USDLC STAR TEACHER SERIES

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Learning Through Literature with Young Adults: Virtual Conference

Want to learn about some innovative learning and teaching through literature? Get some new ideas for integrating Web 2.0 tools in the service of learning through literature?

Check out our ECi 521 Action Learning Project multimedia reports at http://www.youtube.com/group/bookhenge2010

You’ll see projects using Animoto for character study and for engaging ESL students, VoiceThread for collaborative research and for book responses; Dipity for historical timelines; Springnote, and Shutterfly for blogging; 21C WebQuests designed using Pink’s Creativity Model, Moodling in the middle school, Google Earth Lit Trips, and many more.

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Hang with Laurie: Virtual Author Visit with Laurie Halse Anderson

Hang with Laurie Halse Anderson in the Bookhenge on USDLC’s beautiful Star Island for a conversation about her books, her writing, and new projects. She’s just as cool virtually as actually.

Honored with the 2009 recipient of the American Library Association’s Margaret A. Edwards Award for Writing Literature for Young Adults, Laurie’s first novel SPEAK was named a Printz Honor Book and has become a contemporary classic in the high school English curriculum.

Laurie’s prolific works include four other YA novels (CATALYST, PROM, TWISTED, and the 2009 WINTERGIRLS) and well-respected historical fiction titles, FEVER 1793 and CHAINS.

And the list goes on with picture books and series books. Hear discussions led by teachers and librarians on several titles archived at www.bookosphere.net

Laurie’s fans of all ages are invited to participate. We’ll be talking about high school books as well as those most frequently read by elementary and middle school kids, so younger fans should plan on watching with a parent.