What better way to celebrate April’s National Poetry Month than to incorporate these wonderful tech tools at teens’ disposal?
In Call for Early STEM Learning, Libraries Cited as Potential ‘Charging Stations’
By on February 9, 2017
Gaining STEM skills is as important for young children as learning to read, asserts a new report by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center and supported by the National Science Foundation. Libraries could play a critical role in this call for more preschool STEM learning opportunities.
STEAM Project Recipes: Insta-Robots and Sewing Art
By on January 30, 2017
Step-by-step illustrated instructions for sewing and robot-building activities from SLJ’s 2016 School Librarian of the Year.
Top 10 Apps | 2016
By on December 6, 2016
Daryl Grabarek, SLJ’s resident app guru, curates a stellar list of the best educational and story apps produced in the past year.
Top 10 Tech | 2016
By on December 6, 2016
Our picks highlight leading tech trends, with an eye toward the future.
Top 10 Tech | 2016
By on December 6, 2016
Our picks highlight leading tech trends, with an eye toward the future.
Robots, Early Learning on the Rise: What’s Trending in Kids’ Books
By on November 7, 2016
While ebooks have stalled, the outlook for the children’s book market looks good. That data and coming trends were unpacked at the Nielsen Children’s Book Summit.
Amazon “Rapids” App Offers Kids Short Stories
By on November 3, 2016
Amazon’s new app for kids ages 7–12 brings them original short stores that unfold in snippets of chat style text on e-readers and cell phones.
Swift Playgrounds: Not Just Another Coding App |SLJ Review
By on October 4, 2016
Are your students budding coders? Apple has just released a sophisticated app for students serious about programming. Our review of Swift Playgrounds.
The Surprising Impact of Brain Games on Learning
By on October 4, 2016
Playing computer games designed to improve cognitive functions can increase students’ test performance more than traditional methods, such as one-on-one tutoring, according to a Yale study.
