Tag: literacy

  • ‘Read Brave’ Fosters Passionate Reading and Intergenerational Dialogue

    ‘Read Brave’ Fosters Passionate Reading and Intergenerational Dialogue

    Read Brave is a city-wide one book project in Saint Paul, Minnesota, facilitated by a small but passionate group from the Saint Paul Public Library’s Createch program, part of the YOUmedia Learning Labs Network. Marika Staloch, one of the facilitators, recently spoke with K-Fai Steele, of the YOUmedia Network and the National Writing Project. You…

  • Hitting the Library Circuit with Mobile Making

    Hitting the Library Circuit with Mobile Making

    In an effort to reach more patrons and spread innovation, librarians are taking their digital learning and staff development programs on the road. The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh offers everything you would expect at a library: books, computers, story time for the little ones. But a few of its branches have become destinations for teenagers…