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...

Scroll to the  bottom of this post and  share your specific blog URL using the InLinkz link. *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * This summer a big (really BIG!) group of educators and wild readers are devouring Donalyn Miller's newest book.   I am participating and co-hosting this year's #cyberPD event about cultivating wild readers in our classrooms.  Please join us as we read and discuss online: Reading in the Wild:  The Book Whisperer's Keys to  Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits   by Donalyn Miller with Susan Kelley You can participate in the #cyberPD conversations this week too: Share your thinking on your blog  about chapters 5 and the appendices.  Then share your specific url link right here at  Literacy Learning Zone . Scroll to the  bottom of this post and...

This summer a big (really BIG!) group of educators and wild readers are devouring Donalyn Miller's newest book.   I am participating and co-hosting this year's #cyberPD event about cultivating wild readers in our classrooms.  Please join us as we read and discuss online: Reading in the Wild:  The Book Whisperer's Keys  to Cultivating Lifelong  Reading Habits   by Donalyn Miller with Susan Kelley You can participate in the #cyberPD conversations this week too: Share your thinking on your blog  about chapters 3 and 4.  Then share your specific url link on Laura's blog at  Ruminate and Invigorate   No blog?  Leave your thoughts in the  host's comment section  on the blog. Easily read through a compilation of all the #cyberPD posts on the                      Reading in the Wild #cyberPD 2014 Jog the Web Read and  leav...

This summer a big (really BIG!) group of educators and wild readers are devouring Donalyn Miller's newest book.   I am participating in and co-hosting this year's #cyberPD event about cultivating wild readers in our classrooms.  Please join us as we read and discuss online: Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits   by Donalyn Miller with Susan Kelley You can participate in the #cyberPD conversations this week too: Share your thinking on your blog about chapters 1 and 2.  Then share your specific url link on Cathy's blog at  Reflect and Refine . No blog?  Leave your thoughts in the  host's comment section  on the blog. Easily read through a compilation of all the #cyberPD posts on the                      Reading in the Wild #cyberPD 2014 Jog the Web Read and  leave a comment  on at least 3 other participant b...