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Library redesign. Nssd112. Library stuff. Log In - New York Times. Log In Don't have an account?

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Sign up here » Librarian Approved: 30 Ed-Tech Apps to Inspire Creativity and Creation. Tool discovery is often a challenge for teachers interested in finding ways to use technology that will change the way they and their students work. With so much going on in the classroom, many teachers don’t have the time to test out various apps and find the perfect tool to meet their needs. Luckily, several tech-savvy librarians have been curating the apps their colleagues find useful and sharing the all-stars with one another through personal learning communities (PLC) and edWeb webinars.

These educators are paying attention to their own working habits, as well as those of students, to figure out which technology products and trends are here to stay. Information Literacy / Research Skills / Critical Thinking. Velocity Technology Solutions, Inc. Helpdesks are a critical touch point for organizations.

Velocity Technology Solutions, Inc.

When customers are frustrated, confused or experience problems with a product or service, it falls to the support group to save the relationship. Given the ease with which enraged customers can use social media channels to broadcast their displeasure, does it follow that organizations must deploy massive, highly skilled teams to the helpdesk in order to protect their reputation?

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Ed stuff. How to Use Google Search More Effectively [INFOGRAPHIC] Among certain circles (my family, some of my coworkers, etc.)

How to Use Google Search More Effectively [INFOGRAPHIC]

I'm known for my Googling skills. I can find anything, anywhere, in no time flat. My Google-fu is a helpful skill, but not one that's shrouded in too much mystery — I've just mastered some very helpful search tricks and shortcuts and learned to quickly identify the best info in a list of results. Sadly, though web searches have become and integral part of the academic research landscape, the art of the Google search is an increasingly lost one.

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How to create mega menu in Drupal using TB Mega Menu module. Drupal. Strandbeest: The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen. DCASE Homepage > Chicago Cultural Center > Exhibitions > Strandbeest: The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen Information and Resources Chicago Cultural Center 78 E.

Strandbeest: The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen

Steal Favicon of Any Website In One Step. Well if you like to steal a favicon of a website then its just one step away.

Steal Favicon of Any Website In One Step

Just use this small code provided by Google itself :P Yes, just provide google with the name of the website and it will provide you with the favicon of the website. This will save you from viewing the source code of a webpage and search for favicon link. Using ckeditor with drupal 7. 1.

Using ckeditor with drupal 7

Download and install moduleDownload and install the ckeditor module. Do not enable it yet. 2. Working with Images in Drupal. Resize images automatically. Current community your communities Sign up or log in to customize your list. more stack exchange communities company blog.

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Programmer's Guide to Drupal: Principles, Practices, and Pitfalls - Jennifer Hodgdon - Google Books. Master your Drupal Sub Theme. Awhile back I posted a video on setting up a Drupal sub-theme.

Master your Drupal Sub Theme

If you want, you can check out that video here. I think that the video does an alright job of explaining the steps you have to take to get a sub-theme to work properly. I don't however think it provides enough of the setting up a sub-theme "meat" needed to begin. The saying goes, the devil is in the details. How A School Library Increased Student Use By 1,000 Percent.

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Cool tech. Curating the web for your classroom. Today we’re delighted to feature a guest post from Richard Byrne, author of the popular #edtech blog FreeTech4Teachers.

Curating the web for your classroom

Every year I talk with thousands of teachers at conferences all over the world. The question that I am asked most? “How do you learn about all of this?” The answer is rather simple, I subscribe to a lot of blogs. Over the years, the way that I subscribed to blogs has changed. Content Curation: Learning from others and sharing their knowledge. Over the past few months the subject of content curation has been coming up more often.

Content Curation: Learning from others and sharing their knowledge

Some of you have actually been curating content for years, others are just hearing about it, so it seems a good topic for discussion. Curators at the Cleveland Museum of Art took care to select the right pieces, placement and accompanying art when re-doing the museum's Armor Court. The process of content curation is pretty simple.

Teaching Content Curation Skills to Students. In my last piece, I discussed why content curation was an essential skill and discussed ways teachers could use Pinterest to curate content for students. Modeling this skill for students is important, but giving them the knowledge to do it themselves is crucial. The ability to sort through many sources for high-quality information was always the goal of library time and research notecards, but today’s students need tech-based content curation skills. Many of the best and most popular programs for this are widely available for free online. Students can learn to manage information with Pinterest.

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Leadership. Why It's So Hard to Close the Digital Divide in High-Poverty Schools. PHILADELPHIA—When it comes to speedy Internet access in schools, which technology advocates say will be critical to ensuring that American students stay competitive globally, Philadelphia is way ahead of many districts across the country. In the Obama administration’s new ConnectED initiative, an effort to redirect $2 billion in federal funding to put high-speed broadband in all American schools, the goal is for schools to have Internet speeds of at least 1 gigabit per second by 2017.

Philadelphia schools already have 2 gigabits, and will have 20 in 18 months, says Melanie Harris, the district’s chief information officer.

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» The Seven Objectives–Grad School Porfolio Rebecca's Blog. Below you will find artifacts from my graduate school experience and how it relates to one of the seven Dominican MLIS program objectives. Articulating and applying a philosophy of service that incorporates an awareness of the legacy of libraries and information centers within our culture. Marketing References Services. For this assignment, I worked in a group setting to explore an area of concern in reference services. We opted to explore ways that academic reference services could better market themselves and their services. CMS Drupal Portfolio - CMSSuperheroes - Premium Wordpress themes. The Superhero Portfolio module has been created to allow dynamic portfolio pages to be created quickly and easily. Built upon jQuery Isotope and integrated with Drupal Views module, the module provides an excellent starting point for those who want to build a portfolio.

Example: Requirements Note: The jQuery isotope library is provided in the libraries folder for the CMS Drupal install. It is an incredibly useful premium plugin which files must be placed in sites/all/libraries/isotope. Using Drupal as a Portfolio Platform. How to Customize a Contributed Drupal Theme. Creating a sub-theme. Free and premium theme. Subscription Center. How Chicago is Narrowing the Digital Divide. Eliminate the Digital Divide – Smart Chicago.

Digital Excellence Initiative. Media and Digital Literacy Skills for Grades 5 and 6. SAMRBeyondTheBasics. 10 ways to reach SAMR’s redefinition level. The 4 essentials of a successful Genius Hour. Thrively: Kids Activities and Strength Assessment. Technology for Children. Explain Everything™ Interactive Whiteboard. All About Explorers. A Communication Model. 39 Crock-Pot Recipes That’ll Last You All Week. How to do the Socratic Method - TeachLikeThis. FCC accused of power grab on broadband.