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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer My rating: 4 of 5 stars I had visions about what this book would be like…an action adventure of bibliophiles in northwest Africa…..and the beginning and ending were very much that. I longed to immerse myself in…
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Bittersweet by Colleen McCullough
Bittersweet by Colleen McCullough My rating: 3 of 5 stars It’s a lark….and possibly too formulaic. McCullough has multiple points of view as she narrates the story of 4 sisters who enter nurse training in order to try on work and be rid of their stepmother. From there the plots deviate but all during post…
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Leaping with no net: autism for teens in Ontario
Last Thursday night, I attended a 2 hour session for parents of autistic children, run by one of our local support providers, Kerry’s Place, titled: Planning for Transition to Adulthood. Our son is 14, in grade 9, and as the presenters said, “it’s an optimal time to start planning.” The room was set up poorly…
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Looking back on my PD journey in 2018 in #OntEd
Waking up to more cutbacks in #ontEd funding is never fun. So I decided to look at the data. This post is all about the different ways I developed professionally in 2018. There were so many great happenings around the province this year. It never ceases me to amaze me the passion that Ontario educators…
#pb4t, amnesty international book club, Brian Weishar, BringITTogether, Chelsea Klukas, Colinda Clyne, CONNECT conference, Diana Maliszewski, ECOO, Edugains, Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD), first nations metis inuit, Jenn Coleman, Jess Longthorne, Leigha Turner, OLA Superconference, Ontario education, ontario library association, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, Ontario Teachers Federation, OTF Connects, Pam Eurig, professional development, Sandra Herbst, Sandy Kritzer, Sean Hamilton, self-directed learning, Stephen Hurley, Tina Ginglo, Todd Pottle, Trish Morgan, Upper Grand District School Board, VoicEd Canada
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Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson
Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson My rating: 5 of 5 stars A set of this book was generously purchased for our school by our First Nations, Metis and Inuit (FNMI)consultant at the board office. 5 pages into it many of our teachers were too scared to teach it and put it down. Boldly…
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Put all your money down on literacy intervention
After reading Reading and Writing: The Golden Ticket, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on my role as both teacher-librarian and Literacy Lead in my job. The article is very stimulating if you’ve got a minute. I really felt motivated by the article from the Globe and Mail, and although I know this course…
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