Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: #ALAyma, #STEM, #DiverseBooks + more
January 15, 2016
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Not included here, I shared some #JoyOfLearning articles earlier this week, with quotes and my comments. Topics in this post include: book lists, science fiction, teacher training, World Read Aloud Day, learning activities, the Cybils Awards, creativity, audiobooks, the ALA Youth Media Awards, STEM, diverse books, gender, picture books, parenting, and schools.
Awards
#ALAyma 2016: @HornBook reviews of the winners. Congratulations to @mattdelapena @SophieBlackall @thatlauraruby etc. http://ow.ly/WVj4l
Reaction Tweets of the 2016 Youth Media Award Winners, gathered by @100scopenotes http://ow.ly/X4utv #ALAyma #kidlit
"Your favorite books are worthy of (your) love, even if they didn't win an official award" reminds @abbylibrarian http://ow.ly/X4vyP
Winners of the 2016 Dolly Gray Children’s Lit Award (effective portrayals of developmental disabilities) http://ow.ly/X4vFh @tashrow
Book Lists
#PictureBooks for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a #BookList from @PernilleRipp http://ow.ly/X0Ue3 #MLKDay
13 Books That Carry On the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. | by @ImaginationSoup @ReadBrightly http://ow.ly/X1NkU #BookList #MLKDay
Some favorite Multicultural Books for Preschoolers from @growingbbb http://ow.ly/WVtRv #BookList #DiverseBooks
May the Facts Be with You | Mind-Boggling Stats, Marvels, and Daredevil Feats | Vicki Reuter @sljournal http://ow.ly/WYBEa #nonfiction
@MsYingling highlights a variety of science-themed #kidlit w/ more titles here: http://ow.ly/WVwfv
2016 Rainbow List, a bibliography of high-quality books w/ significant GLBTQ content, aimed at kids up to 18 http://ow.ly/WVAlm
Compilation of Stacked Readers' Favorite Female-Driven Young Adult Novels from @catagator http://ow.ly/WVwhR #YA
Beyond the Stars: Sci-Fi #YA Read-Alikes for “The 5th Wave” Fans | Joy Fleishhacker @sljournal http://ow.ly/X11W3 @RickYancey
Cybils
#Cybils 2015 – The Ones That Got Away in #YA speculative fiction, from @kimberlymarief at Stacked http://ow.ly/X0Wyx
2015 #Cybils Finalists Announced; @YALSA Accepting Symposium Proposals + more teen news | @sdiaz101 @sljournal http://ow.ly/WYCgE
How did #Cybils Finalists fare at the ALA Youth Media Awards? @Book_Nut has the scoop #kidlit #ALAyma http://ow.ly/WXNDk
Roundup of posts about 2015 #Cybils Finalists: The Ones That Got Away on the @Cybils blog #kidlit http://ow.ly/WVwrp
The 2015 #Cybils Finalists: What’s Being Said, Part 3 #kidlit #YA http://ow.ly/WRPXO
Diversity + Gender
#DiverseBooks says @HornBook http://ow.ly/WXNJC
"The gender gap in #STEM fields in general, + cybersecurity in particular, begins at home and in school" @techcrunch http://ow.ly/WVxak
@BethShaum @NerdyBookClub #DiverseBooks http://ow.ly/WVwNv
On the need for more Books in Spanish to Enhance Latino Family #Literacy | Margarita Engle @LatinosInKidLit http://ow.ly/WVtz3
Why are there so few girls in children’s books? Jennie Yabroff kept noticing once she paid attention @washingtonpost http://ow.ly/WOswM
Events + Programs
World Read Aloud Day +
@MaryLeeHahn are celebrating this as "Curiosity Week" http://ow.ly/X0X29 #WRAD #literacy
Great to see all the things that @readingtub has been + will be accomplishing for #literacy in this recap: http://ow.ly/X0U3K
One month to go until International #BookGivingDay on 2/14 | @TarieS has the scoop: http://ow.ly/X4v8t
For this week's Multicultural Children's Book Day @StackingBks shares two books from Chinese culture http://ow.ly/X1NMc #ReadYourWorld
Growing Bookworms
@MDowdLambert by Alicia Eames @sljournal http://ow.ly/WYCGL
Schools that Read Together: Cultivating Reading Communities at the Secondary Level by @heatherrocco @NerdyBookClub http://ow.ly/WOhNQ
"If our true goal ... is to make students fall in love with books, then audio-books are a must" @PernilleRipp http://ow.ly/WOhwx
Playful Learning / Creativity
@growingbbb | Featuring one of our fave books: Soup Day: http://ow.ly/X0WOy
10 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently (e.g. follow their dreams): Andrew Tate @canva via @frankisibberson http://ow.ly/WVvrw
Lessons in math don’t have to be so boring. @FrankWilczek @WSJ on puzzles/games to entice students #JoyOfLearning http://ow.ly/WRyoA
Be you. The world will adjust. @RACzyz hopes his daughter retains her ability to do and see things her own way http://ow.ly/WXKB1
Schools and Libraries
"We can’t regulate our way to higher teacher quality, but we can teach our way" Shael Polakow-Suransky @NYTOpinion http://ow.ly/X11ew
#Learning | @E_Sheninger new book excerpt @MindShiftKQED http://ow.ly/X4sK6
Why Do Students Love (or Hate) to Read? This Teacher Asks Hers to Figure That Out for Themselves by @JessieBurnquist http://ow.ly/WXRps
How to Fix the Country’s Failing Schools. And How Not To (examples from NJ) by David L. Kirp in @NYTOpinion http://ow.ly/WVzWv
Analyzing Reading Behaviors: A MUST for Every Teacher of Reading from Carla at Adventures in #Literacy Land http://ow.ly/WVwGT
Comprehensive piece: How Business Got Schooled in War Over #CommonCore Standards by @peterelkind in @FortuneMagazine http://ow.ly/WUC85
Kindergarten Today Looks Like First Grade a Decade Ago, @laurenonthehill @usnews reports on research from UVA study http://ow.ly/WOtCG
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