Opening the Book on Emerging Readers: An Unconference #ylgemerging
Youth Libraries Group Eastern Region @YlgEastern
Youth Libraries Group Eastern Region @YlgEastern
Saturday 18 April 2015, Rock Road Library, Cambridge
So, for the first time as a school librarian, I went to a conference! Well, an unconference, which is a free conference in a small venue where everyone brings cake.
Speakers on the day were Dave Cousins (author of '15 Days Without a Head', 'Waiting for Gonzo' and 'Misfits') and Professor Clare Wood from the Centre for Research In Psychology, Behaviour and Achievement, Coventry University (@CovPsychFRC), who spoke on 'Developing Emerging Readers'. Fiona Evans from The Reading Agency discussed the interventions and activities run by the Reading Agency, such as Chatterbooks (encouraging reading among reluctant readers at primary level) and the Summer Reading Challenge.
So, for the first time as a school librarian, I went to a conference! Well, an unconference, which is a free conference in a small venue where everyone brings cake.
Speakers on the day were Dave Cousins (author of '15 Days Without a Head', 'Waiting for Gonzo' and 'Misfits') and Professor Clare Wood from the Centre for Research In Psychology, Behaviour and Achievement, Coventry University (@CovPsychFRC), who spoke on 'Developing Emerging Readers'. Fiona Evans from The Reading Agency discussed the interventions and activities run by the Reading Agency, such as Chatterbooks (encouraging reading among reluctant readers at primary level) and the Summer Reading Challenge.
Afternoon discussions included reading schemes (including Accelerated Reader, reading groups and reading challenges) and how to get years 10 and 11 reading for pleasure. More questions than answers were raised during these discussions, but most participants went away feeling that they were not alone in their thoughts about these topics.
I live-tweeted the conference using the hashtag #ylgemerging and the Storify is here:
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