Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: February 16: #Cybils Awards, #ALA Awards, #Library Lovers Month + More
February 16, 2018
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #ALAYMA, #BookLists, #Cybils, #homework, #math, #STEM, book awards, comics, intrinsic motivation, letter grades, libraries, publishing, sexual harassment, teaching. My daughter is on school vacation, so there will be no roundup next week. I'll be back in early March!
Top Tweet of the Week
Big news, #kidlit fans! #Cybils Award Winners will be announced 2/14, at 9:30 am PT | Excellent #PictureBooks, #Poetry, #GraphicNovels, #SciFi, #nonfiction, #YA + more Cybils.com/blog
Book Lists + Awards
ALA announces 2018 youth media award winners |
#ALAYMA ow.ly/yfMC30imeBH #kidlit #YA | Congrats to @lainitaylor @LaurelSnyder @cordellmatthew @DHeiligman + all others honored
My Top Ten Books I Booktalk Every Year by @DeMiccoj @nerdybookclub ow.ly/ixUh30ik54S | Looks like a good #BookList for jr. high #students
RA RA Read: #CaptainUnderpants and other gross and silly books | Jennifer Wharton shares some read-alikes | #kidlit #GraphicNovels #ChapterBooks ow.ly/uVlH30ikCMX
Cybils Awards
Today's featured
#Cybils REVIEW: Middle Grade Fiction finalist Armstrong and Charlie by @stevenbfrank @HMHKids | review by @pussreboots | #kidlit ow.ly/C7z530ijm4Z
Today's featured #Cybils REVIEW is Fiction #PictureBooks finalist After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) by @dsantat @MacKidsBooks | review by @JanaTheTeacher ow.ly/g4Ks30imfTg
Events + Programs
Happy Library Lover's Month! | @Scholastic bloggers share their special memories of #libraries ow.ly/ouhU30ikeFw
Growing Bookworms
Independent reading: It’s for everyone! |
@nikkiBOZ @Scholastic http://ow.ly/YgcJ30ikeI5 | Ideas for strengthening independent #reading in secondary students
Kidlitosphere
Sexual Harassment in the Children's Literature Industry | @camphalfblood's post today is a good starting point to catch up on recent discussions ow.ly/7zjQ30imgJh #kidlit
See also: Children’s Publishing Reckons with Sexual Harassment in Its Ranks (w/ many many comments) | ow.ly/I4IN30imh0l @sljournal #kidlit
And one more: Sexual Harassment and Post- #ALAYMA 2018 Thoughts (not necessarily at the same time) — @fuseeight ow.ly/26IY30infIL #kidlit @sljournal
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
It’s never too late to become a reader! Sometimes you just haven't found the right medium by
@almemoore @nerdybookclub ow.ly/sSxf30imhll | #audiobooks #LoveofBooks #reading
The True Power of Technology from @pernilleripp | Giving kids (+ adults) a way to be seen, to find our remote tribe https://t.co/Au2kucutkI
Moving From “Stealing” to “Remixing” With Credit – @gcouros shares example from @eileen_lennon ow.ly/48P330ikCRk #InnovatorsMindset #teaching
On #YA and the Female Cliches (like "I am weak but he made me strong") that Hurt Us All | from teacher + prolific #YA reader @pernilleripp ow.ly/4jRv30imhaM #publishing
Parenting
#Parents As Examples With Use of Devices & Technology | We need rules for kids AND for us, @TrevorHCairney has suggestions ow.ly/sbRg30ing7b
Schools and Libraries
In The DRIVEr Seat | Thoughts from Scott Jones on nurturing intrinsic motivation in
#students, inspired by @DanielPink's DRIVE https://t.co/lb1j8wxfXx
Dear Parents: Here's What You Should Know About Letter #Grades - ow.ly/CQin30ikCX5 | @terryheick @TeachThought via @drdouggreen
No, Elementary School #Homework Isn't Good for Kids | ow.ly/Ofgz30ikD2h | @PatrickAColeman @FatherlyHQ via @drdouggreen
STEM
RT @MindShiftKQED: "This project started as a way to show young children engaged in rigorous mathematics in ways that were play" @Kschwart owl.li/DFgk30ijGDl #mathforyoungchildren #edchat #mathchat #earlyed
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