How can your students learn about the cutting-edge of popular science through the art of stories? To talk about that, we invited Jenny Dehlinger and Thomas Locke (Davis Bunn) to join the podcast. Jenny serves as an instructional coach at one of the largest elementary schools in upstate South Carolina. She’s a …
Back to the Literary Future: Why Your Local Librarian Is Better Than Google in 2019 Part 2
We continue our conversation on the future of libraries with two-time No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Melinda Long and innovative librarian Stacey Gardner. Listen in! http://traffic.libsyn.com/afterwordpodcast/Afterword_Episode_3_pt_2.mp3
Back to the Literary Future: Why Your Local Librarian Is Better Than Google in 2019
When Andrew Carnegie gave money to launch public libraries, the idea made sense. What about today, though? In the age of the internet, who needs libraries? Stacie Gardner, a public school librarian in Greenville, SC, and Melinda Long, New York Times bestselling author of How I Became a Pirate, join the …
Including Readers with Disabilities
How do authors present a positive or negative message of inclusion and acceptance toward those with disabilities? To talk about that, we invited Dr. Julia Wilkins and Lucy and Hartley Plyler to join the podcast. Julia is a professor of education at Presbyterian College, Lucy is a social worker with the …
Gamifying Literacy Part 2
Game designers James R. Hannibal and Dan & Connie Kazmaier talk about how we can create an overlap between games and reading in order to produce a class of master readers. The Afterword continues. #boardgames #learning #teaching #gamification #reading