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#BIT16Reads: Multiple entry points
I attended TEDxKitchener last weekend and the first speaker of the day, Dina Pestonji, reminded me that learning has multiple entry points. Likewise, our online book club #BIT16Reads has multiple entry points. Here are some of the planned places where you can jump in: June 1, 2016: Begin discussing Participatory Culture in a Networked Era…
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Punishment by Linden MacIntyre
Punishment by Linden MacIntyre My rating: 5 of 5 stars MacIntyre masterfully combines a serene small town setting with the incestuous secrets of the past. Tony, a retired guard from the nearby penitentiary, returns home to create some space between himself and the drama of his former employment only to discover that his past won’t…
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Presenting the #BIT16Reads Book Club
Why an online book club and why now? I like to read things that inform my professional trajectory I like to find people who like to read and engage in rich discussions about what we read I want to build a tighter community of educators that cross subjects and grades Last year we used the…
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#BIT16Reads: How We Learn by Benedict Carey
How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens by Benedict Carey My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book should be mandatory reading for anyone in their gap year between teacher-directed learning and self-directed learning. It reviews all sorts of ways to learn new material but ends by saying that…
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The Daughter of Smoke & Bone Trilogy by Laini Taylor
Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor The entire Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy is just delicious. For anyone new to fantasy it gently eases the reader into the world that author Laini Taylor builds by starting us with our protagonist, Karou who is an art student in Prague with a mysterious past…
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A Spy in the House (The Agency #1) by Y.S. Lee
A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee My rating: 4 of 5 stars Mary Quinn finds herself in a bit of a Nikita situation….as she reforms her life, she is given a proposal to give up her traditional woman’s destiny and become part of The Agency. The really interesting part happens though when Mary…
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