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Travis’s Excellent (Ereader) Adventure
Illustration by Travis Jonker; Photography by Craig van der Lende. Last year, we rolled out an ereader lending program in my fifth and sixth grade school library, and I plan to share here the ups,...
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"You’ve seen infographics, right? Those visual representations of information that seem to be popping up everywhere on the Internet?," writes Travis Jonker. Here's his effort using easelly.
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Get to Know Goodreads: Share this primer to the social reading site and help...
Illustration by Mark Tuchman That’s the first thing you do when you finish reading a book? Pass it along to a friend? Return it to the library? Place it on the unruly pile of titles that you...
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Welcome to the Mothership: Travis Jonker’s Take on Amazon/Goodreads
When word came out that Amazon was pulling social network Goodreads into its acquisitional tractor beam, reaction seemed to fall into one of two categories—either Big Brother Bezos (as in Amazon CEO...
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The Kate Connection: DiCamillo Talks About her Role as National Ambassador...
Photograph by Joe Treleven Kate DiCamillo has some things that few people possess: A completely noteworthy laugh. Two Newbery Awards. A world-class ability to write stories that connect with young...
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Scenes from the ‘Ultimate Picture Book Sketch-Off’ | ALA 2014
MC Jon Scieszka with Anna Dewdney, Judy Schachner, Loren Long, and Oliver Jeffers, contestants in the “Ultimate Picture Book Sketch-Off.” “The rules are: I get to make up the rules for this thing.” And...
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I Tried, I ‘Liked,’ I Shared: How Travis Jonker handles social media
Above ilustration by Tom Richmond Travis Jonker’s Five to Follow on Twitter If there’s one thing you can say about all school librarians: we’re cat people. The other is: we like trying things. And...
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Travis Jonker’s Five to Follow on Twitter
I Tried, I ‘Liked,’ I Shared: How Travis Jonker handles social media @colbysharp Third grade teacher Colby Sharp not only wins the award for Best Name Ever—his Twitter feed is must-read material....
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Postcards from Nerdcamp: PD gets fun in a grassroots unconference on literacy
Authors Erin Soderberg, Jess Keating, and Debbie Ohi dress up as book characters.All photos by Justin Keating (a.k.a. The Nerdy Photographer); Nerdcamp logo by Laurie Keller. Now that you’ve started...
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