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New DMLcentral Post—Writing in Libraries: Processes and Pathways to Inquiry...
Writing in Libraries: Processes and Pathways to Inquiry and Learning | DMLcentral via kwout I invite you to check out my latest post for DMLcentral as I explore the possibilities for writing...
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Mucking Around in the Questions: Libraries and Critical Literacy
CC image http://bit.ly/1BLslM3 “Teacher librarians have tremendous opportunity to enhance student understanding and engagement with the cacophony of languages, discourses and cultures that are clashing...
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Musical Book Tasting+Padlet: A Recipe for Participation
Last week, Jennifer Lund and I tried a new variation on our musical book tasting activity we piloted in January. Our LSTCs, Hope Black and Logan Malm, wrote a grant for a set of Chromebooks for...
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Scaffolding Student Presearch and Topic Ideas with Reading Frenzies
Photo by Sean O’Connor Like many of you, we’re always looking for ways to support students in their presearch processes. Finding starting points for topic selection is often difficult for students,...
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Designing Successful Learning Structures for Literature Circles with Sarah Rust
While literature circles are not a new concept, teachers are always looking for strategies to help students successfully interact and develop sustained conversations about texts. If you are thinking...
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CU Boulder Symposium Keynote: Literacies for Every Season of Their Lives
Many thanks to my colleagues at UC Boulder for the opportunity to participate from afar in your symposium today! Thank you so much for inviting me to be part of your day of learning and sharing. Links...
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Revving Up Student Thinking with Choice and the Reading Un-Frenzy
Last year, Jennifer Lund and I had the pleasure of doing a reading frenzy with Language Arts teacher Sean O’Connor and his students. The concept of a reading frenzy comes from teacher and speaker...
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Sharing Their Voices with the World: Helping our ESOL Students Self-Publish...
The Hooch Learning Studio, in conjunction with Ms. Balogh’s ESOL students, is delighted to announce the publication of Twelve Worlds, One Book. This book is an anthology of student writing created by...
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Reading and Literary Yoga @ Your Library
Yesterday I had the pleasure of leading reading/literary yoga with 6th, 7th and 8th grade students in our Reading Connections classes. Students in these classes may be reading below grade level and...
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Dog Days in the Library: Reading Dog Programs in Middle School Library Media...
For the last six months, I’ve had the honor and joy of creating and implementing a reading dog program for our middle school students through the school library media center. When I first came on...
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