Inquiry Circles Book Group - starting soon!

[Beth Friese]

Hi everyone. Please forgive my multiple postings of this notice!

As some of you may have heard on twitter, we are putting together a book group for teacher librarians and other educators. For our first book, we've decided to read "Comprehension and Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action" by Stephanie Harvey and Harvey Daniels. This book matches our current professional focus on inquiry, and promises to give all of us some practical ideas to implement in our schools. We hope this book will be relevant to all librarians, regardless of your school level.

Currently, this book is on sale from the publisher and offered with free shipping here: http://www.heinemann.com/products/E01230.aspx

We are planning to read the book over the winter break. I haven't quite decided how the discussions will be structured. I'd love any suggestions you have about starting dates or other points such as: should we have a weekly synchronous chat? If so, where? Should there also be a discussion board where you can post anytime? What other modes of communication would enable a rich discussion?

If you are interested in participating, please post your information here so I can keep you updated. (And if you have already posted your info to another book group post here on the Ning, once is great.) In the mean time, order the book and get ready for some great conversation!

Thanks, Beth Friese
Twitter: @librarybeth

[Vicky]

Count me in! Book is on order.
Looking forward to this experience!
[e-mail]

[Ingrid Hopson]

Just ordered
I still often refer to Strategies that work and recently enjoyed To understand, readicide and 21st century learning
Perhaps we could do a voicethread and talk about the conversations that went on inside our heads as we read the book or bits of it.
I just love that fact that I can collaborate with people throughout the world when not so very long ago sch librarianship was a totally isolated profession
Sorry showing my age.
Ingrid Hopson

[Beth Friese]

We've opened up a Ning group to start organizing the activities for the book - I hope you'll join us over there! Find us under the "groups" tab above!

Beth

[Kristin Fontichiaro]

Hey, Beth, did you see Ingrid's idea about VoiceThread? Intriguing!

[Beth Friese]

yes, I saw it. Keeping a list to catch ideas. (And currently trying to catch up with all this great interest!)

[Katie Day]

Count me in!

My email is [e-mail] and my Twitter name is @librarianedge.

I second Beth's suggestion of Book Depository -- that's where I've just placed my order. I find Amazon quite slow to deliver (up to a month) for the cheapest int'l shipping (roughly US$10 extra) -- at least to Singapore. Book Depository has free shipping and the books come much faster - usually in 1 to 2 weeks for me.

Amazon is selling this book for US$31 (+ $10 int'l shipping), while Book Depository is selling it for US$45. See http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780325012308/Comprehension-an...

Anyway, looking forward to the discussion, especially as we just had Kath Murdoch in our school for several days' PD.

-- Katie
UWCSEA East
Singapore

[Andrea Walker]

Wished I'd read Beth's post before I ordered from Amazon who were much cheaper than Heinemann. Thanks for the Book Depository tip. Will keep them in mind next time.

Andrea
RCHK
Hong Kong

[Paula Daubert]

I would love to participate! I have ordered the book and can't wait to read it and discuss it. My twitter name is icxc157.

[Brenda D Anderson]

Hi Beth - Ernie just lead me to this discussion as I posed a question to another group about teaching inquiry to the early elementary students. Just ordered the book and am looking forward to a great discussion.

Brenda Anderson
Twitter: @brendadanderson

[Ernie Cox]

welcome Brenda! - great to have you with us.

[Keith Schoch]

Great idea! I'm in! I'll get the book and start reading!

[Beth Friese]

We've opened up a Ning group to start organizing the activities for the book - I hope you'll join us over there! Find us under the "groups" tab above!

Beth