Thank you to all of those who entered, the contest is now closed. Both winners were randomly selected by a number generator. Congratulations to the two winners! To purchase a copy of the book, please see here.
For the past year I have been sitting behind my computer most nights trying to figure out how to put into words the work we do in our classroom while writing two separate books. Trying to figure out how I can help others go deeper with their literacy instruction, even within the 45 minute English classroom. Trying to figure out how others could incorporate more global collaboration into their literacy instruction without it feeling like just one more thing to do. Trying to figure out how to make the literacy instruction we all do more meaningful, more passionate, more connected. There have been great nights and there have been early mornings. There have been days when I have felt like the biggest fraud, imposter syndrome for the win, and others where I finally felt like what I had to write might actually be meaningful to someone else.
The past year has been grueling, but oh so incredible, and now I get to celebrate the first release of one of those books; Reimagining Literacy through Global Collaboration. This how-to book is meant to help those that are new to global collaboration or have been dipping their toes in for the past few years. It is meant to inspire, meant to give you the why, and meant to help you create more meaningful literacy opportunities for your students. It is meant to give you a glimpse into our classroom as we try to make the world smaller, kinder, and the work we do more relevant all in less than 80 pages.
The official description says:
Prepare your students to adapt and thrive in the world beyond their classroom. This how-to guide offers strategies for how to establish classrooms that give students globally connected literacy experiences. Learn why students must create school projects aimed at an authentic audience beyond school walls, and plan for more purposeful opportunities for students to engage with what they learn and create. You’ll discover how to use readily available technology tools to create environments where students gain 21st century skills, collaborate with others around the globe, and realize that their work matters.
Enter to win:
So in order to celebrate the impending release of this book, I thought I would give away two copies of it. It should be out within the next first few weeks so before Christmas and you will receive you copy right from Amazon.
All you have to do to enter is to write a comment below, make sure you enter your email address in the field where it asks for it so I can contact you if you win. I will draw two randomly selected winners after Friday night, December 9th at 8 PM.
To order the book yourself:
While Amazon says it will not be released until January, Solution Tree says otherwise. So if you would like to order your own copy of the book, please go here.
What is my other book?
I am currently working on a new literacy book. The book, which I am still writing, is tentatively Passionate Readers and will be published in the summer of 2017 by Routledge. It is the tale of how I changed my literacy instruction to create passionate readers even within the 45 minute English classroom. It is the wisdom of my amazing 7th graders and what they wish all teachers of reading would know and do. It is how we can bring our own reading identity in and let it help us become better teachers of reading. It is a book filled with the practical, the inspirational, and the tools we need to hopefully help our students embrace reading as part of their identity.
If you like what you read here, consider reading my book Passionate Learners – How to Engage and Empower Your Students. Also, if you are wondering where I will be in the coming year or would like to have me speak, please see this page.
Pernille Ripp 
Thanks for your generous offer. Your book sounds amazing. mjantzi@rockinghamk12.va.us
This sounds like a wonderful and much needed book!
This looks like a great resource! I’m excited to check it out.
I am looking forward to reading your book. I loved participating with Global Read aloud project and look to continue collaborating with your projects!
Excited to read this!
I’ve been following you for a year and have so appreciated your candor and authenticity. Your posts inspire and challenge my thinking.
Looking forward to more wonderful insights from your classroom and students. mhilton003@gmail.com.
Would love to read your book. I’ve been following your blog for awhile now and have enjoyed reading your timely posts.
Best wishes for wide audience!
Can’t wait to read your book.
I am anxious to read your newly released book! Thank you for all you do to push the thinking of today’s educators!
I always enjoy reading your posts. Your book does sound inspiring. Thanks for all that you share!
I can’t wait to read and implement ideas from your new book. I work closely with the fifth grade World Cultural Geography teacher at our school. Your book will offer us many new ideas.
Cheryl Bair
5th grade English
University School of Milwaukee
Cbair@usmk12.org
I’m so excited that your next book is coming out so soon! I’m looking forward to sharing it with my colleagues….as one of my colleagues shared their love of you and your work with me last year, I want to be able to pass it along. 🙂
Congratulations on your newest publication! I would love to win a copy!
I don’t know how you do all that you do….do you have more than 24 hours in a day??? Teacher, Mother, Wife, Blogger, Author, Speaker…..but I am glad you do it.
pshircliff@buckeyeschools.org
We need to focus on the world outside our classroom doors for the sake of our students, for the sake of our world. I can’t imagine a more important message in education today. Can’t wait to read and share!
I bought your first book for our entire staff, share your blog posts often and can’t wait to read your new works!
I am looking forward to reading your new books.
Thanks, Pernille! I look forward to reading your new book.
dawn.goodale@indianola.k12.ia.us
As a globally minded literacy educator, I am looking forward to your latest book.
We’ve been using your work to inspire others at our school! We’d love a copy!! How generous of you.
I can’t wait to read it!
Pernille, I saw you at Nerd Camp this summer, read your blogs and Tweets daily, and am inspired over and over again by the courage and honesty you show. You are empowering teachers, but more importantly, STUDENTS to be thinkers and creators. Let’s break down the classroom walls and learn to be global thinkers together!
I am so looking forward to both of your new books! I love Passionate Learners!!
I’ve been toe dipping – well just one toe- because of your inspiring words! I look forward to reading this book, too!
I would love to win a copy of this book, as I have been working hard to bring the world into my classroom for the last few years. It sounds like this book would be a wonderful resource, with practical ideas I could implement right away. I have participated in the GRA, follow your blog and own your Passionate Learner’s book.
After a great many years teaching Language Arts, I know that the way children learn is a great deal different today than it once was. I am always searching for ways to help kids love learning and literature, to be great thinkers and creators.
I’m so excited to read this book and find out better how I can bring the global world into our ELA curriculum. Also, I love reading your posts. They always remind me what is important in the classroom as a teacher. Congratulations!
Congratulations! It sounds like a very interesting read. 🙂
Looking forward to reading your new book!
Both books sound wonderful. I really enjoy your blog – thank you for sharing your experiences!
I love reading all of your posts and even have a folder so I can refer back to them!
Thanks so much for your generous offer!
Congratulations Pernille!! I can’t wait to read your book. When I read your blog posts sometimes it’s like you’re inside my head. Everything you share is so relevant to the work I do with my students. Thanks for that you do!
I always enjoy reading your inspiring posts. Thank you for all you do to enrich the reading and writing lives of countless students.
Our overall goal is to inspire and motivate every student that comes through our classroom. I would love to learn more ways to do this 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing your ideas so we can continue to help our students.
I would love to win a copy of your newest book! I have Passionate Learners and follow your amazing blog! Thanks for sharing all your teacher (and mommy) adventures and insights. Happy Holidays to you and your family!
Congratulations! Have wondered where you have been.
I’d love to read your book!
I’m so excited for both these books! I’m also in awe at how much you must be juggling. Congrats on this accomplishment!
Thanks for this opportunity! I always enjoy reading your blog entries and look forward to reading your book. (miedwigclc@yahoo.com)
Excited to read your new book. I am always inspired by your words!
I’m looking forward to reading your new book!
Hi Mrs. Ripp,
I’m also a teacher in Wisconsin, but in a public Montessori classroom. My parents are from Germany and often compare European education to American. Boy do they have a lot to say! : ) Happy holidays!
I am a student teacher taking a break from writing my first big unit plan and rationale, which is all about connecting students to the world beyond the classroom through authentic purposes, authentic audiences, and community/world activism. I’m so excited about teaching students with this unit plan in my own classroom, and I would love to have any resources that might help me. This will go in my wish list in case I don’t win!
Thankyou for giving teachers the opportunity to win such an engaging product, and especially for all you do for students worldwide.
So many of your book recommendations and teaching tips have been integral in my class; looking forward to your book!!
I have been incredibly motivated by your work. I have also recommended that my colleagues read your blog and follow your websites. This past summer I read Eleven because you had recommended it as a read aloud for middle schoolers. THANK YOU! It was perhaps the most successful part of the quarter for me and my 8th graders. They were intrigued every time I read it. I loved looking up and seeing their expressions. The novel also served as a model for the Beers’ Signposts that I wanted students to find and use in their independent reading as well.
Sharing in teaching is such an incredible thing to do. I appreciate the time you take to share your knowledge with us.
Lisa T. from New Jersey 🙂
I love receiving your new letters! Looking forward to your new book! Best wishes! Jennifer.arminio@gmail.com
I can’t wait for the new book – I love the GRA and my students love the GRA!