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Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to technology use. 1. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society. Technology users need to be aware that not everyone has the same opportunities when it comes to technology.

This is a great scope and sequence curriculum about digital citizenship that is appropriate for all grade levels.

When you're a school librarian, there are a few people in your building that you need to ally with immediately. First, befriend the bookkeeper who will make spending your limited budget stress-free. Keep the custodians on your side so they'll... Read More ›

Some key goals for literacy are reading comprehension, being able to identify main ideas, and summarization skills. There are many excellent practices that can help students develop these abilities. Recently I came across a creative technique called " Text Reduction Strategy" ( see the article here by Andrea Heick at TeachThought).

Why Librarians Are More Crucial Than Ever In the aftermath of the US presidential election, I've been reflecting on what it means to live in a post-truth world. I was shocked to read several accounts explaining that a majority of... Read More ›

By Laura Gardner on Last week, a new study from Stanford University revealed that many students are inept at discerning fact from opinion when reading articles online. The report, combined with the spike in fake and misleading news during the 2016 election, has school librarians, including me, rethinking how we teach evaluation of online sources to our students.

The K-12 sector is investing heavily in technology as a means of providing students with a more customized educational experience. So far, though, the research evidence behind "personalized learning" remains thin. The U.S. Department of Education has given half a billion dollars to districts that embrace the trend, with limited findings to date.

This is a resource that was created by library media specialists in New York State.

Create acct. in Edmodo to see this OER lesson: This presentation is a basic introduction to visual notetaking or sketchnoting for students. During the presentation, students will watch an overview video, look at examples, and discuss the elements of sketchnoting. The presentation concludes with two practice exercises where students work on creating their first sketchnotes. Sketchnoting is a notetaking technique that students can utilize throughout the year and for different purposes in the classroom. Students can use sketchnotes to take notes on literary periods, histories of famous authors, visually represent the plot and analysis of a piece of literature or engage in listening to group presentations. This presentation is a Google Presentation, so in order to utilize it, you will need to make a copy by clicking on file<make a copy. Once you have your copy, you can edit or modify the presentation to fit your class.

Looking to incorporate this into our Computers 6 class that tries to tie an Online Google Drawing students complete in the first trimester to drawing using code.