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Are Libraries the Key to Teaching Digital Literacy? Public libraries and school libraries are crucial for teaching digital literacy.

Are Libraries the Key to Teaching Digital Literacy?

Libraries offer much more than books. Today’s libraries are technology hubs where anyone can access and use technology daily. As more technology emerges and the amount of online content grows, libraries are at the forefront of teaching library patron’s digital literacy. Digital literacy extends beyond the classroom walls. Public libraries are essential for teaching digital literacy to the public. Considering the connection between digital literacy and success, it is easy to see this is an essential skill. Provide Access to Technology. What We Saw At BETT 2019. Reading Time: 4 minutes What innovative ideas should your classroom not go without?

What We Saw At BETT 2019

In January, team TT returned to the BETT show to explore all the education technology wonders Excel London had to offer. 2019 is the first year the The Education Show was also conveniently situated just across the hall, so we were truly spoilt for choice when it came to innovative and interesting ideas for the classroom. What We Saw At BETT 2019. Free Resources. 10 websites to inform, amaze, amuse and entertain. “Stop bingeing on social media” – Part 2.

NEW: The Periodic Table of iPad Apps for Primary aged pupils #edtech #elearning #ADE2017 #iPadEd #aussieED #TTPlay. Copy: Copy: ONLINE SAFETY ADVICE  FROM PARENTS. 2000 young people told us about their online lives and the e-safety advice they were given. 43% of 9 year olds were not shown by parents or carers how to stay safe in a digital world.

Copy: Copy: ONLINE SAFETY ADVICE  FROM PARENTS

Parents could help their children stay safe online if they remained involved after age 11 and gave advice to children equally, regardless of gender. I was shown how to stay safe online by a parent or carer... Parental input drops away: 15 year olds receive least parental online safety advice despite being at an age when a range of risks are at their highest. Spent 5+ hours online per day Say parents try to limit the time I spend online. Safer Internet Centre. E-safety Support – Knowledge Base. Anti bullying week Top Tips. Anti Bullying Alliance. These resources are designed to support schools with their activities this Anti-Bullying Week.

Anti Bullying Alliance

Please do share with us how your assemblies/lessons go on Twitter or by email aba@ncb.org.uk. Resources created by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. The scholarly record…now on Twitter - OCLC Next. Literary criticism is not new.

The scholarly record…now on Twitter - OCLC Next

Conducting it via Twitter is. In early 2016, distinguished Shakespearean scholar Brian Vickers published The One King Lear, a volume intended to address, and put to rest, a point of scholarly debate suggesting the play may have been revised after its initial publication. Phil Bradley Internet Consultant: a New Way of Training. Training as we know it is broken The training market for librarians and information professionals that we’ve known for years is broken.

Phil Bradley Internet Consultant: a New Way of Training

Courses are too expensive, both in terms of the cost of the course, the time out of the office, travel to a course and in some cases, overnight accommodation. Organisations are having their budgets squeezed and top of the list is training. Resource sheets for schools. The “Research Smarter” resource sheets have been produced by the CILIP Information Literacy Group and TeenTech under a Creative Commons license, which means that they are available to all schools to download from this website and to adapt and use with their own pupils to help support the delivery of any topic or activity that requires information literacy skills.

Resource sheets for schools

All of these works are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. The resource sheets are also available to download from the TeenTech website. They were created by the following colleagues on behalf of the CILIP IL Group: If you have any queries or feedback about these resources, please email the CILIP IL Group.

Safer Internet Day 2017 - theme announced! We're pleased to announce that the theme for Safer Internet Day 2017 is ‘Be the Change: Unite for a better internet’ Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre, last year’s celebration saw over a thousand organisations get involved to help promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.

Safer Internet Day 2017 - theme announced!

Safer Internet Day 2017 offers the opportunity to highlight positive uses of technology and to explore the role we all play in helping to create a better and safer online community. It calls upon young people, parents, carers, teachers, social workers, law enforcement, companies, policymakers, and wider, to join together in helping to create a better internet. The day will be celebrated globally, coordinated by the joint Insafe/INHOPE network, with over a hundred countries getting involved.

Chromebook keyboard shortcuts - Chromebook Help. Karen Blakeman Workshops - Advanced Search. Digital Literacy. CRACKING THE CODE (Top l.

Digital Literacy

–r.): Florida’s Orange County Library System offers about 250 distinct classes on topics ranging from computer basics to electronic prototyping. (Far r.): Hackathons have become popular events at California’s Santa Clara County Library District in Silicon Valley. Free-programming-books/free-programming-books.md at master · vhf/free-programming-books. Introduction To Python Programming. Do you want to become a programmer?

Introduction To Python Programming

Or is it that Python interests you? If you need a quick brush-up, or learning Python for the first time, you've come to the right place! Let's get started learning one of the most easiest coding languages out there right now. CS50: Introduction to Computer Science. This is CS50x, Harvard University's introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming for majors and non-majors alike, with or without prior programming experience. An entry-level course taught by David J.

Malan, CS50x teaches students how to think algorithmically and solve problems efficiently. Topics include abstraction, algorithms, data structures, encapsulation, resource management, security, software engineering, and web development. Languages include C, PHP, and JavaScript plus SQL, CSS, and HTML. Problem sets inspired by real-world domains of biology, cryptography, finance, forensics, and gaming. Treehouse Library Accounts. Job-ready skills With an ever-changing job market where skills become quickly outdated, Treehouse enables students to keep their skills polished in order to find a great job. Lynda.com: a global leader in online learning for library patrons and employees. Anybody can learn.

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