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Creating your virtual library (quickly) using Slides and Bitmojis)

NeverEndingSearch

And it is clear that the library must be the center of that experience. But, first, a little background: I’ve been playing around with building virtual school libraries for a very long time. I started playing around with the fairly easy and recently very popular strategy of building a library scene in Slides. Valenza, J.K.

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Open Library gets even more open

NeverEndingSearch

Created in 2006 by a team led by Aaron Swartz and Brewster Kahle, Open Library is an Internet Archive project developed to present one web page for every book ever published. This wiki approach to a catalog encourages new information as well as corrections from the user community. Recent enhancements allow for even more openness.

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5 Practical tips for online teaching in times of disasters

Neo LMS

All you need is a centralized library to store and manage different learning resources such as files, class templates, rubrics, and web content. There are many ways to communicate, both synchronous (chat, web conferencing), and asynchronous (online forums, wikis). Read more: Learning and growing as educators.

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Exemplary Practices in 21st Century Learning

A Principal's Reflections

What fascinated me about this discussion was the fact that they came up with this idea to create a wiki where educators from all over the world could share examples of student innovation. I encourage all teachers and administrators to add to this wiki that George Couros created. 21st Century Learning Change Innovation Wikis'

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A Library In Every Pocket: Virtualizing Your Library for Mobile Learning

The Daring Librarian

Not if, but when your school turns to mobile learning, will your library be ready? Facilitators, which will include a student panel, in this hands-on, BYOT session will highlight strategies to virtualize library services for tiny screens. We will be publishing our resources on the Wiki and probably be live Tweeting, too!

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Image Copyright Do’s and Don’ts

Ask a Tech Teacher

Take time to access the following image sites that provide mostly public domain images: Open Clip Art Open Photo Pixabay Smithsonian Wild Stock Exchange Wiki Images Next, show students how to track an image back to its source and find the copyright protections invariably listed on the pages.

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Tech Ed Resources for your Class–K-8 Tech Curriculum

Ask a Tech Teacher

Grades K-5 has a FREE companion wiki with FREE webinars on how to teach each lesson throughout the year and takes questions from anyone who has the curriculum. Tech teachers, tech coordinators, library media specialists, curriculum specialists. It’s used worldwide by public and private schools and homeschoolers. Who needs this.

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