Worth a re-post! Teaching digital verification to spark news literacy learning – May 21st Dive deep into the tools and skills needed to verify the authenticity of information, and learn to create engaging fact-checking investigations that inspire students to investigate viral Read More …
Grant opportunities to help with pandemic issues:
Click on the following link for three separate NEA Foundation grant opportunities: https://www.neafoundation.org/for-educators/covid-rapid-response-grants/. Click on this link for an IMLS grant opportunity: https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/imls-cares-act-grants-museums-and-libraries. Good luck!”
IMLS Grants
IMLS Cares “New grant opportunities are being offered by IMLS to help combat pandemic costs and provide digital services. The following link includes the article about these grants https://www.imls.gov/news/15-million-imls-cares-act-grants-now-available-museum-and-library-services. Here is the link for information about these funding opportunities: https://www.imls.gov/grants/apply-grant/available-grants.” Thank Read More …
Know your “Fake News”
Worth a re-post! More information.Learn how to teach students to stop using the phrase “fake news” and to identify the many types of misleading, inaccurate and false information that they encounter every day. We use examples of misinformation to engage Read More …
Follett Training
Follett with Dave! The shutdown changed everything, including the way we manage the library. Suddenly, we needed to figure out how to do the normal tasks in a different way; and, it provided time to tackle some of those tasks Read More …
NLP PD
News Literacy Project. PD options. We recently asked educators what they most wanted us to feature in professional development webinars. Using that feedback, the News Literacy Project is holding a series of four free webinars, addressing essential news literacy topics, Read More …
Digital Resources for K-12 | Learning in the Age of COVID
Monday, April 27, 20202-3 PM ET, 11 AM-12 PM PT It’s a new age for learning and education. Content and tools are widely available, but what are the best resources and how best to use them in this uncharted landscape? Read More …
Google PD
We had a great time at #UELMA! We would love to meet for more fun, but until we can–let’s keep the learning going with an online professional development. April 24, 2020 10:00 – 11:30am MDT Google’sbApplied Digital Skills In this FREE Read More …
Books at home
UELMA has gathered up some links (just like everyone else) but ours our mostly FREE books, READ alouds with times, Publisher Copyright stuff. We made our own page located here – https://uelma.org/covid19-resources/ or under the Resources tab above. The best Read More …
Thank you!
On behalf of the Utah Educational Library Media Association, we want to Thank You for attending the 2020 UELMA Annual Conference, LIbraries are for Everyone, on March 6, 2020 at Weber State University. In order to make next year’s conference Read More …