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Chromebook Users: Utilizing Modern Day Technology to enhance Pedagogical Practices            As I begin to write this week’s blog, I started to reminisce over the time I spent in elementary school having to share one computer with all thirty of my classmates.   I can remember asking my mom to drop me off to school early just so I could be the first student on the computer before class started.   By the time I got in middle school, laptop computers started to become more widely available to students.   We were able to visit the library with our teachers to checkout laptops. By the time I got to high school, our only access to computers were the two in the classrooms unless we requested one from the library.   Technology has come a very long way since I was in school and the student to computer ratio has changed drastically over the years. At my elementary school where I currently work, students have their own Chr...

I can remember being in elementary school and being rewarded with library time. This was the highlight of our day, hearing our names being called to head to the library to checkout good books and get on the desktop computers! As I sit and reflect on that experience and how far technology has come, I can only imagine how much fun children would have now days being that technology is very popular today and is being seen more and more in the classrooms. The role of a librarian has changed drastically over the years. Along with the many other roles that librarians must fill, today’s teacher librarians are the top leaders when it comes integrating technology into the curriculum,   collaborating with teachers, providing informational and   instructional technology, and most importantly, helping students gain the skills needed to utilize new modern day technology.   One of the readings that caught my attention this week was the article entitled, “ Connecting Teacher Librarians...