Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: January 10: Celebrating Introverts, Nurturing #JoyOfReading + Questioning #EdTech
January 10, 2020
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #audiobooks, #BookLists, #Cybils, #EdTech, #GrowingBookworms, #homeschooling, #JoyOfReading, #poetry, #ReadAloud, #ScreenTime, and #WorldIntrovertDay.
Top Tweet of the Week
The Answer for #Schools Is Not More #EdTech. It’s Teachers and Human Connection | @DASchwartzy @EdSurge ow.ly/y5OF30q6ph6 | “Could it be that parents are waking up to the realization that too much #ScreenTime is part of what ails our education system?”
Book Lists + Awards
The 2019 @CybilS Finalists were announced yesterday, winnowed by dedicated round1 panelists from 1047 nominees to 10 high-quality, kid-friendly shortlists ow.ly/5vqC30q6h52 #kidlit #YA #nonfiction #GraphicNovels #poetry
10 MG Sci-Fi Books with Female Protagonists for National #ScienceFiction Day, #BookList from @literacious ow.ly/GPk330q6hbC #MGLit + #GraphicNovels
A retrospective look at ten of @charlotteslib's favorite time travel + time slip #MGLit + #YA books from the past decade ow.ly/lCYV30q64u0 | her faves out of 250 reviewed in 10 years
Events, Programs + Research
Today (Jan. 2) is apparently #worldintrovertday . I can't believe I almost missed it. Luckily I missed it while working away quietly at home. Here's to all of my fellow introverts. Let's toast each other here on Twitter, instead of in person [Not a link to an article, but a peek at the many posts shared via this hashtag would be refreshing for any introvert.]
This story reminded me of the adorable #PictureBook Nobody Hugs a Cactus (which features a tumbleweed as the love interest) | Cars get trapped by tumbleweeds on a Washington state highway ow.ly/ssN930q6nmy @SimonKIDS
Growing Bookworms
Lovely piece on the many reasons to encourage kids to read "for the joy of it" - @CressidaCowell @BostonGlobe ow.ly/q4cq30q6Cuo #JoyOfReading #GrowingBookworms
A New Chapter: Turning Your Non-reader into a Reader [Guest Post by @FionaRobyn @TheReadingTub] ow.ly/zp7b30q7NVd | Tips for showing kids the #JoyOfReading at home
On the Joy of #ReadAloud In A 1st Grade Classroom, w/ #ChapterBook #BookList enjoyed by @McKenzieRoss20's students https://t.co/2b7ch4eIxM?amp=1
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
I love this post by @dawnafinch @AwfullyBigBlog | We're (not) going on a book hunt, or "How to stop tracking and learn to love #reading again" ow.ly/XnzR30q7tfH #LoveOfBooks
End of #audiobook snobbery as scientists find #reading and listening activates the same parts of the brain ow.ly/j3jS30q7tn6 @Telegraph via @ProfessorNana #neuroscience #ReadingChoice
Raina Telgemeier: The is Comics Industry Person of the Decade says @comicsbeat ow.ly/kr0a30q7O47 @goraina celebrated for #Smile + the wave of #GraphicNovels that it ushered in | She sure had a huge impact on my kid's #JoyOfReading
Children’s Literary Obituaries: Paying Tribute to What We Lost in 2019 — @FuseEight ow.ly/9xrV30q64tS #kidlit
Schools and Libraries
Thoughts from @MarlaSzwast on why you should Keep #Poetry A Priority in Your #Homeschooling https://t.co/7dh0okbi4f?amp=1
This story reminded me of riding my bike to check out books from the public library as a kid: Local #library branch now offering free bike checkouts ow.ly/K2wS30q8bZW @mercnews
Donate Books to Little Free Libraries | @mental_floss shares a history and suggests contributing to #LittleFreeLibraries in your neighborhood https://t.co/uf8ebtnh81?amp=1
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