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Talk about a revolution. Since Amazon unveiled the first Kindle in 2007, digital devices have dramatically changed the way kids read and even think about books. But it’s less clear how ereaders and tablets will affect libraries and schools.

IWitness brings educators and their students (ages 13-18) together at the intersection of Holocaust education and the development of critical literacies needed in the 21st century.

...here are few ways to know if your school's technology leadership may be past its expiration date.

“Curation” may be one of the big buzzwords of 2011. As the amount of information accumulates thanks to the Web, it becomes increasingly important that we use tools to help us find information that’s relevant and useful.

This is one blog post you must share with your Principal - it is written by a school principal who understands the importance of literacy, and shares the ways he communicates his values and expectations to his  teaching staff and students.  He demonstrates a clear commitment to improved literacy by his own actions every day.  At his first staff meeting of the year, he asked teachers to write down the names of the books they had read over the holidays - explanation?  If we expect kids to be readers, we had better be readers too.  It doesn't get better than that.  Please read. Please share. DW

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1. Read, Read and Read

"Principals should not only be reading current research and resources about best practices in education, they should be reading children's books as well as reading for plea..."

Which is why, for our third year in a row now, we here at Distance-Education.org have come up with a list of the top 20 influencers in education on Twitter.

You create value for your library and your own position within it when you become an instructional partner to faculty and a mentor to student researchers. Starting with Course management system tools and citations lists, Buffy J. Hamilton will show you how to use free or inexpensive web-based tools to offer research instruction. By reaching out to students on the web, you will make instruction available when it’s needed. This workshop will help you start a conversation with your community of learners and keep it going.

Topics include:

Proven strategies for developing meaningful partnerships with instructors and students.
How to support content standards and teach information literacy with social media.
Toolbox tour—Google Apps, Twitter, YouTube, Skype, and more.
Examples of how innovative librarians are applying these tools today.

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