eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

A priority was to give students seamless connection to the digital collections of the Lexington Public Library that serves our local area. The platform we selected—OverDrive Education’s Sora reading app —aligns with our public library system for easy access to its wealth of digital materials.

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Data Libraries Advocacy eBook 109

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2019

classrooms, the nonprofit is preparing to shut down. can access digital learning in their classrooms (with 2 million to go). billion E-rate program that provides broadband discounts to schools and libraries—along with the U.S. It’s the beginning of the end of the road for EducationSuperHighway.

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Broadband E-rate Advocacy Industry 148

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In each of these examples, ingenuity, creativity and initiative were exercised outside of the formal context of the classroom. Pedagogy of Remote Learning Remote learning should not be viewed as a virtual recreation of the in-person classroom. And another was responsible for cooking three days a week for a seven-person household.

Learning 199

Learning Advocacy System Assessment 199

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 19, 2020

Pen Argyl school libraries are where you find the pulse of the schools. Eliminating school library programs and certified school librarian positions deprive students of rich learning opportunities, jeopardize academic and reading achievement, and perpetuate educational inequities. What do we know? What can we do?

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Libraries Elementary Future Ready Academic Standards 118

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, and junior Ulises Santillano Tlaseca troubleshoot a 3D printing job in the library’s maker space. When my library is quiet, that’s a red flag,” said Chun. based education advocacy group. “It Photo: Kelsey Aske.

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Future Ready Libraries Software Advocacy 111

eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2023

“Representation matters, and many students of color simply don’t see themselves in most traditional classroom texts. This collection helps address this issue and supports teachers in creating inclusive classrooms where stories are discussed and embraced and where students learn about each other’s culture and heritage.

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Instructional Materials Advocacy Professional Learning Libraries 104

Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Each of us -- teachers and students alike -- enter classrooms from different perspectives and points of view. Challenging or Difficult Conversations Controversial and difficult conversations are unavoidable in classrooms, especially those grappling with important cultural, social, and political issues.

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Resources Classroom Video Strategy 98

NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

While she learned to navigate and understand the value of her library’s network of databases, she knows that many kids don’t even know what a database is. She recognizes the library as a safe space for the individual and as an important space that creates community. See video at 28:40.) I am standing here in privilege.

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Resources Libraries Advocacy Accessibility 81

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

People often ask me if it was strange to be a newly minted teenager in classrooms full of college upperclassmen. Other organizations like the Davidson Institute provide similar advocacy support to families of profoundly gifted students.) The truth is, no one knew my age unless I told them.

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Advocacy Course Meeting Study 113

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2020

In October I shared the news that the classroom connectivity gap in U.S. Families have, for years, parked outside of businesses that offer free Wi-Fi or taken their children to libraries to find a way to complete assignments that do require the internet. And the level of advocacy and support for a solution has snowballed.

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Advocacy Accessibility Policies Laptops 142

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

The children’s library at the Yale Child Study Center in New Haven, Connecticut. Kathryn Meyer, left, attorney at the Center for Children’s Advocacy, and Christiana Mills, are part of the Yale Child Student Center in New Haven, Connecticut. The center houses the first medical-legal partnership focused on children’s behavioral health.

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Advocacy Report Study Training 120

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 4, 2020

Our first Library 2.020 mini-conference of the year is next week: "Wholehearted Libraries," online (and for free) on Tuesday, March 10th , from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Not only do libraries need high tech, they also need staff who approach their work with a wholehearted attitude.

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Libraries Conference Training Advocacy 60

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

For example, one of the things that we learned was that the majority of Hispanic school districts are twice as likely not to have school libraries as the majority non-Hispanic districts. Districts are also eliminating library clericals and paraprofessionals at alarming rates. Let’s put her in the library.

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Study Libraries E-rate Data 99

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Michelle Kruse, Content Lead for Libraries, Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy, Cedar Rapids Community School District Nominated by: Follett Michelle Kruse is the teacher librarian at Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy (RCCBA), a magnet middle school in the Cedar Rapids Community School District (CRCSD). Dr. Dana T.

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Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 121

Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2022

This week, the Aspen Institute announced its 2022 Ascend fellows, a cohort of 22 individuals hailing from a range of disciplines including medicine, research, entrepreneurship, government and policy, and nonprofit leadership and advocacy. How much classroom time is lost? It’s the type of question Deana Around Him considers in her work.

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Advocacy Meeting Policies Course 165

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2018

With high poverty rates, overcrowded classrooms and fears over Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, she says many parents are just trying to survive. For people to go into the library to be able to access that data, that’s hard too. For people to go into the library to be able to access that data, that’s hard too. “For

Libraries 116

Libraries Data Learning iPhone 116

Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2017

From my time as a classroom teacher, to my time as an instructional coach, to my most recent role as an administrator, my favorite resources remain the same. Local libraries, museums, historical societies and archives. Learning sticks when skills transfer to action. Source: Crista Anderson My Go-To Tools.

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Advocacy Meeting Resources Libraries 165

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. They had an important role to play in OER advocacy. They might assign resources from the campus library, which students experience as being “free” since the fee they pay in support of the library is bundled with their tuition.

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OER Outcomes Comparison Study 197

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

By sharing a bit about themselves, teachers can foster greater rapport with students in their classrooms. Research supports incorporating group work in the classroom, pointing to improved social skills, a greater sense of belonging, a chance to reflect on and define personal identity, and the chance to support peers.

Trends 122

Trends Advocacy Outcomes Report 122

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2023

AP) – One Thursday morning in May, instead of sitting at a desk in her sixth-grade classroom in the Oregon mountains, Khloe Warne sat at a table in her mother’s bakery, doing her schoolwork on a laptop and watching her favorite clips of anime. She described the fight to get her daughter back in the classroom as exhausting, stressful and sad.

Advocacy 116

Advocacy Elementary Report Training 116

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Ed note : This is the first in a series of columns from digital library expert Mark Ray discussing the changing role of librarians and the Future Ready Schools initiative. As the Future Ready Schools project enters its second year, districts are seeking to operationalize innovation from the classroom to the central office.

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Future Ready Libraries Advocacy Classroom 40

MindShift

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Some have publicly proclaimed the steps they will take to create anti-racist schools , including diversifying classroom and library bookshelves. That task may be easier than ever, thanks to six years of advocacy by the We Need Diverse Books campaign. Evaluate older books that are already in your classroom.

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Classroom Libraries Groups Industry 69

Reading By Example

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

This is a summary of a conversation I had with our school’s library media specialist (LMS) Kari Kabat. First, have a well stocked school library that is appealing and always open for students to come find a book whenever they need one. Educators should be rethinking who the library really belongs to.

Libraries 58

Libraries LMS Learning Technology 58

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2023

It’s an undertaking from the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), a philanthropy that supports HBCUs through scholarships to students, grants to higher ed institutions and advocacy for educating African Americans. Classroom engagement and participation is probably the only key to making online courses more engaging.”

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Education Course Blackboard System 165

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Critical guidelines that can lead to successful and sustainable professional learning include specific content areas focus, opportunities for teachers to engage in hands-on learning, and professional learning experiences connected daily with classrooms. About the Host.

Professional Learning 98

Professional Learning Technology Learning Lenovo 98

NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 5, 2016

It’s just the beginning of School Library Month. AASL has been doing some seriously creative thinking about how we might use the month of April to celebrate the 2016 theme: the essential role that strong school library programs play in transforming learning. Central TV on a Dime: Creating a Library TV Studio. Tweet it out!

Libraries 40

Libraries Facebook Advocacy Social Media 40

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

Many professors are still skeptical about utilizing smart phones in the classroom, but I believe we could get more professors on-board if entrepreneurs better understood the challenges and resistance faculty face to use mobile technologies. Here are 5 tips for entrepreneurs looking to make scalable impact in the community college market.

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Mobility OER Technology BYOD 112

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

She could work every day, take no days off, no breaks, cover classrooms. Classrooms will close first; day care hours will be cut to save on staff. As the center prepared to close, parents had already pulled out their kids and the staff had consolidated everyone into one classroom. She was a single mom whose rent was rising.

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Industry Policies Advocacy Survey 181

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Rather than creating one-size-fits-all workshops, administrators should ask their teachers what they need in order for them to help the students in their specific classrooms. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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Professional Learning Technology Learning BYOD 92

eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

With ed-tech spending expected to reach $55B by 2019 as predicted by market research firm Technavio, schools and districts should ensure they can produce carefully-crafted technology plans that outline how technology will work successfully in classrooms. This guide isn’t just advice from a vendor. .

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How To Advocacy Tools Survey 75

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

But EducationSuperHighway did it this week, announcing that the classroom internet connectivity gap is effectively closed – one year ahead of schedule, no less. When we started all of this, it wasn’t because we wanted to get broadband in every classroom,” Marwell said. “We Mississippi Learning. Their plan seems to have worked.

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E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 56

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Our newest product, Classroom Manager, is the classroom management tech that teachers have been waiting for. Contact ManagedMethods today to learn how other districts are benefitting from unifying their cybersecurity, student safety, web filtering, and classroom management systems. Web filtering and classroom management systems.

Education 57

Education Advocacy Microsoft System 57

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

This event will bridge the conversations about learning that are taking place in schools, libraries, museums, work places, and home learning worlds. Saturday, March 1st at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show - Google Forms in the Classrooms , Classroom 2.0 Classroom activity to facilitate active listening. Click here to register.

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Libraries Google Common Core Conference 49

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 10, 2019

Barbara Stripling, Professor Emerita, Syracuse University, and former ALA President, describes the history and goals of the project that builds on an earlier version developed by school librarians in 2009 under the auspices of the Office of Library Services and its former Director, Dr. Stripling.

Digital Citizenship 76

Digital Citizenship Libraries Social Media Secondary 76

ProfHacker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Possible topics may include: Access to and support for students, faculty, and staff (including Students’ Rights to Their Own Language, emergency grants for students in need, parental leave policies, contingent faculty rights, Title IX initiatives, protections for DACA recipients, graduate and faculty labor organizations) Benefits and workload changes (..)

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Strategy Advocacy Policies Libraries 73

Buncee

JANUARY 11, 2019

Joe and Kristin Merril- Using Buncee in the InterACTIVE Classroom -11AM. She will be sharing how Buncee fits into the different wedges and literacy within the FRL framework and stories of using Buncee in her library along the way. Explore the benefits of using Buncee in and out of your classroom. It will be a super fun session!

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Advocacy Future Ready Libraries Blended Learning 43

edWeb.net

JUNE 16, 2023

Providing students WiFi access in every classroom and outside common areas to expand the classroom setting. Installing classroom charging cabinets to secure the devices and keep them charged. A public-facing website showcases what is taught in the classroom and available programs.

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Accessibility LMS Chromebook Digital Divide 94