Literacy Learning Zone

#cyberPD Book Selections For a decade, #cyberPD has been an anticipated summer event to connect educators near and far in collaborative professional conversation. Through blogs, Twitter, and various digital media, participants share thinking around a common professional title featured for discussion. Though the main event is in July of each year, the conversations and connections carry across the year. Since #cyberPD's first event, we've grown from a group of less than 15 to a community of over 150 educators.   We have found this community to be powerful and the conversations have helped us grow in our journey as educators. These conversations have pushed us, made us uncomfortable, and allowed us the chance to see things from different perspectives. It’s amazing to think that #cyberPD was a pioneer for online book clubs and this community made it possible!   Yet, here we are today. When we got ready to “share our bookstacks,” COVID was in full swing and teachers we...

It's the 8th Annual  #cyberPD Summer Event! Join in our  #cyberPD Google+ Community  to participate! We want YOU to join in the conversations! This July we are reading and learning together around the new title from Sara Ahmed  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * My Thoughts and Reflections for Week 2: A Little Late Chapter 3: Being Candid "We have come a long way together and I am watching  your minds and hearts grow a little stronger every day ."   (Ahmed, p.73) Takeaways:  At first I thought ... social comprehension was more of a SEL approach. Now I think ... social comprehension is an inquiry approach at it's best with the students' as the curriculum and students asking the most important questions that matter to them.  At first I though...

__________________________________________________ The March Slice of Life Story Challenge hosted  at the  Two Writing Teachers . Join us for a month of writing! __________________________________________________ I thoroughly enjoy this slice of life challenge. The daily writing, capturing moments, sharing stories, connecting with amazing people. This is year eight for me, so you know that I adore spending the month of March with you all. But, can I be honest with you? I struggle with missing out. Not being able to read all 300+ slices. Not being able to comment on all the "this is my first slice" posts. Or, not to be able to welcome every first, second, or third year and beyond writer. Not being able to find old slicing friends. Or not being able to make new slicing friends with everybody else. There is this ad...