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A great overview of Lance's research into the effectiveness of libraries.  He answers the question: Do school libraries or librarians make a difference?  His answer (A HUGE YES!) is back by 14 years of remarkable research.  The point is proved.  But this information remains unknown to many principals and superintendents.  Anyone interested in 21st century teaching and learning will find this interview fascinating.

People remember their school days for different reasons. Some remember their school friends, some remember the canteen food, some grow fond of the teachers, while some simply loved doing the school uniform! While there are many things special about school, one thing which everyone like about school, invariably, is the morning assembly. Morning assembly has been a long running ritual in schools, and Hallmark Public School embraces it will full zeal. We believe that every morning assembly is essential in many ways, and triggers a positive vibe setting the stage for a fruitful day.

As guardians and educators, we realize that lunch box is something extremely imperative for the school going children. The lunch box that a student takes to the school isn't only some other box - It's a pack brimming with affection, wellbeing, taste and a considerable measure of astounding recollections, making it one of the most prized possessions of a student's backpack! At the point when the lunch box is so imperative for the kids, it needs to have something uncommon in it consistently! Children frequently gripe of eating same old and exhausting stuff each day in the meal break. It's essential to break the dreariness of the tiffin now and again, and pack it up with some new and energizing nourishment! Here are a couple of crisp thoughts from Hallmark Public School - (the best school in Panchkula) for tiffin-accommodating nourishment for the school students.

Welcome to the Best CBSE school in Panchkula region.Hallmark Public School is one of the Top schools in Panchkula .It is one of the best schools in Tricity.

The intent of this study is to document K-12 Web 2.0 policies, practices, and perspectives in American schools from the perspective of school district administrators. The study was made possible through the generous support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The CoSN study methodology included: 1) the design and field testing of a Web 2.0 survey for three respondent groups: school district superintendents, curriculum directors, and technology directors; 2) the constructing of a representative, random sample from the 14,199 public school districts in the U.S. stratified by four locales (e.g., urban, suburban, town, and rural); 3) the data collection through online surveys; 4) the weighting of findings to ensure demographic representativeness; and 5) analysis and reporting of the results. The report is based on the surveys from nearly 1200 district administrators, including 389 superintendents, 441 technology directors, and 359 curriculum directors. The reader will note that throughout the report, Metiri identifies the respondent group(s) and the associated weighted number of respondents who answered any particular question or series of questions. The complete methodology for the survey is included in the Appendix.

"This graphic, http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Communications/Director/ shows the journey of a student from pre-kindergarten through the K-12 educational system and either into the workforce or on to a higher education institution. Along the way, school, academic, and public libraries are all available to provide services to the student and parents in support of learning and information literacy. This graphic was developed after attendance at various P-20 meetings where it seemed important to show that libraries play an important role throughout the life of students and adults. Minnesota libraries collaborate in sharing services and resources. Once in the workforce, information continues to be available through the public library for lifelong learning and recreation activities. Role of Libraries Pre-K & Beyond: Lifelong Learning - http://www.minitex.umn.edu/Communications/Director/RoleLibraries.pdf

STEAM is a 21st-century educational approach to learning that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics as access points for learning that encourages students to think more broadly about real-world problems.

Danah, B. (2008). Taken Out of Context: American Teen Sociality in Networked Publics. University of California-Berkeley, School of Information. Retrieved from http://www.danah.org/papers/TakenOutOfContext.pdf.

A Wall that allows virtual sticky notes to be stored on the web - Walls can be private or public an can be edited by names groups or the public

This is a brilliant site for searching for royalty free images to use in your school projects and publications. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Photos+%26+Images

A beautifully made Twitter-like social network for schools that supports photos, videos, files and embed html. The site also has a blog feature, calendar and many other fab features. You can set your class to private or public. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

I have annotated this quite heavily as very interesting.