I’ve done in-person school visits and Skype presentations, but this past Friday School Librarian of the Year finalist Colleen Graves and I tried something new: a Twitter chat between me and a roomful of eighth graders needing some help transforming their research into a story:
Students always get stuck after research when it comes to writing. Why not ask an expert? We will Fri w #lamarchat & @Bartography 12:40 pm!
— Colleen Graves (@gravescolleen) May 1, 2015
How did it go? I thought it was terrific, and I’ll be back soon with some additional thoughts on the experience.
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