The Top 3 from the LMC & IT: Issue #8

The Top 3 from the LMC & IT this week 5/28/19:

1.  The 2020 Abraham Lincoln Readers' Choice Award list and our 2020 #Weare204 Reading List is out! We are not advertising this widely, but will once the new school year starts. If you are interested in getting a start on any of the books from the new list. We have them all in the LMC!

Link to the 2020 Abraham Lincoln List

Link to the #Weare204 list where you can also comment/vote on what you think about each title!

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/136182._Weare204_List 

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2. Looking for a book to read over the summer? Take a look at the lists others have created for their top reads for summer from Goodreads. If you need a fun bookmark, stop in the LMC for a fun scratch and sniff one. We have vanilla ice cream and orange dreamsicle bookmarks waiting for you! 

  

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3. Looking for a way to incorporate having students create digital maps into your teaching & learning? Here are 8 options for ways you have students create digital maps to show their learning in different topic areas. Have students recreate a story character's journey, a war hero's travel, a path of exploration... the options are endless.

Free Technology for Teachers (by Richard Byrne) has TONS of great ideas to enhance your teaching and learning if you have time this summer to investigate more! He's got 12 years of archives to search, and a summer learning institute in Maine, if you are looking for a beautiful place for some summer PD :)