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In Dr. Gail Dines' compelling talk, she exposes the effects of porn culture on pop culture and the impact on children and young adults growing up in a pornified culture today, addressing how nonprofit organization Culture Reframed is "solving the public health crisis of the digital age".

Succinct article about the transience of digital information and the impact on history.

"Millions of people are leaving personal information online, much of which is cached and remains available via search engines even after the author has removed the web page... When people who are not the original intended audience - such as potential employers - find this information, it can have a major impact on their decision making process."

division of the Stanford University Libraries, HighWire Press hosts the largest repository of high impact, peer-reviewed content, with 1277 journals and 6,131,218 full text articles from over 140 scholarly publishers. HighWire-hosted publishers have collectively made 1,955,839 articles free . With our partner publishers we produce 71 of the 200 most-frequently-cited journals.

Excellent infographic on the impact of social media on students.

Ideas for Demonstrating impact of school libraries

"...the digital divide, technological advances and our digital transformation in an information-rich world was the driver in this year's LILAC. Mobile technologies and web 2.0 applications are going to definitely impact the IL agenda."

Lots of implications. The eBook industry hasn't always impacted things as expected.

The Common Core Standards (CCS) are at hand! They are often referred to as National Standards and they carry impact for student learning, teaching, and school librarians. But how? What is the real story?

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.

Reading is essential, indispensable and crucial. It bears immense impact on your child's emotional and intellectual development. Parents also have a huge role on how swiftly their child learns to read.

It's time for school librarians to step out and enlighten their communities about all the ways their libraries impact students' education.

"It's time for school librarians to step out and enlighten their communities about all the ways their libraries impact students' education."

"On this site, you will find message templates (sample e-mails, letters, newsletter blurbs, brochures, and even videos) containing these taglines and targeting specific stakeholder audiences in order to promote school librarians as 21st century skills experts. We hope that these sample templates will be used by school librarians and school library advocates to inform their communities about the vital and irreplaceable role that school librarians play in teaching and learning. Maybe you'll get inspired to create something for us that we can use, too. In the meantime, we hope you find this site helpful."

How Innovative Teaching Methods Are Impactful Teaching Strategy. Here Get Innovative Teaching Methods To Be Effective Teacher To Make Education Easier & Interesting For Children...

Videos of staff and students talking about a book that had an impact on them.

This is a really good idea for promoting books and reading and as a digital skills project for students. Thx for highlighting this one.

An essay to explore how shifts in search engine technologies may have an impact on instructional practice and content -- would love thoughts & feedback!

Tresham College of Further and Higher Education has introduced learning resources loan data into the main College reporting system, which has allowed all staff to see the information. This has encouraged the closer integration of learning resources with the curriculum. As one of a series of innovations this has helped almost double the amount of resources borrowed by learners.