Skolbiblioteket och lärande

"You became a teacher not to pontificate to trusting minds, but to teach children how to succeed as adults. That idealism infused every class in your credential program and only took a slight bump during your student teacher days. That educator, you figured, was a dinosaur. You’d never teach to the test or lecture for forty minutes of a forty-five minute class."

"Lots of schools across the country are either considering, experimenting with or diving right in to full fledged STEM initiatives; that is to say instructional programs emphasizing Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.  Even if your school isn't going full STEM ahead, I imagine there's movement in your district and/or state towards encouraging student exploration of these subjects and fields."

"One of the tasks I have in my to-do list for this month is to write a post on the difference between the digital behaviour of Generation Y and that of Baby Boomers. However today as I was sifting through my Feedly feeds I came across this interesting infographic entitled " Data Footprint by Generations ". Going through its content I found that it, partly, clicks in with the post I am working on.

The graphic provides data about technology usage by the different generations. It particulalry tracks the digital footprint of these 3 generations in terms of their video viewing habits, Internet usage , and connected devices. I think it would have been way better if the designers of this infographic provided some more clarifications on the definitional elements of these 3 generations and not just limit the data on them to age-range."

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A website dedicated to informing secondary students and their teachers of copyright law, plagiarism policies, and caveats in order to uphold literary integrity and digital ethics through a compilation of various media.

Eskilstuna-Kuriren Pensionerade rektorer vill hjälpa elever ideellt Eskilstuna-Kuriren Det kan handla om till exempel dyslexi, en diagnos som till exempel ADHD, inlärningssvårigheter eller egentligen vad som helst där det känlan är att inte riktigt...

Librarians are a major part of universities, but they're almost entirely missing from the MOOC conversation. That's a big mistake.

Teacher´s Corner

Det här handlar om empowermentfältet i Dorte Skot-Hansen, Henrik Jokumsen och Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen förklaringsmodell för biblioteken! Barbro Bolonassos, Fisksätra bibliotek, i Nacka kommun p...

Cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham identifies what he thinks is the 21st century skill that young people lack the most.

Staring at a blank Word document can be downright terrifying. So here are some quick writing tips for students looking to get the mind ready to write.

"The last few weeks have been extremely hectic but also rather exciting with participation in some EC projects, the writing of a new module for our Masters in Education and participation in events both in and outside my institution. I promise to translate those experiences in blogpost during the weekend [There you go. I've declared my intentions in writing, now I have to do it!]"

Daniel Dennett's seven tools for thinking
The Guardian
Attributed to William of Ockham (or Ooccam), a 14th-century English logician and philosopher, this thinking tool is actually a much older rule of thumb.