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    Monthly Archive for: "December, 2020"
    History of Comics: Guest Post by Ziki Nelson and Nyasha Mugavazi
    By Ziki Nelson and Nyasha Mugavazi
    In Classroom, Library, Teacher Talk
    Posted December 31, 2020

    History of Comics: Guest Post by Ziki Nelson and Nyasha Mugavazi

    The history of comic books can be traced back to the African continent and ancient Egyptian civilization. The Egyptians created hieroglyphs as a way to convey both important and mundane [...]

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    Christian Robinson on the Art of Communicating Through Pictures
    By Lisa Bullard
    In Author Interviews
    Posted December 30, 2020

    Christian Robinson on the Art of Communicating Through Pictures

    Christian Robinson received a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor for his art in Last Stop on Market Street (by Matt de la Peña), as well as many other awards and honors [...]

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    K-Pop, Creating Change, and YA: Guest Post by Stephan Lee
    By Stephan Lee
    In Books in Bloom, Library, Teacher Talk
    Posted December 17, 2020

    K-Pop, Creating Change, and YA: Guest Post by Stephan Lee

    K-pop is no longer limited to Korea; its raging popularity has swept across the entire world. In this guest post on the Mackin Community blog, author Stephan Lee explores his journey to embracing [...]

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    Making Connections With Literacy and Maker Education
    By Lindsay Simmons
    In Classroom, Digital, Makerspace, Teacher Talk
    Posted December 7, 2020

    Making Connections With Literacy and Maker Education

    There are many obvious connections between STEM and making, but as Dr. John Spencer writes in one of his blog posts, “Too often, we associate makerspaces with STEM classes. People think about [...]

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