My Life as a Literacy Educator

October 20, was the National Day on Writing. For weeks, I tried determine how to incorporate the day into my AVID class. We do write, but yo...

At our second annual Edcamp Arlington TX, we gave away George Couros' The Innovator's Mindset as one of many door prizes. I chose th...

This summer, I was introduced to a book chat on Twitter specifically focused on English language learners. The first book I read for #ELLCha...

This is the third summer that I have taken advantage of the free audio books from Sync Audiobooks for Teens. I know, I know. I am not a tee...

This post is a response to "Chapter 4: Poetry for Children" in Sylvia Vardell's Children's Literature in Action that I am...

One of the classes I am enrolled in this summer is a library sciences children's and young adult literature course. In that class, I a...

This week for NCTE Reads, we are delving into the development of pedagogy that addresses young adult literature in the classroom. Elemen...