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How to Use Discord in Classrooms

WHAT IS DISCORD? Discord is a voice, video, and text chat app.It is home to communities, both large and small, private and public, who communicate about any topic you can think of. From fandoms to class subjects. Servers, Channels, and DMs Servers- spaces on Discord, made by specific communities. Some are small and private while others are large and public. Some are free and others are behind…

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Tech-Infused Lessons: Japanese Art at the MFA Boston

Unit Summary: This is a grade 4-5 level unit. It pertains to the 6th common belief of the AASL standards: Information technologies must be appropriately integrated and equitably available. It also helps students to Think and Share. This is a stand-alone lesson, of interest to students and teachers, and is part of the Media Studies Curriculum. Students will learn how to use technology to enhance…

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Library Social Media Reflections

Social media tends to have a bad reputation but can benefit school libraries. The most apparent use of social media is as an advertisement for the library. A Facebook or Instagram page, an email newsletter, or a TikTok account can serve several functions, from informing patrons if the library is closed and about any upcoming events to spotlighting new additions to the collection and sharing fun…

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Library Social Media List

Creative Teaching with Miss Hecht: (https://www.facebook.com/share/12EeXH5B9Af/?mibextid=wwXIfr) A friend of my mom, who I call Aunt Kathy, has been an elementary school educator in New Jersey for a number of years. During a recent visit to New Jersey, I told Aunt Kathy that I’m pursuing my master’s degree in Library Science and she told me about a Facebook page called Creative Teaching with Miss…

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Internet Archive and Nostalgic Books

When I was in elementary and middle school, I was obsessed with Scholastic’s Royal Diaries series, a collection of books written as the fictional childhood diaries of famous historical women like Marie Antoinette, Elizabeth I, and Catherine the Great, and constantly checked them out from the library. I often got in trouble with my fifth grade teacher, Mrs Rudolph, for reading Marie Antoinette:…

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Trying Out Milanote For The First Time

As an aspiring writer and someone who spends more time on Pinterest, there are few things that bring me more joy than creating mood boards. You can say I enjoy making mood boards more than actually writing. When Bernadette Banner, a YouTuber I’ve been following for a while did a collab with the website Milanote, I was curious and decided to try it out. I downloaded the app on my phone and went…

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Resources for Teaching Greek Mythology to K-5 Students

Greek mythology is a popular topic in school and often begins a life long obsession (I know it did for me). Many 2000’s kids I know had a Percy Jackson phase in middle school and grew up to be obsessed with the Goddess Persephone and weep over Madeleine Miller’s The Song of Achilles. Kids often get their first hit of Greek mythology in elementary school (K-5) and it keeps them coming back for…

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Learning Through Play

Recent pedagogical research out of the Harvard Graduate School of Education has challenged the traditional dichotomy between learning and play. Playful learning transforms lessons from chores into enjoyable and engaging experiences that nurtures a child’s natural curiosity and sense of wonder and gives them a sense of empowerment and ownership over their learning. It also allows students to…

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The Hunger Games and Challenged Books

A school library’s collection is influenced by both the individual school’s selection policy and guidelines and procedures dictated by the school district and the state. The school librarian involves keeping a balance between following state guidelines, upholding the school district’s values and beliefs, and providing students with popular, relevant, and enriching books. But those popular,…

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Ten Things Teachers Should Know About Technology

A teacher should be knowledgeable about how to search the web efficiently and effectively and be able to spot inaccurate, biased, and misleading information. Technology can be used to both spread and debunk misinformation. It is up to both students and educators to be able to spot the difference between a credible and not credible source. As the first line of defense against misinformation, the…

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