LPS Tech Updates

The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. It strives to contain the full breadth of human expression, from the written word, to works of art and culture, to records of America’s heritage, to the efforts and data of science. The DPLA aims to expand this crucial realm of openly available materials, and make those riches more easily discovered and more widely usable and used, through its three main elements:

1. A portal that delivers students, teachers, scholars, and the public to incredible resources, wherever they may be in America. Far more than a search engine, the portal provides innovative ways to search and scan through the united collection of millions of items, including by timeline, map, format, and topic.

2. A platform that enables new and transformative uses of our digitized cultural heritage. With an application programming interface (API) and maximally open data, the DPLA can be used by software developers, researchers, and others to create novel environments for learning, tools for discovery, and engaging apps.

3. An advocate for a strong public option in the twenty-first century. For most of American history, the ability to access materials for free through public libraries has been a central part of our culture, producing generations of avid readers and a knowledgeable, engaged citizenry. The DPLA will work, along with like-minded organizations and individuals, to ensure that this critical, open intellectual landscape remains vibrant and broad in the face of increasingly restrictive digital options. The DPLA will seek to multiply openly accessible materials to strengthen the public option that libraries represent in their communities.

One of the goals of the LPS Instructional Technology blog is to continue to showcase the great work being done in Littleton Public School classrooms. So I am thrilled to share with you some great work being done at Franklin Elementary School. A team of 3rd, 4th and 5th grade teachers are Flipping their Math classes.

Read More:

http://littleton-instructional-technology.blogspot.com/2013/03/showcase-flipped-classroom.html

This cleverly disguised scam masquerades as an NBC article.  We are pretty accustomed to seeing these kinds scams in email, now we see scam "news articles" intended to bait people...

The subtle give-away?  Look at the URL that reads "careers.nbcnews.com-jan-31.net"

THAT is not NBC...Thanks to Chris P for pointing this one out!

-Dan Maas

With an overwhelming 25,000 educators participating in Digital Learning Day on Feb. 6, ed-tech supporters used technology-based projects, lessons, and enthusiasm to mark what they called a perfect time to launch a national digital learning campaign.

Instead of just two dimensions we can now print in three. A new way of manufacturing is being used to make everything from toy tractors to electric cars. Now, researchers are using 3D printing to engineer human tissue.

This QuickReport presents the results of our first QuickStudy exploring parent-child interactions as they read print and digital books together.  We conducted this exploratory study with our SciPlay partners at the New York Hall of Science in Queens, New York in an effort to tackle some of the questions we have about the growing popularity of e-books among readers of all ages. How do adults and children read e-books compared to print books? How might the nature of parent-child conversations differ across platforms? Which design features of e-books appear to support parent-child interaction? Do any features detract from these interactions?

A daily blog to capture the once-in-a-lifetime experience of twenty-three LHS students, the principal, and band director as they embark on a journey to better understand Japanese culture, the devastating consequences of the March 2011 tsunami, and the power of hope and friendship for an international community in the face of a crisis.

This year’s TIE Conference will be held on June 18th through the 20th at the Copper Mountain Resort.  Save the dates!!  This year, again, we will be offering registration scholarships for classroom teachers, in LPS,  to attend the conference.  We will put out a link to the scholarship form in February.  We are encouraging teams of teachers from our buildings to sign up for this premier technology integration conference.

For more information visit http://tiecolorado.org/ ;

Mark Zuckerberg may not have a university degree, but in order to run a successful multi-billion-dollar company, he needs people around him who do, said Drew Gilpin Faust, president of Harvard University.