Sarah Menesale Downs

An Intro to Inquiry Projects - Created using Powtoon Check out my #EDC534 project #DigiURI powtoon.com/t/fM1cAaPCZdw/…

Can Teachers Read Books Out Loud Online? Actually, Yes. edsurge.com/news/2020-03-3… #edtech via @EdSurge

Sharing out my digital storytelling project from #EDC534. I hate video taping myself and I got pretty personal. Yet, it was cathartic discussing #pregnancy during the #CoronavirusPandemic. youtu.be/TXT1M6x7o0E

@SpiritAirlines Why when I call your customer service line at 801-401-2222 am I getting a busy signal and not even a message to choose any options? #COVID19 #customerfeedback

"In the culture industries, the identity and the personal history of artists have become unbracketed." @newyorker article is helping me rationalize that I can still appreciate Michael Jackson's music and why people still read James Frey. #EDC534 newyorker.com/magazine/2018/…

Are #ownvoices stories the only we should accept? Or not? @newyorker article has me pondering #EDC534 "Individuals not only bear the entire history of these identities; they “own” them...If you were not born it, you should not perform it." newyorker.com/magazine/2018/…

"We are complicit in the attempt to get us to believe because we already want to believe." Do we? Interesting article in the @newyorker on hoaxes. #EDC534 Literary Hoaxes and the Ethics of Authorship newyorker.com/magazine/2018/… via @NewYorker

How many teachers are willing to tackle the extremely important topic of #medialiteracy education during this polarizing election season? #supertuesday2020 nytimes.com/2020/02/20/edu… #digiURI #edc53

My students are the best! #thankful

I have completed my challenge of 25 books! #goodreads #yalit goodreads.com/user_challenge…

@_JonathanMooney Great presentation today! Thanks for sharing your thoughts about how we are all smart/good at something. #UDL #backtoschool

Resource sharing..... slj.com/?detailStory=d… - A Diversity & Cultural Literacy Toolkit #SchoolLibraryJournal

Checking out the 2019 SLJ Diversity Workshop - Boston at #Simmons with @scoughlinaps #weneeddiversebooks #yalit eventbrite.com/e/2019-slj-lea… @Eventbrite

I'm heading to #SLJ Diversity Workshop - Boston, are you? eventbrite.com/e/2019-slj-lea… @Eventbrite #weneeddiversebooks

It's one of the first things I'm going to share with teachers when we get back to school in a few weeks! Thanks for sharing this incredible resource. #digiURI

What I can't wait to teach students how to do next year! literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-… #reignitingmypassion #digiURI

@brholland making me rethink EVERYTHING! “If Digital Literacy is the answer, what is the problem we are trying to solve?” GAH! #digiURI #education

⁦@KristinZiemke⁩ talking about my current passion: redefining what we mean when we say reading. We’re all reading teachers! #digiURI

@RyanP_McCarty Thanks for your very informative presentation on guiding inquiry with multimodal texts. Such great resources that I can't wait to share with my teachers! #digiURI

So many blindly believe what they read on the web and fail to verify and validate information before they share or act upon it. Hear, hear! "A Reminder That 'Fake News' Is An Information Literacy Problem - Not A Tech Problem" via @forbes bit.ly/30BJMkl #digiuri