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FREE WENBINAR: Librarians as Leaders of 21st Century Learning: Lessons Learned SPONSORED BY: Capstone Publishers, Gale Cengage Learning, Follett Library Resources, Follett Software Company, Rosen Publishing, Library Video Company/SAFARI Montage, Scholastic Library Publishers and School Library Journal EVENT DATE: Thursday April 15, 2010 - 3:00-4:00 PM EDT Time - 60 minutes

"There are a variety of overarching themes in Common Core-'integrate technology into classroom inquiry', 'encourage collaboration and sharing in student work', 'use technology to prepare students for college and career'. Each of these could take weeks to wrap into classwork, but there's one organic tool that accomplishes all three of these while fulfilling a fourth recurring Common Core standard required at all grade levels: Publish student work."

digital publication

YUDU is an ePublishing library and marketplace that lets you read, publish, buy, sell and share digital content.

free, open-source desktop-publishing option

create your own comic strips - share, publish & discuss

"Published on Apr 20, 2012 Presenter: Nancy Frey, Ph.D. Join Nancy Frey, Ph.D., co-author of the successful Vocabulary for Success program, as she presents vocabulary instruction and how it is important to the vocabulary acquisition and usage curriculum of the Common Core State Standards. Dr. Frey will give recommendations on strengthening your student's vocabulary to help them succeed across the curriculum." @ 42 minutes

"The Pearson Monopoly Jennifer Job, UNC Chapel Hill If you haven't heard of Pearson, perhaps you have heard of one of the publishers they own, like Adobe, Scott Foresman, Penguin, Longman, Wharton, Harcourt, Puffin, Prentice Hall, or Allyn & Bacon (among others). If you haven't heard of Pearson, perhaps you have heard of one of their tests, like the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the Stanford Achievement Test, the Millar Analogy Test, or the G.E.D. Or their data systems, like PowerSchool and SASI. [1]"

"In addition to the ten winning titles, the Alex Award committee also publishes its official nomination list. The following titles were official nominees for the 2012 award."

writing - simple and social common core 'publishing'

On Dec. 20, 1860, 150 years ago today, the Atlantic Monthly published The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The poem has been a staple in American classrooms ever since, read and often memorized to commemorate the courage of Revere.

Welcome to A Parents' Guide to Facebook (PDF). It's designed to help you understand what Facebook is and how to use it safely. With it, you will be better informed and able to communicate with young Facebook users in your life more effectively. That's important because 1) if something goes wrong, we want our children to come to us and 2) as the Internet becomes increasingly social and mobile, a parent's guidance and support are ever more key to young people's well-being in social media and technology. The guidebook is published in partnership with the iKeepSafe Coalition.

"Are you happy with the results people get back when they Google your name? If not, there are easy ways to monitor and guide what information is published about you online."

"The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations."

"Dr. Mark Wagner published a blog post that includes directions for creating formulas that will result in quizzes created in Google Docs forms being self-graded. His post includes a video screencast and slides."

" Below I've embedded a slideshow with directions for creating and embedding quizzes using Google Forms"

" School librarians have been identified as the "go-to" people for digital content in a recently published report by the national education non-profit group, Project Tomorrow. The report, "The New 3 E's of Education: Enabled, Engaged and Empowered - How Today's Educators are Advancing a New Vision for Teaching and Learning (PDF)," shares the teacher, librarian and administrator findings from the group's Speak Up 2010 survey."

"MLA 5.7.18 defines digital files as neither on the web or a published CD-ROM. Digital files include a PDF on your computer, a word processed document created by a peer, a scanned image you received via e-mail, or "a sound recording formatted for playing on a digital audio player." "