by Compendium News Staff | Apr 29, 2019 | Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Applications to borrow a Finch Robot for the 2019-2020 school year are being accepted by BirdBrain Technologies. This is open to districts, schools and libraries. You may borrow more than one! BirdBrain wants the robots to be used in pair programming so that 2...
by Compendium News Staff | Apr 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Corning Incorporated Foundation Grants DiscoverE Collaboration Grants Ford Motor Company Fund’s Community Grants Program Michael and Susan Dell Foundation Grants Saxena Family Foundation STEM Grants SparkFun Sony USA Foundation Inc. Toyota USA ...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 23, 2019 | Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Professional Development, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
Attend a two day event in California or Toronto and become a Raspberry Pi Certified Educator. Raspberry Pi Foundation applications are open for librarians, classroom teachers, technology coaches, after-school club leaders and others to attend Picademy for FREE. ...
by Compendium News Staff | Jan 16, 2019 | Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Library News, Resources of Interest
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has selected projects to feature on their website and two of them are from Pennsylvania! Chester County Public Library’s Digital Media Lab project and Lancaster Public Library’s Maker Passes Program were...
by Compendium News Staff | Dec 21, 2018 | Children's Services, Library News, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
The Abington Township Public Library (ATPL) has launched micro:bits, a new technology item available for borrowing. For ages 10 and up, a micro:bit is a pocket-size programmable micro-controller, enabling young people to get creative with technology through coding,...