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Today! "AI and Libraries: Literacy, Ethics, and Responsible Use" Online Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OVERVIEW: Our first Library 2.025 mini-conference (and our third mini-conference on AI and Libraries), " AI and Libraries: Literacy, Ethics, and Responsible Use , " will be held online (and for free) today, Thursday, March 13th, 2025, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Please also join the Library 2.0

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Resources to Celebrate Women’s History Month

Teacher Reboot Camp

This is especially important, because research shows low percentages of females and minorities pursuing STEM degrees and professions. Additionally, females worldwide have higher quit rates in STEM professions. The Library of Congress has various primary sources including newspapers and images.

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This Teacher Started a Hands-On PD Lab That’s Sparking Change Across the District

Edsurge

In 2013, I was hired to teach computer science (CS) and video game design to students in grades K-5 at Monte Sano Elementary School in Huntsville, Ala. With this grant, we were able to purchase additional materials and create a lending library of STEM tools that all teachers in the district can check out and use in their classrooms.

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School Libraries as Maker Spaces -- A Few Resources to ? Out

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

Having a discussion about school libraries as maker spaces? Check out this fantastic slideshare by Buffy Hamilton : There are some great ideas here: A Librarian''s Guide to Makerspaces from OEDB, March 20, 2013. Scheduled for release October 30, 2013 is School Library Makerspaces, Grades 6-12 by Library Media Specialist Leslie B.

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How a Network of Support for Educators Is Unlocking Creativity in the Classroom

Edsurge

In 2013, Fulton set out to answer those questions by launching their Vanguard Team , a group of 25 passionate educators who were on the forefront of technology integration and innovation. Our Student Library Advisory Board collaborated to create advertisements about our library as the heart of the school.

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A Perfect Storm for Maker Education

User Generated Education

Focus on STEM and STEAM Education. Focus on STEM and STEAM Education. One of President Obama’s initiatives has been a call to action for making STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education a priority in the United States. STEM to STEAM ). Many of these projects incorporate a variety of STEM topics.

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5 Reasons Teachers Using Tech are Super Heroes with Kecia Ray

The CoolCatTeacher

Jane McGonigal spoke at ISTE in 2013. She was appointed by Governor Haslem to the Advisory Council on Alternative Education in 2013 and appointed by the Tennessee state commissioner of education to a Personalized Learning Advisory Committee in 2014 and 2015. It’s in Australia. It’s Aborigines.