I’ve previously shared my learning from reading Donalyn Miller’s book Reading in the Wild, but am grateful to have had the opportunity to hear her keynote on her research and practices within this book at the Wisconsin State Reading Association Convention (#WSRA15). I am always inspired by hearing and reading Donalyn’s work and want to … [Read more…]
Books I read in 2014: This is my 3rd year in a row of writing Reading Resolutions with the new year. You can find previous Reading Resolutions I’ve written in this post. I began using Goodreads two years ago and wrote about Everything I Love About Goodreads as I got started with it. My goals for … [Read more…]
Over the years I have come to know Matt Renwick, fellow WI Principal known as @ReadbyExample on Twitter, as a wise literacy leader and tech guru that I love to learn from. As our school continued to add technology and then implemented our 1:1 iPad program this year, he was a colleague that often shared … [Read more…]
My next several Monday Musings posts for staff will be sharing my learning as I read Donalyn Miller’s Reading in the Wild. Here’s this week’s post for our staff: I’m continuing to share what I learn as I read Reading in the Wild by Donalyn Miller. (Previous posts are here and here.) Habit 2 of Wild Readers … [Read more…]
My next several Monday Musings posts for staff will be sharing my learning as I read Donalyn Miller’s Reading in the Wild. Here’s this week’s post for our staff: As I shared in last week’s Monday Musings, Habit 1 of “Wild Readers” is that they dedicate time to read. I am still devouring chapter one on … [Read more…]
My next several Monday Musings posts for staff will be sharing my learning as I read Donalyn Miller’s Reading in the Wild. Here’s this week’s post for our staff: Read Across America week is probably my favorite week of the year, because I love reading and love any opportunity to promote it. We celebrate reading … [Read more…]
A new tradition for myself each New Year is to make Reading Resolutions, which I made last year in this post. Just like any goal, I like to review my progress and make new goals. In 2013 my reading resolutions included: 1. Use Goodreads to track my reading. I have used it all year and love using … [Read more…]
If you follow my blog then you know that I’m an avid reader with a goal to read 55 books this year(you can read it in this post). So far, I have read 31 books since January and have a stack of books that have piled up that I look forward to read this summer. … [Read more…]
Image from Edtechworkshop This weekend I downloaded the book Why School? by Will Richardson after seeing numerous educators on Twitter recommend it. It was a whopping $2.99, but one of the best reads (and a quick read) to challenge our thinking about school. Here is a TEDTalk given by the author, Will Richardson, talking about … [Read more…]
One of my Reading Resolutions for 2013 is to use Goodreads to track my books, maintain a to-read list and connect with others for reading. I used Goodreads years ago, but switched to Shelfari when I wanted to have a widget on my blog to show what I have been reading. Over this time, Goodreads … [Read more…]