Free Online Learning Opportunities for April 2024

…From Wallflowers to Power Players: Mastering the Art of Networking (NNLM) Learn tips and tricks for networking at conferences, connecting with peers, and building your professional network. This webinar is… (Search hits: 38 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 250.84)

Free Online Learning Opportunities for February 2024

…engaging experiences that equip students with future-ready skills. For more information and to register, visit: https://home.edweb.net/webinars/   Tuesday, Feb 6 (11 am -12 pm) Choosing the Right CRM for your… (Search hits: 34 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 223.37)

Broadband – Bag of Tricks

…provide enough internet? Yes? And what is “enough internet”? To calculate the minimum bandwidth you need to provide quality Internet‐based services, consider what you want available to each internet user… (Search hits: 37 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 215.85)

Get Your Flu Shot

…6 months through 8 years of age need two doses of flu vaccine four weeks apart. Ask your health care provider how many doses your child should get. ·        People… (Search hits: 2 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 84.15)

December is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month

…Influence of Drugs and Alcohol Traffic Stop Summary Enforcement Period Reports (DUI checkpoints) Colorado Drugged Driving Fact Sheet WEBSITES http://www.noduicolorado.org/ https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/csp/alcohol-drugs https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/csp/traffic-safety-statistics https://www.codot.gov/safety/alcohol-and-impaired-driving https://www.codot.gov/safety/impaired-driving/druggeddriving [added 3 June 2021; was https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/marijuana/driving-and-traveling]… (Search hits: 6 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 41.2)

Talking Book Library Named Network Library of the Year

The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped has named the Colorado Talking Book Library as Network Library of the Year. The award, which comes with a $1,000… (Search hits: 1 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 292.87)

New Report on Heroin Use in Colorado

…The need for the report comes from a recent spike in heroin use and overdoses in Colorado, according to CDPHE’s press release. While this report is, according to CDPHE, the… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 42.08)

Let’s Grow Readers this Summer!

…about i: http://www.bookitprogram.com/ More ideas Colorado family attractions for kids 10 & under https://www.colorado.com/articles/colorado-family-attractions-kids-10-under 21 Places To Take Kids In Colorado (Before They Grow Up) https://carpe-travel.com/21-places-to-take-your-kids-in-colorado-before-they-grow-up/ Colorado State Parks (Nature… (Search hits: 7 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 71.62)

The 5 Early Literacy Practices: Talk

…Inc • Tips on learning to talk. https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/301-tips-on-learning-to-talk • Understanding Language Development in Preschoolers. http://www.getreadytoread.org/early-learning-childhood-basics/early-childhood/understanding-language-development-in-preschoolers • Preschooler language development. http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/reading-language/reading-milestones/preschooler-language-development-milestones/preschooler-talking/ • Serve and return. https://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/key-concepts/serve-and-return/ • Talking to babies. https://www.parentingscience.com/talking-to-babies.html… (Search hits: 6 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 64.75)

Navigating Waves of Censorship: Resources for Public and School Libraries

…Intellectual Freedom makes all the major intellectual freedom documents available on the ALA website. https://www.ala.org/advocacy/intfreedom ALA-OIF 800-545-2433, ext. 4223 http://www.ala.org/oif Freedom to Read Foundation 800-545-2433 ext. 4226 http://www.ftrf.org/ Colorado Chapter… (Search hits: 7 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 58.72)

The 5 early Literacy Practices: PLAY

…being. We learn through interactions with our peers and adults. Kids have those interactions by playing. Let me give you an example. A little while ago I was visiting a… (Search hits: 3 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 55.92)

800+ Titles Now in the Book Club Resource!

…to Reddit threads and modern partisan politics, Galef explores why our brains deceive us and what we can do to change the way we think. The Time Traveler’s Wife, ‎Audrey… (Search hits: 3 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 53.56)

Addressing Colorado’s Digital Divide

…it reported “more than two-thirds of the library Internet patrons polled have no other access to the Internet except through public Internet computers.” Job searches, job applications, online schooling, health… (Search hits: 9 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 51.68)

The K-12 Library Connection, May 2022

…may need help paying and turns the process of buying into math lessons. https://www.al.com/life/2022/04/book-fairs-can-spawn-a-love-of-reading-and-sometimes-even-a-math-lesson.html Follett Reverses Course on Parental Controls for Customers Facing Censorship https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/88929-follett-reverses-course-on-parental-controls-for-customers-facing-censorship-legislation.html Idea Sharing What are some… (Search hits: 5 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 44.99)

Getting Ready for Kindergarten With My Library : Language Development

…world around them. Expose children to new words. Reinforce the correct sounds of letters. Learn some fun activities here   More readings about this topic: http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=119 http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/language_development.html https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/signs-symptoms/age-by-age-learning-skills/reading-skills-what-to-expect-at-different-ages http://www.getreadytoread.org/images/content/downloads/Kindergarten_Readiness_Toolkit/Handouts/4_language_english.pdf  … (Search hits: 5 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 44.99)

Language Resources: Translation and Interpretation Services and Beyond

…being provided to non-English speakers or to those with limited proficiency in English. Finding Translators and Interpreters Community Language Cooperative Colorado Interpreters and Translators Association The Interpreter Network from Spring… (Search hits: 3 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 43.02)

Fourteen State Library Agencies Selected as NASA@ My LibraryΒ Partners

…a hands-on learning network for libraries and their communities across the country (www.starnetlibraries.org). STAR Net focuses on helping library professionals build their STEM skills by providing “science-technology activities and resources”… (Search hits: 13 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 78.03)

Diabetes Awareness

…of interest: “Burden of Diabetes in Colorado” http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/pp/diabetes/reports/TheBurdenofDiabetesinCO.pdf Colorado Kids with Diabetes Care and Prevention Collaborative http://www.coloradokidswithdiabetes.org/ “Diet and Diabetes”, a health fact sheet from the Colorado State Extension http://www.cde.state.co.us/artemis/ucsu20/ucsu2062293342007internet.pdf… (Search hits: 4 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 26.34)

Celebrating Women Through the Colorado Book Club Resource

…how to survive being stranded in the middle of the ocean, to how Jeff Bezos avoids overconfidence, to how super forecasters outperform CIA operatives, to Reddit threads and modern partisan… (Search hits: 1 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 42.08)

Human Population Growth and its Effect on Wildlife

…changes and ever more frequent interactions with humans. Not only does building development reduce wildlife habitat, but more roadways and traffic, human-caused wildfires, resource extraction, and other situations are hazardous… (Search hits: 2 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 37.28)