Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: October 18: Defending #GraphicNovels, Pushing Back on Helicopter Parenting + Cell Phones
October 18, 2019
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #AI, #BookFair, #BrainDevelopment, #EarlyChildhoodEd, #EducationResearch, #GraphicNovels, #HigherEd, #Homework, #JoyOfReading, #LoveOfBooks, #ReadingIdentity, #ScreenTime, libraries, parenting, teaching, testing, and writing.
Top Tweet of the Week
In Defense of #GraphicNovels and Those Who Read Them by @LieslShurtliff @nerdybookclub ow.ly/WpRB30pIaOe | Research shows they challenge readers. Even if they didn't, shaming any child over #ReadingChoices is "a death sentence" to #LoveOfReading
Book Lists
#BookHooks: @TheReadingTub recommends #EasyReader Series "that will have your reader-to-be giggling" + asking for more ow.ly/889530pITvF
50 Upper Middle Grade Books for ages 11-15 ow.ly/jZX730pIBp3 | #BookList from @momandkiddo covering the type of books a friend was just looking for. More mature, but not "YA mature" #kidlit
Events, Programs + Research
It’s Time for the #BookFair for Ballou High #SchoolLibrary | ow.ly/89ML30pIBA4 @chasingray @BallouLibrary #BookAccess
Thoughts from @DTWillingham on Who to Believe on Twitter re #literacy + #EducationResearch ow.ly/MS4u30pIaJv | Impact of lack of credentials, different views on core truths + people not sharing assumptions matter
Babies As the Ultimate Learning Machines. The future of #AI depends on #computers learning as resourcefully as babies do ow.ly/CJqh30pIayF @AlisonGopnik @WSJ
Nobel Prize in Economics Awarded for Work on Poverty - Tell your children that the 2nd woman ever to win the #NobelPrize for #Economics is also the youngest recipient https://t.co/87DiBwxUzP?amp=1
Growing Bookworms
The growing of a Reader | Wendie Old on how she became a #ChildrensLibrarian after a short-sighted volunteer refused to let her check out books she wanted to read b/c of her grade level ow.ly/qk6g30pIaP5 #JoyOfReading
Using #ReadingNotebook Covers for Reflection and Goal Setting | Looks like a good way to reinforce #ReadingIdentity ow.ly/8hI630pHWin | @ClareLandrigan + @TammyBMulligan @ChoiceLiteracy
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
#Nonfiction #PictureBook Challenge: No apologizing for Nonfiction — Kit Lit Frenzy | ow.ly/mmy130pJbpw | w/ shoutout to some recent nonfiction #GraphicNovels
The Importance of Books, a message from @VanessaHarbour to writers (esp. those #writing #YA) to keep it up ow.ly/hvHi30pIaIe @AwfullyBigBlog | escape, support, understanding + more
Betsy Doesn’t Have Time for Your Nostalgia Today — @fuseeight takes on "any adult who starts publicly mourning the state of children's literature in 2019" ow.ly/VvKi30pIN4E #kidlit
Parenting, Play + Screen Time
#BrainTraining apps don't work, so why are we obsessed with them? | ow.ly/OG2T30pIaGN They "might not boost your #MentalFitness and just make you better at playing games" but it's ok to just enjoy them @SabrinaMWeiss @WiredUK
Do You Teach #EarlyChildhood Ages (as a parent or a #teacher)? This List of Tips, culled from personal experience, Is For You – @HonorsGradU ow.ly/TVME30pIBsi | "Water #play is the cleanest play"
THIS! #HelicopterParenting + bulldozer #parenting are bad for everyone — including parents ow.ly/YZym30pIBOC @MeaganFrancis @NBCNewsTHINK @jesslahey
Schools and Libraries
School completely bans mobile phones. Teachers say kids' behaviour changes - ow.ly/wqBx30pIazK | @WalesOnline via @drdouggreen | More classroom + social engagement, higher test scores. #ScreenTime
This teacher won’t use #textbooks. His students succeed despite that — or maybe because of it. - @washingtonpost via @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/9llK30pIanX #CognitivePsychology #learning
Is #Homework Valuable? Depends on the Grade. #Teachers Share Their Approaches | @Kschwart @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/l9so30pIalO | #parenting
College Students Don’t Want Fancy Libraries - @aliaemily @TheAtlantic ow.ly/JHEw30pIaoS | Digital natives still want real #libraries w/ physical books | #HigherEd
Testing + Higher Ed
Record number of colleges stop requiring the SAT and ACT amid questions of fairness | @atugend @hechingerreport @NewsHour ow.ly/LBTo30pIaBH #HigherEd #testing
College admissions officers rank prospective students based on web browsing, family finances and other data - @washingtonpost @dmac1 @wpnick ow.ly/JbZ430pIBIP #HigherEd #privacy
What will it take to make headway on student achievement? | @LDH_ed @EdSource on recent CA #testing results showing painfully slow progress + persistent equity gaps https://t.co/eipQtc0kCx?amp=1
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