by Compendium News Staff | Aug 18, 2016 | Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
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...
by Compendium News Staff | Dec 6, 2015 | Children's Services, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
Hour of Code starts December 7 and goes through December 13! The Hour of Code site offers numerous resources for learning. Also check out this TeachersFirst post, which provides sites to help teachers and students learn about coding.
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 16, 2015 | Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
Organize an Hour of Code during December 7-13! The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics. Register by December 7 and you could be eligible to win prizes! One public school in...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 16, 2015 | Children's Services, Library News, PA Forward, Resources of Interest
Sarah Applegateby Sarah Applegate Currently Reading: The Nightmare Charade by Mindee Arnett I recently took on a full-time youth services position within my library and now find myself having to plan programs for birth to teen. Preschool and teen programming is easy...
by Compendium News Staff | May 26, 2015 | Children's Services, PA Forward, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
by Beth Cackowski By now you’ve probably heard about the importance of children learning to write computer code before they’re out of elementary school. The fear is that many librarians don’t feel comfortable creating environments for this type of technology or...