Garfield and Laura speak with Alanna about reconciling both backwards design and the double-helix approaches, and shifting to remote teaching without sacrificing pedagogy. Shoutouts to Joanne Gibson.
Garfield Gini-Newman and Laura Gini-Newman read their paper Powerful Instruction and Powerful Assessment: The Double-Helix of Learning https://tmcanada.blogspot.com/p/tmc6-gini-newman.html
Alanna hosts Lisa Corbett and her guest Karen Grose, author of her debut novel The Dime Box. Lisa asks Karen about the impetus for the novel and her writing process. Grose talks about the research she needed to do to accurately create the power dynamics that gradually reveal Greta’s origin story.
Jane Dennis-Moore and Beth talk about photography making thinking visible. Jane explains how putting cameras into student hands helps them find their identities for communication especially once they’re taught to frame an image with intention. Jane argues that making media in a participatory and collaborative way brings about deep learning about visual literacy. Shoutouts to Melanie Mulcaster, Tina Zita and Jane’s recommended apps Kaleidacam, Chatterpix, iMovie, Photoshop Mix, and AdobeSpark...
Jane Dennis-Moore reads her paper If You Give a Kid a Camera: Participatory Visual Literacy in the LLC https://tmcanada.blogspot.com/p/tmc6-dennis-moore.html
Alanna talks with Colin Jagoe and Jim Pedrech about books that greatly influenced them as teens. Colin discusses his choice: Cosmos by Carl Sagan; and Jim talks about Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy (in four parts). Shoutouts to Tim King, Sasha Sagan, The I.T. Crowd, Neil Gaiman, Dr. Who and Sean of the Dead.
Alanna talks with Beth and Lisa about books that influenced them from teens to adults. The memories flow as we talk about books for each stage of life (but especially for those ugly duckling times) and maybe how the classics belong in the past. Shoutouts to Mrs.Clark for The Hobbit, Mr. Hornick for MacBeth, Mr. Underhill for Canadian Poetry
Alanna talks with Albert and Tim about books that greatly influenced them as teens. Both Albert and Tim talk about books that appealed to them because they were new Canadians. Albert discusses his choice: Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger which taught him that being disagreeable was cool; and Tim talks about Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein which taught him about a deeper meaning of citizenship. Shoutouts to Heather Durnin, Shopclass for Soul Craft by Matt Crawford and Range by David Epste...
Alanna talks with Lisa Corbett about her spontaneous Twitter-based book club. The first book chosen was Jesse Thistle’s From the Ashes and Lisa lead a Twitter Chat and a Google Hangout with the author. Next book and podcast will be Karen Grose’s The Dime Box. Lisa talks about using cloud-based tools like Google Forms, creating hashtags, and the books sitting on her list that might just be next.
Beth explores the hierarchy of genres and how we as educators bring our own experiences as readers, the positive and the negative, into the classroom with guests Rolland Chidiac and Chris Cluff. How does reading lead to making, creating, learning, and to building your capacity? How is the diversity of experience reflected in the books we encounter? Rolland Chidiac- @rchids Chris Cluff- @chrisjoncluff Books Mentioned- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27213329-grit https://www.goodreads.com/boo...
Dr. Dianne Oberg and Alanna talk about collaborating on a research project attempting to track the impact of school library programs in Ontario as students move to post-secondary education, the difficulty of developing data, and observing global models of school libraries. Shoutouts to People for Education, and her international colleagues Carol Kuhlthau and Ross Todd.
Dr. Dianne Oberg reads her paper Ontario School Library Impact Project (OSLIP): Information Literacy from High School to University https://tmcanada.blogspot.com/p/tmc6-oberg.html
Melanie Mulcaster, Tina Zita, Mishelle Pitter-Adlam, Amanda Williams and Alanna talk about collaborating on a large scale project pairing picture books with coding across schools, learning to create culturally responsive collections, documenting learning through observations and conversations, and the power of offering choice to teachers and readers. Shoutouts to Geneva Gay, Debbie Ridpath Ohi, Canva and Flipgrid Shorts
Melanie Mulcaster, Tina Zita, Mishelle Pitter-Adlam and Amanda Williams read their paper #12daysbooksnbytes - Fostering Professional Participatory Learning Cultures with Literacy and Code https://tmcanada.blogspot.com/p/tmc6-mulcaster.html
Lisa, Beth and Alanna explore doing enough yoga to read in crisis, books that are too hard to read right now, books that feel like safe spaces, books that fill the spirit, and series you wish would never end. Shoutouts to Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Kim Gill and local independent bookstores everywhere.
Jonelle and Alanna talk about the paper, finding humans willing to be books, breaking down stigma for marginalised peoples, diversifying curriculum, and creating comfort for challenging conversations. Shoutouts to Melanie Mulcaster and Jael Richardson for support and inspiration.
Jonelle St. Aubyn reads her paper The Human Library at the Louise Arbour Secondary School Library Learning Commons https://tmcanada.blogspot.com/p/tmc6-st-aubyn.html
Rabia and Alanna talk about the paper, and the importance of administration support for making real change with CRRP, tokenism, asset-based approaches to teaching culture, documentation of learning and supporting new teachers.
Rabia Khokhar reads her paper Culturally Relevant and Responsive Pedagogy in a Racially Homogenous School
Beth and Alanna talk about the paper, transliteracy, change cycle theory, and learning to put your students’ success before curriculum. They explored the role of the LLC and TL in our current pandemic situation and the divide created by access to technology in relation to the concept of transliteracy.
Alanna King reads her paper Getting on the Train: A Decade of Shifting Culture in the School Library
Diana and Alanna talk about the paper, and the finer points of student motivation (especially when it comes to reading), participatory learning, the Toronto Resource Fair, and measuring the impact of teaching critical thinking skills.
Diana Maliszewski reads her paper Toward an Understanding of the Impact of Youth Involvement in Purchasing Resources for the School Library Learning Commons and Issues of Equity in Participant Selection
Beth, Lisa and Alanna talk about reading podcasts, ALCS, libro.fm and everything in between.
