The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Our third Library 2.019 mini-conference, "Emerging Technology," will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 30th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to register now to participate in this event.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2019

Our own Kristina Holzweiss shared the Wakelet on Wakelet she co-presented, as well as her blog post on library uses of the platform. I spent my first morning attending the ISTE Equity Action Forum and will be involved in a year-long planning project addressing issues relating to information poverty/privilege. This is my team.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Thanks to the GEC Sponsors Social Media Amazing List of Currently Scheduled Sessions! Help us spread the word about this unique and free professional development event, and we will list your organization’s information on our web site. Become a Partner Organization! We're Still Taking Proposals! Make a Difference.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

They have a wonderful lesson library that they've created as well. It doesn't have information that is false or there's unconscious or implicit biases either from our own input, from what we're asking, or from the datasets that the AI is trained on. One of the tools that I think I've seen educators most excited about is Curipod.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

But, there is NOT just one right way to do library. Informal learning is important. But should a formal makerspace need to be a part of every school library? . The space case: Library spaces ARE changing and we need to do some thinking. And there is not one right way to inspire creative culture. Making is important.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 26, 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. Library 2.014 - October 8th + 9th. We are gearing up for another amazing year of the Library 2.014 Conference.

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EdTechTeam

MAY 19, 2017

As I met with my students, many who volunteered to come in at recess, we reworked our classroom library and opened up new areas for the students to work. Visited several local libraries and InfOhio : I tapped into these resources which gave me over 300 books, magazines, and articles at various reading and interest levels.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 23, 2016

My name is Andy Plemmons, school library media specialist at David C Barrow Elementary in Athens GA @barrowmediacenter I will take over the DOE account this week. Here a student shows off his robot that he built and programmed for the technology fair. Social media accounts have a lot of power.

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techlearning

JULY 31, 2018

. · Multi-language elementary math programs: New content in the series “Pharaohs and the Robot” is now available in English and Arabic in DE Streaming Plus Global. Students meet two young pharaohs in ancient Egypt who learn core math concepts from a time-traveling robot.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Why are the students using paper-based textbooks that are older than the students, themselves, and provide no options to check for information accuracy or to extend their learning based on areas of interest? Our world is now marked by information abundance, surplus, and access.

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Hack Education

MARCH 23, 2018

For example, this story from the School Library Journal : “ Charter Schools , Segregation , and School Library Access.” “ Can a New Approach to Information Literacy Reduce Digital Polarization? ” “ No, YouTube is not a library – and why it matters” by Sarah T. Sorry, Caulfield.

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Bryan Alexander

OCTOBER 17, 2015

Dealing with increasingly complex and intelligent software may demand new staff skills in information units, including IT and libraries. Missing from this report are many specific technologies: social media, 3d printing, practical robotics, etc. I think Gartner is working on a bigger picture level here.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

AVER INFORMATION INC. The module goes beyond tracking app usage, and uses advanced data analytics to help educators discover which programs have the most influence, and inform plans to replicate, scale, or adjust resources accordingly.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 4, 2023

Pew Research recently reported that about half of Americans regularly get their news from social media. Isn’t SM where you share personal information, stay in touch with friends and families, post pictures of weddings and birthdays, and gossip? So why do students turn to it for news?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 5, 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. More information at https://www.countrydaylargo.com/. Partner Announcements Library Journal : So many children’s books.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

APRIL 23, 2015

Some have chosen topics like water, oxygen, food, shelter, robot exploration, and clothing. A small group of students came to me in the library. She looked at me in disbelief, so we went to the computer to look for some information. We read some information and then we watched a video about how it worked.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

APRIL 23, 2015

Some have chosen topics like water, oxygen, food, shelter, robot exploration, and clothing. A small group of students came to me in the library. She looked at me in disbelief, so we went to the computer to look for some information. We read some information and then we watched a video about how it worked.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 27, 2014

In Los Angeles , that might mean kids joining at libraries and the Getty Center to hone their art and computer coding skills. In Pittsburgh, kids might join the growing Maker Movement or pick up some engineering skills while making robots. In Dallas, it might mean exploring community action with digital storytelling.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Digital Learning Day (DLD), held on February 5, immersed kids from coast to coast in activities like tinkering with robotics, penning blog posts, and painting digital canvases. It also brought influential education leaders together at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., Photo/ Brad Flickinger.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I kicked things off with a survey of major technological developments in a very top level way, then dived into specific, currently used digital tools (the LMS, ePortfolios, video, robotics, big data, social media, 3d printing, etc.). But participants were very, very engaged from the start. ” Andrea Rehn : “so true.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2016

These machines are all intertwined with how we imagine the future of intelligence and knowledge, along with the future of the institutions traditionally responsible for these things – namely schools, universities, libraries, museums. It is creating an unprecedented explosion in the production of information.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Isn’t Facebook a place to share personal information, stay in touch with friends and families, post pictures of weddings and birthdays? And then, not two days later, I heard Twitter has reclassified their app as a news purveyor rather than a social media device. Library Spot. So why do students turn to it for news?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Our social media page is HERE with links to Facebook , Google+ , Twitter , and more. Betasolo Looking at Cultural Differences in Motivating Students to Seek Information: U.S., Email steve@hargadon.com. and the world. Publicity resources, along with images you can use, are HERE. Uganda, and India / Dr. Sherry R.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. “As LinkedIn’s Video Library Grows, Company Says It Has No Plans to Compete With Colleges,” Edsurge reported in June. A computing platform is the stage on which computer programs can run.

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Adjusting Course

JANUARY 30, 2018

The purpose of this post is to provide the information educators inquire about most often when visiting our school (in person or from afar). Finally, you can see real-time updates by checking out our school's hashtag on social media: #GWgreats. Accessing a cart is as easy as checking out a library book!

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

It also means fewer language programs, robotics labs and other enrichment opportunities that parents increasingly perceive as necessary. One “positive impression campaign” included social media posts pushed out by the San Francisco Public Library and the Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families.

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techlearning

AUGUST 9, 2018

One of my Ed Techs ( Ashley Pampe ) actually created a “Social Media” team on her elementary campus. She vets and reviews all their images and blog entries before posting, but it’s an effective way for students to learn appropriate posting behaviors before they dive into the middle school world of social media.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Social Media, Social Justice and STEM - Eric A Walters, Director of Technology Tikho''s Story: A Quest for Clean Water in Zambia - Natasha Sarkar, CAWST Youth Wavemakers Using VoiceThread to Connect Students with Science Content Specialists - Dr. Rivers, Executive Director Online Communities of Practice - Are They Worth it?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Lucy Gray and I, the founders and co-chairs of this massive, worldwide, and free event, may have gotten ourselves a little behind this year on GlobalEdCon planning (with STEMxCon in September, then the Reform Symposium , Library 2.01 More information in presenting HERE. but we''re raring to go now, and we hope you are, too!

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Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

The Atlantic on Logan Paul : “The Social-Media Star and the Suicide.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security. ” Via Buzzfeed : “ India’s National ID Database With Private Information Of Nearly 1.2 Billion People Was Reportedly Breached.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

. “ ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft , to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity ,” ProPublica reports. Schools should consider the ways in which their own social media surveillance re-inscribes these sorts of violent, nationalist policies.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. Via WHIO : “ School social media director fired after correcting student’s misspelled tweet.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

Via The Guardian : “ Student Loans Company ‘spied on vulnerable students’ social media’ ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. ” Via Techcrunch : “ Facebook launches a digital literacy library aimed at educators.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 19, 2018

” More on teen social media usage, this time from Buzzfeed : “‘Tweetdecking’ Is Taking Over Twitter. ” The Atlantic on what it’s like being a parent of a social media star. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Inside Higher Ed : “A New Home for AI : The Library.”

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Hack Education

JULY 27, 2018

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Forbes has pulled an essay by a professor that advocated that Amazon stores replace public libraries and thus save the taxpayers money. Librarians and library supporters responded by saying that the article was ill informed and didn’t reflect the many roles libraries play.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Federal Trade Commission has reached agreements to shut down several copycat military websites that targeted people looking to join the armed services and then used their personal information to market for-profit colleges , the commission announced Thursday.” ” asks The New York Times.

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