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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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. 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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Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

And, accessibility technologies support learner variability and people with disabilities by ensuring navigation and information display is available in multiple ways. However, even as technology has evolved to more effectively support learning, our education system faces another great divide: the Digital Learning Gap.

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Iterating Toward Openness

MAY 20, 2015

Asking this question can lead directly to a fruitful collaboration with your campus library. The library may be able to purchase or license copies of these commercial materials and make them available to students for free. Why Use OER at All – Why Not Just Use Library Resources?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2023

“We need to teach children to live both with and without technology; to take what they need from the abundance of information, but to ignore what is not necessary; to let technology support, but never supplant human interactions in teaching and learning.” Is it equitable?

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Vizor

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Are you using a library system? That’s where this technology workflow comes in. Are you going to use a library system? PRO TIP: Make it easy for students and parents to get the technological support they need 24/7. Including technology in your curriculum involves the district, the students AND their parents.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 5, 2015

There are a lot myths out there and even our best technology support personnel may lack understandings of what must be blocked versus what does not. Sometimes it’s simple confusion around what actually must be filtered.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

The reality was that although technology had evolved rapidly since 2013, professional development offerings for computer science teachers—especially at the elementary level—hadn’t changed much. I became increasingly frustrated with the lack of technology support and PD opportunities in our district. Terri Collins.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In Port Orford, Oregon, it’s a quick walk from the elementary and middle school building to the town library—the two buildings are right down the street from each other. In fact, the town library and school are linked by more than geography, since the school district’s two libraries became part of the Port Orford library system in 2017.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

It can be a common area, a library or a space with flexibility. The best way to think about it is through this quote from Michael Fullan, “pedagogy is the driver, technology is the accelerator.” How does the technology actually improve on what we’ve done in the past? Is there a learning target that the technology supports?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 6, 2017

demonstrate how to use the school online library/lunch order system . demonstrate how to use the school online library/lunch order system . help them understand how technology supports the school’s mission and overarching curricula (such as Common Core or Everyday Math). Model this philosophy as you teach parents.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The district is in the middle of a digital equity revolution, being led by a particularly sharp Director of Education Technology and Library Programs, Dewayne McClary. The district has also created five positions for Cluster-based Education Technology Specialists (ETS).

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Best Librarian/Library Blog: Van Meter Voice : I have been following Shannon and the amazing work she is doing in her library for sometime. Most Influential Tweet Based Discussion: #edchat - Week after week the ideas that come out of this discussion amaze me.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 6, 2021

Leo has supported education in a variety of roles, including a technology support specialist, instructional technology specialist, network administrator, director of technology, CIO/CTO, and adjunct professor in four districts and a higher education institution.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

But after talking to a number of different educators and reading their various accounts, what I can tell you is that your peers have discovered creative, technology-supported ways to approach teaching reading, writing and vocabulary in their multi-subject classrooms—and they were willing to share it to help you out.

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 8, 2017

The negative effects of content filters on Internet access in public libraries and schools are demonstrable and documented. Consequently, consistent with previous resolutions, the American Library Association cannot recommend filtering." Hertz is not alone in her thinking.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2021

Leo has supported education in a variety of roles, including a technology support specialist, instructional technology specialist, network administrator, director of technology, CIO/CTO, and adjunct professor in four districts and a higher education institution.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The ECMECC staff provides instructional technology support for districts, which is especially important for smaller ones that may not be able to have full-time tech support people of their own. The post Broadband Provides More Equitable Access to Education and Workforce Preparation appeared first on edWeb.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

I found sharing shared reading interactive lessons to be helpful Some teachers don''t want to come to the library or computer lab to learn with a group of others. Library Girl ? jenniferlagarde 26 Aug Meet them where they are, provide lots of scaffolded support & love! Go to THEM! Make a house call! How do you get them?

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

If you do end up going the digital route, be sure to check out this Common Sense article: The Best Digital Library Apps for Students. Families who subscribe get one to two text messages each week with simple and actionable tips on screen time , media picks , learning with technology , support with the home-school connection , and more.

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The Innovative Educator

JUNE 16, 2013

For his students, he made a difference by taking over a library that had become moribund, out of date, anachronistic, completely disorganized and with no technology. In two years he turned it into a much more modern, way more up-to-date, fully automated functioning library that circulates 200 books a week.

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Tech Helpful

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

I can't help but wonder how does technology support that well-oiled process because well.that's what I do.wonder about technology. I went to a library to gather a limited amount of resources and I read through them. I love that.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

When I first started working in educational technology 40 years ago , the discipline was very new and none of us really knew where we were headed with it, but it was advancing rapidly. You could say we were pioneers in the field of technology supported learning. There certainly weren't many of us around.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

When I first started working in educational technology 40 years ago , the discipline was very new and none of us really knew where we were headed with it, but it was advancing rapidly. You could say we were pioneers in the field of technology supported learning. There certainly weren't many of us around.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 10, 2015

Instead in this post it will be important to see how the technology is being integrated in a classroom. Not only should the technology support the standards, but proper integration of technology will ensure productive and effective technology use and integration in the 21 st Century Classroom.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Establishing and highlighting the person in this role can be a great help in getting educators to the right person for targeted support, getting the word out, coordinating training, and so much more.

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Learning With Lucie

MARCH 2, 2016

DesignSaunders’s story of turning his library into a LABRARY not only provided us with one way to bring more innovation into our schools, but inspired us to find OUR way to penetrate the barriers and create the change we envision. How can technology support making connections with Cross Cutting Concepts?

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Provide Vital Technological Support to Teachers. All teachers require support, but this can be especially true for new teachers or those who are teaching an unfamiliar group of students. The post AI in Education: 5 Ways it Can Assist Teachers appeared first on ViewSonic Library.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

New technology in the library or for your counselors? Consider all users and your entire technology ecosystem – everything is connected and affects everything else. While progress has been made, ensuring equitable access to technology remains a priority. Information from these sources will guide your decisions.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

New technology in the library or for your counselors? Consider all users and your entire technology ecosystem – everything is connected and affects everything else. While progress has been made, ensuring equitable access to technology remains a priority. Information from these sources will guide your decisions.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 28, 2012

I discovered that the programmes, simple as they were, had the effect of drawing students to engage with learning on a mostly informal basis, anytime they were passing my office on the way to the training rooms, library and coffee area. I deployed a second BBC computer alongside the first, and the use increased.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 22, 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. As part of the International Global Libraries Initiative, facilitates citizens’ access to modern technology.

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