Wednesday, February 19, 2025

You Can Now Watch The Recording Of Our Fourth Demco Webinar Of Season, Build An Amazing Virtual Library!

                 

On February 18, 2025, Brianna and I hosted the fourth webinar in our new Demco webinar series. 

You can now find the recording of 5 Build An Amazing Virtual Library here, along with the presentation slides here. 
...you will find all four in our webinar series.  

We loved learning and sharing with all of you.  We have two more webinars coming up that we will announce very soon.  

Have a lovely week, friends. 

Join The LIVE Outer Space Q&A Livestream with Astronauts From Our Friends At The Achievery

 

On March 5, 2025, our friends at The Achievery are hosting a LIVE Q&A with NASA astronauts, broadcasting directly from the International Space Station. 

Join NASA and The Achievery for an exclusive livestream Q&A with astronauts aboard the International Space Station! Students from Puede Network will ask pre-recorded questions about life in space, offering a unique glimpse into the wonders of space exploration.
There are also two amazing lessons to explore as we get ready for this event.  You will find them here.
The Achievery is a free and safe online learning platform created by AT&T to provide K-12 students with engaging and entertaining videos paired with educational activities.

You can sign up for The Achievery here, friends.  I know you will be able to find lots of engaging and innovative lessons for your students too. 

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Be An Author Month March 2025....Read How You and Your Students Can Be Part Of This Special Event Too.

 

Friends, I’m thrilled to share an exciting event happening this March—Be An Author Month!

Held annually, this celebration empowers students to unleash their creativity, express their ideas, and find their voices through storytelling and digital publishing.

Hosted by Book Creator, this incredible event highlights the power of student narratives and literacy, turning classrooms, libraries, and school communities into vibrant spaces for creativity, self-expression, and fun!
This year’s theme, Tell Your Story, inspires students to embrace their unique voices, share their perspectives, and celebrate the power of personal storytelling. Through writing, images, and multimedia, they’ll embark on a creative journey to craft meaningful content that reflects their identities and experiences.
I’m excited to share the theme and explore what Be An Author Month will mean for our students as they tell their stories. They thrive on creating and sharing, especially when their stories are personal and uniquely their own. Through this event, we can use Book Creator to nurture every child's literacy skills and creativity, providing them with a platform to share something meaningful—not just with friends and family, but potentially with the world.
Throughout Be An Author Month, I can't wait to inspire creativity within all of our students as they share unique and personal experiences through the story they create. They will use Book Creator to write, find and create images, choose multimedia, and publish their wonderful stories. 
Here is how you and your students can be part of this special event too! 
                         
Go to the Be An Author Month site here. 
The site gives details about the...
...Tell Your Story Competition including The Prizes, 
How It Works, and the Competition Rubric.
Click on Get The Templates to go to the Be An Author 2025 Library for the Tell Your Story templates for each grade level and a super helpful Teacher Guidebook.
At the bottom of the page, it outlines how to Submit Your Book. 

Competition opens March 5, 2025. 
Also on the Be An Author Month site, you will find lots of resources to support this project and the month on March.
As I get ready for Be An Author Month at my school, I think about special moments this year with Book Creator. 

Last week, one of our kindergarteners wrote this in his book about polar animals,

I am Maxwell. 

I am 6 years old. 

I'm a kid. 

You can see what creating a book in Book Creator meant to him. 
As shared on the site, 

Be An Author Month is dedicated to inspire every student to embrace their creativity, articulate their thoughts, and harness the strength of their voice. 

Now, think about your kids. I know they will love to be an author and share their story like Maxwell too.

Go to the Be An Author Month site here to get started today. 
You can learn how to get Book Creator for your school here

Join me and our students for Be An Author Month 2025.  It's going to be such a wonderful event.