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Librarian invites smorgasbord of literacy events Sentry Pond Cove Elementary School Librarian Cameron Rosenblum, left, organized the school’s events Pond Cove Elementary School Librarian Cameron Rosenblum, left, organized the school's events...
Since I am in a "close reading" frame of mind these days, I read the infographics a little more closely than I normally read. I admit, I usually skim and scan and often miss many details - even in emails.
The Indypendent
How Murdoch, Bill Gates and Big Corporations Are Data Mining Our Schools
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In Close Read Complex Text, and Annotate with Tech--Part 1, the focus was how to do a close reading. In Part 2, the focus is how to annotate with iPads, and insights gained from a lesson done with students in first through ...
This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Learning Theory, zone of proximal development The area of capabilities that learners can exhibit with support from a teacher., Montessori constructivism, Lave & Wenger...
RT @freddyreads: Why magazine format? Partly because kids can practice pulling info from short text. http://t.co/oX2XvorpF6
Social studies teachers, Implementation Specialists, and personnel within Curriculum & Instruction have spent the last year creating, editing, vetting, and reediting Close Reading Exemplars that match the expectations of the ...
Stunning illustrations and tightly focused text make the new book Frog Song (Guiberson, 2013) an ideal read aloud and independent read for k-5 students. On each two-page layout, Guiberson, the auth...
Is Texting Killing the English Language?
TIME
And it's a “spoken” language that is getting richer and more complex by the year. First, some historical perspective. Writing was only ...
Computers will have emotional intelligence by 2029 AOL In an interview with Wired, Ray Kurzweil, whose mission at Google is "to develop natural language understanding," explains that the company is making strides towards understanding complex...
Here's a three-step model for supporting literacy, close reading and Common Core skills.
Via Darren Burris
Tim and Scott Bedley, veteran elementary educators, discuss Scott's awesome new class activity where students judge the validity of research sources. Also, S...
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Transliteracy - The Conversation. I love this graphic, The Art of Listening, Learning, and Sharing for its visual impact, its simplicity and for providing examples of how to integrate a sometimes overwhelming range of platforms into classrooms ...
bedtime math Free Math Kits; National Geographic and CCSS; S.E. Hinton Ebooks | New As an incentive to get kids to visit the library during the summer, Bedtime Math is offering two math-focused programs for free to libraries ...
Gwyneth is a Google Certified Teacher, DEN Star, an elected member of the ISTE Board of Directors, and the author of the award winning Daring Librarian blog. Jones was named a Visionary Leader by Teacher Librarian ...
What exactly do the Common Core standards say about technology?
Join Kathleen Odean, librarian, speaker, reviewer, university instructor, and the author of guides to children's titles as she discusses the books that engage children and meet the goals of the CCSS. And there's still time to ...
A running commentary on the news with knowledgeable outside contributors from The New York Times
Who else but the librarian is going to teach attribution and Creative Commons? Who else but the librarian is going to be able to filter through millions of research results, then curate and create a playlist of amazing resources ...
Glenn York is using Pinterest, an online pinboard to collect and share what inspires you.
New York Times (blog) Guest Post | Primary Sources Meet Free Web 2.0 Tools New York Times (blog) The Common Core State Standards for writing, reading and social studies ask students not only to do “deeper reading” of texts and images, but also to...
Via Darren Burris
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Great advice for a MOOC designer