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School libraries and learning about future technologies by connecitng with people who know more than me.
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Did you know modern statistics state that you have 60 seconds or less to capture your audience’s attention? You’ve might have heard it before, but maybe not Via Baiba Svenca
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I was working on a presentation yesterday. Think I will take another look now I've read this! 
Baiba Svenca's curator insight,
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Great tips on how to capture your audience's attention. The first 60 seconds are crucial. According to Big Fish Presentations, to achieve the effect you should use stories, questions, quotes, statistics and jokes. 
Carmenne K. Thapliyal's curator insight,
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Some great tips on how to deliver the next presentation. 
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Just posted this on my student webpage to help students as we write our promotion speeches. Delete the scoop?
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The concept of a school library in a digital age is challenging. Delete the scoop?
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Via gwynethjones 
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May 19, 6:38 PM
This is a story about Sister Libraries, Twitter, Google+ Hangout, and connecting kids! It all started with a Tweet by my dear friend & Tweep Tiffany Whitehead aka The Mighty Little Librarian and her awesome BFF EL teacher Alaina Laperouse both of Central Middle School in Baton Rouge Louisiana! Delete the scoop?
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Infographics are everywhere. Here are 5 of our favorite infographics, and tips for creating your own successful and inspiring infographics. Via Linda Dougherty, gwynethjones Delete the scoop?
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Here are some images from numerous resources that typify something unexpected in a library. They draw attention to libraries and open up the idea of "library" to new understanding and new customers... Via Karen du Toit
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Lovely ideas! Delete the scoop?
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As computers and other forms of technology filtered into the classroom, the ability to improve school communication via computer has become very important.
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This is important for Librarians as well as teachers. Delete the scoop?
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Unlike pages on the visible Web (that is, the Web that you can access from search engines and directories), information in the Deep Web is just not visible to the software spiders and crawlers that create search engine indexes. Since this information makes up the vast majority of available content on the Web, we are potentially missing out on some pretty amazing resources. Via Karen Bonanno, Anne McLean
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usefulothers useful to know when teaching searching to 6th formers!
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Pinterest meets Evernote. Every day you surf and find amazing things on the internet. With Keeeb you can save sentences or paragraphs, single images and vide... Via Robin Good, J Lynn Lock, Gerrit Bes, Gust MEES 
Susan's comment,
May 9, 2:28 PM
I would say it's more of a replacement for Symbaloo or other bookmarking tools.
Karen Johnson's comment,
May 9, 3:48 PM
I would agree with Susan's comment. I think it is something to try instead of Netvibes.
Elizabeth Hutchinson's comment,
May 9, 4:52 PM
I think like all curation tools, you need to find what works for you. If you have time investigate the next thing if not, stick with what you know.
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Check out what Personalized Learning will be like in 2013. Via Kathleen McClaskey, Jim Lerman, Bonnie Bracey Sutton 
Thomas salmon's curator insight,
May 6, 1:34 PM
Interesting, in other ways this could also be seen as framing learning as a constant performance of assessment. Where do you draw the line ? Delete the scoop?
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"I vividly remember being disappointed during my first year of teaching: my students weren’t nearly as excited about primary source documents as I was. Primary source documents, as you know, offer readers a unique, real-world perspective, and I thought my kids would love delving into them. I soon learned that my disappointing results weren’t due to the documents that I’d selected, but rather how I was having students use them. That first year, they weren’t doing anything but reading them. Today, Web-based tools enable students to discover more primary sources than ever before and engage them in dynamic ways. The following items are some of my favorites." Via John Evans
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using primary scources in the correct way is extreemly important. Thanks for the links to some useful sites. Delete the scoop?
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Whenever I think of a teacher, I also think of a scholar. It has always been apparent to me that if one is to be an effective teacher, one must continually learn. Of course that is not always a pat...
As educators we must be learners first. If we are to be better educators, we must first be better learners. We may not always have a choice in what we learn.
After so long not being involved with learning, many educators do not know how much they do not know.
===> How can they make decisions on what they need to learn, if they are unaware of the existence of many of the things they need to know? <===
===> To be better educators, we first need to be better learners. <===
The biggest hypocrisy of the Education Profession is that the educators too often have become poor learners ===> unwilling to leave their comfort zones to improve their learning. <===
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Teachers need to remain current too. Librarians can help them do this. 
Wayne Pollock's curator insight,
May 20, 10:36 PM
Perhaps you need to teach yourself before you can teach others. 
Pelle's comment,
May 23, 2:18 PM
This is very very true! I strongly agree with the part where they wouldn't want to leave their comfort zones!
Julia da Silva's comment,
Today, 10:49 AM
Agree. Teachers must be open minded and willing to learn more and more , (a lifetime edeavour , )to kep up and be equiped to teach well their "pupils" on overall advances bat specially their field of expertize ! Be up to date all the time to teach well and really enjoy what they do . I know I have been a teacher in the past .
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Elizabeth Hutchinson's comment,
May 20, 2:46 AM
Great slideshare learning to learn. Very relevant in today's world.
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May 20, 3:10 AM
By Silvia Tolisano. a global educator doing her best to make teachers uncomfortable. If we're not, we won't want to change. Thanks for sharing, Elizabeth! Delete the scoop?
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Here's a megalist for my fellow media specialists/teacher-librarians. It's taken a while to gather all the information and I will continue to add to this page. Currently there are close to 185 sites listed. There is SO MUCH information out there! Via Christine Bushong Delete the scoop?
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Focus on one thing at a time....you will be better at it! 
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May 4, 7:06 AM
Thanks to my Twitter friend @LindaAragoni for sharing this with me! Delete the scoop?
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Another great researcor project from Pew! Delete the scoop?
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Finding the best education technology tools is a time-consuming task. It may even be viewed as a chore (for some). Not with this fabulous list, though! Via Deborah Welsh
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Take a look and find the ones useful for you.
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April 28, 10:16 PM
The paradox of choice...how do teachers know which tools to use? Here's a guide for some. Delete the scoop?
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Las cosas que hacen Marta de Reciclando en la escuela y sus alumnos siempre nos dejan maravilladas y esta mini biblioteca hecha integramente con
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This is nothing to do with remaining current, it's just a really lovely library made by a child. Take a look! Delete the scoop?
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gwynethjones's curator insight,
April 5, 8:40 AM
11 Great Tips on how to be a leader in your school or library! Delete the scoop?
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Swipe is the easiest way to create beautiful presentations on the web. Use any device to present, and share to anyone on any device live. And it's completely free! Use Swipe on any device with a modern browser to build & deliver presentations. No apps, no installations. Broadcast live for anyone to see, no matter where they are. Claim a beta invite. Via Baiba Svenca 
Angela Kerr's curator insight,
May 23, 1:16 PM
Could be a great tool, waiting to be invited. Signed up earlier... Delete the scoop?
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education ytitnedi lausiv tfosorcim ehtBYODA practical guidethat will getyou thinking Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) Delete the scoop?
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“In every school in the survey there were successful measures to involve the library and ensure that the librarian had an important role in developing reading. This is common sense, building on the specialist knowledge that librarians possess. Where librarians are fully integrated into the management structure of the school, they have an opportunity to influence debate and to enhance the library’s contribution to pupils’ progress. Many of the imaginative programmes to encourage reading that inspectors see are inspired by a good librarian.”
Ofsted has finally realised that Librarians are important! Yippee Delete the scoop?
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