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Tracy Weidman

Session Notes: EdTechTeam’s Western Pennsylvania Summit Featuring Google Apps for Education

September 1, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Professional Development, Resources of Interest

This is part of a series of Session Notes from grantees who have received Professional Development grants from the Office of Commonwealth Libraries. Each grantee will share their professional development experience and include tips and other resources from the workshop or class....

Google Webinar

August 28, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, School Libraries

Learn new ways to use Google tools in this FREE webinar on September 10 Registration provides a FREE resource guide This 10:00am-3:30pm webinar offers sessions on: Google Tools: An Intro for Educators 10 Google Chrome Extensions I Use in My Classroom Every Day! Using Drawings...

FREE Online Google Conference

June 25, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, Professional Development, School Libraries

Join expert teacher trainers on Saturday, July 9, who will  share tips and tricks for maximizing classroom use of the latest tools from Google. Click here to learn more and register ...

Libraries Ready to Code

April 27, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Children's Services, School Libraries

  “American Library Association (ALA) and Google, Inc. are launching the “Libraries Ready to Code” project to investigate the current nature of coding activities in public and school libraries for youth and broaden the reach and scope of this work.  Read more about...

Google Still Permitted to Share Sections of Books

April 25, 2016 By Compendium News Staff In Resources of Interest

The Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to a lower court ruling permiting Google to provide small portions of books to the public. Read more on Telegram.com. Also check out this PW article which provides a timeline ...

Melissa Correll

PA Forward: Information Literacy Summit Recap Part 2 – Breakout Sessions

August 10, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In PA Forward

by Melissa Correll, Instructional Services Librarian, Lycoming College Currently reading Cool: How the Brain’s Hidden Quest for Cool Drives our Economy and Shapes our World by Steven Quartz and Anette Asp       Critical Information Literacy Skills: The Case...

Google Grants Program

January 11, 2015 By Compendium News Staff In Grants and Other Funding Opportunities

Nonprofit groups can apply to receive at least three months of free advertising on Google’s Web site to promote their missions. Read more. ...