SLS 1/30/26 - O²CM Bookish Byte

Article: American Library Association announces 2026 Youth Media Award winners

Article: Candace Fleming wins 2026 Children’s Literature Legacy Award

Blog: What the 80% in MTSS Is Really Asking Us to Notice

Article: What’s the Ideal Classroom Seating Arrangement? Teachers Weigh In

Article: How These Elementary Schools Are Teaching Students Good Digital Habits

Blog: A 6-Step Plan for Differentiated Instruction

Blog: Using Empathy Interviews to Lower Barriers Between Student Cliques

Blog: Susan M. Riley on the Power of Creativity in the Age of AI

Article: A Library Book Returns Home—36 Years Late

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Below you will find articles that have been sources around the interwebs on the topic of AI in Education looking at risks and benefits including a brandnew report out from Brookings on Students and AI.

NPR: Teachers are using software to see if students used AI. What happens when it's wrong?

NPR: The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says

K-12DIVE: What can US schools learn about AI education from their Chinese counterparts?

EdSurge: Peering Into the Future: Look for These K-12 Education Trends in 2026

EdWeek: AI in K–12: A New Year Reality Check for School Leaders

MITManagement STS Teaching & Learning Technologies: AI Detectors Don’t Work. Here’s What to Do Instead.

Brookings: A new direction for students in an AI world: Prosper, prepare, protect (REPORT)

Courage can be taught—even in Grade 2. ⚾💛 This guided discussion helps students explore fairness, equality, and standing up for what’s right through Jackie Robinson’s story. Big ideas. Simple language. Lasting impact. A reminder that students do not have accounts in SchoolAI.

Super Bowl ads aren’t just entertaining—they’re persuasive. This quick analysis gets grades 7–12 unpacking audience, techniques, and effectiveness—then improving the ad themselves. Media literacy meets real-world relevance. Video walkthrough HERE

In Person Professional Learning

• Feb 3 - Advocacy in Action: School Libraries and the Seal of Civic Readiness
• Mar 23 - Author: Andrea Rogers Comes to Syracuse

• Apr 6 - The Power of Play: Transforming Elementary Education with Board Games

• Apr 14 - Can I Use That? Copyright, Privacy, and AI in the Classroom

• Apr 20 - The Power of Play: Transforming Secondary Education with Board Games

Virtual/Asynch Professional Learning

• Feb 3 - WEBINAR 4pm Influencers, AI, and Credibility: Teach Students About the Information Ecosystem (edWeb.net)
• Feb 26 - WEBINAR What's Going On In The Courts?

• Mar 26 - WEBINAR Self-Censorship: What Is It, Who Is Doing It, and How To Avoid It

OnDemand Professional Learning (2 CTLE)

Note: You can sign up for these trainings anytime between 12/1-2/26

• Sooth.fyi Training

• Legends of Learning Science/Math Learning Universe

• Legends of Learning Basecamp Training

• News-o-matic Training

Book Studies

• February The Joy of Reading by Donalyn Miller and Teri S Lesesne

• March The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Education

• April Revolutionize Youth Book Clubs

• May How We Read Now

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