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Google ebooks get “notable”
On Thursday, the Inside Google Books blog announced a couple of powerful new features for Google ebooks. You can now highlight–with a variety of marker colors–and take notes in many of the Google...
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What a week for reading!
This is going to be a lovely week (or two) for the readers of the world! 1. March 1st is the 15th annual World Book Day, designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and...
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Celebrating reading under the radar
From March 2012 EdLeadership Something’s happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear. (Stephen Stills For What it’s Worth) I have no idea how to measure it. But in my many years of being a youth...
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Earlier this week, the Pew Internet & American Life Project released its new study, The Rise of e-Reading. Here are some of the key findings from the Summary of the report by researchers by Lee...
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The visit: from the author’s lens
A couple of weeks back, we were fortunate to host a visit from author James Kennedy. James was adorable and so very generous with our students. He charmed even the most charm-resistant of our kids....
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About The Watermelon: Can a YA novel change the world?
My old college buddy (SUNY Binghamton ’75), author Michael Laser recently shared his latest young adult novel with me. We chatted a bit about the world of YA literature and about what inspires him to...
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Join the June 7th #summerreading tweetfest!
New York Times Learning Network editor/blogger, Katherine Schulten, wrote asking me to share news of what promises to be a big day in the bibliotwittersphere. Mark your calendars. Spread the word. Tell...
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A great year for #SWVBC (with Libba and Lauren!)
It’s been a great year for our Somewhat Virtual Book Club. Actually, it seems easy to forget that it’s also been the first year for the SomeWhat Virtual Book Club. In the fall I shared that we...
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Small Demons: Welcome to the storyverse!
Because these are the details we obsess over. The authors who write them and the readers who read them. They connect us with our stories and connect our stories with each other. And with these...
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From Karen: Nonfiction eBook Collections: The Pros and Cons
My friend Hornberger and I are having a conversation about nonfiction ebooks. In a recent post I chatted about my students’ eager acceptance of the EBSCO e-Book Academic Collection. Karen, the...
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Recording kids’ history as readers
I had to share this wonderful idea from Sarah Mulhern Gross’s recent Infotopia post: Beyond the Book: Infographics of Students’ Reading History! Sarah, a high school English teacher, was excited...
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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...
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Expanding the universe of the book
Last week, I attended Laura Fleming’s session on Storytelling in the Digital Age at the West Essex WeTech Conference. Laura’s talk updated her 2010 Edutopia post, A Primer on Interactive Books. For...
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Booktrack for amplifying story
Booktrack is a new, free platform designed to encourage readers to immerse themselves in their readings by accompanying digital texts with movie-style soundtracks. Booktrack Classroom offers a library...
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Newsela Free Summer Reading Challenge
For those many kids who choose not to read books, for those kids who are news junkies, for those kids who choose to focus on nonfiction, for those kids who read everything anyway, and for those kids...
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No sports at Newsela, but . . .
I first wrote about Newsela nearly a year ago (Newsela: Making News Accessible for Learners). Across the curriculum, my teachers and students loved it. This morning, founder and CEO Matthew Gross,...
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ABDO’s new ebook solution: instant access
Give this a try. Scan any (or all) of the four QR codes on these two images. What you’ll discover is that the codes lead to ABDO books that become instantly readable on your mobile device. No...
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ReadWriteThink rocks: with free apps
If it’s been a while since you’ve returned to ReadWriteThink, I urge you to consider a visit today. The quality portal, rich with free resources and sponsored by the International Reading Association...
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Smithsonian TTribune for differentiating and engaging reading (& global...
Looking for high quality news for all of your readers? The Smithsonian’s TTribune now offers K-12 teachers and librarians a carefully selected array of news content to meet the needs of all readers,...
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What is your reading personality? Which reading super-hero are you?
How do you find just the right book to recommend for a kid? It’s trickier than discovering that they like mysteries or even a very specific type of science fiction. What makes a certain book a yes...
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