Last weekend I had the privilege of being invited to join the first children's literature festival in India, hosted by Neev Academy in Bangalore. What a fabulous weekend it was. One of my constant concerns as a librarian here in Singapore in an international school is that I don't feel that my collection reflects the … Continue reading Celebrating the joy of reading
I had the privilege of attending a presentation by Dr. Myra Bacsal of the NIE at Tanglin Trust School last night about how picture books can be used to promote SEL (social and emotional learning) and the work she is doing to bring both the "hardware" and "software" into the Singaporean school system. I'm totally … Continue reading Beyond “delight and inform”
I've plunged into the abyss of reading 1,000's of articles for my current course and next assignment. Well, not 1,000's - my Evernote count tells me 333. Nice number. I'm also engaged in conversations, in real life with colleagues and ex-colleagues and online with my peers and people I've been introduced to by people who … Continue reading Conversations and thoughts about diversity in literature
After reading the Zipes (2009) chapter two quotations sprang to mind: “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” (Oscar Wilde) and "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." (Evelyn Beatrice Hall) The former quote with reference to the idea that children's’ … Continue reading The best of times, the worst of times
I absolutely couldn't have said it better, so I'd like to share this movie by Marcus Armitage. What is Literature for? from Marcus Armitage on Vimeo, animated by Marcus Armitage and Ignatz Johnson Higham. Voice over Alain de Botton.
I couldn't say it better myself, so I'd just like to share this video!
What makes a good digital text Despite Goodreads’ narrow interpretation of a book as being something with an ISBN number, “the book as a physical object with paper pages is now only one version of what a book might be” (Hancox, 2013, para. 7). As many have discussed before, a digital text can take many … Continue reading Assessment Item 4: Critical Reflection of Digital Literature Experiences
I've been busying myself with looking through a number of different formats of digital texts in order to write some reviews for my next assessment item. According to the (adapted) criteria of Nesbit, Belfer and Leacock (2004) one can look at (cited in Leacock and Nesbit, 2007): Category of resource Content quality Alignment with curriculum … Continue reading When is it digital literature?
Informative Flights - Musings of a Teacher Librarian 