The Comment Challenge: 31 Days to Being a Better Blog Citizen

Commenting has been on my mind lately, thanks to a fabulous post and some recent conversations with Sue Waters. After talking about some of my struggles with consistently commenting, and the need for spreading the comment love all around the blogosphere, we, along with Silvia Tolisano and Michele Martin, decided to start a commenting challenge!…

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Commmitting to Conversations

I have to admit, I’m not very good at commenting. I love to read, I love to share, but I so rarely take the time to actually leave a comment on the posts I find interesting. It’s a very bad habit – especially because I know how much I enjoy receiving and reading comments left…

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Reflections on Fourth Grade Collaborations

Over the past few months, I’ve worked on two major projects with several of our fourth grade classes: Books Go Global! and the 1001 Flat World Tales project. I absolutely loved working with fourth grade and it was especially interesting to do the 1001 Tales project for the second time with such a different age…

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Defining the Role of a 21st Century Literacy Specialist

This has been an interesting year. Not only have I moved to a new school in a new country, but my actual teaching position (21st Century Literacy Specialist) is also brand new (both to me, and to the school). I count my lucky stars every day to be working in such a forward-thinking school, but…

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Libraries & EdTech: Like Peanut Butter and Jelly!

Reflections on the ECIS Conference Since I accepted the position of 21st Century Literacy Specialist at ISB just over a year ago, I’ve been thinking about how natural the connection is between the library and technology. Granted, I had never worked in a library before I set foot in our fabulous Learning Hub this past…

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