Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: #NationalPoetryMonth + #FreedomOfSpeech + #testing
April 15, 2016
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. It was a bit of a light week for links (perhaps because I'm still catching up after back to back travel and houseguests), but I do have links relating to book lists, baseball, the Cybils Awards, Beverly Cleary, National Poetry Month, accelerated reader, play, testing, common core, teaching, and ebooks.
Book Lists and Awards
2016 Indies Choice and E.B. White Read-Aloud Award Winners Announced | @ABAbook http://ow.ly/4mHDSw #kidlit #YA #MotherBruce
Some #Baseball themed #PictureBooks from @HornBook for #RedSox home Opening Day 2016 http://ow.ly/10y7rW
Best Audiobooks for Your Next Family Vacation, by type of destination http://ow.ly/10y9Mc from @growingbbb #kidlit
Between #PictureBooks + Middle Grade Novels: Books for New Readers http://ow.ly/4mHT5j @alybee930 #kidlit
Jean Little Library: Read-alikes for kids who enjoy the popular Wimpy Kid + other notebook novels #kidlit https://t.co/oUOeWUl3bd
Top Ten Books for Gamers by Erin Johnson http://ow.ly/10v1N1 @nerdybookclub #kidlit #YA
10 Young Adult Novels About Depression, Because Teens Need To Know They Aren't Alone http://ow.ly/4mI1sZ @bustle via @PWKidsBookshelf
Cybils
On the #Cybils blog: Interview with @SteveSheinkin author of #YA nonfiction winner MOST DANGEROUS http://ow.ly/10AvXL
Events + Programs
Beverly Cleary at 100: Roundup of the Tributes from @100scopenotes http://ow.ly/10Awks #DropEverythingAndRead
Hundreds of books pour in for Michigan girl, 8, who lost everything in a fire http://ow.ly/10D16m @bobshea @colbysharp
Today is International Moment of Laughter Day http://ow.ly/4mHGcj Celebrate with #poetry says @missrumphius #NationalPoetryMonth
Book an appointment: UK doctors to prescribe novels to teens coping w/ mental health issues http://ow.ly/10D0Gp @GuardianBooks #YA
Everything You Need to Know to Make a Book Spine Poem — @100scopenotes http://ow.ly/10sKtN #NationalPoetryMonth
Growing Bookworms
#AgeOfLiteracy: Can’t Read vs. Won’t Read: Reading Engagement and African American Males | @dcseverett + @ritaplatt
Higher Education
I'm a progressive student who's scared my peers have gone off the deep end killing free speech @_atariz @CollegeFix https://t.co/PVc21hPID0
On Reading + Writing
Our stories are as unlimited as ourselves" Why I Came Out As A Gay Children's Book Author by @ca_london @BuzzFeed https://t.co/3zs4EPFscW
Parenting
8 science-backed reasons for letting your kids #play outside, from better vision to lower stress http://ow.ly/4mI0Hk via @litsafari
Schools and Libraries
Is #CommonCore 's Effect on Achievement Fading? http://ow.ly/10B4mo Liana Heitin @educationweek #NAEP score analysis raises question
"I teach to entertain myself." Bring #JoyOfLearning Back Into the Classroom by Jonathan Eckert http://ow.ly/10B4bD @EdweekComm
80% of US schools use #eBooks or digital textbooks http://ow.ly/10B3YR @Goodereader via @PWKidsBookshelf
Fewer Americans Are Visiting Local Libraries—and Technology Isn't to Blame http://ow.ly/4mHSOI @TheAtlantic thinks it's declining $
Testing
Standardized #testing blunders just keep on coming http://ow.ly/10v1GD @valeriestrauss @washingtonpost @drdouggreen #CommonCore
Ah hypocrisy | These Politicians Think Your Kids Need High-Stakes Testing—but Not Theirs http://ow.ly/10v1jT @thenation via @drdouggreen
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