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How to Set Goals for Your Library This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

Today, media specialist Amanda Johnson talks about the massive success of some new sections she added to the library last summer and how she’s going to improve her library even more this summer. Scroll down for some super cool pics of her library) SmartBrief Keeping up with the news is challenging.

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iPad Magic: 6 Ideas Every iPad Teacher Needs to Know

The CoolCatTeacher

Want to show your cursor on the iPad screen? There’s a trick for these things and more on the iPad. Today, Tony Vincent shares six ideas every iPad teacher needs to know. iPad Magic: 6 Ideas Every iPad Teacher Needs to Know. In one hand, I’m manipulating the iPad, and the other I’m pointing at the screen.

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Whiteboard Apps You’ll Love

Ask a Tech Teacher

But one change has revolutionized their use: They can now be projected from your iPad. It’s similar to web-based options like Miro with two dramatic differences: It works through a iPad and can be mirrored to a computer (and from there, the class screen). This untethers teachers from their desk. Free to try. Need more options?

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13 Websites That Provide Lots of Digital Books for Summer Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. International Children’s Digital Library. Books are made available from a variety of sources including the Library of Congress. Open Library. This includes not only public libraries but colleges and universities.

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How Librarians Continue Their Work Digitally Even as Coronavirus Closes Libraries

Edsurge

Libraries are temporarily closing their doors due to coronavirus—like so many other institutions in the wake of a growing pandemic. But what does it mean for librarians to serve patrons without a library ? But what does it mean for librarians to serve patrons without a library ?

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Comic Creation Tools to Engage Learners

Teacher Reboot Camp

The free comic creation tools below are easy to use and allow learners to choose from a library of characters, props, scenes, and templates to visualize a word problem, retell a moment in history, illustrate science, explain a theory, or make up their own story. Make Beliefs Comix – Web tool and iPad app. Comic Creation Tools. ?

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Digital Ways to Celebrate December Holidays

Teacher Reboot Camp

Try game creation tools like Zondle , Stencyl , Scratch , Adventure Games or create a game on the iPad with TinyTap and Game Press. Buncee has a large library of stickers, backgrounds, audio, images, animation, and videos. Try their new free iPad app to create multimedia digital posters they can add voice recordings and drawings.

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