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    Monthly Archive for: "December, 2017"
    Top Ten Makerspace Favorites of 2016
    By Laura Fleming
    In Advocates, Digital, Experts, Makerspace
    Posted December 22, 2017

    Top Ten Makerspace Favorites of 2016

    With the success of last year’s post on the Top Ten Makerspace Favorites of 2015, we are excited to announce this year’s list. We have spent the year scouring maker products to Padlet that [...]

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    Top Ten Makerspace Favorites of 2015
    By Laura Fleming
    In Advocates, Digital, Experts, Makerspace
    Posted December 22, 2017

    Top Ten Makerspace Favorites of 2015

    2015 has proved to be a monumental year for the Maker Movement. With increasingly more schools committed to creating a genuine and committed culture of innovation, we are seeing more [...]

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    From 2 To Infinity: Writing by the Numbers: A Guest Post by John David Anderson
    By Mackin Books in Bloom
    In Books in Bloom
    Posted December 18, 2017

    From 2 To Infinity: Writing by the Numbers: A Guest Post by John David Anderson

    We librarians at Mackin are much better at words than numbers. Having divided the nonfiction subjects and fiction genres between us, we read and evaluate only books in our areas. Math is always [...]

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    Keep Your Series Current: December 2017
    By admin
    In Experts, Library
    Posted December 10, 2017

    Keep Your Series Current: December 2017

    Update your popular series with these books that will be published in December. Enjoy! PRIMARY SERIES & SEQUELS              Battle of the Boss-Monster (Notebooks of Doom, Book 13) by Troy [...]

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    Future Ready Librarian or future ready librarian?
    By Heather Lister
    In Advocates, Digital, Experts, Library, Library Transformation, Makerspace
    Posted December 7, 2017

    Future Ready Librarian or future ready librarian?

    Founded on the principles of equitable access in a digital age, the launch of Future Ready Schools in 2014 called on district superintendents to reflect on current practices surrounding [...]

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    Great Nonfiction Titles for November 2017
    By admin
    In Experts, Library
    Posted December 7, 2017

    Great Nonfiction Titles for November 2017

    Lots of exciting nonfiction titles were published in November. Enjoy and learn! PRIMARY NONFICTION          Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome (ill. by James E. Ransome). 9780823420476. [...]

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    Great Easy/Fiction Titles for November 2017
    By admin
    In Experts, Library
    Posted December 6, 2017

    Great Easy/Fiction Titles for November 2017

    Check out these exciting easy and fiction titles that were published in November. Happy reading! ELEMENTARY PICTURE BOOKS          Amy the Red Panda Is Writing the Best Story in the World by [...]

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