Johns Hopkins University has created a state policy tracker that monitors the latest plans for reopening K-12 schools during the pandemic. image credit
The EdLib Report
Anti-Racist Reading List
The USF Libraries Anti-Racist Reading list, curated by St. Pete’s Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, includes library-owned resources. both print and e-books through the Libraries.. The purpose of the list is to help our community create meaningful discourse about the injustices and racial …Continue Reading
Openly Accessible v. Open Access or “public spaces not public property”
This is a guest post from USF Copyright Librarian, LeEtta Schmidt. Imagine that you are walking down the sidewalk in a suburban neighborhood. All around you are houses with big picture windows, gardens, bird baths, dogs, cars, and picket fences. You wouldn’t …Continue Reading
Teacher Resources for Talking about Race, Racism and Black Lives Matter
Education Week has posted some very helpful teacher resources in their article, “15 Classroom Resources for Discussing Racism, Policing, and Protest.” Some of these include a PBS lesson plan about the death of George Floyd, the Anti-Defamation League short lesson on Floyd’s …Continue Reading
What “Reading Laterally” Means for Teaching Students Digital Literacy
Image credit How do we get students to evaluate what they find on the open Web? One technique is to teach them how to fact-check sources and read “laterally” across many sites instead of trying to verify the authority of just one …Continue Reading