Hi, all! I'm a children's author--I mostly write for the middle-grade market--and I'm presenting a workshop on marketing to fellow authors. I'm curious how you, as teachers and librarians, mainly discover new books for your students. Word of mouth? J
Read more…What are people doing for BBW?
Our high school would like to do a reading flash mob of some kind, details to TBD, but we want it slightly subversive and disruptive.
Has anyone done flash mobs in schools? If so, any suggestions, especially the lo
Read more…Our library wants to host an ugly sweater event in the library. We're just not sure how to either tie it in to an instructional/reading incentive, or even use it as a fundraiser.
Do high school students even appreciate Ugly Sweaters? Or is it so
Read more…I am a teacher librarian and English teacher. Please feel free to share the free downloadable resources at http://otherworlds.yolasite.com
They include a guide to Web 2.o tools for research, visual literacy and mulimedia authoring.
Cheers
Lizzie
Read more…I would like to try to have a student video contest that would promote reading. I have never done this before and am looking for someone who has done one that can share the guidelines, criteria, etc. that you used. Can anyone help me with this?
Read more…Following are short summaries of the most common arguments made by researchers, teachers, parents, andstudents as to why using AR is counterproductive. Hence,The 18 Reasons Not to Use Accelerated Reader: http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/reading/
Read more…We're revamping our reading incentive program this year. Instead of keeping a signed list of books and page numbers, we're giving points for special activities such as creating a podcast booktalk, participating in a lunch bunch/breakfast book discuss
Read more…Hi there from the Pretoria in South Africa! I am manager of the Thutong education portal and one of my tasks is to write articles for the Teacher newspaper - previous articles can be found in the ICT space on the portal http://www.thutong.org.za. The
Read more…Hello All, very curious about how you are using Twilight (including the film) to promote the book, and in general, encourage greater enthusiasm for the library. For example, we are thinking about having a Twilight poster giveaway, among other things
Read more…Hi All, our high school library is establishing a new student scholarship. We are starting from the ground up. We plan to include in the criteria grade level, minimum GPA requirement, and an interest in reading or libraries, along with an acceptance
Read more…Howdy! I just had two fourth-grade teachers ask me about starting an AR program at my K-6 elementary school. Have any of you had experience with AR? Are any of you using it now? Do you know what would be involved in getting the library/MARC records
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