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

Edsurge

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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What Happens When a School Closes Its Library?

Edsurge

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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13 Websites That Provide Lots of Digital Books for Summer Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

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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5 Best Security Practices for Working Remotely

ViewSonic Education

Provide Security Awareness Training. Security awareness training also creates a more proactive and secure mindset and culture that prioritizes the protection of your company’s sensitive information and data. Working from a coffee shop, library or other public space opens employees up to hackers who are on the same network.

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12 Incredible Ideas for Using Technology to Teach English Language Learners

Teacher Reboot Camp

Poor students often carry around cheap cell phones or access the Internet through a library or Internet cafe. They are my posts from ESL Library and Sprout English where I blog regularly. Ask me about training your ESL teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com !

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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. We do training, and we follow up with more training,” she says.

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Tech Tip #67: How to Add Accents and more

Ask a Tech Teacher

A: You can go through the symbols library, but there’s an easier way. The content presented in this blog is the result of my creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.”

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