Think about it. What if there was one central place in your school or district that had all of its professional development resources together? Digital materials from a year ago, last month, or even last week? There is no step-by-step or specific way to do this, but Edutopia has come up with a number of good beginning discussion points to implement this in your school or district. Click here for the article.
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Ok, I’ll admit, I wasn’t expecting much. Probably a few giggles as I read through the article, but truly expecting tasteless jokes. Not so! Here is your library laugh for the week. Some laugh-out-loud quotes from the @LousyLibrarian. (Hint: you may want to follow this person on Twitter yourself.)
Some highlights to get you to click…
“I requested a book this morning. Is it there yet?”
“Depends. Did you click the ‘Defy All Laws of Time and Space’ box?”
Patron: “Someone here was unpleasant to me five years ago.”
Me: “Wow, that’s impressive; you’re like a grudge archivist.”
“Do you have any recommendations for someone who just doesn’t like books?”
“How about this nice stapler?”
Librarians: Here’s a little snark for your day
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How many of these notable tech trends have you looked into or possibly implemented in 2015? No worries if you haven’t used some of these yet or even heard of them. These resources can stir your thinking to dream big in 2016!
Just a couple of the ideas and available resources touched on:
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Here is a collection of Edutopia’s most popular videos from 2015. Learn some creative tricks and tips from around the country through these education videos (transcripts included). Various topics include: student-led conferences, recess for high school students, service learning with real-life applications (example: growing the salad greens that are served in the lunchroom), and more.
Edutopia’s most popular videos
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You might have already heard the news… last Wednesday, the New York Public Library made over 180,000 high-resolution images available as public domain with no restrictions or permissions required. Previously low-res images were available to the public, but high resolution images required special permissions and fees to be used.
“These changes are intended to facilitate sharing, research and reuse by scholars, artists, educators, technologists, publishers, and internet users of all kinds,” the library said in a recent statement.
The library released out-of-copyright materials from its NYPL Digital Collections which included maps, posters, manuscripts, sheet music, drawings, photographs, letters, ancient texts. In addition, the NYPL is offering a Remix Residency to encourage the creative use of it’s collections and also several other creative project ideas.
Get all the details: NYPL makes high-res images available
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