Stacy Haynes-Moore

Spent 40m today reading a kid’s essay and writing to her about it. The takeaway won’t be better writing—it’ll be that someone who cares about her thinks she’s on the right track. Everyone who thinks they’re smart thinks so because someone took time w their work and told them so.

MediaWise A.I. Unlocked Series A MediaWise/PBS News Student Reporting Labs series of videos and lessons all about teaching students the basics of generative A.I. This series explores how to detect A.I., identifying misinformation, ...

Check out this NEW MediaWise + Student Reporting Labs series of videos and lessons all about teaching students the basics of generative A.I. @poynterinstitute.bsky.social

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MW Substack 031: Book Review Issue #2 Do you still read books about teaching and leading? Reflecting on the ideas of colleagues is a great way to add some DIY to your PD this summer!

OUR 2025 SUMMER BOOK REVIEW FESTIVAL

Doing some personal PD this summer? We've pulled together 23 of our reviews from the past year, highlighting books for teachers, school leaders & other educators working with grades 4-8. Check out these summaries! #edusky

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#TLSkyChat A8. Our world needs readers & thinkers. Our world needs hearts that are empathic & minds that are capable of solving complex problems. Summer is an opportunity to recalibrate our compasses toward the goal of cultivating the readers our world so desperately needs.

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

“Libraries are a cornerstone of democracy—where information is free and equally available to everyone. People tend to take that for granted, and they don’t realize what is at stake when that is put at risk.”—Dr. Carla Hayden #Libraries #WisdomWednesday #ILA

there's a lot of hope in turning a room of 34 high school sophomores loose to have a self-regulated discussion of what they found baffling in Brave New World

A7. When my classes first started we were pretty low tech with access & Ss used cellphones to record team discussion and edit. To grow the learning & access to tech tools, suggest connect with HS journalism program advisor/program! Also…lots of helpful resources via JEA & NCTE.
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A4. Found success in secondary ELA with Ss listening, writing and discussing (ex: Serial) in connection across other texts read or studied. Different medium and with awesome literacies ‘practices’ reach.
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Thanks for that resource, Amanda.

A3. I am a routine listener when outdoors and active (walking, biking, messing with the garden etc.). Also listen to longer pieces or attempt several in a series when driving or traveling.
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Thank you for sharing!

I cannot and will never be able to look out at the sea of young faces in a classroom and think, "I should get a chatbot to build something for them to do."

"[M]edia quiteracy can be an act of not only individual learning but of collective action and social transformation in a heavily mediatized, commercialized, and digitized information environment," write Katie Day Good and Michelle Ciccone.

Most Americans want to read more books. We just don't. When we worry about the declining rates of literacy and a lack of reading skills, it's often about children. But how often are adults reading these days? And what are we reading? A new NPR/Ipsos poll ...

"Interestingly, respondents who classify themselves as readers are also more likely than non-readers to consume other forms of media. So it's not necessarily a direct competition between, say, reading and scrolling on your phone. " 📚
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A header wil speech bubbles of various sizes in rust, mustard, olive, and teal colors. Some of those bubbles have large, black X's over them. The text below: By limiting access to texts... legislation curtails students’ intellectual freedom and their ability to develop as critical thinkers able to engage with diverse perspectives. Every bit as troubling are the ways this legislation has politicized school curriculum and book selections far beyond what has happened in the past. The Impacts of Censorship, Introduction Published by the National Council of Teachers of English

English teachers in K-12 classrooms are afraid what will happen if someone doesn't like a book in their classroom or curriculum. Learn more about their experiences from the four chapters of original research in this new edited collection. Printing starts Friday. @ncte.org

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A rectangular piece of art showing young people using their local library for things like reading, asking questions, sewing, and drawing. The young people are of all skin colors and backgrounds. The text reads Drawn to the Library National Library Week April 6-12, 2025.

Happy National Library Week. Frequently at this time of year you’ll see folks posting that it’s a great time to go get your card & grab some books. And that’s fun & important. But it's also a great time to learn what libraries do beyond books and how you can support them. (1/5)
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Noam Chomsky: “To know where to look, how to look, how to question, how to challenge, how to proceed to deal with the challenges that the world presents to you…in cooperation and solidarity with others. That’s what an educational system should cultivate from kindergarten to high graduate school” 1/2

To protect the arts and humanities, go local. This post was original written in March. On May 23rd, the President’s budget was released, with NEH, NEA, IMLS, National Historical…

The second is "To protect the arts and humanities, go local" which shows how specific, localized examples can help make a stronger case about the impact of the NEH (& how you might find those examples).

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I realize this is a weird and vague question, but: do you have a favorite online, interactive learning resource? I'm especially interested in those that allow learners to make connections, try different solutions to a problem, or compare their own experience against whatever's being instructed.

5 Strategies for Teaching Social Studies in Turbulent Times (Opinion) Giving students the chance to “tug” at current events enables them to explore the historical roots of contemporary issues.

5 Strategies for Teaching Social Studies in Turbulent Times www.edweek.org/teaching-lea... new post with @christienold.bsky.social

Katherine Rundell · Why children’s books? Children’s books, to a great extent because they are written for those who cannot participate in the market, can offer...

A case for the power of children's literature to save us all.

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Accidentally sent an email referring to today as the 37th of January, which feels about right

Using Multimodal Tools to Communicate and Create Across Form & Genre Exploring ways students can take up forms and genres beyond literary interpretation to communicate with authentic audiences

New article drop! Tired of the AI panic pushing us back to blue book exams? In this week's post, I break down how I'm using film, documentaries, and art to invite students to respond, create, and communicate in more expansive ways. #literacies #edusky #academicsky

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History of the Book | Bibliomania Bibliomania

John Overholt on Mastodon pointed out this excellent series of blog posts from the Library of Congress on how papermaking, typecasting, and printing were done in the handpress era 📜
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NCTE 2025 Call for Proposal Instructions FINAL Submit your proposal for the 2025 NCTE Annual Convention in Denver, November 20-23. Join educators in shaping the future of English language arts through collaboration and innovative teaching practice...

Only three weeks left to submit a proposal for #NCTE25!

The success of our marquee event relies on attendees’ incredible range of talents and subject matter expertise. Your practical knowledge could inform and inspire thousands of English language arts educators! convention.ncte.org/cfp-instruct...

<em>Reading Research Quarterly</em> | ILA Literacy Journal | Wiley Online Library This conceptual article examines the role of speculation in driving responses to generative AI platforms in literacy education and the implications for research, pedagogy, and practice. Our focus on ...

I'm late to the party, but @philnichols.bsky.social et al.'s piece on #AIliteracy deserves attention. GenAI is not just another sociotechnical change that #literacyeducation should respond to. It's underpinned by imaginaries that require us to take a critical approach to AI. doi.org/10.1002/rrq....

In Praise of Paper The tech that can get students reading and writing

“Refocusing on my core mission—teaching reading, writing, and thinking—helps me reduce the time I require students to be on screens. Helps me bring out the Sharpies, let them pick a color. Lay in front of them a fresh sheet of paper and all of its promise.”

Interesting, enjoyable, & helpful podcasts (and transcripts) to think about how we read and teach literature…added to resource set for upcoming course.