eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The “ Public Libraries and Book Bans – Parent Perception Survey ” gathered insights from 1,527 parents and guardians with children under 18 in two surveys during October and November 2023. The results are detailed in a new report from EveryLibrary Institute and Book Riot.

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eSchool News

JUNE 21, 2024

Their analysis highlights the ongoing debate around just how deeply summer learning loss is felt, if different student groups experience more learning loss than others, and what districts and caregivers can to do keep students’ brains active and learning in fun ways during long school breaks.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2017

Owl Eyes is a new, simple-but-powerful, and FREE web-app for reading classic books with your students. Owl Eyes does several things for reading literature: You can create a classroom and invite students. Discussions happen inside the book , so as you discuss, you’re literally “all on the same page.”. What Books Are Included?

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Waterford

MAY 11, 2020

A student’s exposure to educational activities isn’t usually as rigorous during the summer as it is in the classroom, and some students may need a refresher at the beginning of the new year. Using strategies that promote an inclusive classroom during the school year can be a great way to prevent the achievement gap.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

BUDAPEST/LOS ANGELES (October 1, 2021) – An acclaimed and multi award-winning English As A Second Language (ESL)appin daily use with over 20,000 classrooms across Europe is launching in the US. Immersive and interactive, digital learning tools can encourage new levels of creativity and concentration in the classroom,” said Horvath.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 29, 2024

These tools are: Book Finder Book Summarizer Library Programming Assistant LOC Authority Record Finder Talk to a Book Search Query Optimizer ESL Reading Passage Creator We'd love your feedback--there's a link on the page to give it. Summaries from summarize.tech - detailed version at [link].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 3, 2019

We probably went there with a specific book in mind, one required for school, but ended up taking our time exploring all the tomes available. Though bookstores remain, too often, parents simply buy books online–digitally or print, doesn’t matter–and miss out on that opportunity to discover new worlds. Searchability.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2020

With these solutions, teachers can help students continue to form a deep understanding of key scientific concepts while outside the classroom and laboratory.”. Students can perform their own analysis of the sample data and answer questions based on their results. This lab book is recommended for high school and college students.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2024

This is our library,” Tamorris announced, cutting through a small room filled with books on Black history, social critique, philosophy, and young adult fiction. Tamorris walked through a door at the back of the gym, which connected to a classroom with blue walls. But to Brown, analysis is only part of the process. “I

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 18, 2017

Apps bring technology, functionality, and creativity into your school library program. In “ Virtual Library Program Development ,” Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, New Canaan High School, CT, reviewed an A to Z list of 50 apps to virtualize your school library program.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 9, 2021

For example, an English teacher might stumble upon this meta-analysis that looked at 41 summer reading programs across 35 studies and found that lower-income students from kindergarten to eighth grade benefit the most from these programs. However, another teacher’s situation might be different than yours, seeing how each classroom is unique.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Yon used to hold silent reading time in her classroom; students could read whatever they wanted for 20 minutes. An analysis of test scores in California and South Carolina found that students had lost almost a third of a year in reading. A national analysis of the test scores of 5.5 We couldn’t have enough help.”.

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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. This is a piece of hard data relating to equity.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2021

This is the first time Ad Fontes has commercially marketed its content analysis methodology instruction and databases to the educational market. As a result of the distribution alliance, over 130,000 K-12 schools will now be able to discover Ad Fontes Media’s news literacy offerings during the procurement process.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

The arena of book publishing has undergone several revolutionary changes. The radical shift from the consumption of physical books to ebooks is the most glaring in the face. The ever increasing demand for ebooks has led to the subsequent decline in the demand for physical books. Emergence Of Book Summary Platforms.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 2018

She is a high school library media center director in Illinois and author of the book Digital Citizenship in Action published through ISTE. We use Google Classroom a lot. Kristen: These were all happening in the government classroom, sort of as an extension of that curriculum that they traditionally go through.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Senate as well as other forums where public policy is discussed, debated and decided––all without editing, commentary, talking heads, ads, or analysis, and with a balanced presentation of viewpoints. It is part of Commoncraft’s Education series, including videos on libraries, Twitter, and augmented reality. election process.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 10, 2019

In this article, we’ll explore how you can both prevent bullying in your classroom and handle it when it occurs. What You Can Do to Prevent Bullying in Your Classroom. Reading is connected to empathy, and reading books about bullying can help students understand how to treat their classmates and what to do if they’re being bullied.[13]

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The situation is especially concerning among younger children: one analysis of reading level data by Amplify Education, Inc., Work on literacy at home: Outside of school, parents can boost literacy by reading books with children and pointing out letters and words in everyday life, like at the grocery store.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

And so as digital screens begin to take the place of print books in many classrooms and households, researchers are now looking at how that impacts our ability to process information—and empathize with others. The effects of reading on the brain are also strongly influenced by the medium through which we read.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Senate as well as other forums where public policy is discussed, debated and decided––all without editing, commentary, talking heads, ads, or analysis, and with a balanced presentation of viewpoints. It is part of Commoncraft’s Education series, including videos on libraries, Twitter, and augmented reality. election process.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 6, 2016

Back in the fall, they started writing shelf talkers and displaying them on shelves at the front of our library. After all of their suggested books were quickly checked out, they are looking for ways to expand their leadership. Across 2 days, the class came to the library to work on their next steps of this project.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2014

This is a GREAT week for library learning and conversations! Then our fourth annual (and free) Future of Libraries conference, Library 2.014, starts on Wednesday, October 8th, at 10:00am US-Eastern Time with the opening keynote by conference co-chair Dr. Sandra Hirsh from the School of Information at San José State University.

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edWeb.net

JULY 18, 2017

In “ Summer Reading 501: Helping Generation App Read This Summer ,” Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, New Canaan High School, CT; and Jane Lofton, Teacher Librarian, presented creative ideas to get students excited about summer reading. During a read aloud, teachers can sign up to read a book of their choice at the public library.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

If there is a makerspace in your school, it may be down the hall, in the library, or in another building. In deciding what resources you need based on the learners you have, you may first need to determine how your learners learn best, what projects you plan to do, how you can set up a makerspace in your classroom, and much more.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 5, 2022

That’s how I came up with these five strategies and routines that help me cultivate a safe and welcoming classroom for secondary students. Some of these strategies can also streamline planning as well, as they have some classroom routines built in. It plants the seed that my classroom is a collaborative learning environment.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

Rising fourth graders listen as a teacher reads a book at an elementary school summer program in Silver Spring, MD. The seminal Coleman Report published in 1966 showed that student outcomes inside the classroom are predicated on their circumstances outside the classroom. Summer has always been a time when gaps get wider.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 17, 2017

Michelle Luhtala is the Library Department Chair at New Canaan High School in Connecticut and was one of five school librarians named as a “Mover and Shaker” by Library Journal in 2015. She is the winner of the 2011 “I Love My Librarian” Award and the Library Association’s 2010 Outstanding Librarian Award. About the Sponsor.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

When you think of tech in the classroom, everyone thinks of iPads and SMART boards,” he says. But with younger ages, they’re often too exposed to screens, so I had to figure out how tech would look different in a Pre-K classroom.” Yes, the Roomba was there to help clean the classroom, but why make its job harder?

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edWeb.net

MARCH 30, 2021

A systematic, project-based approach to media literacy should start with analysis and delineation of a problem, and the definition of key terms and issues. Dr. Cathy Collins has worked as a library media and technology specialist for 23 years at the K-12 level. She received a Teachers for Global Classrooms fellowship from the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2019

Related: When reading a book means more than just looking at text on a page. I still remember my excitement to borrow books from the school library so that I could better understand life beyond my poverty-stricken world. It is the underpinning of so much of what we do in schools. We saw great results.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Michelle Luhtala , Department Chair of the New Canaan, CT, High School Library and a 2015 Library Journal Mover & Shaker , is a leader in helping teacher-librarians all around the country to become Future Ready. She is the winner of the 2011 “I Love My Librarian” Award and the Library Association’s 2010 Outstanding Librarian Award.

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

It’s Banned Books Week. Michelle proposes that we work together and contribute to a Challenged Books Slide Show. After many years in a middle school, I’m in a high school for Banned Books Week for the first time. I did start collecting the book cover images though.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Hull says her finding of delayed gains confirms on-the-ground reports of some teachers’ initial resistance to laptops and the time it took for teachers to receive training on how to integrate laptops into the classroom. Instead, the Mooresville district cut the library budget and shifted other things around to pay for it.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2020

Often distracted and easily bored, these students are also critical thinkers capable of thriving in the online classroom while learning 21st-century skills. In moving from classroom-based instruction to online instruction, the role of the faculty member changes from the content presenter to the facilitator of online learning.

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NeverEndingSearch

JANUARY 11, 2016

This week, New York Public Library released more than of its 187,000 public domain images free to share, reuse and remix. They present teacher librarians and classroom teachers opportunities to design innovative digital ebooks and instruction. You may also be interested in: Digital Public Library of America. Library of Congress.

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techlearning

APRIL 4, 2018

MORE BETTER WRITING Third Grade Students at Milton Public Schools use FlipGrid to record book reviews. As a sequel to last year’s success, students are busy completing a four-chapter book with Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney. The highlighting informs the Post-it note reflecting her analysis, which was included in her essay.

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