Tuesday Links Round-up
What We’re Reading A ton of things, that’s what! Because we’re participating in the 3rd annual #summerthrowdown reading challenge! How many books can you read in July? More to the point, how many books...
View ArticleDifferentiated social reading with Subtext
Make the most of Subtext’s capacity for differentiated reading A-reading we will go, A-reading we will go, hey ho the dairy-o, a reading we will go! Ahem. We’re going to take a look at the free iOS app...
View ArticleiBook Authors at Harwood Union Middle School
Be your own Hero Using the free iOS Shadow Puppet app, I created this brief look at an amazing unit designed by one of our partner educators, Jonah Ibson, at Harwood Union Middle School. Ibson...
View ArticleUsing edmodo as an LMS for reading
Students provide evidence of increased engagement with social reading platform (Editor’s Note: we asked 5th grade educator Hannah Lindsey to share her experience using the LMS edmodo for a literacy...
View ArticleSummer reading reflection
Mama, don’t let your babies grow up to be sea monsters It’s summer and along with a lighter posting schedule for the month of July, I’m in need of some relaxing reading along with my reflection. Also...
View ArticleReading for fun and growth this summer
Howdy. I’m Rachel – new Professional Development Coordinator at the Tarrant Institute. I live in the beautiful southern part of Vermont and am thrilled to join the staff of TIIE after 16 years of...
View ArticlePushing my thinking with summer reading
With July comes the “Dog Days” of summer – named due to their association with Sirius, the Dog Star. Sirius is the (second) brightest star in the sky, and Voyager 2 will get within 5 light years of it...
View ArticleTop Ten Summer Reading Recommendations
Summer in Vermont brings on a different set of activities, a different pace of life, and an opportunity for renewal – at least for me. Last week I had a chance to connect with nature in a way I hadn’t...
View ArticleGood Stories and Hard Truths: Summer Reading
As I look at what I am reading and want to read this summer, it’s kind of all over the place. I’ll be reading about Vermont education, racial justice, and some fiction in the fantasy genre. As a new...
View ArticleUsing audiobooks for Universal Design for Learning
Expanding student access to reading As a school librarian, I needed to think how I could adopt Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in my own teaching and library space, but I also needed to think...
View ArticleUsing Google Forms for a reading log for middle school
As part of their celebration of Digital Learning Day, students at Edmunds Middle School hosted a “speed-geeking” session: they each had six minutes to explain a tech tool and how they’re using it in...
View ArticleAbout that NPR piece on kids’ reading habits…
It’s the End of Reading As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) Something new and different for us today: we tried podcasting! And we’re disagreeing with NPR. I know! But listen: a couple weeks ago NPR ran a...
View ArticleTuesday Links Round Up
What We’re Reading The ALA released their Best Apps for Teaching 2014 list, and along with many of the usual suspects (Subtext, Notability, InstaGrok) are some new contenders that look amazing: Monster...
View Article#vted Reads: Dreadful Young Ladies, with Sarah Birgé
Listeners: how do you talk to your students about the special love that exists between a woman and a Sasquatch? The post #vted Reads: Dreadful Young Ladies, with Sarah Birgé appeared first on...
View ArticleHow to get ebooks in the hands of students
The other day as I imagined my thirteen-year-old self stuck at home for the remainder of the school year, I The post How to get ebooks in the hands of students appeared first on Innovative Education in...
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