New Releases: Atypical Classroom Texts
Looking for a new classroom approaches and ideas that you can mull over this summer? These new releases might spark some ideas. Read Full Post >
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May 06, 2013
April 23, 2013
Free Books for Students in Need
First Book has over a million books that they would like to distribute to schools and programs that serve predominantly low-income students that are also located in states affected by last year's Hurricane Sandy. Read Full Post >
April 22, 2013
Head to Head: The Library of Congress vs. the National Archives
If you're looking for lessons plans and free primary documents, which repository is best for your needs, the Library of Congress or the National Archives? Read Full Post >
April 08, 2013
Looking for an English Lit Extra-Credit Quiz?
A new BookRiot quiz seems like the perfect match for end-of-year student requests for extra credit assignments. Read Full Post >
April 02, 2013
What Making Comics Can Teach About Teaching Comics
How best to define, describe, and teach graphic novels in the K-12 classroom? Why not ask authors? Read Full Post >
March 28, 2013
Plotting Fiction In the Classroom With Interactive Maps
The newly launched site DC By the Book joins a collection of interactive maps of literature in cities, suggesting creative uses for literary mapping in the classroom. Read Full Post >
March 28, 2013
Book Review: Programming and Python for Kids
Patrice Gans, a technology teacher and library-media specialist in Connecticut, reviews Jason Brigg's Python for Kids (No Starch Press, 2012). Read Full Post >
March 22, 2013
Graphic-Novel Research Reveals Resistance, Lessons
Research on teaching with graphic novels is a field of scholarship still in development. Several new papers study obstacles to comics in education through surveys, literature reviews, and classroom evidence. Read Full Post >
March 18, 2013
Stenhouse Releases Free Poetry E-Resource
National Poetry Month is fast approaching, and Stenhouse Publishers have issued a free e-book to help you integrate poetry-based lessons into your classroom. Read Full Post >
March 01, 2013
It's the Return of the Friday Roundup!
BookMarks' weekly Friday Roundup returns with information on a poetry contest on Twitter, library makerspaces, and classroom material about female soldiers during the Civil War and Dr. Seuss. Read Full Post >
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