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Notable Dates for your Noggin: February 2016

Calendar BannerEach month we’ll bring you a compiled list of fun national holidays, birthdays of authors, and publication dates of favorite books.  You can use these for your own personal use or for some library inspiration! Yes, we know it is still January, but it is time to think ahead!

February is Black History Month. Other things to celebrate in February. . .

February
1  Langston Hughe’s birthday (1902)
3  Carrot Cake Day
4  Thank a Mailman Day
7  Laura Ingalls Wilder’s birthday (1867)
 Send a Card to a Friend Day
8  Boy Scouts Day
10  National Cream Cheese Brownie Day
11  Judy Blume’s birthday (1938)
 National Make a Friend Day
15  Norman Bridwell’s birthday (1928)
16  Almond Day
17  Random Acts of Kindness Day
20  Love Your Pet Day
26  Tell a Fairy Tale Day
27  John Steinbeck’s birthday (1902)
 Strawberry Day
 Chili Day
28  Lemony Snicket’s (Daniel Handler’s) birthday (1970)

Did we miss anything?  Let us know if we did!

For our calendar of library events, including conferences and library days, check out our CMLE Events page.

And for more Notable Dates for Your Noggin, check out our Notable Dates page.

Weekly Review: 1/21/2016

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Resources You Can Use

  • Did you miss any of these? Ed Tech Trends from 2015 More
  • Edutopia names top 10 education videos More
  • NYPL puts 180,000 high-res images online More
  • Education research highlights from 2015 More

Tech Bits and Ideas

  •  Creating a digital hub for PD materials More

Food for Thought

  • Big things that happened in libraries in 2015 More
  • Need tips to stimulate or quiet the mind More

Just for Fun

  • Laughs from the @Lousy Librarian More

Creating a digital hub

computersThink 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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Laughs from the @Lousy Librarian

Smiling BalloonsOk, 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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Did you miss any of these? Ed Tech Trends of 2015

Think bigHow 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:

  • 3D printing
  • Combining tactile toys with iPads
  • Rethinking delivery in the classroom
  • Staying social among educators

Educator tech trends of 2015

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