Share Your Love for Reading

The topic of our district Twitter chat (#ChatAPS) last night was geared towards March Reading Month, and how it impacts our students. One of the cool ideas that came out of the discussion was for teachers to be more proactive in sharing their love for reading with their students. One unfortunate truth is that many students do not see reading modeled for them by adults at home. One way in which we can combat this, is to model our love for reading at school.

One of the ways that we are trying this is with “What I’m Reading” posters. While it was an idea that I had thought of before, I had never managed to act on it. Thanks to the motivation from our Twitter chat, I found this neat site that creates a poster in mere seconds.

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whatimreading.org is free and easy to use, creating the poster in the blink of an eye that has your name, book title, cover of book, QR code and a clickable Amazon link to the book. I found it to be the perfect in creating a quick and easy way for me to share what I am reading with my students, no matter what month it is.

Digital Equity Webinar – MAET Bridge

This afternoon I was honored to participate in a webinar with a fantastic panel of educators. We had the opportunity to discuss digital equity, technology integration, BYOD and many other EdTech topics.

The elite panel included: Heidi Gascon an MAET alum and Instructional Technology Specialist at Ingham ISD, and Michele Ellis a middle school ELA and science teacher at Williamston Community Schools.

Facilitating our discussion was an equally amazing and impressive group of MAET year two students: Alex Miller, Jon Gere and Chris Armour.

The MAET Bridge series provides a wealth of webinars featuring exceptional educators addressing a myriad of educational topics. You can view this webinar below, and the archive of MAET Bridge webinars here.