Podcast — The Story Collider Thank you to our listeners, storytellers, workshop participants, sponsors, donors, and funders. We couldn't do this without you! The Story Collider is supported by Lyda Hill Philanthropies, The Burroughs Wellcome Fund, The Tiffany & Co. Circulating Ideas – the librarian interview podcast Steve chats with Stephanie Chase and Hillary Ostlund from Hillsboro (OR) Public Library, about their paths to librarianship, working with a diverse community, going deskless, and blowing up their organizational structure. Read the transcript. Stephanie Chase is the Director of Libraries for the City of Hillsboro, Oregon. With more than twenty years of experience in local and municipal government, serving communities ranging from the small and rural in New England, resort communities, and some of our largest urban centers on both the east and west coasts, Stephanie is an accomplished innovator and change leader, with significant experience leading organizational design and effectiveness and community engagement initiatives. Hillary Ostlund is a Manager for the City of Hillsboro’s Library department. Hillary is extremely passionate about public services – especially the role libraries play in communities – with notable training in leadership and development.
Weeding is Fundamental On October 17th, 1989, the Oakland A’s were playing the San Francisco Giants in the World Series, but just as the game was kicking off—the television broadcast cut out. When the signal came back, it was no longer the baseball game. These were the early minutes of the Loma Prieta earthquake, which struck near Santa Cruz. It was the first major earthquake ever to be broadcast live on national TV. Part of the Bay Bridge had been destroyed. No one was injured at the San Francisco library. Library management designated a new room for public browsing. But even this winnowed down selection of books was too large for the available space. Weeding Libraries get rid of books all the time. “It’s like, you have to weed your garden for […] the flowers to grow,” There are specific guidelines that come along with book weeding. M — for Misleading, or factually inaccurate. U — for Ugly S — for Superseded by a new edition or a much better book. T — for Trivial and The T and the Y are the tricky ones.
Podcast: Building a school reading culture This podcast is proudly supported by QUT Podclass. A brand new series of free podcasts, hosted by Madonna King, developed for everyone who is passionate about teaching. Exploring topics like managing your career development through to creating greater engagement in the classroom. All with a real world focus. Hello and thank you for downloading this podcast from Teacher magazine. A supportive school reading culture is one where there is availability, opportunity, encouragement and support for reading. Rebecca Vukovic: Dr Margaret Merga, thanks for joining Teacher magazine. Margaret Merga: Thanks for having me. RV: We’re here today to talk about your research that explored how to build a school reading culture from the perspectives of teacher librarians. MM: Well in relation to this paper, we really wanted to know what teacher librarians felt about how schools can effectively build a really positive reading culture. RV: Yeah so tell us a little bit more about the study itself. MM: Sure.
13 Must-Hear Librarian Podcasts The world of libraries is a world we love. Welcome to our new weekly feature all about libraries, librarians, and the people who love them, starting with a look at some must-listen librarian podcasts, sponsored by Revell Books. Former military psychiatrist Brooke Adams and Special Ops Sergeant Asher James thought they left the fight on the battlefield. You haven’t lived until you’ve listened to librarian podcasts. American Libraries’ Dewey Decibel Podcast Check Your Shelf Newsletter Sign up to receive Check Your Shelf, the Librarian's One-Stop Shop For News, Book Lists, And More. Thank you for signing up! By signing up you agree to our Terms of Service If you listen to no other librarian podcasts, listen to this one! Book Club For Masochists They read the books you’ve been dreading! Circulating Ideas Librarian interview podcasts aren’t unique, but this one gets some really great, eclectic, and often academic guests. Cyberpunk Librarian Drunk Librarians Podcast FYI Podcast The Librarian Is In
High School Cheaters Nabbed by Neural Network The English-language version of Wikipedia has almost six million articles. And if you're a cheating student, that's six million essays already written for you, footnotes and all. Except plagiarism isn't really an effective tactic—just plug the text into a search engine and game over. But what about having a ghostwriter at a paper mill compose your final essay? "Standard plagiarism software cannot detect this kind of cheating." Stephan Lorenzen, a data analyst at the University of Copenhagen. At its core is a neural network trained and tested on 130,000 real essays from 10,000 Danish students. By scrutinizing inconsistencies like those, Ghostwriter was able to pinpoint a cheated essay nearly 90 percent of the time. There's one more aspect here that could help students. Teachers could thus give extra help to kids who really need it, while sniffing out the cheaters too. —Christopher Intagliata [The above text is a transcript of this podcast.]
home - buttons & figs Kidcasts: Podcasts for kiddos Last week I enjoyed the great variety of edCamp Global sessions across a variety of platforms–Periscope, Twitter chats, and Google+ Hangouts. One session that continues to resonate with me is the Hangout on Kidcasts, or podcasts for kids. I suppose it’s because I was largely unaware that kidscasts were a thing, a potentially important thing. The session got me wondering why so few of us seem to be gathering podcasts as resources for teachers and parents and our libraries. Why aren’t we presenting and curating podcasts series for kids to discover? Hosted by Joe Rodriguez (@edtechjoe), 5th Grade teacher at The Ambassador School of Global Education in Los Angeles, the edcamp Global Kidcasts session featured Lindsey Patterson (@TumbleCast), co-host of the Tumble Science Podcasts for Kids and Kitty Felde, host and executive producer of Book Club for Kids. Kitty described her own kidcasting journey. It’s important to understand science as an informed citizen. Lindsay shared On finding kidcasts:
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