS and iPad devices—is nearly identical to the version students play on their own at home. The main difference is that the education edition comes with tools for teachers to make classroom implementation easier. Try Minecraft: Education Edition for free!

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

In fact, each contributor in our community is a copyright owner who chooses to freely license his or her own work,” said Jake Orlowitz (User: Ocaasi (WMF)), head of the Wikipedia Library, the program dedicated to helping editors access reliable sources to improve Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EranBot.

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myViewBoard

JUNE 25, 2021

Clips is built with educators in mind, so it is educationally curated, ad-free, and suitable for different types of curriculum. Currently Clips is available for education entities. If your school has not signed up yet, they can register as an education entity by filling out this form.

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The 21st Century Principal

DECEMBER 19, 2011

It provides answers to the administrator who feels just a bit lost when someone starts talking about blogs, wikis, or Twitter, or who isn’t quite sure about all this talk about 1:1 initiatives, open source software, or using mobile phones in the classroom.

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ProfHacker

APRIL 27, 2015

The event will be led by Jami Mathewson of the Wiki Education Foundation and myself. Jami is the Educational Partnerships Manager for the Foundation and will be covering an overview of issues surrounding Wikipedia and providing instructions with getting started.

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TeacherCast

MARCH 25, 2015

Jeff sits down with Hadley Ferguson, the Executive Director of the Edcamp Foundation and Shannon Montague, an edcamp organizer and educator to discuss the edcamp movement. She is a member of the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Mentor Advisory group. What makes Edcamp an unconference?

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 14, 2015

My resources to work with consisted of a textbook and the address to our district’s professional library. The professional library contained reel-to-reel movies, slide carousels, workbooks with reproducible worksheets – and a few other resources that weren’t much help. Materials had to be checked out and returned within 14 days.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 16, 2016

When done editing, students can add music from an included royalty-free library. Free for educators; web and mobile app. Besides saving their own masterpieces, students can view the works of other students in the walled garden of their private Storybird library. Sound confusing? VoiceThread. Fee; web or iOS. Freemium; web.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

According to the National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education Research Review and Resources , no matter income or background, students with involved parents are more likely to have higher grades and test scores, attend school regularly, have better social skills, show improved behavior, and adapt well to school.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Our little group of Hawaii educators ROCKS! I voted for: Padlet , Pinterest , Canva , Google for Education , Dropbox , and Commonsense Media. Yes, I did indeed vote in the Library/Librarian blog category, but I am refraining from publicly mentioning my choices in this blog. Please consider #edchatHI for your vote.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 24, 2012

This is number 4 in the series of blog posts entitled 'Shaping Education for the Future.' Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. BMC Medical Education, 6, 41. How much will Web 2.0

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

“Wikipedia has been dealing with fake news since it started 16 years ago,” notes LiAnna Davis, deputy director of the Wiki Education Foundation. Today, educators are among those more concerned than ever with standards of truth and evidence and with the lightning-fast spread of misinformation online.

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The Daring Librarian

MAY 19, 2010

Second Life: AASL-SIGMS Virtual Learning Community Wed, May 19th: 8pm ET/7pm CT/6pm MT/5pm PT " Animating Your Library Program " Presenter: Gwyneth Jones Location: ALA Main Stage SLURL If you missed the ISTE SIGMS Webinar back in December - I''ve updated it and will beg giving a preso tonight on this same (a fave of mine!) Watch this Go!Animate

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2015

With the advent of lightning-quick computers and gorgeous digital media tools, students are now dreaming up PowerPoint presentations, Prezis, websites, wikis, Photo Stories, and more—things limited only by their imaginations. To say our students today have many more options available to them would be the understatement of the 21st century.

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The Electric Educator

APRIL 27, 2011

Retails for $299, educators pricing is $179. for educators. Presentations can be embedded directly into a blog or wiki page. Wikispaces is a easy to use wiki interface that allows you to create a website on which you can post videos, handouts, links, and files. Accepts multiple audio and video tracks. Follow them here.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

I started blogging in 2006, a few months after I saw the amazing (& now retired TL) Francey Harris’s present her landmark blog, Gargoyles Loose in the Library at my first AASL05 in Pittsburgh. Why struggle with a static library web page when I can have an ongoing conversation with my students, parents, & community with a blog?!

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

But I want to highlight are the best blogs, wikis and people from the past year. Best Librarian/Library Blog: Van Meter Voice : I have been following Shannon and the amazing work she is doing in her library for sometime. He works tirelessly to promote all that is good in education. 15 to see who the winners are.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

This post looks at a progression of student thinking (and questioning) about the value of Wikipedia as they move across educational stages. Our study examined the behaviors and choices of 175 student participants, across six educational stages, as they engaged in four tasks in response to a grade-appropriate science research prompt.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 29, 2016

It’s hard to make sense of the current climate for school libraries. In other areas, library programs are being cut because some tight budgets favor more pressing priorities. In other areas, library programs are being cut because some tight budgets favor more pressing priorities. April 29, 2016.

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

They have a large library of music to add to your creation and being able to choose the starting point for the music is a big plus. Here is an example, something simple, that you can do with Animoto Animoto for Educators offers free accounts to teachers and other educators. Tons of great ideas here.

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The Daring Librarian

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Decorations, tablecloths, candles, writing activities, dating profiles on Good Reads , Shelfari , LibaryThing , or Shelfari -- so being naturally enthusiasticaly indolent, I wanted to find a quick & dirty way to get kids looking at books, checking out books, and moving around the library. This is my version. How YOU Doin? Hot Set Up!

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The Daring Librarian

DECEMBER 6, 2011

I can''t help but be psyched that I was nominated for Best Librarian/Library blog ! Both here to you my dear Daring Librarian blog readers and to my students, family, & community at the Daring School Library Blog! Best Librarian / Library Blog - The Daring Librarian.com Nominated by The Library Girl, Jennifer LaGarde !

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