Read All About It- Important things to look at online this week by Dr. Sam Bommarito

I’m adding a new feature to my blogging routine. Each week, I will scour the internet and find important posts that you shouldn’t miss. The descriptions of these posts will be brief, hence the title Read All About It. Read All About It posts typically appear during the week. This is the first Read About It post. Read All About posts will always allow you to link to the featured items

But wait a minute, Dr. Sam. Did you notice that today is Saturday? Opps!

Today’s post introduces the new routine. From this point forward, Saturday will be reserved for OP Eds and NUMEROUS interviews. The interview coming up next week is long overdue. It will be about Ann Kay’s Rock and Read site—my apologies to Ann for the long delay. There are lots more interviews coming after that- I already have 5 lined up with more to come.

HERE ARE THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES

Rachel Gabriel’s Open Letter to the Governor

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It’s Dr. Gabriel’s take on state mandates for literacy programs. An information-packed post by an internationally known literacy expert. It’s a worthwhile read.

LitCon’s Virtual conference is opening early

Here’s the link to the conference: LINK. Note that registered attendees can start seeing the on-demand sessions TODAY. If you are not registered, here is a LINK to register. Dr. Donna Scanlon is the keynote speaker, and the list of on-demand presentations is nearly endless. They cover a variety of important literacy topics. SEE YOU THERE!

Dr Mark Seidenberg’s post about explicit and implicit instruction.  LINK. Dr. Seidenberg’s blog post really caught everyone’s attention. See what he has to say. His post is also an information-rich piece from an internationally known literacy expert. It’s a worthwhile read.

So those are this week’s headlines. Until next week:

Happy Reading and Writing

Dr. Sam

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