school librarian
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Presentation: Redefining reading for Milennials
I start off trying to set context for 4 variables in redefining reading: reader, user, hardware and software using myself as the reader/user. Then I add in various perspectives on how digital reading is changing reading and finally I suggest that teachers and teacher-librarians can play a key role in levelling the playing field for…
Audible, David Warlick, definition of literacy, digital literacy, Don Tapscott, Doug Achterman, Foxit, Goodreads, information literacy, Jim Collins, Koehler, learning commons, literacy promotion, Milennials, Mishra, Nicholas Carr, Penny Kittle, Redefining reading, Ruben Puentedura, SAMR, school librarian, Scott McCloud, secondary school library, Sonia Livingstone, struggling reader, student-centred learning, technology, technology integration, TPACK, transliteracy -
Essex County by Jeff Lemire
The Complete Essex County by Jeff Lemire My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was deeply touched by Jeff Lemire’s Essex County, as to me, it portrays my version of home in Southwestern Ontario. The contrast between his drawing of Toronto’s hubbub and Essex County’s stark isolation is vivid and particularly resonates with my experience…
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Drama by Raina Telgemeier
Drama by Raina Telgemeier My rating: 5 of 5 stars I am so thrilled that there is a female protagonist who loves theatre and isn’t dying to be onstage. Callie is a great role model for pre-teens and teens alike as she is the master of her own learning of stagecraft in order to help…
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Nightschool: The Weirn Books Vol. 1 by Svetlana Chmakova
Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 1 by Svetlana Chmakova My rating: 4 of 5 stars I have to admit that this is the first Manga I’ve ever read, although I’m an emerging fan of the graphic novel format. The artwork varies with the characters’ emotions from mysterious and flirtatious, to outraged and scary. The colour…
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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
I really enjoyed the tone of Satrapi’s writing….a combination of harsh truth and the quirky humour of a young teenager. Whether Satrapi has written this memoir as a young woman or older, she remembers accurately what it was like to appear fundamentalist in her public life but to be a rebellious teenager in her personal…
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Skim by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki
Skim by Mariko Tamaki My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was actually first turned on to Mariko and Jillian Tamaki when I read Hiromi Goto’s young adult novel Half World, which was nominated in Ontario for a White Pine award. I just can’t get enough of Tamaki’s style of elegance and simplicity in her…
threadbare beauty 