Our Return from IRA

Our year long conference tour ended with a wonderful trip to San Antonio for the IRA (International Reading Association) conference.   We had hoped to debut our book Literacy Lessons for a Digital World at the conference.  Unfortunately,  the publishing date got pushed back a bit, but we are still excited for the release of it in the fall of 2013.  The picture to the left of the text was taken in front of our publisher's booth in the convention center.  We fell in love with the bag Scholastic was giving out this year at the conference.  The embroidered logo reads, "Read Every Day, Lead a Better Life".  We couldn't agree more!  
The other photo was taken outside the room where we presented to approximately 100 educational professionals--teachers, administrators, media center specialists, and other educational support staff.  We enjoyed sharing our ideas on how to use digital storytelling, blogs, wikis, and podcasting in the classroom.
Each time we present, we always discuss how much we enjoy talking with other educators from different areas of the country and world.  Idea sharing is so powerful!  Which brings me to the reason the two of us decided to start a blog.  We hope to use this blog as a way to share what we are doing in our classrooms as well as share our professional development experiences.  Educators are at their best when they are sharing ideas and collaborating with each other.
Meg and I enjoy working collaboratively with each other.  We are constantly challenging ourselves and each other to use best practices, to use researched based teaching methods, to infuse technology into the curriculum in meaningful ways, and to stay up on our professional reading.   May this first post be the beginning of a great journey. We hope to share the fruits of our collaboration and to learn from you as well!