The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2021

These same young teens were also less likely to say they talked about books or went to the library. Elsewhere around the world fourth graders had more negative attitudes about reading in 2016 than fourth graders did in 2001 in 13 out of 20 countries and jurisdictions. Positive attitudes about reading fell too.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 23, 2015

As it migrates to a new platform, using the Open Journal Systems software, ALA Publishing is currently offering a generous deal on its archive of Library Technology Reports. While a staple subscription item in many academic libraries, the series is priced beyond the modest budgets of school and smaller public libraries.

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The Daring Librarian

APRIL 13, 2014

Advocacy for kiddos, teens, literature, creativity, giftedness, special needs, technology, a filterless society, community projects, connection with parents, geeks, goofballs, oh and LIBRARIES! In our profession, being an advocate for your kids, your library, your program, and yes.for YOURSELF is ESSENTIAL!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 15, 2017

We're getting close to our Library 2.017 mini-conference: "Expertise, Competencies and Careers," which will be held online (and for free) March 29th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). How can library and information science schools and professional development programs prepare library professionals?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

We have such close relationships with other city agencies, and local libraries and community centers. Families are also aided by community groups like the Boston Public Library, which is lending Chromebooks and hot spot home kits to those who need them. But there is only so much that the schools can do.”.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 19, 2017

We're excited to announce our third Library 2.017 mini-conferences: "Makerspaces," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 11th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). There has been a lot of talk about makerspaces in libraries over the past four years. and at the Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 26, 2017

We're excited to announce our first of three Library 2.017 mini-conferences: "Expertise, Competencies and Careers," which will be held online (and for free) March 29th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join this Library 2.0 Please register as a member of the Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 13, 2018

We're excited to announce our first Library 2.019 mini-conference: "Shaping the Future of Libraries with Instructional Design," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, March 13th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join this Library 2.0

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EdTechSandyK

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

9-11 Resources from School Library Journal - A blog post with links to multiple resources. BBC News September 11, 2001 Summary Report of the Attacks The second video appeals to me because it provides a summary of the day from outside our borders. September 11th Movie from BrainPOP - Free; subscription to BrainPOP not needed to access.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

UniversityNow was founded in 2010 by Eugene Wade, an education entrepreneur whose first company sold to Edison Schools in 2001 for $38 million. Our goal is to build a library of digital content broken down into its smallest possible components.”. “Penn Foster’s version of the license focuses on high school,” he says.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 28, 2017

Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 29th, is our Library 2.017 mini-conference: "Expertise, Competencies and Careers," which will be held online (and for free) from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). The list of scheduled presentations, plus keynote bios, are below! Abels , John Bertot , and Valerie J.

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EdTechTeacher

JULY 22, 2015

Kathy: After getting my library science degree in 1981, I worked in many different kinds of libraries, and technology was always a component of that. Q: What was your professional journey to get you to where you are today?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 13, 2011

Under his leadership, NETg developed a library of more than 1,200 multimedia-based courses, grew to more than 800 employees, and had offices in 30 countries. NETg was acquired by Thomson Corporation in 2001.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We hope you'll consider joining our first Library 2.019 mini-conference: "Shaping the Future of Libraries with Instructional Design," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, March 13th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). (We Please also join the Library 2.0

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2016

We had all of these high-impact programs, but there were no students in the library, or in the writing center, or in the career center,” said Jones. “We Temple has seen the proportion of its students who return for their sophomore year increase from 70 percent in 2001 to 82 percent in 2014.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

This field has been a passion of mine since 2001, when I first started working on it at Stanford.” Department of State to let refugees access the company’s library of online certificate programs, such as an “English for Business” from the University of Pennsylvania. 17 blog post.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 22, 2016

The notice in the Federal Register shared that 50 percent of all grant funds, more than $13 million , are reserved for use by school libraries serving high need LEAs. Show citation box. Show citation box.

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The Innovative Educator

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

As a white educator who has worked in Harlem since the 90s and lived here since 2001, the topic certainly hits close to home. This is the story of how schools in general, and libraries in particular, can play a role in being a part of the solution. We all had a lot to learn. I want more »

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 5, 2019

Since 2001, when standardized test standards were first imposed at the flagship, LSU has rejected any applicant who earned less than a 22 on the ACT. Stewart Lockett (center) and other student government leaders meet in late January with a reporter for The Daily Reveille, an LSU-student newspaper, to talk about their hopes for a new library.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Thanks to that requirement, the Cal State system has built a library that has grown to more than 200 teaching portfolios. Some of the ones in the CSU library feel dashed off, says one professor who went looking for inspiration there. Teaching portfolios aren’t a new idea. Portfolios have their drawbacks.

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Learning with 'e's

JULY 8, 2013

I have scoured my personal book library in search of a dozen books that have influenced my own thinking, and share a synopsis of their contents with you. This is a continuation of my series of retrospective reviews of seminal learning and technology books. For previous reviews start here.

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NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 2, 2020

Back in 2001, Roy Tennant famously said, “ Only librarians like to search , everyone else likes to find.” Library Journal Digital Libraries- Cross-Database Search: One-Stop Shopping. Sometimes visiting with a subject expert is the best way to go.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 21, 2017

I began my education career in 2001 as an Interrelated Special Education teacher, mainly serving as a resource and collaborative English/Language Arts teacher. My philosophy was important! lt was my goal to teach my students never to use their disability as an excuse.

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Kathy Schrock

JANUARY 7, 2025

Kathy Schrock has been a school district Director of Technology, an instructional technology specialist, and a middle school, academic, museum, and public library librarian. Read two articles from Kathy's local papers written in March, 2001 and July, 2003. The full list of her awards is found below.

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2024

Public Library Association Conference, COLUMBUS, Ohio – With nearly 3.8 Thorndike will showcase its Spanish youth large print titles at the Public Library Association (PLA) conference, April 3-5 in Columbus, OH at Gale booth #2001. Thorndike plans to release more Spanish-language youth large print titles later this year.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Two Week Calendar Monday, February 23rd at 3pm Library 2.0 Pat will share his 30-plus years of fieldwork, advocacy (he published Growing Without Schooling magazine from 1986 to 2001), and personal experience (he and his wife homeschooled their three daughters) to help you and your children learn in their own ways.

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techlearning

JUNE 26, 2018

JUNE 26, 2018 In a move that enhances its mission of supporting education institutions and libraries, Education Networks of America ® (ENA) today announced that Dallas-based education technology company CatchOn, Inc has joined the ENA family of companies. NASHVILLE, TENN.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit membership association launched by state education agency leaders in 2001 to serve, support and represent their emerging interests and needs with respect to the use of technology for teaching, learning, and school operations.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

Since its launch in 2001, Wikipedia’s crowd-sourced authorship–its wikiness–has provoked debate relating to authority, despite the fact that many Wikipedia authors are topic experts and that a growing number of librarians and academics contribute by adding and editing references. Wikipedia think aloud observations.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Early morning light hits the smoke and wreckage of the World Trade Center September 13, 2001 in New York City, two days after the twin towers were destroyed when hit by two hijacked passenger jets. 11, 2001, high school social studies teacher and football coach Robert Lake stood outside with students waiting to get picked up from school.

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NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 14, 2015

The mission: to create a free, 3D online library of the world’s cultural heritage sites before they are lost to natural disasters, destroyed by human aggression or ravaged by the passage of time. Best experienced on Inter net Explorer, the site not only preserves and informs, it presents magical field trips and tours for our students.

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edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

He previously managed UConn’s Network Engineering and Data Center Operations teams, having started his career there as a junior network technician in the summer of 2001. ENA delivers comprehensive technology solutions supported by exceptional customer care to education and library institutions across the nation.

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Fractus Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2016

It was an easily-accessible library of pictures; these were of events and things that were important to the people in the center. This library of pictures allowed for communication. Together, in collaboration with the adults who used the center’s services, they created the Pictorium. References: Plato, G., & Jönsson, B.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2017

ATLANTA — School had already let out for the day, but the teachers at Hollis Innovation Academy in northwest Atlanta were gathered around tables in the library, laptops open, strategizing. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Also, there’s a psychological factor.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Although I have been a professor at Eliot Pearson since 2001, my own doctoral training is not as a developmentalist, but as a designer of technologies for children. Bers said, “I am honored to have been appointed as the new chair of the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Secretary McCulloch served three terms in the Montana House of Representatives, from 1995 to 2001. As an active civic leader, she has been a faculty affiliate and served on numerous boards including the Board of Public Education, Board of Regents, Montana Library Commission, and the Advisory Council to the Montana Meth Project.

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MindShift

APRIL 6, 2017

Guard Up opened a full-time facility in Burlington, Massachusetts, in 2001. Within minutes of discovering the source he was out the door and on his way to check out a copy of the novel from the local library. The company offered weekly classes in fencing and swordsmanship for all ages, as well as story-based educational adventures.

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