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Sonoma Library to Host Minecraft Camp - The Digital Shift - 0 views

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game competition technology instruction minecraft

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    • Katie Gordon
      Katie Gordon on 04 Feb 14
       
      This game is a huge hit with kids of all ages, this would be a great idea to incorporate technology instruction in an interesting manner for kids who love the game. 
    • Merrily Sproat
      Merrily Sproat on 04 Feb 14
       
      Wow! This is a grand idea! I know LOTS of children who would thrive at being able to design instead of just play Minecraft. They would truly be happy campers!
  • aught how to work mods: modifications that allow players to alter Minecraft, from making new blocks to creating new pieces
  • A professional coder in the community will be working with students during the first session using Eclipse
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  • Students will use laptops already in the library and connect to a server set up just for the program
  • the ability to personalize a video game is something most children don’t feel equipped to undertake. And that’s something Forth hopes to change
  • We want to take them from consumption to creation
  • We want to emphasize problem solving and teamwork
  • Libraries across the country have latched onto the game, using it to attract students to the library
  • Forth has already fielded calls from parents interested in the program for their children
    • Katie Gordon
      Katie Gordon on 04 Feb 14
       
      This is a huge win. Having parents call to sign their kids up for the program, amazing.
  • The idea is to create a turnkey program so all the documents are there, as well as curriculum and resources, so they can have what they need.
Katie Gordon

How to Assess School Librarians | ALA Midwinter 2014 | School Library Journal - 0 views

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  • Because of Race to the Top, evaluation has become a difficult little game,
  • NY. Librarians now “have to be contractually evaluated by their principal
  • evidence and it must be observable
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  • evidence of efficacy in the students that leads to documentation of the efficacy
  • planning and preparation, library environment, student instruction, and professional obligations
  • Librarians should document student growth and evidence of their outreach efforts to teachers as well as any collaborative projects that followed, suggested the panelists
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