I am an elementary school media specialist & a Library Science graduate student at SHSU who loves to share about books, technology, collaboration with others and my personal book reviews.
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There are a variety of awards that ALA gives to authors and illustrators. One that peaked my interest was the Pura Belpré Award. I have created a GoogleSites to share some of my findings after researching.
Bell, C., & Lasky, D. (2014). El deafo. New York: Amulet Books. ISBN 978-1-4197-1020-9 Plot Summary: Cece Bell writes a graphic memoir about how she became deaf at 4 years old when she contracted meningitis. Cece has to learn many things once her meningitis is cured. Once she starts school, she is able to attend a school with other deaf students where she feels normal and part of the group. Her family has to move and she now has to attend a mainstream school. Being the “new kid” is already hard enough, having a huge hearing aid around your neck isn’t going to make the process any better. The hardest part for her was feeling accepted and treated like a normal girl even though she is deaf and has to wear a hearing aid. Cece creates an alter ego who she names “El Deafo,” to help her cope with some of her issues with others. Analysis: El Deafo is Bell’s first graphic novel as both author and illustrator. In regards to the graphic novel...
Universal Design for Learning “The UDL Guidelines are a tool used in the implementation of Universal Design for Learning, a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. ( http://udlguidelines.cast.org/ )” The tool is a chart that has different means with guidelines and goals for learning. I like the web version of the chart as it is interactive and will take the viewer to pages that give more details and great examples. A couple of things from the UDL chart that I already do and feel comfortable with are: Means of Representation, Access Guideline 1 Perception. Interact with flexible content that doesn't depend on a single sense like sight, hearing, movement, or touch. When I create lessons I make sure that I have different tasks or ways for students to “receive” the information I share. I understand that there are different types of learners in my campus and work to ensure ...
I absolutely loved taking this class. I was already comfortable with technology and tried to incorporate it into my library lessons weekly; but this course allowed me to take it a step further. It allowed me to view and use some of the programs and apps in ways I had not before, I also really liked being able to see the ways that other students/my peers used both the same apps/technology I’ve used but differently, and the way they found new apps/technology to complete tasks in similar ways. I enjoyed reading about the ways that they made an app complete a similar task, but much more efficiently than what I had found. I am the type of learner that learns best by “doing,” and this class really allowed me to do that. One fellow classmate shared about “Fotojet Online Graphic Designer” on their “Comics & Cartoons” blog and I liked that they shared about an app similar to ones I used, but this one had different options. I think that sharing in discussion boards and bl...
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