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Friday, October 2, 2015 7:39:59 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled Picturebooks in the Digital Age:
Frank said, "The design, publication, and features of contemporary narrative picturebooks have been impacted by the digital revolution and the emerging popularity of digital reading devices. Digitally produced texts may resemble, in some basic ways their..." more
Monday, August 31, 2015 10:55:18 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled Excerpt from new Language Arts article:
Frank said, "Serafini, Frank. (2015). Multimodal Literacy: From Theories to Practices. Language Arts. 92(6), p. 412-423.Using the above mentioned tripartite framework as a lens for investigating the nature of the multimodal ensembles that our..." more
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 6:21:01 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled Building a Classroom Library:
Frank said, "At the beginning of every school year, I open one or two boxes of books each day during the first few weeks of school. It takes about that long to open all of the boxes of books I now have available. Each day brings a new adventure as we open up a..." more
Monday, July 20, 2015 7:22:53 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled Fidelity to What?:
Frank said, "A Question of Fidelity(originally published in the Arizona Reading Journal)In many elementary classrooms, teachers are being directed to ensure the commercial programs adopted in their districts are being implemented with fidelity. In fact, the word..." more
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 8:45:50 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled New E-Book of Looking Closely:
Frank said, "My children's book - Looking Closely Through the Forest is now available as an E-Book:https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/looking-closely-through-forest/id941161388?mt=11&ign-mpt=uo%3D4"
Monday, June 8, 2015 7:18:45 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled Ed Week Commentary:
Frank said, "Here is an excerpt from a blog I wrote curated by Larry Ferlazzo of Ed WeekAvailable at: http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2015/06/response_ways_to_help_students_develop_digital_portfolios.htmlPrint-based student..." more
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 9:44:28 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled Vermont Reads Institute 2015:
Frank said, "Vermont Reads Summer..." more
Thursday, April 23, 2015 7:28:06 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled Reforming Reading Instruction:
Frank said, "When asked recently to describe the changes needed to reform literacy education in the elementary classroom I offered the following four areas for consideration:1. THEORETICAL: shift the focus from teaching to learning - too often we focus on how..." more
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 5:59:04 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled New Picturebooks for 2015:
Frank said, "These books will be released sometime in 2015 - Can't Wait for new titles from some of my favorite authors and illustrators!"
Friday, April 3, 2015 9:26:23 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled Digital Resources for Teaching:
Frank said, "Resources for Using Apps Across the CurriculumFrom Richard Beach and David O'BrienApp recommendation and review sites (see also further links)I Education Apps Review (IEAR) involves over 500 educators, administrators and app developers providing..." more
Wednesday, April 1, 2015 4:46:14 PM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled :
Frank said, "Here are My Favorite Picturebook / Book Apps in 2015 (so far) The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore – William JoyceThe Numberlys– William JoyceSpot - WeisnerHow Far Is Up? - SargeantMarcel the Shell – Jennie SlateVarious Dr. Seuss..." more
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 11:39:59 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled Powering Up!: Reading Workshop 2.0:
Frank said, "Now is the time to understand the rich history of what we have thought books have done for us and what we think digital texts might do differently - Andrew Piper I have been..." more
Saturday, March 14, 2015 12:25:04 PM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled Reading Workshop 2.0 Released March 2015!!
Thursday, March 12, 2015 7:12:42 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled Webinar on Reading Workshop 2.0
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 8:22:57 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled Classroom Based Reading Assessment:
Frank said, "Print-based student portfolios have been used, misused, discarded, and reintroduced by many schools and districts over the past thirty years. Keeping track of students’ work, storing these collections, evaluating them, and using them to drive..." more
Tuesday, March 10, 2015 8:59:52 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled Teaching Reading in the Digital Age:
Frank said, "We come to know those things we enjoy and spend time doing with greater efficiency and speed than those things we despise and those things to which we pay little attention. It's just that simple sometimes. Being afraid to engage with or consider the..." more
Sunday, February 1, 2015 5:04:28 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled About Frank's Art:
Frank said, "This article was written for a local paper (Foothills Newsletter) about my photography. Just thought I would share the piece to let you know about my "other side."Dancing Across The LightShea StanfieldThe great painter, writer, scientist, and..." more
Saturday, January 17, 2015 7:55:06 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled Some Thoughts to Start 2015:
Frank said, "<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE <![endif]--> Great literature doesn’t tell us how to act, or what to think, or..." more
Saturday, January 10, 2015 6:44:18 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled Je Suis Charlie!:
Frank said, "As a writer who rarely lives in fear of what I write, I do not know what it must be like to do so. However, even as a writer of children's books and professional development books, this story has deeply affected me. For one, I was in Paris over..." more
Friday, January 9, 2015 12:32:30 PM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled Some Favorite Picturebooks Discovered in 2014
Sunday, December 14, 2014 6:10:12 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled In the Name of Reading Education:
Frank said, "This is my last post in 2014. I promise I will be better about posting book reviews more regularly in the new year. So for now, here is one last rant to close out 2014. Happy Holidays!As I have been writing my new book, which will be out in Spring..." more
Friday, November 28, 2014 6:47:04 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled PBD: Misadventures of Sweetie Pie - Van Allsburg:
Frank said, "Van Allsburg has changed course in his new release - The Misadventures of Sweetie Pie. When I read the reviews on Amazon about how horrible this book was, I had to see for myself. I absolutely love it. But, I also hate hamsters. The story revolves..." more
Monday, November 3, 2014 10:21:56 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled Novels of the Day: Asylum and the Mrs. Peregrine Trilogy:
Frank said, "and now for something completely different: I have decided to add a few novels along with my picturebook reviews. To start, there have been some interesting novels with "found" images that I have enjoyed reading. The first, and probably most..." more
Friday, October 31, 2014 7:35:33 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled PBD: Picturebooks by Peter Brown:
Frank said, "Peter Brown has become one of my new favorite illustrators and authors. I enjoy the humor in his books and his understated style of illustrating."
Sunday, December 6, 2015 6:08:13 AM
Frank Serafini wrote a blog post titled ASU Scholar Series