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Through rich stories written and recorded by local community members, StoriesFrom gives the most underrepresented a space to shape their own story. In a world where mainstream media often filters and dictates news, StoriesFrom empowers individuals to speak their truth, while providing a space for exploration and connection to wide reaching audiences. From the young Kosovo generation redefining their identity, to boarding schools where Native Americans were stripped of theirs, to Palestinians and Kurds fighting for a place of their own, StoriesFrom seeks to connect us all.

Through rich stories written and recorded by local community members, StoriesFrom gives the most underrepresented a space to shape their own story. In a world where mainstream media often filters and dictates news, StoriesFrom empowers individuals to speak their truth, while providing a space for exploration and connection to wide reaching audiences. From the young Kosovo generation redefining their identity, to boarding schools where Native Americans were stripped of theirs, to Palestinians and Kurds fighting for a place of their own, StoriesFrom seeks to connect us all.

"Our entire world has become like a small village. Everyone is connected with everyone, and you can easily communicate with a business partner, teacher, tutor, or student from another corner of the Earth. You already have the Internet as the best tool of communication, but do you have the skills to develop a strong connection with someone who doesn't speak your language?"

One Book to Connect the World

One Book to Connect the World

Share your 5 favorite books You Are What You Read is a place for readers all over the world to connect with each other through their shared "Bookprints," as we celebrate the books that make us who we are today. Once you sign up, you'll be able to input your Bookprint - the five books that were the most special to you. You'll then be able to connect with other kids who share the same books you like and discover new books to enjoy.

The world around us is getting hi-tech and is breaking all the geographical, cultural and language barriers for advance communication and to establish professional connection. Companies are opening their branches in foreign countries even after a big language difference.

The world around us is getting hi-tech and is breaking all the geographical, cultural and language barriers for advance communication and to establish professional connection. Companies are opening their branches in foreign countries even after a big language difference.

News for Collection Development and Readers Advisory Librarians

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As contemporary learners continue to connect to iconography and visual data in our daily lives, making sense of and creating infographics will become an essential skill. The design features of infographics are listed as critical tools for supporting specific ELA/Literacy standards at all levels.

As contemporary learners continue to connect to iconography and visual data in our daily lives, making sense of and creating infographics will become an essential skill. The design features of infographics are listed as critical tools for supporting specific ELA/Literacy standards at all levels.

'Connect your classroom to the world. A free and easy way for teachers to open up their classroom. Meet new people, talk to experts, share ideas and create amazing learning experiences with teachers from around the world.'

This is my all time favorite book award/list. 

"A curated bibliography of quality digital image collections spanning ~85 subjects, including ~950 digital collections, that have been culled primarily from the LibGuides Community, and several subject areas have been further refined by 20 subject liaison librarians at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.  To browse by 8 general discipline areas see: https://www.lib.umn.edu/media/imageguide (non-editable).  The goal of the site is to share this work with the visual resources community, hopefully making the resource stronger through participation for others to repurpose."

110,000 books, 500 teachers, 20 schools, 11 libraries, and only 2 librarians... Try as we might, we can't be everywhere. Want to connect more kids with books through technology? Want to incorporate 21st century tools into your lessons? Need to advocate for your library? Follow our blog and we will teach you on the fly...

A collection of the people, places and things in the world and how they're connected to one another.

Resources to encourage collaboration between teachers and teacher librarians.

Fantastic slideshare on Digital Citizenship: interesting as well as a great teaching tool for senior secondary 10-12.

A student reflects on using blogs in education. Some interesting thoughts.