ICYMI: Video with Kristin Ziemke and Katie Muhtaris

On Tuesday, August 25th we had the chance to continue learning from Kristin Ziemke and Katie Muhtaris in their fourth Facebook live event since schools began to close mid-March.

On Tuesday, August 25th we had the chance to continue learning from Kristin Ziemke and Katie Muhtaris in their fourth Facebook live event since schools began to close mid-March.

As educators on-the-ground (or remote!) with schools, and coauthors of Amplify! Digital Teaching and Learning in the K-6 Classroom and Read the World: Rethinking Literacy for Empathy and Action in a Digital Age, Katie and Kristin are experts in the field of centering pedagogically sound learning and teaching with digital tools.

More Learning Opportunities with Kristin and Katie

• Learn about Structures to Support Agency and view two previous Facebook lives from the spring: LINK
• Teach Students Strategies for Reading Digital Media: Post #1 in a free series of minilessons from Katie and Kristin: LINK
• Teach Students How to Learn from––Not Just Watch––Video: Post #2 in a free series of minilessons from Katie and Kristin: LINK
• Hear a podcast with Katie and Kristin about their book Read the World, pre-COVID: LINK
• Learn about their upcoming 3-part live webinar series this fall: LINK
• Check out their Distance Learning Support website, updated often: LINK

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Kristin Ziemke and Katie Muhtaris are coauthors of the popular books Read the World: Rethinking Literacy for Empathy and Action in a Digital Age, and Amplify: Digital Teaching and Learning in the K-6 Classroom. Through their published texts, online work, in-person workshops and consulting, they take a balanced approach to technology in the classroom with a focus on tools and strategies that will best amplify effective teaching and learning. Kristin and Katie offer a wide range of experience as classroom teachers, coaches, and leaders in the field of thoughtful educational technology in the literacy classroom.