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Amanda Nichols

The Library as a Digital Learning Space -- THE Journal - 0 views

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    From the article: With 33 years of experience as a school librarian under her belt, Snyder said getting adults to understand the changing role and "look" of the library is an ongoing battle. "A lot of people still think of the library as a warehouse where you go to get a book or a magazine," she said. "To deal with it we just strive to be a model for helping people understand that a media center is a lot more than just a place for physical books."
Melissa Rykse

Michigan Champion's Public Library | Diigo - 1 views

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    Public library of technology resources for teachers from MACUL's MI Champions program.
Amanda Nichols

UNL Digital Collections | Browse - 0 views

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    An archive of educational comics from UNL libraries - files can be downloaded and read on a computer.  Interesting historical perspective as well as potentially a purely educational tool
Amanda Nichols

The rise of e-reading | Pew Internet Libraries - 0 views

  • A fifth of American adults have read an e-book in the past year and the number of e-book readers grew after a major increase in ownership of e-book reading devices and tablet computers during the holiday gift-giving season
  • The average reader of e-books says she has read 24 books (the mean number) in the past 12 months, compared with an average of 15 books by a non-e-book consumer.
  • Some 41% of tablet owners and 35% of e-reading device owners said they are reading more since the advent of e-content.
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  • There are four times more people reading e-books on a typical day now than was the case less than two years ago
  • E-book reading happens across an array of devices, including smartphones.
  • In a head-to-head competition, people prefer e-books to printed books when they want speedy access and portability, but print wins out when people are reading to children and sharing books with others
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    Pew study on the use of ereaders, ebooks, and ereading
Amanda Nichols

Eight Tech Trends for Librarians (and Teachers too!)| The Committed Sardine - 0 views

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    The changing roles and resources available through, and for, school libraries and librarians
Amanda Nichols

School Library Monthly - Grassroots Google Tools: ePortfolio in Assessment and Curricul... - 0 views

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    Educators from Skyline High School in Ann Arbor, MI discuss how they used Google Sites to streamline curriculum management and create a network of student portfolios.  Potential for use in CCS, where we have Google Sites as part of our closed CCS domain; students don't have to register for accounts like they did in A2.
Amanda Nichols

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - 0 views

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    Math resource for all ages
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