The collection adds to the more than 250,000 ebook titles currently available through Titlewave, Follett's collection development, search and ordering tool.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 16 Dec 2013
An overwhelming majority of Americans acknowledge that public libraries offer more than just books and provide community-tailored programs and services that improve the quality of life, according to the study.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 11 Dec 2013
Tales From The Poisoner's Handbook appears in conjunction with January 7, 2014, broadcast premiere of the American Experience film The Poisoner's Handbook.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 10 Dec 2013
ClassFlow is a new learning platform for teachers designed to make lesson planning more efficient and lesson delivery more impactful.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 09 Dec 2013
The top-rated backup solution on the Google Apps Marketplace, Spanning Backup, is the only data protection product that provides full data recovery for the core Google Apps components, including Gmail, Drive, Sites, Calendar and Contacts, according to the announcement.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 06 Dec 2013
Available at no cost, SAS Curriculum Pathways provides interactive, standards-based resources featuring hundreds of interactive tools, inquiries, web lessons and audio tutorials in every core subject for traditional, virtual and home schools.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 03 Dec 2013
Through the partnership, Follett provides students with expanded online access to top research databases such as MasterFILE Premier and Academic Search Premier.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 26 Nov 2013
A nod and a Cool Link to Victor Rivero's Edtech Digest for noting this cool tool—Epson's free iProjection App.
News/Cool Links
- Posted 25 Nov 2013
The Streaming Video service is a way to instantly borrow from your library and watch videos anytime, anywhere, on any computer, tablet or mobile device with an internet connection.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 20 Nov 2013
Discoveryed has expanded content partnerships with some of the world's most respected producers, including MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, BBC Worldwide, and Rand McNally. These new partnerships add custom-built news programs, documentary films, and other dynamic digital resources that use current, real-time, global events to bring instruction to life.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 15 Nov 2013
The series is designed to connect classroom learning to exciting careers that students aspire to. "Math@Work: Math Meets Fashion" takes three students on a tour of designer Diane von Furstenberg's New York City studio to learn about the mathematical thinking and problem solving required in this career.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 14 Nov 2013
eBook History Collection includes more than 9,000 titles from leading publishers. Titles encompass a variety of world history subjects designed to assist students and scholars with history research.
News/Breaking News
- Posted 14 Nov 2013
Features
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Victor offers up some excellent views on the current state and trajectory of social media in K-12 education. And he then connects you with a half dozen currently hot spaces, places, and tools you can use to leverage the concept.
Editorial/Features
Posted 06 Nov 2013
- Nov/Dec 2013 Issue
By
Victor Rivero
This issue focuses on social media in K-12, and this previously published article from the folks at Schoolwires so closely fit what we editors were looking for that we sought, and received, permission to republish it and expand its distribution.
Yes, it's a mobile world. And educators see great potential with mobile technologies in transforming education. But few schools allow students to use family-owned mobile devices in the classroom.
Editorial/Features
Posted 03 Sep 2013
- Sep/Oct 2013 Issue
By
Victor Rivero
Tim Springer (HERO, Inc.), Don Orth (director of technology at Hillbrook School), and Chris Petrick (Bretford Manufacturing) discuss what it takes to create a mobile world for an academic setting, the issues and challenges, advice on managing the process, and the purposes behind it all.
Editorial/Features
Posted 01 Sep 2013
- Sep/Oct 2013 Issue
By
Victor Rivero
Columns
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According to Stephen, we know that the world of work we're preparing our learners for is emerging as a quite different paradigm than the one we prepared for. What can we do now to prepare our lessons and school environments to build on a vision of a positive future?
Column/The Pipeline
Posted 06 Nov 2013
- Nov/Dec 2013 Issue
By
Stephen Abram
Mary Alice considers the state of media centers and the mindset of media specialists as the calendar year closes … where they've been, where they are, and, hopefully, where they are headed.
Column/The New Media Center
Posted 06 Nov 2013
- Nov/Dec 2013 Issue
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Mary Alice Anderson
David Jonassen's book Computers in the Classroom: Mindtools for Critical Thinking espoused a philosophy of educational;technology that has had a major effect on Mary Ann's thinking and also on the direction of the M.L.S. program at her university.
Column/Belltones
Posted 06 Nov 2013
- Nov/Dec 2013 Issue
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Mary Ann Bell
As more mobile devices enter our schools, libraries have to be responsive, in the tools we use and also in the design and functionality of our physical spaces. We need to examine how our policies support what students need, rather than act as obstacles.
Column/Idea Watch
Posted 06 Nov 2013
- Nov/Dec 2013 Issue
By
Carolyn Foote
Column/Editor’s Notes
Posted 06 Nov 2013
- Nov/Dec 2013 Issue
By
David Hoffman
For Stephen, the "basic" web presence today for schools is ideally managed by school library staff but also led by a team that involves and seeks input from IT, curriculum leaders, teachers, and students. Check out his list showing the foundation of a good web presence for school libraries.
Column/The Pipeline
Posted 01 Sep 2013
- Sep/Oct 2013 Issue
By
Stephen Abram
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CyberBee’s Web Pick
For December 15, 2013: Solve Angry Bird and Zombie puzzles with drag and drop programming with the help of Code.org, a non-profit dedicated to expanding participation in computer science education.
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As more mobile devices enter our schools, libraries have to be responsive, in the tools we use and also in the design and functionality of our physical spaces. We need to examine how our policies support what students need, rather than act as obstacles.
Posted 06 Nov 2013
Victor offers up some excellent views on the current state and trajectory of social media in K-12 education. And he then connects you with a half dozen currently hot spaces, places, and tools you can use to leverage the concept.
Posted 06 Nov 2013
This issue focuses on social media in K-12, and this previously published article from the folks at Schoolwires so closely fit what we editors were looking for that we sought, and received, permission to republish it and expand its distribution.
Posted 01 Nov 2013
Nepris fires up students by showing them STEM professionals in action through highly interactive web-enabled video chat sessions.
Posted 05 Nov 2013
Mary Alice considers the state of media centers and the mindset of media specialists as the calendar year closes … where they've been, where they are, and, hopefully, where they are headed.
Posted 06 Nov 2013
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