The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 1, 2023

Teachers want to advocate for the learning needs of their students. My experience with the school library and book choice tension I have over 1,000 books in my American international Christian school classroom in southern Taiwan where I teach English Language Arts (8th), Yearbook (10th-12th), US History (11th), and British Literature (12th).

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Digital Promise

MARCH 5, 2020

As a former librarian and district leader, I found that success was the best form of advocacy—when the great work of librarians is shared and documented, good things follow for students and library programs. That said, it’s often difficult to effectively tell the story about how librarians make a difference for students and colleagues.

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Waterford

MARCH 5, 2024

Phonics helps students learn how to read and write by showing which letters make which sounds, and how to put those sounds together to form words. While phonological awareness helps young learners grasp these basic sounds, phonics takes it to the next level by showing how sounds match up with letters.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

On a recent summer day, librarian Lyn Hunter posted a video to YouTube on how to make a weather thermometer using a straw, rubbing alcohol and a bottle. Hunter and her colleague Rachel Krumenacker at the Chattanooga Public Library in Chattanooga, Tennessee, had filmed the DIY craft on a Zoom call from their respective living rooms.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

Creativity helps develop a deeper sense of learning, yet we keep our “creative” units until after state testing is over. Recently, I met with two education leaders to discuss how to improve teacher and student engagement through creativity. What should professional learning look like to help foster more creativity in the classroom?

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Digital Promise

APRIL 20, 2022

In 2021, six educators representing community-based organizations, libraries, public schools, and the Digital Promise Maker Learning team embarked on a journey to increase opportunities for virtual and remote maker learning. The insights from this experience are valuable to all who wish to engage in powerful maker learning.

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2020

Our team at Lexington County School District One in South Carolina has focused on mitigating one of these complexities by addressing the human need for connection, support, and ongoing professional learning. Supporting Educators through the Shift to Digital Learning. Supporting Teachers through Virtual, Personalized Coaching.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

As part of the project, eight model schools were chosen to highlight four research-based focus areas believed to be necessary for an effective transition to digital learning. Personalized student learning. Personalized professional learning. These are: Collaborative leadership. Robust infrastructure.

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N2Y

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Anthony Johnson, EdD, Learning & Development Specialist. Donnetta Buggs, Online Professional Learning Manager. Our experts will show you how to deliver a complete and balanced literacy reading program using Unique Learning System’s Monthly Lessons. Save your seat today! Can’t attend?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Principals can think about what their school libraries look like; do they have multiple genres, are they culturally relevant, will they build students’ reading skills, and do they have books in formats for dyslexic students? Teachers should think about how to set up their classrooms for students to learn most effectively.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

In July 2018, Digital Promise launched a new Maker Learning Leadership Cohort dedicated to professional learning, peer connections, and school transformation in the Pittsburgh region. For Duquesne Elementary educators and students, maker and STEAM learning sit at the intersection of core content and real-world skill acquisition.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2021

The company has launched Gale In Context: For Educators’ new Learning Center , an on-demand professional learning hub for finding, organizing and learning how to teach – virtually or in-person – using the content created within For Educators. Tips and tricks on how to make the most of product tools and features.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2024

Today, the use of this technology in education settings is underway, and states are even beginning to release guidance on how to navigate AI in schools. This, she noted, is important in early learning because many educators serve families that speak multiple languages.

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2018

Additionally, I teach an online course called “Introduction to Libraries and the Information Age” at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill. I begin each school year attending department meetings at which I make connections with teachers, learn about their department goals, and share the new and exciting things the library has to offer.

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2021

This selection of content, created in partnership with leading corporate and community partners, inspires families to learn together by exploring the world around them during the summer break. Social-Emotional Learning and Social Awareness Resources. We know that learning goes beyond the classroom.

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Edthena

MAY 13, 2022

Video-based professional learning helps support Hartford’s District Model for Excellence, the district’s strategic operating plan. At the Learning Forward conference in Dec. Instructional coaches added teaching video clips to their Edthena Video Library.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

DECEMBER 9, 2016

For the past 3 years, our library has participated in Hour of Code during Computer Science in Education Week. When we first started participating, classes came to the library to try out an hour of code. It was fun to see something that started in the library spread into general classrooms. Others worked alone. They are engaged.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 5, 2023

While initially, it’s beneficial to have a clear roadmap to follow when implementing a new curriculum; as teachers gain confidence using it, they will desire to exercise their creativity to tailor the learning experience to the unique needs of their students. During a recent blended learning training, a teacher was overwhelmed.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 14, 2021

My hope is that this template will give you even more ideas for how to use podcasts for professional learning at your school or on your own. We’ve been creating Podcast PD Choice Boards for teachers to explore and learn. I love using choice boards in the classroom AND in professional learning experiences.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

? Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] While edtech tools are in most classrooms, not every educator understands how to use technology in meaningful ways. Student engagement was the main driver to teaching the learning outcomes, and Heather helped educators do this with technology.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

After a weekly one-hour session, students feel closer to classmates and often add them to their ongoing PLN (Professional Learning Network). They include popular platforms most students know how to use and are eager to incorporate into their learning — maybe already do. How to be a better online teacher.

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2023

Now, to keep up with a fast-paced industry, the needs of our labor market, and students, we are adding to an already impressive library of professional development in the AI space. “As To learn more about MindSpark’s RAI for Educators course, click here.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JUNE 6, 2016

I’m so thankful to West Georgia RESA for providing this opportunity to librarians around the state who often don’t have professional learning targeted directly at them. sharing tools crowdsourced by us all and thinking about how to disrupt their uses. What will we do together? 9:30-9:45Break. Disruptus game.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Drawing upon USC Shoah Foundation’s vast library of audiovisual testimony from survivors and witnesses of genocides, Teaching with Testimony empowers students to find their voices and take action for a better future. Discover more digital resources in the Discovery Education K-12 learning platform. Financial Literacy Lessons.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 30, 2023

Gretchen Zaitzeff, District Library Media Specialist for Canyons School District in Utah, says the solution to this is “to meet kids where they are, which is on their phones or other devices.” Palacio, is assigned as a class book, students immediately rush to the library to get their own copy.

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N2Y

JUNE 17, 2021

Donnetta Buggs Online Professional Learning Manager. You’ll see how easy it is to be up and running very quickly with SymbolStix PRIME. Our experts will focus on the easy‑to‑use templates and intuitive customization options to assist with learning recovery and so much more! Presenters.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2018

Maker culture is thriving in schools and public libraries across the United States and beyond. In their recent edWebinar , Michelle Luhtala, library department chair at New Canaan High School in Conn., In their recent edWebinar , Michelle Luhtala, library department chair at New Canaan High School in Conn., Start small.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 3, 2019

We role model the kind of collaboration we expect and share with our students how we are working together to make the unit a success, how we disagree on issues, how we compromise, and most importantly, how our work is better because of the collaboration. Interested in learning more?

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

And then also from an elementary standpoint, I had a teacher use it in lieu of … she used to have her students write personal narratives and then they would bind the book together as a classroom set and put it in the library. Parents couldn’t really look at it unless they were in the library for parent-teacher conferences or whatever.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

With mental health issues and racial injustices on the rise, Gale, a Cengage company, is helping the Charleston County School District (CCSD) provide its students and school staff with authoritative digital resources to support social and emotional learning (SEL) and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). About Cengage and Gale.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 12, 2021

Monica Watts is the director of K-12 engagement at the non-profit IMS Global Learning Consortium, providing a voice for K-12 institutions and bringing together technology providers to achieve digital equity and interoperability at scale. He also works with edWeb.net to write articles on their professional learning edWebinars.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Quick news on Library 2.013 , our third annual worldwide, online, and free conference on libraries, librarians, and librarianship: the formal deadline for session proposals is end of day Monday, September 30th. We hope you''ll submit ! Any proposals after that date will be accepted only on a space-available basis.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

We can do this by taking field trips to local museums and historical sites, inviting experts into our classrooms, participating in programs like Empatico that connect students worldwide, creating robust class libraries and using content-rich curriculums across subject areas to build student knowledge.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 19, 2018

Maker culture is thriving in schools and public libraries across the United States and beyond. With hundreds, or even thousands of kids using the library space, it doesn’t make sense to design that space without their voice. The New Canaan High School Library won AASL’s National School Library Program of the year in 2010.

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The Web20Classroom

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Here are some ways you can recharge your professional self before the new year starts and give yourself some gifts that really matter. Anytime Learning One of the best gifts you can give yourself is the gift of making time for professional learning. But you do! Edweb - I’ve said it once and I’ll keep saying it.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 2, 2023

During the edLeader Panel, “ Utilizing ESSER Funding to Implement PBL + STEM Initiatives ,” a panel of educational peers engaged in a lively discussion about how to best invest funding from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) in high-impact project-based learning (PBL) and STEM initiatives across the nation.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In July 2010, Michelle Luhtala , Department Chair of the New Canaan High School Library, presented her 1st webinar on edWeb. As the founder of edWeb, in 2010 I was struggling to figure out how to get more engagement on our social networking platform. In November 2019, she presented her 100th!

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