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Every Child, Every Day – Always Interested
https://alwaysinterested.org/2016/04/01/every-child-every-day
8230; and trying to make sense of it all! Every Child, Every Day. April 1, 2016. April 1, 2016. Jane School Library Journal Summit October 24 – 26, 2014. Flckr. People come to see Mooresville GSD to see laptops. They leave talking about culture. Details about Mooresville’s digital conversion can be found on their district’s site. And I highly recommend Mark Edward’s inspirational book, Every Child, Every Day: A Digital Conversion Model for Student Achievement,. Continual support for students. Is the libr...
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Leveling Up to Gamification – Always Interested
https://alwaysinterested.org/2016/04/16/my-experience-and-thoughts-regarding-game-play-and-gamification
8230; and trying to make sense of it all! Leveling Up to Gamification. April 16, 2016. April 18, 2016. 8220;It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end” Ursula K. Le Guin. When I first began my career as a teacher librarian, the school where I worked utilized a reading accountability tool called Accelerated Reader. Game play for learning. I was introduced to the concept of game play for developing creative problem solving skills, through Chris Harris. Who t...
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Failing forward with flipping – Always Interested
https://alwaysinterested.org/2016/04/09/close-but-no-cigar
8230; and trying to make sense of it all! Failing forward with flipping. April 9, 2016. April 14, 2016. Next week, a colleague and her students will be visiting the library to print. I screencasted my way through the web. Dare I share with students. What resulted, I’m afraid, is a boring and way too long video about a topic which originally. The potential for being anything but boring! I may be better off using What is 3D Printing and How Does it Work. It seems in education that conversations ebb and flo...
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Teaching Civil Discourse…? – Always Interested
https://alwaysinterested.org/2016/03/17/pondering-civility-discourse-in-education
8230; and trying to make sense of it all! Teaching Civil Discourse…? March 17, 2016. March 19, 2016. With our principal, thinking that if the school spoke with families about their student’s interactions on social media, some of it might rub off on themselves. Tonight, while working through my own social media feeds, I happened upon a list-serve post entitled, “Helping Young People Embrace Civility in a Society Gone Nasty! 8221; The post shared a Washington Post article. That being said, there is evidenc...
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Librarians, Curation and OER – Always Interested
https://alwaysinterested.org/2016/03/25/librarians-curation-and-oer
8230; and trying to make sense of it all! Librarians, Curation and OER. March 25, 2016. March 28, 2016. Shadowgate. Carnavalet Museum. Aug, 2013. Flickr Creative Commons. https:/ flic.kr/p/oZHNgc. This morning I was assisting a teacher with using Newsela. An educational platform which “ levels. Because I serve the needs of many, with many needs, I keep up with all that is new a noteworthy, via blog feeds, Twitter, webinars, google groups and more. Because I know that the best resources are not easily...
