Tag: online links
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Links I Loved This Week: A Round-Up of Online Reading 6/15/18
Julia Torres wrote a beautiful love letter to her graduating seniors about the lessons in love, compassion, and truth she has learned from her students. Just in time for summer break: Anne Vogel explains why fake breaks only make us feel more rushed and frantic and argues for the real break that truly refreshes. John…
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Links I Loved Last Week: A Round-Up of Online Reading 1/8/17
I stopped grading years ago, and my students work harder and more meaningfully than ever. The Paper Graders has a terrific post to help you #StopGrading. Jonathan Hunt considers the Newbery merits of Jason Reynolds’s two 2016 titles, Ghost and As Brave As You. Comments are also very interesting. Laura Jiminez challenges us to read…
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Links I Loved Last Week: A Round-up of Online Reading 10/2/16
I’ve been working my way through the archives of my favorite podcast, Radiolab. This week, my favorite episode was Speedy Beet, about how Beethoven may have intended his symphonies to be played: fast. Very fast. SLJ does some research into banned books and discovers one thing they have in common: many of them feature diverse…
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Links I Loved Last Week: A Round-Up of Online Reading 12/13/15
This week, I’m celebrating my students’ work and sharing some of their blog posts that I’ve enjoyed most over the past couple of weeks. If you have a moment to click through and leave a comment, I know they’d be thrilled. Reflections on NCTE15 Kelsey is now my colleague, and I learned so much…
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Links I Loved Last Week: A Round-Up of Online Reading 5/31/15
This week’s must-read: a really beautiful and important ode to black boys dancing by Stacia Brown. At Unleashing Readers, one of my favorite YA authors, Pete Hautman, tackles the question he’s asked most frequently by readers: How long does it take to write a book? The Englishist reminded me of all the reasons why Meg Cabot is…
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Links I Loved Last Week: A Round-up of Online Reading 5/10/15
I wish I had some happy Mother’s Day posts for you all, but instead, the parenting post I loved most this week examines “the physical ache of babies growing up” and not wanting to be snuggly anymore. Argh! I can’t even bear thinking about it. I’m really interested in The unPrison Project, designed to get…
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Links I Loved Last Week: A Round-Up of Online Reading 4/5/15
My must-read of the week is Katherine Sokolowski’s post about what she knows to be true about teaching and learning. Justin Tarte shares 5 ways to tell if students are truly engaged. I wish all English teachers would read this post from George Couros, who has a minor in English but never fully read the books that were…
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Links I Loved Last Week: A Round-up of Online Reading 3/15/15
Justin Tarte shared a list of 10 things he wishes he’d known as a first-year teacher. Wondering where to start with Terry Pratchett’s incredibly large oeuvre? Ana has got you covered. Many of my favorite bloggers continued their daily Slice challenge this past week. Carol has been writing some terrific pieces, including this one about…
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Sunday Salon: A Round-up of Online Reading
I know it’s Monday morning, but there were technical difficulties last night that prevented me from posting. And my mother would be very disappointed not to have a Sunday Salon this week. So this one’s for you, Mom. Ever considered trying to write a picture book? Five picture book authors share their advice. Kira Baker-Doyle has…
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Sunday Salon: Weekly Links 1/12/14
I probably shouldn’t start off my Sunday Salon with a sports article that focuses heavily on stats, but I found Doug Farrar’s statistical analysis of this weekend’s NFL playoffs match-ups absolutely riveting. Paul Hankins and Teri Lesesne are having an interesting conversation on their blogs about young adult literature and teen reading. I’ll be sharing…
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