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How to Teach Digital Citizenship in Kindergarten

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No longer do they complete their research on projects solely in the library. Understanding how to use the internet has become a cornerstone issue for students. Now, there is a vast landscape of resources available on the internet. But with wealth of options comes responsibility for their use.

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Searching for the Ability to Think: Training our Kids to Go Past Google

The CoolCatTeacher

To expand their knowledge, they had to assemble a library and know how to find books in it. Josh Stumpenhorst has students flying drones in his library. Micki Uppena says green screen is one of the most important things for a modern library to have. In previous centuries, students had to build their own Google.

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Gale Receives Platinum in 2025 Modern Library Awards from LibraryWorks for the Fourth Consecutive Year

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Gale , part of Cengage Group, is pleased to announce that it has received four platinum awards in LibraryWorks eleventh annual Modern Library Awards (MLAs) for its adult learning and youth large print resources. The MLAs were created to recognize the top products and services in the library industry in a truly unbiased format.

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Public Libraries Can Improve Remote Learning. Here’s How.

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As we head into this next school year, teachers, administrators, and districts have brought their best game plan—solid online curriculum, resources to support that learning, training for teachers in online platforms and plenty of out-of-the-box thinking about meeting families’ needs as we power on through a pandemic.

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13 Websites That Provide Lots of Digital Books for Summer Reading

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The reasons were varied (teacher training, infrastructure, and professional support to name a few), but one of the most prominent was money. International Children’s Digital Library. Books are made available from a variety of sources including the Library of Congress. Open Library.

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What Happens When a School Closes Its Library?

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One fear expressed was about how the mostly Black and Latino students at 28 schools would fare under a plan created by new Superintendent Mike Miles that would require school libraries to cease, in essence, functioning as libraries. Demonstrators gather in August 2023 in protest of Houston ISD's plan to close libraries in schools.

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Lumio: Making Review and Practice Easy

The CoolCatTeacher

You’ll see when you login that you start off by being able to add activities, explore the resources they have, or get some training on how to use this collaborative learning tool. Add free manipulatives and lessons to your library first. We have to save time as teachers, and their library of thousands of resources will help you do it.

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