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What you call your space doesn't matter as much as whether or not your space is flexible, relevant and supports the needs of your students.

According to Davidson (2011 p7) if we're frustrated at information overload then we should quit operating under twentieth century rules ... I'm currently reading "Now You See It". This is an article about the book.

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Schools need to make parents aware of what bullying is and how to detect it.

Unless you use images or music from a copyright-free site, you will need to obtain permission from the copyright owner to reuse/ remix them in the format you would like. Often the hardest part is finding who the copyright owner is. This site gives the contact details for many music and movie companies, as well as sample permission letters for you to use and adapt.

We need to teach social media in school!

In a world as fast-changing and full of information as our own, every one of us-from schoolchildren to college students to working adults-needs to know how to learn well. Yet the evidence suggests that most of us don't use the learning techniques that science has proven most effective. Worse, research finds that the learning strategies we do commonly employ-like re-reading and highlighting-are among the least effective.

Always good to read the original - in popularizing the information, some of the ideas are misrepresented http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/journals/pspi/learning-techniques.html

And this is the true function of a library: it provides an atmosphere where ideas can be suspended long enough to permit rearrangement. Libraries are the petrie dish of intellect and the information stored there provides the agar of learning. But students themselves muster the work necessary to grow understanding.

As educators pursue CCSS alignment, it is crucial to design curricula and assessment systems that engage students in higher-level thinking tasks that provide opportunities for students to evaluate information. This white paper will focus on one critical thinking skill that students need to learn-how to evaluate

"The question people need to ask themselves is what is their personal brand and that is a 24/7 brand."

"With venture capital flooding into the education sector, dozens of companies popping up every day, thousands of schools buying into new technology, and millions of students and lifelong learners around the world getting on board, we need to ask if we've built the edtech house on a foundation of solid rock, or sand."

Need some direction with implementing CCSS. Try this live binder.

This is a research model for teaching information literacy through research projects at school.  We need to consider adopting a research model for our school and implementing across 7-13.

This is a research model for teaching information literacy through research projects at school.  We need to consider adopting a research model for our school and implementing across 7-13.