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Leslie Holwerda

biNu - biNu and Worldreader Partner to Bring Digital Books to Millions of Mobile Users - 0 views

  • “Long-term, technology will help create a real culture of reading in parts of the world where that’s not been possible before,” said
Leslie Holwerda

The measure of an effective school - Home - Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog - 0 views

  • Star One: School climate. Funny how a person can sense the safety, friendliness, and sense of caring within minutes of walking into a school. Little things like cleanliness, displays of student work, open doors to classrooms, laughter, respectful talk, presence of volunteers, and genuine smiles from both adults and kids are the barometers of school climate. If a school doesn’t earn this star, a parent doesn’t need to bother looking at the other criteria. Get your kids out quickly
  • the library is the clearest sign of how much a school values reading, teaching for independent thinking, and life-long learning
Leslie Holwerda

The time for libraries is now! | - 0 views

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  • differentiation, collaboration and connections necessary for 21st century learning in the multiple and diverse ways of a true expert.
  • collaboration and connections necessary for 21st century learning in the multiple and diverse ways of a true expert.
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  • School libraries that adapt to the digital needs of their students not only continue to build a reading culture in the school, but provide the divergence and convergence in media needed to provide the materials for motivation, differentiation, collaboration and connections necessary for 21st century learning in the multiple and diverse ways of a true expert.
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Leslie Holwerda

Lesson Plan | Considering the Future of Reading: Lessons, Links and Thought Experiments... - 0 views

  • Celebrate the reading culture in your community through a photo essay like this one, celebrating a much-loved bookstore in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
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    "Celebrate the reading culture in your community through a photo essay like this one, celebrating a much-loved bookstore in Greenpoint, Brooklyn."
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