After selecting the + symbol you are presented with different content options. A new paragraph, a heading, or an image. But there are now more advanced forms of content that can be added like audio, video, and quotes.

This is shaping up to be a major change in WordPress and with any major change there are some serious differences in opinions about adding this editor to the core of WordPress. The good news for now is that if you don't want things to change on your site you will have the option of keeping the Classic Editor.

*As always, if you have any questions about Gutenberg please let me know*

July

• 4.9.x release with an invitation to install either Gutenberg or Classic Editor plugin.
• WordPress.com will move to opt-out. There will be tracking to see who opts out and why.
• Triage increases and bug gardening escalates to get blockers in Gutenberg down to zero.
• Gutenberg phase two, Customization exploration begins by moving beyond the post.

August and beyond

• All critical issues within Gutenberg are resolved.
• There is full integration with Calypso and there is opt-in for users there.
• A goal will be 100k+ sites having made 250k+ posts using Gutenberg.
• Core merge of Gutenberg begins the 5.0 release cycle.
• 5.0 moves into beta releases and translations are completed.
• There will be a mobile version of Gutenberg by the end of the year.

You might have heard of this project — it’s called Gutenberg, after another invention that revolutionized publishing — but are wondering what it means for you. Who will see the biggest difference, and what it will change for your everyday workflows? Everyone, and everything. The Gutenberg editor uses blocks to create all types of content, replacing a half-dozen inconsistent ways of customizing WordPress, bringing it in line with modern coding standards, and aligning with open web initiatives. These content blocks transform how users, developers, and hosts interact with WordPress to make building rich web content easier and more intuitive, democratizing publishing — and work — for everyone, regardless of technical ability.

Learn to Drive @ your Library

If you're like me you may have cursed some adventurous driver in the past week--maybe even this morning. Maybe we can help educate drivers?

Driving.test.org brings a free Driver's Ed program to your library.

What's included

Each library partner - city library, community library, or school library - receives its own practice test website featuring their own name or logo on the top of every page.

Here's what each practice test website contains:

11 car practice tests

Each practice test features questions just like those on the official written test to help your patrons feel confident about passing.

9 motorcycle practice tests

All practice tests have been updated for 2018 and provide an explanation for every incorrectly answered question.

10 commercial vehicle practice tests

Whether your patrons are preparing to drive a school bus, a truck or a big rig, there are practice tests for them.

3 online driving manuals

The official DMV operator's manuals for car, motorcycle, and commercial driver license (CDL) can be viewed online or downloaded.

If you're interesting in this and would like to add it to your website please let me know.

Would you like to learn more about Clubs including new updates? Join us for an upcoming launch your Club webinar here or check out our brand new Curriculum Overview.

Have questions? Check out our FAQs

The Vault

miSci

The Museum of Innovation and Science has graciously offered to provide free admission plus planetarium to any reader who completes a library summer reading program. Additionally they have included coupons for all participants and library patrons

MyOn

SUMMER READING AT NEW YORK LIBRARIES AND myON PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE BRINGS THOUSANDS OF FREE DIGITAL BOOKS TO NEW YORK STUDENTS AND FAMILIES

This year as a component of Summer Reading at New York Libraries, the State Education Department and myON are partnering to bring thousands of FREE enhanced digital books to children and their families all around the state! The partnership runs all summer long through September 30, 2018

The New York State Library, myON, the 23 public library systems and the 41 school library systems began rolling out special 2018 Summer login information for use by students and families to local school districts and local public libraries in May. Public libraries or school districts that have not yet received login information are encouraged to contact their library system director.

WHAT’S AVAILABLE:

The myON Digital Library provides young readers with more than 6,000 fiction and nonfiction e-books, covering a broad range of topics and themes. Unlimited 24/7 access is offered, online and offline. Flexible supports include professionally recorded audio, text highlighting, an embedded dictionary and a zoom feature to support independent reading. (These features enable families to read together, even if there isn’t a proficient adult reader in the household).

Resources and tips for parents and educators include on-demand videos, tip sheets, strategies and more to support meaningful family literacy experiences.

Readers can access the myON Digital Library and its special features online from any web-enabled device and offline using the free myON app. Families can download up to 20 books at a time for reading offline. myON logins may be used anytime and anywhere — at school, at the library, at home or on the road.

HOW STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WILL LOG IN:

Students who already have a myON login will continue to use that login to access the myON Digital Library and continue reading throughout the summer. myON is providing special Summer 2018 logins for all other children and families so all of New York’s children from birth and beyond can read anytime and anywhere through September 2018.

• Each school district, New York City Borough, and each of the 23 public library systems has a unique Summer 2018 login.
• Families with young children, home-schooled students, charter school students, nonpublic school students, caregivers and others will use their public library login.
• A state-level login is also available on the Summer Reading at New York Libraries site at http://www.summerreadingnys.org/ and the DayByDayNY (http://daybydayny.org/) and DayByDayNYSP in Spanish (http://daybydaynysp.org/) early literacy sites. Students who use Talking Book and Braille Library services may also participate in Summer Reading and access myON digital books at http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/tbbl/summer.htm