SLS 10/16/26 - O²CM Bookish Bytes

Article: What’s in a Name?

Article: Serving Youth with Dyslexia

Article: Power & Wonder: Highly Anticipated Picture Books for Fall 2026

Article: A Curricular Conversation: Excerpts vs. Full Texts

Article: PEN America Report: 2025–26 School Year Broke Book Ban Records

Article: Building Curiosity: A Makerspace Primer

Article: When Students Have Agency, Learning Flourishes. Here’s Why

Article: 5 Proven Ways to Get Students to Read More for Fun

Blog: The Worries That Keep Teachers Up at Night, and How to Manage Them

Blog: How to Set Up a Book Quilting Bee

Blog: Improving Students’ Critical Thinking by Trading Questions for Questions

EdWeek is provided to every educator in O²CM

School Library Journal is provided to each O²CM School Librarian

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InPerson Professional Learning:

• Oct 23: Greater CNY School Library System Conference (Doubletree)
• Nov 2: Oswego County Regional PD Day for School Librarians (TBA)
• Nov 3: OCM Regional PD Day for School Librarians (SUNY OCC)
• Dec 1: Engaging EduProtocols for Teacher
• Dec 11: The Power of Play: Transforming Education with Board Games
• Feb 9: SLSA Symposium: Portraits of Possibility
• Mar 9: OCM Superintendent’s Day Conference Day (AIE & SLS Joint PD Opportunity)
• Mar 15: Oswego Countywide PD Day (Oswego HS)

Virtual/Asynch Professional Learning

• Oct 20: Digital Literacy in an AI World: Teaching Students to Evaluate Sources
• Oct 22: The Sisterhood: How a Network of Black Women Writers Changed American Culture, Author talk with Courtney Thorsson (NYS Library)
• Nov 5: Webinar Battle of the Books: All About the Books
• Oct-Jan: Portrait of a Graduate Matters: BRIGHT Instructional Strategies to Bring the Portrait of a Graduate to Life (CNY/OC Teacher Center)

• Oct-Dec: Building a Culture of Collective Learning (CNY/OC Center)
• Oct-Feb: AI Challenge Lab (CNY/OC Center)
• Nov-Jan: Going Deeper in AI: The Intersection of Media Literacy & AI
• Dec 7: Canva 101: Using Canva to Make Your Space Shine

Book Studies:

• Nov: Research in the Age of AI (More Slots Opened)
• Dec: Reader Bot: What Happens When AI Reads and Why It Matters (Waitlist opened)
• Jan: Building Critical Literacy and Empathy with Graphic Novels
• Feb: The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want
• Mar: Playing with Purpose: Universal Design for Learning in an Age of Change
• Apr: The Artful Read-Aloud
• May: The Joy of Reading

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• Noodletools
• Legends of Learning Basecamp
• Legends of Learning (K-8 Science & Math)

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