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" DET site page assist learning from home. They will continue to update this page in the coming weeks. On this page: Learning continuity contingency planning: early childhood and Learning continuity contingency planning: schools Online options Offline options Tips for remote curriculum delivery  Learning continuity contingency planning: early childhood When planning for children's learning continuity in the event of closure, early childhood education and care services may consider: identifying ways early childhood teachers and educators can initiate group or individual contact with children to maintain learning opportunities implementing activities with children by using available technologies maintaining contact with families to discuss and track the wellbeing of children and discuss the progress of children's development identifying ways educators can improve the implementation and documentation of the service's program and maintain educator practice. There are resources services can provide to support parents and carers to engage in learning activities with their children at home: Play-based learning for pre-schoolers - provides suggestions for good structured and unstructured play experiences for 3 - 5 year olds How to build literacy skills from birth to year 2 - includes tips on how to help build children's skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing How to build numeracy skills from birth to year 2 - includes tips on how to build children's skills in maths, measurement and patterns Building STEM skills for children - includes ways to engage children with STEM related experiences. Raising Children Network also has a range of learning activities for pre-schoolers. It includes tips and ideas as well as videos of drawing, writing, storytelling, counting and other activities that can be done at home. Services may also want to give parents information about talking to their children about COVID-19. For example: UNICEF's How to talk to

Manage through EBSCOHost Collection Manager.  Over 430,000 titles.  Purchase on one, three or unlimited simultaneous users basis.  Subscription model with or without downloading available or purchase individually.  Can read through browser or down onto device.  Go into current EBSCO databases.  Downloads onto Bluefire devices.

Manage through EBSCOHost Collection Manager.  Over 430,000 titles.  Purchase on one, three or unlimited simultaneous users basis.  Subscription model with or without downloading available or purchase individually.  Can read through browser or down onto device.  Go into current EBSCO databases.  Downloads onto Bluefire devices.

First cooperative library management systems for libraries. Based on WorldCat. 300+ million records. Trove resources - WorldCat - Worldshare. Works through single search Discovery layer. Connect to free and purchased records. Integrate from Overdrive and other digital resource products.

First cooperative library management systems for libraries. Based on WorldCat. 300+ million records. Trove resources - WorldCat - Worldshare. Works through single search Discovery layer. Connect to free and purchased records. Integrate from Overdrive and other digital resource products.

Library management system with the ability to distribute digital content. Australian distributor of Overdrive.

Library management system with the ability to distribute digital content. Australian distributor of Overdrive.

Access-It Library is a single solution to all your library and resource management needs. Incredibly fast, flexible and easy to use. Both web-based and powerful SQL client/server with unicode support. Integrate with Wheelers Books and Overdrive resources plus others.

Access-It Library is a single solution to all your library and resource management needs. Incredibly fast, flexible and easy to use. Both web-based and powerful SQL client/server with unicode support. Integrate with Wheelers Books and Overdrive resources plus others.

Manage esubscription to digital resources available through your exixting EBSCO database account.

Manage esubscription to digital resources available through your exixting EBSCO database account.

Scootle is a website which is a way of locating any of the 8000 items/learning objects in the Learning Federation for K-12. It just makes it easier to locate, download and manage required items, and a means to access this bank of resources. You can manage the resources into folders of your own, and can give instructions and/or comments for each item. It provides a URL for students or other staff to access your bank of resources webpage.

"Managing your digital identity is a skill that everyone needs to learn and educators should be teaching their students about. In a digitally focused world students may not understand the implications of what is shared via social media. Teachers need to be fully aware and proactive and start teaching students about the effects of their on-line activity and how to manage their own digital footprints."

"Those who do not learn how to utilize social media strategically run a great risk of encountering obstacles when seeking employment or admission. Research has been clear that social media can serve important professional purposes, such as personal branding, self-promotion ad impression management (Chen, 2013; Jackson & Lilleker, 2011; Labrecque et al., 2011; Zhao et al., 2013), and we encourage its intentional positive use. We suggest that all youth (and young adults!) work extra hard to do great things at school and in their community (e.g., making the honor roll, volunteering, extra-curricular activities, etc.) so that when one does search for them, they find evidence of hard work, integrity, and civic-mindedness."

Softlink is Australian distributor.  Online digital content that integrates with library management systems

Softlink is Australian distributor.  Online digital content that integrates with library management systems

The post offers a how-to by documenting how it runs in the author's own library. "Lego Club is engaging for kids of all ages, easy to manage from a staff perspective, and enjoyable for everyone involved. I think everyone should seriously consider hosting a Lego Club at the library. "

"QLD Ed Dept. The Digital footprint resources assist schools to promote discussions about the importance of positive online behaviours and protecting your digital footprint. Several areas: Cybersafety resources provide a range of resources for use by school staff from Prep to upper secondary. Cybersafety policy provides information for schools about developing school policies regarding the use of technology. Managing incidents. BECTA (UK government) resources"

"Research and academic libraries are moving quickly in many directions in response to expectations of patrons who are growing accustomed to the consumer technology experience and digitization of content. Among the trends that are redefining institutional libraries: a push for mobile content delivery, more focus on managing research data and rethinking the use of library spaces. These and other trends were highlighted in a new, freely available report published by the NMC, a community of experts in educational technology."

"Enhancing online safety site is managed by the Office of the Children's eSafety Commissioner. This department seeks to protect Australian children when they experience cyberbullying by administering a complaints scheme and deals with complaints about prohibited online content."

First up is a tutorial on Jellybean Writer. The video is embedded below. Jellybean Writer is a free tool for creating picture books. Students can import pictures from their computers then write captions for each image. All stories can be saved online or downloaded and printed. If picture books are too simple for your students, they can skip using pictures and select one of the text only templates for the pages in their books. As you will see in the video below, teacher can create and manage student accounts in Jellybean Scoop.

The article discusses figures that seem to show that e-book sales have plateaued and the demand for hardcopy books remains steady. "There have been plenty of ideas on how to reinvigorate bookstores, but Waterstones and Barnes & Noble appear to have benefited from less radical moves. Waterstones has spent millions of pounds refurbishing its 290 stores, adding cafs and trying to emulate local bookstores by giving store managers more control. The growth of "click-and-collect" sales also benefits shops, which can encourage shoppers to browse when they come to pick up their orders. In the US, Barnes & Noble has put its faith in selling ancillary products alongside books, including vinyl records and craft beer kits. Some in the books industry suggest bricks-and-mortar stores may have benefit from resentment of Amazon among some consumers. However, globally, there is no guarantee that physical books will be sold through physical bookstores. "Online sales of physical books are likely to remain strong," Deloitte says, in its forthcoming 2015 predictions."

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Spark Notes is a fantastic tool to help students through difficult assignments and essays in Literature and English classes. The notes shouldn't be a replacement for reading. Rather, use them as an aid to help you understand the concepts. If you're reading Shakespeare, for instance, Spark Notes will help you understand the language so you can better understand the story. Spark Notes can also offer study tips or break up the text into smaller pieces to help students manage their workload.

A post that discusses some resources that will help you teach your students to find accurate information, manage their social media feeds and make good choices about what to share

"The 7th edition of the Scholastic Kids and Family Reading Report was released last month. Scholastic presents the results of a survey, managed by YouGov, of 2758 adults and children. This biannual report is, I think, one of the best windows into what families are doing and thinking when it comes to kids' reading. I'm in the process of going through the material and there are certainly causes for optimism overall. However, one of the major  findings hit me hard: The Decline by Nine". Author discusses some results and how she intends to overcome them