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School Library Staffing & PSSA Reading & Writing Scores From Assessing the Infrastructure Needs of 21st Century School Library Programs A National Leadership Grant research project

…Word Clouds in Education Series: Part 1 | 21 st Century Educational Technology and Learning  In this series of posts I will cover: 12 Tips in Using Wordle  (Some you may now… but other you may not.) Over 10o ways  to use Word Clouds in the classroom There is more to Word Clouds then Wordle… other awesome word cloud generators Beyond word clouds… cool sites and applications to integrate word clouds

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...

Educators are increasingly using new media and digital technologies to teach and engage their 21st century students. Reading, writing, gaming, trans-media, immersive worlds, augmented reality, and Web 3.0 are all part of the new digital frontiers. Whether it's science or science fiction, Alice in Wonderland or Angry Birds, the dynamics of this new information ecology are transforming learning experiences in our schools. We can lead this learning revolution by ensuring that our library and the learning ecology we create can harness these new environments. How we do this, will determine our success and the future relevance and importance of our school libraries.

"France in the Year 2000 (XXI century) - a series of futuristic pictures by Jean-Marc Côté and other artists issued in France in 1899, 1900, 1901 and 1910. Originally in the form of paper cards enclosed in cigarette/cigar boxes and, later, as postcards, the images depicted the world as it was imagined to be like in the year 2000. There are at least 87 cards known that were authored by various French artists, the first series being produced for the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris. "

Filme de quase meia hora sobre bibliotecas escolares de vários níveis, com os depoimentos dos professores bibliotecários. Em inglês.

Why is information literacy critical to our transformation as an Information Society? The Teaching in the 21st Century video below gives you a unique insight into how the framework of teaching and learning has been dynamically transformed and what we need to do, as facilitators, to ensure our success as a nation moving forward. So take a few moments to view it and share your thoughts. Pass it along to others…join us in our mainstreaming mission.

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video, film, photos, podcasts from American historical movements of recent centuries

"Learning to find, evaluate and use digital information effectively, efficiently and ethically." Curated by Dennis T OConnor

I am helping to lead a community of practice initiative in Alberta, Canada. I love the work because it is focused on community and inclusive environments rather than 21st Century skills. More and more I am thinking the skills just need to be embedded in the work, rather than the skills being the work.