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Try this alternative to a New Year's resolution to create your dream 2014. 
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"Low literacy rates for adults can have wide-ranging effects on those around them. They may rely more heavily on government services; their children may not get that extra hand with schoolwork; their families may not get sufficient financial support. But for the millions of adults with low literacy, the ability to read, write and speak English might offer them the most important opportunity of all: a chance to emerge from the shadows and participate as equals in society."
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
Great article to share with students--the stories will grab them.
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Today marks the release of one of the most long-awaited novels in recent memory: Donna Tartt’s third novel, the glorious, sprawling, Dickens-esque romp The Goldfinch. The book is backboned by its e...
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
I will never, ever run out of books to read!
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In honor of October's most awesome of holidays, I am going to begin a three-part series about the gentlemen zombie's choice of cuisine: the 'tween brain. However, I need to be frank. I'm not goin Via Cindy Riley Klages
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Get Teaching with Technology Video Library on the App Store. See screenshots and ratings, and read customer reviews.
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Elliot Felix of brightspot Strategy, a library design expert, shares his perspectives on the latest trends, tools, and tactics. As the founder and director of brightspot, Elliot has played a major role in the design of the new Hunt Library at North Carolina State University. He also co-conceived and participated in the development of the Learning Space Toolkit. In this webinar, Elliot provided an overview of trends impacting the design and operation of library spaces as well as the services offered within them. He’ll also introduce some tools you can use along with advice on how you can put them into practice. Via John Shank, Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)
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The Maker movement continues to gain momentum. At this year's White House Science Fair, President Obama invited Super-Awesome Sylvia from Auburn, California to exhibit her water color robot as a repr
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
Some great ideas to check out if you're diping your toes into the makerspace movement.
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A blog post I wrote on Passion Projects: http://psolarz.weebly.com/37/post/2013/02/creating-passion-projects-genius-hour.html
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
So many teachers I know what to try genius hour. Great suggestions here!
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Maximize your ratio of accomplishment over authority.
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The attributes needed to inspire others as a leader.
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"Do not dictate to your author; try to become him. Be his fellow-worker and accomplice."
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"To admit authorities, however heavily furred and gowned, into our libraries and let them tell us how to read, what to read, what value to place upon what we read, is to destroy the spirit of freedom which is the breath of those sanctuaries. Everywhere else we may be bound by laws and conventions — there we have none."
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I was always a bookworm. In fifth grade, I was one of the only students in my class to finish every last book on the Battle of the Books competition list.
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
I love this quote, reflecting on Proust and the Squid: "...reading words on a page helps us create our own sophisticated thoughts based upon what we’ve understood from the author (read: an intelligent human with expertise to share)."
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As children, young children, everything meant playing and art. We saw the world as a playground and a canvass. It didn’t matter whether or not we could actually draw. What mattered was the thrill of creating something beautiful.
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Out of tune with the hustling digital world, his singular, deeply personal books continue to inspire and intrigue.
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
Someday I will have time to re-read my favorite books, and Austerlitz will be at the top.
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Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
Thanks to Gwyneth Jones for sharing!
GwynethJones's curator insight,
November 20, 2013 2:29 PM
By the planets dead, dying, or invisible of Galifrey, this is AWESOME!
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Your students might appreciate the bit about how reading is dangerous in many ways, but we think the story coaster below is an excellent visualization of the different parts of a plot and storytelling.
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Instagram continues to pave the way for innovative artists like graphic designer Javier Pérez, who regularly adds to his playful series entitled Instagram Exp…
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
This is just too fun not to share!
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I love browsing museum collections online, and this site has links to some amazing ones I hadn't seen before.
Françoise Grave's curator insight,
October 16, 2013 2:04 PM
Des ressources en anglais mais un impressionnant catalogue.
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I'm hard-pressed to find a profession given to including the post-signature-line inspirational or motivational quotes more than librarians – well, maybe coming in a close second to teachers. At abo... Via Dr. Susan Bainbridge
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Indianapolis Museum of Art curates this excellent selection of videos about artists, themes, periods, and styles of art. Great for art history or social studies classes.
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Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
I need this more than any student I know!
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What medieval smuggling has to do with the atomic structure of carbon.
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
I need to share this with students! A pencil can draw a line that is over 1100 kilometers!
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"We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world."
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
“We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.”
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Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
Begin by believing in your creativity! So simple, and so necessary.
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Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
Some great ideas to move more nonfiction!
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Cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham identifies what he thinks is the 21st century skill that young people lack the most.
Mary Reilley Clark's insight:
Patience really is a virtue. So is persistence.
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Here's to creating some great future memories!