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Catching Up With The Kids: Moving School Libraries Into The New Media Era Libraries have done a world of good for schools. They provide a self-directed learning environment and a quiet place to work and...The post Catching Up With The Kids: Moving School Libraries Into The New Media Era appeared first on TeachThought.

School librarians have much more on their plates than just managing books, often spending a great deal of time educating students and teachers, learning about and implementing new technology, and reading up on the latest...The post 101 Blogs About Schools, Books, & Libraries appeared first on TeachThought.

Digital natives are different. (Well, I guess that depends on who you ask.) But even if we ditch the term digital natives and simply talk about students here and now in the 21st century, there...The post 12 Things Digital Natives Want From A Library appeared first on TeachThought.

It’d be easy to think of the Library of Congress as a stodgy old place full of dusty and antiquated resources. That perception would be wrong. The Library of Congress adds about 10,000 items to...The post What The Library Of Congress Offers Your Classroom appeared first on TeachThought.

by Kimberly Tyson, Ph. D. of learningunlimitedllc.com Literacy-rich environments, as endorsed by the International Reading Association, have a significant impact on what goes on in the classroom and set the stage for interactions with a wide variety...The post The Elements Of A Literacy-Rich Classroom Environment appeared first on TeachThought.

Check out 50 Ways Google Can Impact Your School Library Program tomorrow as part of  edWeb.net's Using Emerging Tech to Improve Your School Library Program. This interactive workshop will feature award winning Librarian Michelle Luhtala take participants through a Smackdown of 50 Google resources in 60 minutes. Participants will be invited to contribute and comment throughout. 

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2011 Retrospectives
I’m a little over halfway through my 2011 Ed-Tech Trends series. But if you’re looking for other year-in-review posts, check out Apple’s 2011 Rewind which lists the best (bestselling and most beloved by Apple) iOS apps.

Part 5 of my year-end series.
As far as ed-tech trends go, 2011 was not the year of the e-textbook.

Kindle Fail
I shipped my new Kindle Fire back to Amazon over the weekend, exchanging it for a regular plain ol’ Kindle.

Earlier this month, we covered the Fayetteville Free Library‘s new Fab Lab, the public library’s plans to build a “makerspace” where library patrons could gain hands-on experience using 3D printers and other tools and could take programming and “shop