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Katherine Applegate tells the true story of Ivan in her new picture book – YouTube
Look at this! Katherine Applegate’s latest book tells the nonfiction tale of the real Ivan the Gorilla. This picture book is written for younger readers, but I suspect young and old will be drawn to it! Hear Applegate her self discuss the book and Ivan himself. Wow!
Posted by connect2jamie on August 13, 2014
https://connect2jamie.com/2014/08/13/education-tech-news-to-use-08132014/
Replacing the 3 R’s With the 3 C’s | My Island View
I wonder how my colleagues IRL might answer the questions
*What have you learned this week?
*How do you learn professionally? Where do you go to learn?
Tom Whitby makes the case for professional learning through social media–connected educators are a vital pushback to the edrephrom movement (at abt 8 min). These are some important ideas! How do we connect to the unconnected colleagues? (at abt 10:30)
LOOK at this! Hooray!! Our Wonder book club was THE most positive activity we have done in a long time! I can’t wait for Julian’s update in May!
SKrashen: Why Invest in Libraries
This is an important blog post to share with decision-makers! Read it if you care about developing readers. Share it widely!
Nota Bene: How We Take Notes Matters | Psychology Today
Here is an interesting post on Psychology Today that discusses research about different methods of note-taking, and compares the amount of info a student retains with each. Turns out the old ways may be best! Longhand! Interesting poing to discuss with kids and help them explore themselves
Posted by connect2jamie on February 17, 2014
https://connect2jamie.com/2014/02/17/education-tech-news-to-use-02172014/
