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Newsela: making news accessible for more learners
Face it. The news is not written for most of our kids, especially those who are struggling readers or new English learners. I showed Newsela to my ELL and several of my ELA teachers early this semester and we have some devoted fans. Launched in June, and the winner of a Gates Foundation Literacy Courseware Challenge, Newsela publishes articles [...]
Laura’s Digital Badge Professional Learning Platform
Laura Fleming, a new teacher librarian with a strong interest and expertise in interactive and transmedia storytelling, generously allowed me to share a post from her Worlds of Learning blog. Eric Sheninger, Laura’s principal at New Milford High School, also shared this post in his A Principal’s Reflections blog. Like many of us as teacher [...]
Joyce Valenza Test Drives FlipGrid
I recently discovered FlipGrid and I am truly excited about sharing this (currently) free, interactive discussion platform at the high school school and about using it with my grad classes, perhaps in a way similar to the way I currently use Voicethread. But first, please help me test drive it by recording your video response [...]
The view from my circ desk vs. stories of heartbreaking inequity
"There are 242 schools in the School District of Philadelphia. Only 16 librarians are left standing across that line. And what my [former] city colleagues tell me, is that NO Philadelphia public high schools have certified school librarians," writes Joyce Valenza. "Consider this divide."
Declaration is now online. Sign it and wear the badge proudly
When I wrote about it a couple of weeks ago, the resources were not yet available online. They are now. So please spread the message widely. Have everyone you know who believes in equity, who believes that every child has a right to a strong library program, sign Barb Stripling’s Declaration. Host a face-to-face signing or [...]
Connected Educator Month: You know you are a connected TL when . . .
October is Connected Educator Month (#ce13). The CEM calendar is packed with opportunities for growth and, of course, connection. The Starter Kit, by Sheryl Nussbaum Beach and Powerful Learning Practice, in collaboration with the Connected Educators initiative, is packed with links and videos and takes a 31 days approach for this special month, giving you one simple way to [...]
WikiBrains for crowd-sourced brainstorming and discovery
Brainstorming can be hard, especially when we approach a new topic with limited context and vocabulary. (Well maybe not as hard as it is for those two guys.) Many of us are still grieving over Google’s WonderWheel. And many of us are grateful for InstaGrok’s brainstormy grokkiness and productivity tools like Mindomo. A new kid on the semantic [...]
TL News Night launches!
If you don’t like how the media depicts educators, realize this: We are the media now. Tell the story the world needs to hear. Quote from Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher Last night was the premiere of TL News Night! And wow! (Take a look at the Twitter /Google+ comments and comments and reviews.) The live news [...]
Librarians and Danielson and PA
Late last spring, our district distributed the Danielson Framework for Teaching rubric listing the components of instruction–divided into 22 components and 76 smaller elements, and clustered into four domains. Danielson’s Framework, is designed to serve as the the foundation of a school or district’s mentoring, coaching, professional development, and teacher evaluation processes, thus linking all those activities together [...]
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