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D323 Library Podcast

By D323 Library Podcast

A K-12 Librarian and her Friends chat about books, genres, and all things school library-related! What started as a simple passion podcast project became a larger platform to share knowledge. Come join in on our conversations, laugh and read with us!
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Ep 024 Epic Fantasy

D323 Library PodcastMay 11, 2020

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Ep 024 Epic Fantasy
May 11, 202031:40
Ep 023: Bubba and Beakers
Apr 16, 202037:08
Ep 021 Bubba and Beakers: Meet Bubba
Apr 01, 202031:40
Ep 020 Bubba and Beakers: Meet Beakers
Apr 01, 202021:20
Ep 019 More Potato Chips

Ep 019 More Potato Chips

We continued the conversation about the importance of reading whatever you want! 

Find us online:

Twitter - @Amy_Stefanski

Online @ Learning with Libranski for extra behind the Mic materials and conversations!

Leave Online reviews @ Podchaser for the D323 Library Podcast! We would love to hear from out!

Stay safe!

-Amy 

Mar 17, 202036:05
Ep 018 What's in the Box March
Mar 01, 202017:12
Ep 017 Popcorn and Potato Chip Books

Ep 017 Popcorn and Potato Chip Books

It's time to chat about popcorn and potato chip books! 

Key Topics: 

1. Leisure/guilty pleasure reading
2. "New Year's Resolution vs. Revelation"
3. The actual value of potato chip books (actually reading)
4. Active reading vs. passive watching
5. No books are inherently better than others- Stop Judging People!

Books Mentioned:
Private Series by Kate Brian
Maximum Ride by James Patterson
Educated by Tara Westover
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (new Hunger Games)

Jan 26, 202035:17
Ep 016: What's in the Box Feb

Ep 016: What's in the Box Feb

It's that time again! We are opening a new box of books for the library! If you find one! Tweet at us @Amy_Stefanski or @DunlapHSLibrary. 

Books are provided by the Junior Library Guild's monthly subscription program. 

Books reviewed: 

Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer
The House by Paco Rosa
Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918 by Don Brown
All American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney
The Light at the Bottom of the World by London Shah
The Avant-Guards Volume One by Carly Usdin and Noah Hayes
Flowers in the Gutter by K. R. Gassy
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz
Something Deeply Hidden by Sean Carroll
Watched and Warnings by Ryan Wolf

Jan 17, 202019:11
Ep 015: What's in the Box: Barnes and Noble Edition Jan 2020

Ep 015: What's in the Box: Barnes and Noble Edition Jan 2020

New books have arrived in the library and we are unveiling them with you! We purchased new books with funding from our Barnes and Noble book fair!

Books we unveiled:

Technically You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson

The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White

Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan

American Royals by Katharine McGee

The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young

Estranged: The Changeling King by Ethan Aldridge

Batman: Nightwalker the Graphic Novel by Stuart Moore

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

Sorry, Permanent Record by Mary HK Choi

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

The Tenth Girl by Sarah Faring

Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (This book is UG Mature. Characters are almost out of college)

#d323librarypodcast @Amy_Stefanski @DunlpHSLibrary 

Jan 13, 202020:21
Ep 014 Voice of a Decade

Ep 014 Voice of a Decade

Amy sits down with one of her senior students to chat about her book choices from ages 8 to 18. 

We asked her what inspired her personal choices, what framed her literary reference, and what she reads heading out to high school.

Topics: 

  1. Book choices from a high school senior
  2. How to define personal choice through the years?
  3. Classroom reading shapes personal choices
  4. What does the end of 2019 look like to a HS senior?
  5. What did we read in 2019?
  6. What are we currently reading?

Jan 01, 202036:01
Ep 013 Student Book Choice in Curriculum

Ep 013 Student Book Choice in Curriculum

Ep 203: D323 Library Podcast - Student Choice Part 2 Should we include literacy education in all subject areas? Example and Tips of Student Choice in the classroom Data Drives the questions Do the Classics still have a place? Key Books mentioned: Pride by Ibi Zoboi A Long Way Down - Jason Reynolds All American Boys - Jason Reynolds Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai Subversive Teaching in the English Language Arts Classroom. Edited by  A. Boyd, J. Dyches, and B. Sams. Forthcoming in 2020.  What we are Reading: The Book Whisperer By Donalyn Miller The Vulnerable Heart of Literacy: Centering Trauma as Powerful Pedagogy by Elizabeth Dutro The Boy who was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook...by Bruce D Perry Emmy in the Key of Code - Amiee Lucido To see full list of books please click HERE — or visit Learning with Libranski FB page. #d323librarypodcast and @Libranski

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Dec 20, 201950:26
Ep 012 Student Book Choice

Ep 012 Student Book Choice

Come chat about student choice of books and how important it is to curate a collection that is safe and supportive for continued growth.


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Dec 03, 201935:29
Ep 011 - Season 2: School Libraries
Nov 22, 201931:37
Ep 010 - Short Stories

Ep 010 - Short Stories

Educational value of short stories, why students need them, and which ones Diana and Amy are reading.


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Feb 24, 201946:10
D323 Library Podcast: Ooopsieee And 2019

D323 Library Podcast: Ooopsieee And 2019

Time to end 2018 and start in 2019! Diana and Amy go through their last 10 episodes and apologize for those things they got wrong #oopsie, chat about the books they're read, and previewed new books for 2019!


Music Credit: Cheery Monday Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Jan 27, 201940:25
Ep 009 - What's In The Box January

Ep 009 - What's In The Box January

January Junior Library Guild Collection Box Unveiling -

1)UnBroken: 13 Stories Staring Disabled Teens
2) That Night by Amy Giles
3) Even If I Fall by Abigail Johnson
4)My Sister the Serial Killing by Oyinkan Braithwaite
5)Attucks! by Phillip Hoose
6) American Dialogue by Joseph Ellis
7)Trinity by Louisa Hall
8) Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist by Eli Saslow
9)DeadFall by Stephen Wallenfels
Jan 19, 201931:51
D323 Library Podcast  Best Books Of 2018

D323 Library Podcast Best Books Of 2018

D323 Library Podcast Best Books Of 2018 by D323 Library Podcast
Dec 27, 201835:45
Ep 008 - Graphic Novels Part 2

Ep 008 - Graphic Novels Part 2

Update to come soon! :)
Dec 21, 201858:06
D323 Library Podcast: Spring Book Bingo Preview

D323 Library Podcast: Spring Book Bingo Preview

Amy and Diana Preview the Spring Book Bingo Card! Listen to Ep 1 and Ep 2 for Bingo overview. And come join in the fun! Kwame- shout out about him Square Fish publishing company The Act of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson Source Publishing company - shout out to them BBC must read before you DIEEEE Harry Potter To Kill a Mockingbird The Hobbit Great Gatsby The Alchemist The Time Traveler’s Wife Memoirs of a Geisha The Handmaid’s Tale Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Count of Monte Cristo Winnie the Pooh Primal Leadership by David Coleman Good to Great by Jim Collins Novelization of a movie, video game, podcast suggestions: Plants vs Zombie Minecraft - authors vary Lore by Aaron Mahnke Adventure Zone by Clint McElroy Assassin’s Creed by Matthew Miller Mary Poppins Novelization by Walt Disney Pictures


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Dec 21, 201841:25
Ep 007 - What's In The Box: Barnes And Noble Edition

Ep 007 - What's In The Box: Barnes And Noble Edition

New Books coming from Junior Library Guild for December

Diana and Amy chat about all the new books bought for the library at a recent fundraiser. So many great books!

Books talked about:

Hey Kiddo by Jarrett J Krosoczka
Swing by Kwame Alexander
Whiskey Words and a Shovel I and II by R.H. Sin
A beautiful composition of broken by R.H. Sin
Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobbs
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobbs
Assassin’s Quest by Robin Hobbs
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Illustrated by Fred Fordham
Evicted by Matthew Desmond
Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich and Steven Levenson
The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Lore Dreadful Places by Aaron Mahnke
Spindle Fire by Lexa Hillyer
The Sisters of Winter Wood Rena Rossner
The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson
Dec 17, 201824:20
Ep 006 - Graphic Novels Part 1

Ep 006 - Graphic Novels Part 1

Contact Amy (@Amy_Stefanski) and Diana (@DianaBurton22) Things we chat about... In order 01 Publishing Company M. Seigel - 5 World Graphic Novels ** Mark** Pocket Princess WebComic Marvel Comics Lumberjanes Comic Series Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series - Jeff Kinney Harry Potter Illustrated Ed. Walking Dead Comic Series Game of Thrones - Graphic Novel Ed. (Mature content) Common Sense Media -- Website for content check Solo - Kwame Alexander Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Faith Erin Hicks -Nameless City trilogy: new book Pumpkinhead Hey Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka This one summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki APP --- Book Scanner for iPhone -- Will scan ISBN for AR reading levels Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi Maus and Maus II Art Spiegelman The best we could do by Thi Bui March Series by John Lewis Author Andrew Aydin Nate Powell Illustrator Steve Jobs: Insanely Great by Jessie Hartland Hawking by Ottaviani and Myrick The Imitation Game by Alan Turing Dracula by Michael Burgan The Raven and other Tales, a Graphic horror novel by Edgar Allan Poe The Odyssey by Gareth Hinds To Kill a Mockingbird: A graphic novel by Harper Lee Illustrated by Fred Fordham Anne of Green Gables: A graphic novel by Mariah Marsden


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Dec 14, 201845:03
Ep 005 - Book In Verse

Ep 005 - Book In Verse

Amy and Diana tackle Books in Verse!

What we are reading?
Diana - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Amy - Fearless Magic (Star-Crossed Series) By Rachel Higginson
What we talked about:
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
For Everyone by Jason Reynolds
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Behind These Hands by Linda Phillips
Crossover By Kwame Alexander
Rebound By Kwame Alexander
Solo By Kwame Alexander
Crank By Ellen Hopkins
People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins
Recommendations:
Swing by Kwame Alexander
Glimpse by Carol Lynch Williams
The Opposite of Innocent by Sonya Sones
Two Girls Staring at a Ceiling by Lucy Frank
Booked by Kwame Alexander
One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies by Sonya Sonyes
Dreams on Fire Annette Daniels Taylor

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Dec 03, 201837:18
Ep 004 - What's In The Box

Ep 004 - What's In The Box

Diana and Amy talk about the new books that have arrived in the library! 

Books provided by Junior Library Guild monthly subscription program.

Books Talked about:
The Opposite of Innocent by Sonya Sones
Love a la Mode Stephanie Strohm
Upon Further Review: The Greatest What Ifs in Sports by Mike Pesca
7 ½ deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Anne Frank’s diary: The graphic adaptation Ari Foreman
What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli
A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl by Jean Thompson
Assassins Guide to Love and Treason by Virginia Boecker

Music Credit: Cheery Monday Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Nov 30, 201817:07
Ep 003 - Poetry

Ep 003 - Poetry

Diana and Amy laugh at themselves, review D323 Library podcast rollout, and talk about popular poetry. 

Follow them now! @Diana_Burton22 and @Amy_Stefanski 

Books spoke about in Podcast: 

What are we currently reading?
Amy - Love, Lies, and Spies by Cindy Anstey
Diana - Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Poetry Books Talked about:
Whiskey Words and a Shovel by r.h.Sin
Her, Her vol 2, & Him. Pierre Alex Jeanty
Pillow Thoughts by Courtney Peppernell
Poisoned Apples by Christine Heppermann
Black Books of Poems by Vincent Hunanyan
Children's books We Love: Llama, Llama books by Anna Dewdney
Bear Books by Karma Wilson
More Books to Check-Out: *some may contain mature themes*
She felt like nothing r.h. Sin
Wild Embers by Nikita Gil
2 am Thoughts by Makenzie Campbell
Planting Gardens In Graves By r.h. Sin
A Beautiful Composition of Broken by r.h.Sin
Salt by Nayyriah Waheed
Born to Love, Cursed to Feel Samantha King


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Nov 21, 201835:39
Ep 002 Gamified PD

Ep 002 Gamified PD

Join Amy and Diana as we talk to our Instructional Technology Coaches on their "why" and "how" of gamified professional development. To connect with coaches on Twitter: @MrsCford_tweets @StefaniePitzer @jodi_gordon5 *content from Ep: 2 directly related with material in Ep:1


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Nov 15, 201818:12
Ep 001 - Welcome/Book Bingo

Ep 001 - Welcome/Book Bingo

Welcome to the D323 Library Podcast! Diana and Amy talk about their gamified professional development Book Bingo card. 






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Nov 13, 201827:32