Here are some things that I came across in my web perusing this last week that made me stop and click. Thought they might interest you, too. (No, no, not running out of things to say. Just everyone else says/does it so much better!)
In a post rounding up some news articles about reading, one of my reading heroes, The Book Whisperer (Donalyn Miller), says,
“No matter how much we discover about teaching reading we seem to ask the same questions. Are we really teaching if we do not micromanage every aspect of the reading process, from the books children read to how they respond? Is inspiring students to read more important than sharing a common literary heritage? Does pleasure reading matter anymore? I believe we can create literate, educated citizens who also love to read.”
ALSC has added to its Great Websites for Kids. Here are the highlights (including the very fun “Go Wild” that I played with earlier this week).
By now, you’ve probably heard: Reading Rainbow is done. “Butterfly in the sky…”
Kirby Larson (Newbery-Honor-winning author of Hattie Big Sky) has been hosting a great series of posts about boys and books and reading on her blog. Things they’re pondering?
“If there is such a thing as a boy’s book, what does it look like? If there is such a thing as a girl’s book what does it look like?”
My Animoto love continues. Because now you can add video clips to your videos!
If you, like me, are on a long waiting list at the library for Suzanne Collins’ Catching Fire, you can read a chapter on NPR.
And finally, I stumbled across this video on TeacherTube. Cute.
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009, | 
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