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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

EdTech Magazine

Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. The independent private school in Medina, Wash., which has 330 students, is not alone.

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Creating your virtual library (quickly) using Slides and Bitmojis)

NeverEndingSearch

And it is clear that the library must be the center of that experience. But, first, a little background: I’ve been playing around with building virtual school libraries for a very long time. I started playing around with the fairly easy and recently very popular strategy of building a library scene in Slides. Valenza, J.K.

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Every Person Counts: How the 2020 U.S. Census Could Impact Adult Education

Digital Promise

Critical programs and services that adult education communities rely on, such as libraries and nonprofit organizations, could be impacted. The National Literacy Council’s website also has an extensive list of helpful resources for teaching and learning, programs, and advocacy. How does this affect adult learning providers?

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

Key points: School libraries have evolved to offer students and teachers everything they need See article: Modern students need modern librarians See article: 10 reasons we love school librarians For more news on school libraries, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page What makes an effective school library?

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What Students Want Teachers—and Facebook—to Know About Digital Citizenship

Edsurge

But it was also on Facebook where in 2011 Jivani, then in ninth grade, posted a video of her removing the wig. In the video, she said that she sees beauty in everyone, while acknowledging that others’ words about her appearance had hurt her. Jivani had jump started a career in self-care advocacy.

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Could Remixing Old MOOCs Give New Life to Free Online Education?

Edsurge

A search in LabXchange would one day pull up a list of videos, text descriptions, infographics and other materials. From that list of results, he says, you might pick three videos and an infographic, and then add a case study focusing on a really moving human story. And the platform lets you add your own videos or texts as well.

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Students Are Learning Outside of School. Why Don’t They Earn Credit for It?

Edsurge

There is a need for increased flexibility—live lessons and self-paced projects, new tools for self advocacy and creative tech platforms. Students can document and track growth through video diaries like Flipgrid and develop a scheduling calendar for family use. In any event, the current pandemic often does not allow this.

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