Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts

Monday, August 17, 2020

15 Ways To Use A Tablet In The Classroom @ Tech Edvocate


15 Ways To Use A Tablet In The Classroom
Tech Edvocate: 3.13.2018 by Matthew Lynch

81 percent of teachers think tablets can enrich classroom learning, so let’s look at how tablets may be used effectively in the classroom to engage students and further learning.

Virtual Field Trips
It is unlikely you will be able to take your students on field trips to every destination you cover in class; however, with a tablet, your students can go on virtual field trips anywhere. Some websites are even designed with this mind providing 360-degree video.

Research
Tablets are mobile internet devices; therefore, it is a portable research tool for the classroom. Students can research topics without having to leave their desks.

Reading and Listening to Books
E-books are specifically designed for use on tablets, so it makes sense to allow students to use their tablets for reading in the classroom. Additionally, tablets have speakers, which allow for easy listening to audiobooks or text-to-speech e-books.

Radio and Podcasts
Using apps such as Tune In Radio, students can listen to music, radio shows, and podcasts from all over the world on their tablets.

Presentations and Projects
Poster board projects are a thing of the past. Now, students can have tons of options for creating multimedia projects, comics, books, music, and more on a tablet. These projects can be shared and shown on your Smartboard.

Photography
Tablets have cameras, and with the right photography editing app, your students can work on creative projects or simply document class activities.  READ MORE ➤➤

Based on (7) readability formulas:
Grade Level: 11
Reading Level: fairly difficult to read.
Reader's Age: 15-17 yrs. Old
(Tenth to Eleventh graders)


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Sunday, August 21, 2016

Literacy Matters @IFLA :: #WLIC2016 | Library | Adult | Family | Children | Health

Tweet – Tweeter – Tweetest
Superlatives from SCLLN

Good afternoon UK! Tweets on children's literacy



#188 Important key to remember per Relander






@WLIC2016  

Library of Congress Literacy Awards:
recognize US & international literacy projects





Literacy Libraries Reading!




Delighted to be representing





Wonderful message from @IFLA's
Literacy Matters! Campaign
--resonates with this school librarian!





@IFLA Guidelines
to promote literacy and reading in libraries, 2011 ifla.org/files/assets/h






#WLIC2016 reading and literacy in the IFLA strategic plan







#WLIC2016 literacy program goals








Intentional Focus Leading to
Intentional Connections on Health Literacy






#WLIC2016 foundations of literacy




Leave no one behind
- key vision for UN sustainable development 
2030 needs Universal




Saturday, August 6, 2016

Prison Literacy :: Incarceration | Dyslexia | Inmates | Education | Reading | Library

Tweet – Tweeter – Tweetest
Superlatives from SCLLN

“Inmates enrolled in ed programs while incarcerated
were far less likely to return to prison.”


New podcast!
We talk w/ founder of @asocialignition,
an org that helps people re-enter society after incarceration





Prison program lets inmate moms send their voices


Prison libraries and prison library programs
can build bridges to literacy, love of reading.





Pop Culture Classroom is kicking off a new literacy program
at a CO prison using comics





Literacy can help fix America’s mass incarceration problem.
Here's how:



Pre-K To Prison Pipeline: A Case For Orton Gillingham!

Friday, August 5, 2016

LA Unified Reopens All District Libraries — But Forgets About the Books

LA Unified reopens all district libraries — but forgets about the books
LA School Report: 8.04.2016 by Mike Szymanski

For the first time since some school libraries were shuttered during budget cuts in 2008, all of the LA Unified school libraries will be back up and running when school starts again on August 16.

But according to the latest district estimates, the majority of students across Los Angeles will still be forced to rely on under-stocked library collections filled with outdated materials.

District numbers show that the average age of a book in a LAUSD library is now more than 20 years old, and that the books-per-student ratio is a shocking 35 percent below the state average. Even more dire: Most district schools have only a minimal budget to spend on bridging this gap—if they have any additional library funds at all.  READ MORE @

Little support for California’s public libraries
Sent to the Los Angeles Daily News, August 4.
Krashen: 8.04.2016

Julie Beth Todaro and Audrey Church are right when they argue that  "Shelving LAUSD’s school librarians would widen the learning gap," (August 3). Making the situation worse is data showing that California's public libraries are not well-supported.

California cities captured seven of the bottom ten places in the public library category of the recent (2015) "America's Most Literate Cities report." The report analyzes data from 77 cities with populations of 250,000 and above, and is based on number of branch libraries, holdings, circulation and staffing.

The bottom ten:
68. Los Angeles
69. Anaheim
72. Bakersfield
73. Sacramento
74. Chula Vista
75. Stockton
77. Santa Ana

Study after study has confirmed that library quality and professional library staffing are directly related to reading achievement.  More access to books, combined with helpful librarians, means more reading, and more reading means higher levels of reading achievement.

No wonder reading achievement is low in California.

Stephen Krashen
Professor Emeritus
University of Southern California


Tuesday, March 15, 2016

30 Under 30 :: 2016 Literacy Champions

30 Under 30 :: 2016 Literacy Champions
Literacy Today: March/April 2016

The September/October 2016 issue of Literacy Today will include ILA's second annual 30 Under 30 list—and you can help determine who gets selected.

Nominations are now open! We are looking for educators making an extraordinary impact in their classrooms and communities, as well as outstanding administrators, authors, librarians, students, nonprofit leaders, politicians, technology experts, volunteers, and advocates who are advancing literacy for all.

Click here to nominate yourself or a fellow literacy leader. (Nominees must not turn 30 before Nov. 1, 2016. Please note all nominations must be received by May 16, 2016, at 11:59 p.m. ET.) We carefully review all nominations, so please be convincing and concise.

The 30 Under 30 list debuted in 2015 to honor rising literacy champions around the globe. See the inaugural class here.

Friday, April 3, 2015

Letters Needed in Support of Increased Library Funding in State Budget : : CLA Call To Action

Letters Needed in Support of Increased Library Funding in State Budget

CLA -News From the Capitol: 3.31.2015 by Mike Dillon & Christina DiCaro, CLA Lobbyists

CLA is requesting your help in writing to the members of the two subcommittees to urge their strong support of a proposal to provide $11.5 million in new funding for three very important library programs.  The CLA Legislative Committee has developed the following “Budget Ask” for the 2015-16 Budget.

This “ask” was developed based on feedback from your “Day in the District” visits with Legislators, where many of you told your Senators and Assemblymembers that more funding for the California Library Services Act is critical.  Additionally, the roll-out of the Governor’s Broadband proposal for libraries and his “AB 86” adult education consortia reforms necessitate additional funding.

Specifically, CLA is requesting $11.5 million in new funding:
·  $4 million for the California Library Services Act
·  $2 million for the California library literacy program
·  $5 million for connectivity grants, to assist libraries in joining the new broadband network operated by the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC)
·   $500K in administration costs and staff for the CLSA and broadband project.    

Please take a minute today to use the following sample letter,” adapting it to reflect the specific needs of your own library or programs, and mail or fax it to the following key legislators.

Note:  Your letters should be received
by these subcommittee members by April 15.

Senate Budget Subcommittee Number 1 on Education Finance
Senator Marty Block, Chair
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education Finance
State Capitol, Room 4072
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 651-4939

Senator Ben Allen, Member
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education Finance
State Capitol, Room 2054
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916)  651-4926 

Senator Mike Morrell, Member
Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education Finance
State Capitol, Room 3056
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 651-4923

Assembly Budget Subcommittee Number 2 on Education Finance
Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, Chair
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
State Capitol, Room 2160
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 319-2107

Assemblymember Rocky Chavez, Member
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
State Capitol, Room 2170
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 319-2176

Assemblymember Young Kim, Member
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
State Capitol, Room 4177
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 319-2165

Assembymember Patrick O’Donnell, Member
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
State Capitol, Room 4166
Sacramento, CA.  95814
Fax:  (916) 319-2170

Assemblymember Phil Ting, Member
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance
State Capitol, Room 3123
Sacramento, CA.  95814