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

[Terri in NC]

I'd like to join your group too. This book was highly recommended to me a few weeks ago and I just received it in the mail! My twitter name is: nutzaboutstamps.

[Kristin Fontichiaro]

Welcome! Glad to have you on board!

[Elfin]

Please count me in. I have just ordered my book. I am really interested in applying the IBL with IL in curriculum. It is another new pedagogy for me. When I was in Uni, I was fascinated with Multiple Intelligence and took it as my degree action research topic. After 6 years, I heard a new teaching approach called Inquiry-based learning and it's from constructivism. I would like to learn more about it and so I can use it in my current practice. Also, I hope I can pass it to my school teachers.

My email is: [e-mail]
My twitter: elfin316

[Phyllis Cornwall]

Hi Beth. My friend Kristin let me know about this event. I have the book and can't wait to get started.

[Kristin Fontichiaro]

Hi, Phyllis! Nice to see you online! K

[Phyllis Cornwall]

Hey there girlfriend! :)

[DebH2U]

I'm in! Thanks for organizing this...
[e-mail]
Twitter @debh2u

Deb Hanson

[Kristin Fontichiaro]

Welcome, Deb! Feel free to hop on over to our Group (see the Groups tab above) for some initial thinking questions!

[Martha Taylor]

Martha Taylor
email [e-mail]
twitter marthamarshall

[Kristin Fontichiaro]

Welcome, Martha! Feel free to jump over to our Group (see the Groups tab above) if you want to get an early start!

[Beth Friese]

Hi Martha! I can't seem to find you on twitter. Could you DM me at librarybeth? Id like to add you to the twitter list. Thanks!

[Jennifer Baltes]

I'd like to join in! Call me baltesj on twitter and email [e-mail]. Hope I get the book soon!

Jenny Baltes
Madison, WI