The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

"Library Politics: Better Dealings With Your Elected and Appointed Officials" Part of the Library 2.0 Essential Library Leadership" Series with Dr. Steve Albrecht OVERVIEW : All library politics is local. This is a 60-minute training webinar presented by Library 2.0 TO REGISTER: Click above to pay.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 13, 2024

By providing a platform where students can share ideas, edit documents simultaneously, and communicate in real time, students learn to work effectively with others, regardless of distance, preparing them for academic and professional success. This nurtures artistic exploration and helps students understand the cultural impact of visual arts.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 13, 2023

Albrecht podcast in our " Library Service, Safety, & Security " section of Library 2.0 : " Managing the Irate Visitor - Screening Support for the Library Director." There are certain patrons who demand to speak to the Library Director as soon as they arrive and won't take no for an answer. Listen to the podcast here.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 15, 2023

Performance Evaluations: A Skill-Building Refresher for Library Leaders [2023 UPDATED VERSION] Part of the Library 2.0 Your library doesn’t do employee evaluations? The written, discussed, and archived performance evaluation document helps with all of those and more. What’s that you say?

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

The largest library in the world contains more than 168 million items, with materials in some 470 languages, and is located in Washington, D.C. The Library of Congress, situated right behind the U.S. Then the library makes that source material available and easily accessible to all. Let us know here.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JANUARY 30, 2020

Colleges and universities have huge libraries stacked with books. Brick and mortar libraries are still standing strong and are maintained by educational institutions. But let’s be practical here, how often are students excited at the prospect of going to the library to search for a book? Benefits for Institutions 1.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

The company has added new curated sets of primary sources and historical documents along with a host of other new and improved features to support primary source literacy and instruction. Native PDF Access: offers easy access to native PDF documents through a new tab on the document page.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

You can upload anything you already have in your classroom, every pdf, every electronic document, or the materials you’ve purchased and add to Lumio. In both plans, you get access to all of the features, so it is a perfect time to set up an account and try it out.) Add free manipulatives and lessons to your library first.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 19, 2021

Teachers can access templates that work across the curriculum, various subjects, and learning activities. The rubrics appear in the right half of the Google Docs document to be assessed, and the final grade is a few clicks away. You can create a new rubric for each assignment or reuse the ones in your library.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Today is our third Library 2.021 mini-conference, " Libraries as Community Anchors ," being held online and for free. Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Just a few days away, 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.

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ProfHacker

JUNE 30, 2016

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking this month about making teaching documents of all kinds more accessible. Some of this is about a syllabus , but some of it is about rethinking some of our signs and documentation at work, as well as ways that we can make our edX courses more accessible to that highly varied audience.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Just two weeks away, 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.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 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.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 1, 2024

In today’s digitally connected world, where languages blend and intermingle in our daily communications, knowing how to add accented characters to documents has become an essential skill. Google Docs, a widely used platform for creating and sharing documents, offers several ways to incorporate these special characters.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 14, 2023

Besides searching for academic literature such as journal articles, peer-reviewed papers, books, reports.etc, Google Scholar also enables you to create your personal library where you can save and organize your materials. Google Scholar is definitely a great academic search engine for research students and academics.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Assess your accessibility. It’s also smart to consider the physical needs of all participants and make the meeting easily accessible to everyone. This might involve using accessible meetings spaces or using special technology to accommodate those with disabilities.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

iCivics is an educational website that offers access to a wide variety of learning resources that include games, curriculum materials, lesson plans, webquests, and videos. These resources are accessible from the Teach hub and are organized by topic. Webquests are composed of slides, resource links, and questions. These include: 1.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Steve Albrecht for this Safe Library "Bootcamp," designed to be an essential and affordable all-staff training tool on the basics of library service, safety, and security. Dr. Albrecht has 23 years of experience keeping create a safe library space, for staff and patrons.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 14, 2021

Below are three Google Drive add-ons to visually enrich your documents and presentations. They provide access to a huge library of professionally designed icons to insert into Docs, Slides,read more.

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Edthena

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

New toolsets from Edthena allow any district to curate a video library of searchable lesson segments, tagged to teaching standards, and shared securely to all staff members within the district. Now, teachers can see best-practice instructional examples of their peers in a searchable Organization Library. Send an email to.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

"Awkward Conversations: How to Handle Difficult Discussions with Patrons" Part of a special Library 2.0 Essential Librarian" series with Dr. Steve Albrecht OVERVIEW : A 60-minute training webinar presented by Library 2.0 and hosted by ALA author and library service, safety, and security expert, Dr. Steve Albrecht.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 11, 2020

But implementation requires that care is taken to ensure that 1) every student has access and they know how to use it, and 2) the online experiences are powerful and meaningful. The digital learning gap is caused by differences in how learners access technology, both in and out of school, and in how technology is used for learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This is one of the first documents that really gives schools a roadmap for looking at their technology systems as a whole, says Lindsay Jones, the chief executive officer of CAST, a nonprofit that advocates for equitable learning conditions. These reports, some observers believe, mark a thoughtful step toward ensuring digital equity.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 2, 2022

The digital whiteboard, in other words, is a content-rich platform that everyone has access to at any point. Access your files from anywhere. Online access to files offers an unparalleled peace of mind for all. It is the product that allows you to write, touch, draw while accessing different multimedia instantly.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2018

But another print-based technology—the copy machine—is disappearing from many academic libraries, as librarians swap the old dime-eating machines for multi-function devices that scan texts and send copies to students via email. We have multi-function machines just about everywhere,” Russell says—eight in the main library alone. “We

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

Gaps also exist between high-performing and low-performing public schools based on differences in access to funding and resources, community engagement and commitment, and the ability and willingness of district and school leaders to embrace innovation and try new strategies. school and library to the internet.

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eSchool News

JULY 4, 2023

Key points: Audiobooks are popular, but print still commands a majority of the audience A balance of both offers students increased accessibility See related article: 5 long-term benefits of our online literacy programs My 2023 #BritReads book tally experienced a massive slowdown in April when my husband and I welcomed Holden Lane to the world.

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NeverEndingSearch

JANUARY 28, 2016

One way to celebrate this significant commemoration is to explore Shakespeare Documented , the largest and most authoritative resource for learning about primary sources surrounding the life and career of William Shakespeare. The collection can be filtered by tags within the following categories: Playwright, actor & shareholder.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 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.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Access a library of shapes, containers, stylized fonts and more. With the free version get access to 3 documents with up to 3 collaborators. Teachers create a web wall where they can post questions, pdfs, files, audio, video, and images for students to quickly access on any device by clicking a url or scanning a QR code.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

You program these custom models with specific instructions on the output you are expecting and can give them specific data, which can include anything from product manuals to legal documents, allowing them to provide more accurate, relevant, and context-aware responses. Unlimited and non-expiring access for those log-ins.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

Access to high-quality education is widely recognized as a pivotal tool for alleviating poverty, mitigating the spread of disease and malnutrition, fostering children's overall welfare and empowering women. billion people worldwide without internet access. billion people worldwide without internet access.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2017

[ Editor’s note: This piece is the first in our new monthly series focusing on Innovative School Libraries and Librarians. Be sure to keep checking back during the month of August for new library-focused articles!]. Our students mostly use iPads in kindergarten and 1 st grade, so this is their first use of a laptop for a project.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 11, 2017

I shared the PDF version because our library only had a few copies of the book. As soon as it’s opened using Kami, your students will have access to all of the features listed above and you will be able to see their annotations when you click into their assignments in Google Classroom!

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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.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2024

Benefits of digital tools in social studies education Enhanced Accessibility : One of the primary advantages of digital tools is their ability to provide students with access to a vast array of historical documents, primary sources, and multimedia resources.

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