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Readicide 10 Replies

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YA Discussion 7 Replies

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Blog Posts

Privacy

Posted by Irene Kwidzinski on April 27, 2012 at 3:30pm 0 Comments

Celebrate and Discuss Privacy May 1 - 7, 2012

The April issue of Wired magazine has an interesting article for a discussion starter, "The NSA Is Building the Country's Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)."

Check out ALA's Libraries, Privacy and Confidentiality website and…

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2012 Horizon Report

Posted by Irene Kwidzinski on April 25, 2012 at 2:55pm 0 Comments

Where are you and your district on the timeline of acknowledging and embracing these trends?

  1. Cloud computing
  2. collaborative environments
  3. mobiles and apps
  4. tablet computing
  5. digital identity
  6. game-based learning
  7. learning analytics
  8. personal learning environments
  9. augmented reality
  10. natural user interfaces
  11. semantic applications
  12. tools for assessing 21st century learning…
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Quotes

"When it comes to teaching and technology it is okay to be where you are, it is just not okay to stay there."  Jennifer LaGarde


"Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant."  Mitchell Kapor


"The Internet may be the world's greatest library, but let's face it - all the books are scattered on the floor." D.C. Denison, Boston Globe


" Be the edge that transforms the core." Brown, The Power of Pull

 

"Transliteracy = ability to adapt."  2011 SLJ Summit

 

"If we teach today's students as we taught yesterday's, we rob them of tomorrow."  John Dewey

 

"The shift from a teaching focus to a learning focus is a crucial one."  Violet Harada

 

“If you don’t promote yourself, you’re doomed to defend yourself.” Ken Haycock at CIL 2010

"Every interaction might be the whole thing." Seth Godin blog


"The only way to be a 21st-century teacher is to be a 21st-century learner." ISTE webinar 2/25/10

"Be present where they are." Will Richardson on Twitter

"Only one method of improving reading ability really works: engaging in a great deal of interesting (better yet, compelling), comprehensible reading." Stephen Krashen in the May/June 2009 KQ

"We have to go into their territory." by Frank McCourt in the Danbury News-Times, C3, 7/24/2009

"Don't retire---inspire." Mickey Rooney in Parade 11/15/2009

"We need to support kids in being creators of information instead of receivers of information." Marco Torres

"Find out what people want and give it to them." Paul LeClerc, NYPL president, in the NY Times 11/19/09

"Do what you do best and link to the rest." Jeff Jarvis on BuzzMachine 3/8/10

 
 
 

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