Associate Professor of Language and Literacies at Wilfrid Laurier University
Guelph, Ontario
Joined May 2016
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Thank-you to the amazing team at The Canadian Children's Book Centre for this collaboration and opportunity to share my love of wordless picturebooks!
Can wordless picture books be used in read-alouds? We asked an expert! Meet Dr. Tara-Lynn Scheffel, Associate Professor of Language & Literacies in the Faculty of Education at Wilfrid Laurier University #GrowingLiteracy
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Let’s celebrate teacher appreciation week by ensuring we make the systemic changes needed to ensure we support and qualified teachers in ways that build aspirational education experiences for our future.
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Happening tonight (Wednesday)!
If you are an educator or other professional who wants to build your students' reading brains, please join us on Wednesday, Oct 11th, from 6:30 to 8 pm. This event is FREE and is virtual, so you can join us from the comfort of your home! Register here: eventbrite.ca/e/the-reading-…
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It was a pleasure today to tour the beautiful @Strong_Start facility in Waterloo and learn more about their impactful programs. Thank you to the Strong Start team for the opportunity to discuss further collaborations with @LaurierEdu
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The 2023 #YouthImpactSurvey is NOW LIVE!
Open to all youth (ages 9-18) in #WaterlooRegion all May long!
The survey takes 20-30 mins to complete.
youthimpactsurvey.ca
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What is the Youth Impact Survey?🤔
It's a chance for children and youth (ages 9-18) to share with adults and decision makers what life is like for young people in Waterloo Region.
Want to make an impact?
Fill out the survey! youthimpactsurvey.ca
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ALT Text surrounded by rainbow splatters of paint. "The Youth Impact Survey is a chance for children and youth (ages 9-18) to share with adults and decision makers what life is like for young people in Waterloo Region." Children & Youth Planning Table logo. YouthImpactSurvey.ca
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The Voting Member Meeting is this afternoon!
Today we’ll be talking about the launch of the 2023 Youth Impact Survey. – at Kitchener, Ontario
ALT Photo of the Voting Member Meeting. Group of people in a gymnasium sitting at tables.
It's been such a pleasure to work/learn alongside NU Reads' past camp facilitators. We've adapted our lesson plans to share with interested K-6 educators!
sites.google.com/nipissingu.…
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I invite you to check out a new Facebook group started by teachers with decades of experience supporting all children's literacy (not just reading): The Social and Cognitive Science of Literacy facebook.com/The-Social-and-…
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Here are the CBC Books' picks for the top Canadian picture books of the year.
cbc.ca/books/the-best-canadi…
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Looking for something for children ages 4 - 8 to do? There are many episodes of Molly of Denali available on YouTube and Molly of Denali video games at pbskids.org.
youtu.be/UzuWW_6sZm4
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From @EYpedagogists "Literacies are situated. What we mean by this is that literacies are created out of the relationship between children and the people, places, things, practices, and other material and immaterial elements of their worlds."
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I’m excited too @McKeeLori
Excited for my 2 open access papers in this issue with @tlscheffel
journals.uvic.ca/index.php/j…
and journals.uvic.ca/index.php/j…
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This post on multimodal texts is one of #AAREblog's most read and republished posts.
Author @BartonGeorgina is presenting two new papers at the #AARE2019 conference.
Hundreds of educational researchers will be presenting on new research at the #AARE2019
aare.edu.au/blog/?p=3545
I just read "Competent and Valued" on @EdCanNet. Take a look: edcan.ca/articles/competent-…
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@EYpedagogists Terrific conversation with Lorenzo Manera, touching on pheneomenolgy, relational aesthetics, design of space with research questions in mind, non-stereotypical uses of digital technologies, and much more #capedagogists @fondazionerchf