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Awareness, Assessment, and Access: Improving Adult Digital Literacy

Digital Promise

RIFLI is also working to increase awareness about the importance of being connected through a partnership with Rhode Island’s public library system. Assessment. This is not the case when assessing its students’ digital literacy levels. “That is what keeps us going over here,” Tashjian told me. ”'

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What Happens When a School Closes Its Library?

Edsurge

One fear expressed was about how the mostly Black and Latino students at 28 schools would fare under a plan created by new Superintendent Mike Miles that would require school libraries to cease, in essence, functioning as libraries. Demonstrators gather in August 2023 in protest of Houston ISD's plan to close libraries in schools.

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5 Ways to Build Reading Stamina in Adolescent Students

The CoolCatTeacher

Have a great classroom library. Students Perform on the Most Recent Assessments?” 2015, September 2015). June 21, 2015. Andrea is noticing what many teachers are saying: students are struggling with reading stamina. The life long consequences when a student cannot read. Advertise great reads. Read More ».

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Why Esports in Schools is a Good Thing

ViewSonic Education

Esports in schools can transport these kids from the solitary world of digital gaming into the common space of the school computer lab or library commons. Sports require students to set goals, assess the competition and consider their individual strengths and weaknesses. More likely to graduate. Strategic thinking and planning.

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Tech Ed Resources–Classes

Ask a Tech Teacher

Next class: August 10, 2015. Ideas include visual, audio, video, mindmaps, infographics, graphic organizers, charts and tables, screenshots, screencasts, images, games and simulations, webtools, and hybrid assessments. Next class: July 27th, 2015. 21st, 2015. Next class: September, 2015. College credit (MTI 563).

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Google Makes a Rare Education Technology Acquisition: Workbench

Edsurge

But this week, Google acquired Workbench , a Baltimore-based company that provides an online library of lessons and projects, organized by subject and grade level, that educators can use in their classrooms. In 2015, it acquired Launchpad Toys , a storytelling tool designed for children to create their own cartoons.

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Dr. Steve Albrecht's Library 2.0 Podcast: "The Salman Rushdie Attack: Creating a Library Major Event Security Plan"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Albrecht podcast in our " Library Service, Safety, & Security " section of Library 2.0 : "The Salman Rushdie Attack: Creating a Library Major Event Security Plan." "So We'll talk about the incident what it means to library people in terms of safety and security. "So in Security Management, a B.A. in Psychology.