Schooliblit

Sunday, August 31, 2003

Preparing Booktalks
With the new configuration of the libraries in our school, I will have more responsibility for and more contact with the middle school students than I have since I came here. One change will be that I will be back to booktalking, which I haven't done much in the last couple of years. I need to do some reading and some practicing to get ready for my first sessions, which will probably be with seventh-graders, later in September. They're doing adventure stories in class, and their reading list includes plenty of classics and old-timers. I think I'll start with a set of more recent survival books -- fiction and non-fiction -- since those are books I enjoy myself. It will also give me a chance to use some props. I'll keep my list of possible titles, and perhaps even the booktalks themselves, here on this blog.
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Weblogs in Education
Blogging across the curriculum.

Excellent resource: "Cyborg Mommy has created an online resource about blogging. It's designed for students, but I think it's good for anyone who's new to blogging." [via Kairos News & various others] [ebnWL News]
This site has received a lot of interest in the last week. I think I should add it here so I don't lose track of it. Next time I talk to a teacher or other colleague about weblogs, I'll have this resource handy.
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