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World Digital Library Home - 0 views

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    The World Digital Library hosts more than 10,000 primary documents and images from collections around the world. It is sponsored by UNESCO and the mission is to promote the study and understanding of cultures. The WDL can be searched by date, era, country, continent, topic, and type of resource. There are a lot of maps and images as well as text documents.
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On the Horizon for K12 (and for libraries!) - @joycevalenza NeverEndingSearch - 0 views

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    "The trends identified in the 2014 Horizon Report should inform K12 library practice and the ways in which we partner with classroom teachers.  In many cases we will already recognize them as part of our current practice."
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A Librarian's Guide to Makerspaces: 16 Resources - OEDB.org - 0 views

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    A good piece to read if you are at all interested in libraries and makerspaces
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SWOT ANALYSIS: Your Library's Strenghts, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats | Advoc... - 0 views

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    Good way to being planning for future development by looking at the present situation
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The Future is Here: When Science Fiction Turns Real - Book Patrol - 0 views

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    Great infogrpahic that creates a great image of Sci-Fi information that I was explaining to students not long ago. Much clearer here!
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What Teachers Need to Know about The New Creative Commons 4.0 Licenses ~ Educational Te... - 0 views

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    "These CC 4.0 licenses are the result of of two years of work to overcome some of the weaknesses that marked the 2011 version CC licenses. Some of the features and improvements included in 4.0 licences which make them easily shared and re-used include improved readability and organization and common-sense attribution."
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The Future of Libraries | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project - 0 views

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    "Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center's Internet Project, runs through the seven questions libraries need to address as they consider future services and their role for their patrons and communities. He describes how project research about the changing role of technology in people's lives affects the kinds of issues librarians need to address as they experience the disruptions of technology change.
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Framing Inquiry Questions | Great Teaching Ideas - 0 views

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    Video from AITSL site. (Ravenswood Schools for Girls, Sydney) Teachers discussing and showing how they go about encouraging student to develop a specific research skills ie framing the "Right" sort of question. Having the skill to develop good inquiry questions is important to self-learning and critical thinking. The audio is not great but a useful example nonetheless.
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    Video from AITSL site.
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SLAV / ALIA Symposium 01 May 2014 (with image, tweets) · BiblioKat · Storify - 0 views

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    The tweets from the day at the Symposium held at the Bendigo Public Library. Sharing ideas, experience and expertise
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Hands-On Programs - 0 views

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    Fayetteville Free library was the (one of the) first to have a makerspace. Now they have 3 makerspaces
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Culture Victoria - Stories - Collections - Places - 0 views

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    Culture Victoria - worth going to to have a look at her collections of primary source documents from archived collection
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