Neil Gaiman's 8 Rules of Writing | Brain Pickings - 31 views
The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery | Both Sides of the Table - 0 views
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The author provides a short history of information discovery that provides a fascinating context for the article. You see the evolution of web info over the paste decade. You also get some true insight on how to consume information using social tools. Abundant links to web 2.0 apps make this article well worth the time to read (and re-read it).
Libraries and Librarians: Essential to Thriving Schools - Road Trips in Education - Edu... - 12 views
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Unfortunately, too many people consider libraries as mere rooms full of books and computers, and librarians as mere functionaries in charge of the rooms and their contents. When district leaders look for savings in a budget, too often they see the most important teacher in a school as the most expendable. California schools have seen a marked decrease in the number of teacher librarians in recent years. New York City has about 50% more schools than it did in 2002, but more than half of the district's libraries have closed in the past decade. In California, New York, and anywhere else cutting libraries, it's a classic example of a penny-wise, pound-foolish approach to budgeting: there's no shortage of evidence that libraries and librarians - both, together - have a strongly positive impact on student learning.
The 50 Best Free Teacher Resources Of The Decade So Far - Fusion Yearbooks - 27 views
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