I don’t quite yet have $100 million for an ad buy this month but I could make up for it if you retweet this. Thanks everyone. And if you like it you can also help us out at https://t.co/Hz91NGE8hB
To show my thanks for educators and librarians, and to help improve kids’ book access, here’s a #KidsNeedBooks giveaway.
EDUCATORS & LIBRARIANS: RT/follow to enter to win these books.
I hope the winner gives some of these to Ss to keep, while adding the rest to their library.
“If you want kids to learn, they need to struggle. They need to feel a level of risk. They’re asking the questions. They’re finding the answers.” Teacher Casey Fletcher on the importance of student-centered learning.
Why only "half credit" back? What grading research says to do that?? We just make this stuff up. There is no average time to learn something so why do we punish kids who take longer to learn it?
Here’s a Middle Grade #KidsNeedBooks giveaway.
EDUCATORS and LIBRARIANS: RT and follow to enter to win these books!
The copies of my books and the three by Sarah Jean Horwitz are all signed.
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SAVE THE DATE!
The 5th annual #MNCodes Summit has been set for Saturday, May 16th, 2020 at Coffman Memorial Union- U of MN in Mpls. Join us to share about Computer Science Education for all! Registration coming soon! #CSforall@MNCodes@CSforAllMN
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If you’ve spent more than 5 minutes with me in the last six months, I’ve probably spent 3 of those minutes urging you to listen to John Green’s the Anthropocene reviewed: a quiet, brilliant and moving podcast about… https://t.co/pF70AN83AW
I was at a school recently and a kid asked me “Were you popular?” I thought about the question and answered, “You mean was I interesting? Yes!” Who cares about popularity? And all these kids’ eyes lit up!
Unpopular opinion of the day: It doesn't matter how many times "literacy" appears on your district or campus plan; if you don't plan funding for librarians, libraries, and classroom reading materials, you don't value literacy much.
If you refuse to add books to your collection that feature #LGBTQIA+ characters b/c you're too afraid of your community's reaction, just imagine how fearful LGBTQIA+ kids must feel living in that same community knowing that you value your own safety more than theirs.