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JonArno Lawson, one of Canada’s most noted poets, will discuss his creative and publishing process and read from his books September 25th
UBC’s Master of Arts in Children’s Literature Program
Presents: A talk and reading from his work by Canadian poet for children and young adults
JonArno Lawson
Entitled:
A Talk from the Bottom of the Box: Reflections of an Award-winning Poet for Youth
Wednesday, September 25th, 2013, 12:00 – 1:00 pm
The Dodson Room, Room 302, Level 3, Chapman Learning Commons, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall, University of British Columbia
Refreshments served
JonArno Lawson, one of Canada’s most noted poets for children and young adults, will discuss his creative and publishing process and read from his books. Lawson is the author of books for all ages, from collections of poetry for teens to single-poem picture books and non-fiction.
His most recent books are Down in the Bottom of the Bottom of the Box and Enjoy it While it Hurts. In 2013 he won the PRISM non-fiction award for a piece he wrote called Horse Camp.
He is a two-time winner of the prestigious award for children’s poetry, The Lion and the Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Poetry. The 2009 jury stated that his award-winning A Voweller’s Bestiary, From Aardvark to Guineafowl (And H) is “not just this year’s best book of children’s poetry, it is one of the year’s best books of poetry period.”
The 2007 jury stated that Lawson’s Black Stars in a White Night Sky is a “beautifully designed book filled with well-crafted poems…. Lawson is in a class by himself.”
Lawson’s young adult poetry collection, Think Again was shortlisted for the 2011 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award.
Lawson has taught children’s poetry in the Master of Arts in Children’s Literature Program at Simmons College, Boston, and gives workshops for children and adults.
The colloquium is sponsored by the UBC Master of Arts in Children’s Literature Program, a multidisciplinary degree Program offered by the Creative Writing Program, the English Department, and the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies in the Faculty of Arts; and the Department of Language and Literacy Education in the Faculty of Education.
To read more about this and other fabulous upcoming children’s literature events go to www.vclr.ca
National School Library Day Colloquia: Save-the-Date!
As we enter the Year of Teacher Education please join us at an exciting event: BC’s New Education Plan: School Libraries at the Centre of Learning.
Description:
Personalized learning for every student, quality teaching, flexibility and choice, and learning empowered by technology – these goals of the BC Education Plan are central to effective school library programs. Teacher-librarians collaborate with teachers so that kids engage in inquiry and have greater opportunities to employ critical thinking and creativity. Never before has there been a better time for teachers to learn to teach with teacher librarians than now. Join our National School Library Day conversation, to hear from our panel as they talk about the role of teacher-librarians and school libraries in the BC Education Plan.
Speakers:
Jacqueline Van Dyk, Director, Libraries and Literacy, BC Ministry of Education
Patricia Finlay, Teacher Librarian Mentor, Burnaby School District
Gino Bondi, District Principal, Specialty Programs, Vancouver School District
Details:
When- October 22, 2013 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Where- Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, UBC
Refreshments will be served.
Hosted by the Education Library and UBC iSchool.
Picture books boost literacy
An article from the Daily Mail this week highlights a new study from the Max Planck Child Study Centre at Manchester University. The study found reading a picture book with one or two words per page to be just as beneficial for a pre-school child as reading one with long sentences.
From the article: “The key to success is as much talking about what happens in the book as reading the text. Simple text tends to stimulate complex discussions between adult and child, whereas complicated sentences reduce the need for dialogue, the study concluded.”
What’s New on the BC Education Scene? August 27 Ministry of Education/UBC Faculty Forum
“Join Rod Allen, BC’s Superintendent of Learning, and Maureen Dockendorf, Superintendent of Reading, as they describe BC Ministry of Education perspectives, contexts for teaching and learning, 21st century competencies and new approaches. Invermere secondary teacher, Heather Brown, will outline the Power of the Professional with specific references to what’s happening in her classroom. UBC faculty members will provide perspectives from their research areas to show Principles to Practice links in the areas of Social Emotional Learning (Dr. Shelley Hymel and Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl) and Self-Regulated Learning (Dr. Deb Butler).” from http://yte.educ.ubc.ca/august-27-ministry-of-educationubc-faculty-forum/
More “Year of Teacher Education” events found here: http://yte.educ.ubc.ca/?login
Note taking tips from The Guardian
The Guardian had a great article today about the most effective way to take notes — a method to make studying easier. Their advice? Type them out, either during or after the lecture (from handwritten notes).
The article also highlights ‘Evernote’ as the “must have” app for note taking. For a host of other tips, check out the link: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/aug/08/digital-tools-to-share-and-organise-work