Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: December 21: Happy New Year Edition!
December 21, 2018
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics in this very brief issue include #BookLists, #Cybils, #Failure, #FunnyBooks, #HigherEd, #JoyOfReading, #ScreenTime, education, reading, research, and technology.
My daughter is on vacation for the next two weeks, and I will most likely not be blogging. Wishing all who celebrate it a wonderful Christmas. I hope that everyone has a peaceful New Year, and that you spend the holiday period surrounded by people you love. And books. Plenty of books.
For what it's worth, when asked by my daughter what I want for Christmas I answered that all I want is more time to read. We shall see... Happy New Year!
Book Lists + Awards
Ten
#FunnyBooks to get you laughing (ages 4-13), a #BookList from @MaryAnnScheuer that will help kids find the #JoyOfReading ow.ly/zDu530n1XNA
Ten #GraphicNovels to read again & again (ages 8-15), a #BookList from @MaryAnnScheuer ow.ly/jtMG30n3GnU | My daughter has and re-reads most of these - it's a solid, kid-friendly list!
Don't miss the Armchair #Cybils Shortlist Contest | Predict the finalists for a single category ow.ly/G9XI30n1pmo #kidlit #YA #poetry #nonfiction #graphicnovels #BookAwards
Events, Programs, and Research
The 'dirty secret' about #educational innovation - A 2018 federal report found that only 18 percent of innovations funded by @usedgov lifted #student achievement ow.ly/Dg3x30n34WW @hechingerreport @jillbarshay via @Larryferlazzo
Growing Bookworms
Between a
#Reader and a #Writer | What Happens When You Don’t Enjoy a Book? ow.ly/EPSO30n1ptQ | @Jarrett_Lerner + @kmcmac74 on helping kids learn to choose books that they enjoy
Higher Ed
#Failure 101: Some #Colleges Teach Students How to Cope With Setbacks @melissakorn @WSJ ow.ly/pbS330n34MB #GiftOfFailure @JonHaidt
Schools
If You Want a Content-Rich Curriculum for All, Don't Ignore #SchoolChoice - @rpondiscio @EducationNext ow.ly/TeUc30n3GAx | "#schools of choice that implement a knowledge-rich curriculum well and willingly are a proof point" | #Literacy
Screen Time
How Much
#ScreenTime Is Too Much for Kids? | @BridgetMcCrea @EdSurge talks w/ #education + industry experts like @anya1anya ow.ly/jALd30mZxuE | #schools #technology
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