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Thirty teachers from Edina just finished a Teaching & Technology Cohort through Hamline University. The Teaching & Technology cohort focused on improving their leadership and technology skills through four blended courses. The focus of the classes was to enhance practice of integrating technology into Edina's curriculum as well as build leadership skills in teachers in the field of technology and learning.

This video produced by the New Jersey Association of School Librarians demonstrates how School Librarians Transform Learning.

With more than downloads to date, Minecraft is the best-selling computer game of all time; the game's free-form structure has made it popular with kids and adults alike. But little by little, teachers, parents, and students have discovered that the game can be used for educational purposes, too.

By working together, principals, librarians, and teachers can transform learning environments to ensure that students achieve digital literacy. By Ann M. Martin and Kathleen R. Roberts Principal, January/February 2015

Kevin Honeycutt, a technology integration specialist, delivers the keynote address on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at the WASB/WASDA/WASBO State Education Convention in Milwaukee. Use technology to demand more from students. Then tell people what they can do!

Blog posts by Jennifer LaGarde

How can you prepare students for workplace experiences that don't exist yet? As an educator in this digital age, that's one of my biggest challenges. Our students now in elementary school have never had a time in their lives where mobile technology wasn't present.

An initiative of the ALA, supporting America's greatest resource and advocating for support.

Corinne Hill, executive director of the Chattanooga Public Library, is recognized as an innovator. Library Journal named her the 2014 Librarian of the Year. In this interview with WUTC's Michael Edward Miller, Hill explains why she believes that libraries should be less "missionary" and more "mercenary" as their services evolve in the internet era. "It's a difficult time," she says, "but I think it's a fascinating time to be in this business."

by Grant Wiggins, Authentic Education I recently visited Thetford Academy in Vermont (one of the few and interesting public-private academies in New England) where they have a formal and explicit commitment to "experiential learning." So, the leaders of the school asked me to visit classes that were doing experiential learning and to talk with staff at day's end about it.

AASL invites students to participate in a digital storytelling contest held as part of the 2015 celebration of School Library Month. The contest asks students to reflect on the 2015 theme, "Your School Library: Where Learning Never Ends" and create... Read More › The January/February 2015 Knowledge Quest theme is Evidence-Based Practice.

I spent the last two days with a group of world-class librarians, archivists, and other miscellaneous experts, talking about the future of education for students in what can be nebulously labelled 'information services'.

From ALA: Libraries are in a revolution fueled by rapid advances in technology, and thus the roles, capabilities, and expectations of libraries are changing rapidly. National public policy for libraries must reflect these changes. Today, the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) released a discussion draft policy agenda for libraries to guide a proactive policy shift.

Home of the WCSLit, champions for School Libraries and Information Technology in Washington state.

Home of the WCSLit, champions for School Libraries and Information Technology in Washington state.