{"id":7889,"date":"2014-01-21T06:02:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T11:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=7889"},"modified":"2014-01-21T08:06:43","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T13:06:43","slug":"sometimes-its-the-simplest-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/sometimes-its-the-simplest-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes it&#8217;s the simplest thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7890\" alt=\"photo (7)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-7-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Sometimes it&#8217;s the simplest thing that gets folks talking.<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned before, I am exploring passive ways to either get students or parents talking about the library and reading. \u00a0One of the simplest things I have done is posted a currently reading sign on the reference desk. \u00a0I used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/\">canva<\/a>\u00a0to design an eye catching poster, and I post the title(s) that I am currently reading. \u00a0So many people have asked about it, and it turns into a perfect opportunity to booktalk!<\/p>\n<p>So far I have posted a variety of children&#8217;s and adult titles showcasing the fact that I don&#8217;t only read &#8220;one way&#8221;. \u00a0My hopes are that other teachers will do the same thing and showcase the fact that we are indeed, a community of readers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes it&#8217;s the simplest thing that gets folks talking. As I mentioned before, I am exploring passive ways to either get students or parents talking about the library and reading. \u00a0One of the simplest things I have done is posted a currently reading sign on the reference desk. \u00a0I used canva\u00a0to design an eye catching poster, and I post the title(s) that I am currently reading. \u00a0So many people have asked about it, and it turns into a perfect opportunity to booktalk! So far I have posted a variety of children&#8217;s and adult titles showcasing the fact that I don&#8217;t only read &#8220;one way&#8221;. \u00a0My hopes are that other teachers will do the same thing and showcase the fact that we are indeed, a community of readers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-stacy-dillon","category-programming-ideas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}