What Is a Book Talk?: Your Guide to Making Them Work in the Classroom - 1 views
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Jennie Bales on 15 Jan 19Tips, strategies and examples of great book talks to promote great books.
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YALSA's Teen Book Finder App & Database | Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) - 0 views
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"YALSA's Teen Book Finder is a free online database and app to help teens, parents, librarians and library staff, educators, and anyone who loves YA literature access nearly 4,000 titles recognized YALSA's awards and lists on their smartphone."
Teaching with Infographics is Essential for Visual Literacy - 0 views
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"The importance of infographics in literacy education is essential. Literacy is more than just reading and writing. Literate people can infer meaning, communicate with others, and capture ideas in many different ways. With infographics, I hope that educators can broaden our students' visual literacy."
Book Trailers | Creative Educator - 0 views
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Students will explore character, plot, and theme and learn to write persuasively as they develop a movie-style trailer for a book they have read. Clearly outlines stages of the task.
Book Trailers | Resources | Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network - 0 views
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Selection of sample book trailers promoting Australian children's literature from a selection of creators including publihser's and children. Links to photo sources and a small selection of supporting documentation.
10 Reasons To Use Virtual Reality In The Classroom - - 0 views
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"Although still an emerging technology in terms of recognizing its full potential, virtual reality offers the opportunity to step into places, roles, and experiences that were previously impossible, or at the very least, inaccessible to most. "
International Literacy Association - 1 views
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The International Literacy Association (ILA) is a global advocacy and membership organization of more than 300,000 literacy educators, researchers, and experts across 86 countries. With more than 60 years of experience, ILA has set the standard for how literacy is defined, taught, and evaluated. As well as subscription journals the site also provides free resources including "Children's rights to read" poster and reading lists that are updated regurarly
Picturebook Makers - 0 views
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Welcome to the Picturebook Makers blog - where some of the world's finest picturebook authors and illustrators take you behind the scenes. Our goal is to provide an interesting and inspiring resource for publishing professionals, illustration students and graduates, and anyone else with a passion for picturebooks and a curiosity about the different approaches taken to make them. Frequency about 1 post per month.
11 Free Reading Websites for Kids - 1 views
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"Free resources are always a teacher's dream, but when it comes to free sites to use during reading instruction the choices can be few and far between. Whether you are looking for a site to use during the Daily 5's "Listen to Reading" time or want to provide students with a fun early-finisher activity, the sites below are ideal. Designed for elementary age students, these reading sites are both free and kid-friendly."
25 Ideas to Motivate Young Readers | Education World - 1 views
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"25 great ideas from teachers -- ideas that are sure to get kids across the grades excited about reading."
12 Ways a School Librarian Can Help Teachers - 2 Peas and a Dog - 1 views
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Having a school library is #2 as a predictor of student achievement-higher than per-pupil spending or teacher/pupil ratio! If you want to increase student achievement in your classroom, you will surely want to take advantage of your certified School Librarian's five areas of expertise to help you teach better.
A 3-Year Plan for Creating a 21st Century Learning Commons - Canadian School Libraries ... - 0 views
Charting the Geography of Classic Literature - Atlas Obscura - 1 views
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A new exhibit focuses on maps of fictional worlds. Historical perspectives of maps on classic literature
School Library Journal - 2 views
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a practical article on the role of the TL to provide quality and diverse resources to support classroom programs. The topic and literature focus is on the US refugee experience but the application of this approach is relevant to all.
History - Text Ideas - 2 views
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A teacher's personal compilation of literature to support the History curriculum from Stage 1 to Stage 3 (Years 1-6) with predominantly Australian titles. At the end of the page are further resources covering other curriculum areas: Geography, Science, English and Maths
Integrating Makerspaces Throughout the Curriculum -- THE Journal - 0 views
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The makerspace isn't just a fixed space where kids come and go to complete busywork. It's an extension of a well-established approach to educating students that has applications and deep implications across disciplines.
Getting Started with Content Curation in the Classroom - John Spencer - 3 views
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Content curation is a vital part of the creative process. In this blog post and podcast, we explore why curation matters and how we can help students learn how to engage in the curation process. This site focuses on teaching students to crurate but has valuable lessons for anyone new to this process.
An Atlas of Literary Maps Created by Great Authors: J.R.R Tolkien's Middle Earth, Rober... - 3 views
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What sustains our belief in the integrity of fictional places? The fact that they seem to act upon events as much as the people who live in them, for one thing. And, just as often, the fact that so many authors and illustrators draw elaborate maps of literary settings, making their features real to us and embedding them in our minds.
How power really works in schools - kappanonline.org - 0 views
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Power in schools is often assumed to flow only downhill, from more powerful positions (such as superintendent or principal) to less powerful positions (such as teacher or student). This article explores different elements of power and influence drawn from observations in a longitudinal study in a school. It support leadership theory on the power of leading from the middle, although that is not expressly addressed.
The Top Five Reasons We Love Giving Students Choice in Reading - 4 views
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When students are routinely assigned books to read without any opportunity to act on their own judgment, many end up dreading the reading and often fail or refuse to complete it. But when we provide students with choices (even within parameters), they make their own decisions and they feel empowered and important. Empowering students to choose in these early experiences sets them up for success as lifelong readers.
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