An excellent way for educators to learn about enslavement is to participate in an NEH Summer Institute, Workshop or Landmark Workshop. The selection varies from year to year but the programs I’ve participated in have been excellent learning opportunities. Those listed below are related to enslavement, a complete list can be found here. Abolitionism and… Read More Professional Development: Enslavement
This weekend, I was honored to be part of the Center for Teaching through Children’s Books one day event subtitled “I Tweeted, I Tumbled, I Taught”. In addition to hearing many ideas, teaching strategies and insights on using social media for professional development, teaching and engaging with others in ways that are legal and responsible.… Read More Critical Engagement Through Social Media
OK, are you going to ALA Midwinter? What do you plan/hope to do while there? I’ll be there! I’m at the Day of Diversity on Friday, Presenting an Ignite Session on Saturday, searching the Exhibit Hall for books by authors of color and looking to meet those same authors every chance I get. I’m connecting… Read More Time To Check In
Calls for Papers and Proposals The ALAN Review Summer 2015: (Re)membering and (Re)living: Probing the Collective and Individual Past Submissions due November 1, 2014 Stories are dynamic, told and heard, accepted and revered, rejected and rewritten by readers who draw from their experiences and understandings to garner meaning from the words on the page. In… Read More (Re)membering and (Re)living: Probing the Collective and Individual Past
The Call for Proposals to present at the Fifth REFORMA National Conference (RNC5) taking place in San Diego, CA, April 1-4, 2015, is now open! REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking Please visit the website below to get the information and send your proposals for leading… Read More call for proposals: REFORMA
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