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"No two school makerspaces should ever be exactly alike, because no two school communities are ever exactly alike. What do the best ones have in common? This post tries to identify the main features "

Brochure - California School Library Assoc. Weeding the School library.

"This guide will give you insights into how educators around the world are approaching school closures. Thousands of teachers worldwide are currently sharing snippets of their experiences via social media or their blogs. We've compiled, curated, and built on some common themes and ideas to create this extensive guide."

"Several option for middle school posters.  I made both a chalkboard and white board version.  Both sets have a main poster (with all 6 reminders), individual posters of each of the 6 reminders, and double sided bookmarks that you can send home with students.  I also created a black and white version of everything in case you don't want to waste your color ink and would rather have your kids color them instead."

Students need to learn Digital Citizenship skills. There are some suggestions here about how to approach a proogram for instruction.

"School safety is a top priority.  Educators work to ensure that students are safe physically, socially, and emotionally.  Helping students be safe online and using technology responsibly is crucial to their development and well being.   We live in a digital world where we interact digitally everyday. To be successful in this digital world we have to know what is right and wrong, be able to capably use technology, and exhibit responsible behavior when using it.  This is the concept of digital citizenship. To be a good digital citizen, you need to be digitally literate, and teaching students digital literacy is crucial for them to be good digital citizens"

BYOT - Bring Your Own Technology Broulee Public School Policy for personal 802.11 (Wireless Network Capable) Digital Devices brought from home for class use.

BYOT - Bring Your Own Technology Broulee Public School Policy for personal 802.11 (Wireless Network Capable) Digital Devices brought from home for class use.

"21st Century Learning Design, formerly called 'LEAP21' is a global professional development program for teachers and schools to develop more innovative pedagogies that develop students skills for the 21st Century. The program is sponsored globally by Microsoft Partners in Learning and is supported in each country by a network of education partners."

"21st Century Learning Design, formerly called 'LEAP21' is a global professional development program for teachers and schools to develop more innovative pedagogies that develop students skills for the 21st Century. The program is sponsored globally by Microsoft Partners in Learning and is supported in each country by a network of education partners."

Supplier of ebooks to Australian schools.  Ebooks distributed via Bluefire + Adobe Editions- 15.8 million titles - will be brows based from late 2013.  Wheelers App presently in development. You own the item.  Books expire at the end of loan period. Borrower can return load early if you wish.  Large range of publishes include Spinney. NZ based company.  Non-subscription model.

Supplier of ebooks to Australian schools.  Ebooks distributed via Bluefire + Adobe Editions- 15.8 million titles - will be brows based from late 2013.  Wheelers App presently in development. You own the item.  Books expire at the end of loan period. Borrower can return load early if you wish.  Large range of publishes include Spinney. NZ based company.  Non-subscription model.  

"The Bett show in London is where the best new technology for the world's classrooms makes its public debut. CNET has been cruising the show floor, casting eyes over the top tech trends, which this year include enormous touch screens, 3D printers, and programmable robots."

"For a single subscription fee per student, schools can enable teachers to access the combined resources of publishers, both by chapter or whole text and with advanced search functions. The content is mapped to the Australian curriculum, State curriculums and the NSW syllabus. It also provides single sign-on with anywhere, anytime access including iPad, Android and PC reading applications."

From Judy O'Connell - Looking at how education libraries will best serve their communities in 2015.

"ITSL, in collaboration with the Centre of Program Evaluation at the University of Melbourne are conducting a three-year process and impact evaluation of the implementation of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers. The purpose of the Evaluation is to assess the usefulness, effectiveness and impact of the Standards on improving teacher quality. Over 6,002 respondents including teachers, school leaders, pre-service teachers and teacher educators participated in the 2013 National Survey. Initial analysis from the survey highlights the key findings below."

Age article about the current situation of TL's in schools. Interviews with Di Ruffles and Cindy Tschernitz of SLAV and author Alison Lester

From the Overdrive blog - Five simple suggestions that anyone could follow to engage students and help boost the e-book circulation, .