The Thinking Stick

MARCH 6, 2023

Often the cliche ‘the library is the heart of the school’ is heard in literacy circles…but what does it mean to listen to a library’s heartbeat? On the podcast this week we hear directly from award-winning librarian Karina Quilantán about the journey she’s explored in telling the story of her library.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 18, 2015

This is a LIVE show presented in news show format featuring a Wrap up of “This Month in School Libraries” and deeper discussion of topical school library issues with special guest experts. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. Department of Education's Future Ready Pledge. Did we mention it was LIVE?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 8, 2015

Second Monday of each month is the Teacher Librarian Twitter Chat. Follow #TLChat on Twitter to participate. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. Department of Education's Future Ready Pledge. Tuesday, June 9th - Thursday, June 11th in Washington D.C.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 15, 2015

This is a LIVE show presented in news show format featuring a Wrap up of “This Month in School Libraries” and deeper discussion of topical school library issues with special guest experts. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. Department of Education's Future Ready Pledge. Did we mention it was LIVE?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 21, 2024

OVERVIEW: Our first Library 2.0 School Library Summit is " School Libraries and AI ," and will be held online (and for free) tomorrow, Thursday, August 22nd, 2024, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Please also join the Library 2.0 community to be kept updated on this and future events.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2023

Gale In Context databases have a long history of supporting academic achievement and future-ready skill development. The company currently serves the K-12, higher education, professional, library, English language teaching and workforce training markets worldwide. Follow Gale on: Twitter Gale Blog Facebook LinkedIn Instagram

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JUNE 3, 2015

You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. Second Monday of each month is the Teacher Librarian Twitter Chat. , Second Monday of each month is the Teacher Librarian Twitter Chat. Follow #TLChat on Twitter to participate. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. More information here. More information here.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 19, 2024

OVERVIEW: Our first Library 2.0 School Library Summit is " School Libraries and AI ," and will be held online (and for free) this Thursday, August 22nd, 2024, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Please also join the Library 2.0 community to be kept updated on this and future events.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 31, 2019

In my Leadership, Management and Evaluation of School Libraries course in the MI program at Rutgers, my students engage in a culminating strategic planning project. The Lee High School team was the recipient of the Follett-sponsored 2018 AASL National School Library Program of the Year Award. AASL School Library Evaluation Checklist.

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The Daring Librarian

MARCH 10, 2019

But this can work at any time in a school library or ELA classroom. I was inspired by Librarian tiff because she also does this in her school library and created this amazing graphic below, made it Creative Commons, and gave it out to the world! Twitter: @GwynethJones - IG: The Daring Librarian. Effective. Save the Stickies!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 24, 2015

Two Week Calendar Wednesday, June 24th from 11am - 7:15pm EDT Future Ready Virtual Summit: 2015 School Leadership Summit , Future Ready Schools: 2015 School Leadership Summit will be held online using Google Hangouts on Air. Department of Education's Future Ready Pledge.

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The Daring Librarian

APRIL 13, 2019

When we have testing in our Library, I put all our Makerspace stuff on an AV cart and roll it into our server room. Say you're trying for 50 or 100 - put a decorated cardboard box outside your Library or Classroom for donations! We all have damaged or out-of-date books that we’ve weeded from our library. Just like new!

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 28, 2018

At the first Future Ready Librarian Leadership Summit , ISTE’s Chief Learning Officer Joseph South shared the news of ISTE’s Librarians are Transforming Learning website. An updated version of the Future Ready Librarians Framework also launched at the Future Ready Summit.

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Buncee

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Share & Tell with Future Ready Librarians with Shannon Miller , Librarian, Tech Director. Shannon led a “Share & Tell” session where she shared some of her favorite ways to Buncee both in the library and beyond. She connected with her audience members, and introduced some new ideas for using Buncee.

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The Daring Librarian

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

You know what's great about having a professional Twitter & Instagram ? Turn the camera around girl & take pics of your students, your classroom, your library, your school, your co-workers, your world. Thought I kinda hint at that in my Twitter profile, right? Twitter: @GwynethJones - IG: The Daring Librarian.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 29, 2015

Library 2.015 Spring Summit Recap On April 30th we held the first ever Library 2.015 Spring Summit - The Emerging Future: Technology and Learning , a half-day conversation about technology issues and trends in the future of library and information services. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

For more information on the leadership, role librarians must take in the area of curating digital resources and tools, empowering students as creators, and building instructional partnerships visit Future Ready Librarians and follow #futurereadylibs on Twitter. Librarians can (and MUST!) Follow her @spkowalski.

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The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 25, 2018

Three years ago I shared with you what I was buying to boost our Makerspace area using four empty Library study carrels that no longer held desktop Macs. Our MHMS Makerspace How it works: Kids can come in before school, during lunch, or when they've finished their work to explore, craft, and create in the Library Media Center.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2021

Reinventing spaces—designing flexible classroom spaces and turning a library into a learning commons with flexible seating and mobile bookshelves. Action 3: Future Proof Your School. What else must educational leaders do to get their schools and districts future ready? Follow him on Twitter @danmorris731.

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The Daring Librarian

JANUARY 20, 2018

How to be a Teacher Librarian Rock Star - Branding Tips & Tricks First thing I gotta say, I don’t know that I really love the term Library Rockstars because I think ALL Teachers and Librarians are rock stars or has an inner rock star waiting to come out. Our kiddos really are really not so much on Twitter (Shocking. I know, right?)

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The Daring Librarian

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

We were madly getting ready for MAP testing deadlines (going through each and every laptop and also worrying over so many snow related school delays and a day off that I forgot to sign up for a pot-luck breakfast for our district Library Media Professional Development day. Twitter: @GwynethJones - IG: The Daring Librarian.

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edWeb.net

MAY 3, 2017

edWeb is so excited to congratulate Michelle Luhtala, department chair at New Canaan High School Library in Connecticut, for being selected as a 2017 AASL Social Media Superstars winner ! I first met Michelle Luhtala on an AASL site visit the year the New Canaan (CT) High School Library earned the National School Library Program of the Year.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 14, 2019

Dr. Rob is the author of several books including Reading, Technology, and Digital Literacy and the ISTE bestselling title Are You Future Ready. Rob also hosts a well-known YouTube educational video blog called The Seditionists and educational podcast called the Council on the Future of Education. Follow her on Twitter @mluhtala.

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techlearning

MAY 16, 2018

(May 16, 2018) – Texas’ Richardson Independent School District (RISD) today announced it has selected Discovery Education , the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, to support the district’s new, three year “Future Ready: STEM for All” initiative.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Members of our library community have been trying to launch a hashtag for bridging school librarians and schools across the world for years. Another collaborative idea is to share resources, ideas and presentations when library professionals go for professional development. Join us for our first #inTLchat fast and slow Twitter chats.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. The folks we interviewed across library land curated in several different ways and we used the term curation differently depending on current community needs or where they were in any particular project.

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The Daring Librarian

MARCH 12, 2022

Our Middle School Library in Laurel, Maryland has been a loud and proud Safe Space and Ally for ALL of our LGBTQIA and Neurodivergent students for years. I know, among some of my other Future Ready Librarians this is a controversial topic. I have also blogged about our support of our diverse communities. Like a mystery?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2020

He is a Future Ready Schools Thought Leader and was selected as a participant in the Presidential Maker Roundtable discussion at the White House. Connect with him on Twitter @JustinAglio. We will discuss back-to-school innovative tips. We might talk about artificial intelligence, esports, PBL, STEM and more! See you "online!"

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Digital Promise

MAY 25, 2017

The Digital Promise maker learning team spent some time in Greer, South Carolina this winter observing and filming the Riverside Middle School Library Club students as they worked to design solutions to problems they identified in their community. We are excited to share their story as the second in our series of Maker Promise videos.

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The Daring Librarian

JUNE 29, 2018

So, here's my list of 5 ways your school library (or classroom) can benefit from a photo booth. This fun, easy, & cheap DIY Photo Booth has added a lot of fun to our school library and our end of the year celebration, our June Jamboree. This is a good thing for a school library! A photo booth is a good reason! Photo Booth.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. Might we also study whether learners with solid K12 library inquiry experience perform better than the student in the general SHEG sample ? You can now find out. Beyond the Bubble History Assessments.

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The Daring Librarian

JULY 20, 2018

Fierce & Future Ready 7. but then ask them to either email you or drop by the library and put their name on the list. “I Google terms like "your subject area, your level, lesson plan, unit, & rubric" you can also later add in search terms like "future ready," "framework," "technology integration," or "printables."

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Jared Cook, Doane University | Dr. Lorie Cook-Benjamin Programming for Perspective: Promoting Reflection and Discussion on the Immigrant Experience , J B Hill, Ottenheimer Library Director, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Proyectos telecolaborativos y acciones positivas hacia los ODS (Sustainable Development Goals).

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