Showing posts with label book and reading campaigns. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book and reading campaigns. Show all posts
Monday, December 11, 2023
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Tuesday, January 26, 2021
It's World Read Aloud Day 2021!
For twelve years now, Litworld, in cooperation with partners like Scholastic, has celebrated World Read Aloud Day. It continuous this year amidst the pandemic. Read aloud at home to your child or to your students. There are four easy steps to join in the fun
Snap a photo or video of you reading aloud
Challenge 3 of your friends to join the fun
Use the hashtags #WRADChallenge and
#WorldReadAloudDay
Tag @Scholastic and @LitWorldSays on Twitter, and @scholasticinc and @litworld on Instagram
For more activities, head on to LitWorld Virtual Read Alouds and Activities and Games!
Monday, September 25, 2017
Teacher on Center Stage: Teacher Mary Rose Lagunsad
If I were not a teacher...
If I were not a teacher, I would be a journalist who writes about peace education, reading intervention and literacy advocacy, environmental concerns and relationships.
What do you love most about teaching?
Over the years, I feel extremely fulfilled and grateful whenever my pupils’ potentials unfold before my eyes. Seeing how they journey toward their dreams year after year gives me that assurance that I made the right choice of vocation after all. What seemed to be impossible for a child at the beginning of the year becomes “I’m possible” come the last two quarters. If I could be there to guide them as they sparkle on their own and at their own pace would mean I am on the right track in my mission.
Describe to the blog's readers the Picture Walk strategy in teaching and learning how to read.
Mam Rowena Jimenez, our Founder, Executive Director of Pinoy Reading Buddies (PRB), is one of our beloved mentors has this to say about the PRB Picture Walk Component: "Picture Reading" or picture talk (instead of book talk) is being used naturally by emergent readers. As a component of the Pinoy Reading Buddies Program, the PRB Picture Walk is meant for older, struggling readers.
It is more deliberate than the natural inclination to talk about the pictures. One main difference is we get our kids to pause and summarize what the story is about from the beginning -- to get them very familiar with the narrative structure: "What happened first? Then what came next? Then what happened?” and so on... until they retell verbally the whole story they conjured up simply by looking at the pictures.
Young emergent readers simply talk about each picture --they may skip some--and they don’t worry about creating a complete story. Of course, it may be used by other teachers. We're just hoping that they see it the way we do --and use it the way we do - as part of the 4-component program called the PRB Reading Buddies program.
Pinoy Reading Buddies is student driven literacy intervention where learners collaborate to improve their thinking and decoding skills. It is a Non-Stock, Non-Profit Organization, founded by Rowena Jimenez, a Filipino teacher based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA and a group of other Filipino immigrants and Americans whose mission is to help build a nation of engaged Filipino readers.
PRB has partner schools in a number of cities, municipalities and provinces all over the country. These partner schools practice the PRB Method through the aid of teacher volunteers who have been trained on the Four Components of the program. These training workshops as well as boxes of donated gently used storybooks from PRB book drives in the US are provided free.
For more information, please like the Pinoy Reading Buddies official facebook fan page and visit the PRB website at pinoyreadingbuddiesweb.wordpress.com
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
The 2016 Picture Book Month is On!
Head on to the website of Picture Book Month and read the post for the day. Today's featured author is Carmen Oliver. Read her essay on Why Picture Books Are Important and learn about her published books. You will also find a Literacy Activity to the theme of the day, which is on bears, recommended books to fill up your classroom library, your personal book collection, or your picture book collection in the school library, and links to the Teacher's Guide on using picture books in the classroom across subject areas.
There is also 2016 Picture Book Month Calendar (in colored and B&W) that can be downloaded for free!
Being a Picture Book Month Champion in 2013, I remain an ambassador of this awesome campaign on books, reading and literacy development through picture books!
For old time's sake, click this link to read my essay on the importance of picture books. I am not the lone Filipino in the roster of champions. Sergio Bumatay III was a 2012 Picture Book Month Champion. His illustration of Tight Times (Patindol, Adarna House 2012) was featured as well.
So, he believes that -
Picture books are important simply because they open the door of imagination. My love for books and art as a grown-up probably blossomed from the wonderful books when I was young. There is truth in saying that books are magical and that they can bring us anywhere we can imagine, no matter how cliché the statement seems. Picture books offer fun and adventure in ways that no toys nor gadgets can. Like works of art, they replenish our souls. Great picture books always stay in our memories.On November 19, our very own, Isabel "Pepper" Roxas will tell us why this industry of books and magic making is very much important in the lives of children age 0 to 92!
November is Picture Book Month! It is an international literacy initiative that celebrates the print picture book during the month of November. Founder, Dianne de Las Casas (author & storyteller) www.diannedelascasas.com, and Co-Founders, Katie Davis (author/illustrator) katiedavis.com, Elizabeth O. Dulemba (author/illustrator) www.dulemba.com, Tara Lazar (author) taralazar.
Read*Share*Celebrate!
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Ang Tunay na Love Team na Tunay na Book Lovers Part 1
Book lovers in real life, Cris and Galvin have been doing reading campaigns and book drives since last year's book and reading event, That Thing Called Reading. Another brainchild of theirs is Every Teacher A Reader a reading advocacy to encourage teachers to grow professionally through reading.
Sa blog interview na ito, ibinahagi ni Cris at Galvin ang dahilan sa pagbuo nila ng Every Teacher A Reader. Mababasa rin sa post na ito ang bago nilang book drive at reading campaign na Give Your Books A Second Chance.
What is love?Part 2 of the interview will be posted tomorrow. Alamin kung saan mapupunta ang mga aklat na mabibigyan ng second chance para mabasa at mahalin!
Cris: Love is, like what Fr. Arrupe, SJ, says, “what seizes your imagination... It will decide what will get you out of bed in the mornings, what you will do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude.”
Galvin: Love is deciding to journey with someone.
Why Every Teacher A Reader?
Cris: The original intention behind Every Teacher A Reader is that we wanted to turn more teacher into nerds! Haha! But seriously, we’re quite passionate about professional development for educators. We think that reading is an excellent way for teachers to learn new things. And maybe when their excitement awakens, they start exchanging ideas and this pushes more teachers to think about PD.
Right now, the first step towards this goal is to make reading more fun and enjoyable. This is why we try to come up with different and quirky gimmicks!
Galvin: Cris and I are both educators, and in our nerdy talks, we realized how reading more can help make us better teachers-not just to help inform our work but also to help us become more empathic people, most specially to our students. We think that more teachers should consider reading more, and so we thought of promoting this advocacy and building a community to nurture it.
Friday, November 6, 2015
The 2015 NBW Blog Event: Filipino Librarians and the Essentials of Reading Books
This write up is part of the 2015 NBW Blog Event aimed at celebrating
and drumming up the 81st National Book Week happening on November 24-30,
2015. With the theme, the Filipino Reader in the Era of ASEAN
Integration, guest bloggers write, share and ruminate on being a
Filipino librarian and reader in this age of ASEAN Integration.
Today's topic is about Filipino Librarians and the Essentials of Reading Books. Our guests bloggers are Igor Cabbab and Iyra Buenrostro. They approached the topic in a he says / she says format. Together, they lend insight and informed opinions on the shaping of the identity of Filipino Librarians, the relevance of knowing the interest of readers in the context of library services and their dreams of the ideal library in the Philippines.
Prof. Cabbab mentions a few websites where audiobooks can be downloaded. Take note of these recommendations, peruse them and if you find them worth your time, download!
• What/who is a Filipino librarian for you?
Iyra: This is somewhat related to a research problem I and Dean Kate Obille of UP SLIS raised in one of our ongoing papers on defining Philippine librarianship. If we look at the legislation and policy standards already in place as regards Philippine librarianship, and the qualifications and skill set that Filipino librarians must possess, these mostly entail the need to adhere to the internationally accepted practices in librarianship and assimilate or employ them in the Philippines by the Filipino librarians. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that kind of definition or characterization of what Philippine librarianship is or what a Filipino librarian should be. But I believe that there is more to Philippine librarianship or what a Filipino librarian can do than adhering to standards and own professional development. Alongside his/her own professional development as a librarian, a Filipino librarian must let him/herself grow with the library clients – be the library is a public, special, school or an academic one. A Filipino librarian can go back to his/her roots and serve a community that truly needs the help of a librarian. A Filipino librarian is the one who can serve the country, even in a simple way of promoting the value of reading through the use of Filipiniana literature.
Igor: I'm taking a different side to this. The usual definition revolves around the person with the corresponding skill set and citizenship, maybe we should also define based on other factors. For me it may not be about citizenship, since we're going global and all. I remember mixed martial artists of Filipino descent yet not of Philippine citizenship who proudly refer to themselves as Filipino and carry the flag in every battle.
• What do you feel Filipino librarians should know about their users and their reading interests?
Iyra: Filipino librarians should be aware that the reading interests of users are constantly changing. And since I really believe that going back to the roots is important, Filipino librarians can inject innovative ways of introducing books and other materials written by our own Filipino authors especially that most of the widely read books nowadays are foreign titles.
Igor: In terms of service, the client is changing. In terms of content, the audience is also changing. Together with preservation of local sources we must also look outward and consider global resources. Roots are important, so are leaves that touch the branches of other trees. Of note would be the obvious shift in attention and interest, this generation of users are visual more than textual, hence the probability of materials for them being more graphic and audio-visual than textual.
• What about your reading interests nowadays?
Iyra: My reading interests now are related to my dissertation…and I have no choice. Hahaha. But I’ve always interested reading about Philippine history and culture.
Igor: My reading has been related to my dissertation proposal too. Noooo escape. XD I must admit, my recreational reading is very low these past few months. Other than articles from FB links I barely read other stuff. Due to my hectic schedule I still find time to escape. One time I found my way to several public domain audio resources,
http://www.thekatnisschronicles.com/
Unofficial audio drama rendition of the Hunger Games.
https://archive.org/details/IsaacAsimovFoundation6Of864kb
Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy by BBC
https://librivox.org/collected-public-domain-works-of-h-p-lovecraft/
The Collected Public Domain Works of H. P. Lovecraft
https://archive.org/details/oldtimeradio
Old Time Radio Shows
So what I do is download Old Time Radio programs and audiobooks from archive.org and librivox.org and other sources and load 'em up on the car stereo on the way to work. So what I am trying to say, is… there will always be a way to learn. All Hail Cthulhu! XD
• In a perfect Philippines, how should things in a library be?
Iyra: I see Filipino librarians serving a community that actually reads. Filipiniana materials are widely circulated and more and more Filipinos are more aware of their own roots – their culture, history, and the story of their being as Filipinos. Love your own!
Igor: A community of service with no backbiters, no thick-headed self-serving people operating in the guise of “for the greater good”. So sorry, but that's how I really feel.
Asst. Prof. Iyra S. Buenrostro (BLIS 2005, cl; MLIS 2010, specialization in Archival Studies) is a full time faculty member of the UP School of Library and Information Studies since 2006 and she teaches courses on Library and Information Science, Records Management and Archives Administration. She is currently on study leave while pursuing her PhD (Communication and Information) at Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (Universiti Teknologi Nanyang) in Singapore.
Asst. Prof. Johann Frederick A. Cabbab (BLS 1994; MLS 1999, specialization in Information Systems, and Literature for Children and Young Adults) is a full time faculty member and former Dean of the UP School of Library and Information Studies. He is currently the Deputy Director of the Human Resources Development Office of the University of the Philippines Diliman Campus. He is also pursuing his Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in Information Science (DLitt et Phil) via distance mode at the University of South Africa (Universiteit van Suid-Afrika).
They are both members of PLAI, PATLS, SFA and SEAPAVAA. They last presented a paper together at the IFLA 2013 via “Reliving the Filipino classical music heritage: preservation and restoration of Philippine art music manuscripts of the University of the Philippines-Diliman College of Music“.
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