Mackin Educational Resources: Digital Learning Platforms & Library Services with Jennifer McCarty Plucker, Ed.D.

Discover how Mackin Educational Resources partners with educators to provide comprehensive support for classroom and library resources. In this episode, Jennifer McCarty Plucker, Ed.D., Director of Learning and Development at Mackin reveals invaluable free services and tools available to educators, including:

➡️Access to a catalog of over 3 million titles

➡️Expert help with curating classroom resources and text sets

➡️Free Storyteller Spotlight events featuring authors like Jeff Kinney

➡️Technical support for processing, barcoding, and labeling

➡️Digital integration through MackinVIA and MackinVision platforms

➡️Makerspace resources and hands-on learning materials

➡️Collection analysis services

➡️Family engagement resources

Perfect for teachers, librarians, and education leaders looking to save time and money while enhancing student engagement. Learn how Mackin's "let's find a way to yes" approach helps educators build diverse, standards-aligned collections that serve all learners.

Drawing on foundational research from John T. Guthrie and real classroom experience, this episode offers you practical solutions for getting quality materials into students' hands. Whether you're managing a school library, building classroom collections, or supporting family literacy initiatives, you'll discover tools and strategies you can implement right away.

Episode Mentions: 

• S3 E39: Using Inquiry to Inspire Lifelong Readers with Dr. Jennifer McCarty Plucker
• Engagement With Young Adult Literature: Outcomes and Processes by Gay Ivey, Peter H. Johnston 20 March 2013 https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.46 or https://ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/rrq.46
• Teens Choosing to Read by Gay Ivey and Peter Johnston https://a.co/d/e4K9Q5s
• Mackin website and catalog: www.mackin.com
• Library Custom List Request form: https://search.mackin.com/list-request
• Classroom Custom Book List Request form: https://home.mackin.com/classroom/classroom-custom-book-list-request/
• Storyteller Spotlight: https://home.mackin.com/resources/storyteller-spotlight/ 
• To Reach Jen: jenniferplucker.com or MackinLearning.com

Jen’s Other Recommended Resources:

• Link to blog writing: https://mackinlearning.com/author/jennifer-mp/
• Link to order  Inspiring Lifelong Readers https://a.co/d/9xIeTUK
• Baiting the Reading Hook: https://ascd.org/el/articles/baiting-the-reading-hook

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When teachers, coaches, administrators, and families grow together, they create schools where everyone is inspired and every student is fully engaged, supported, and ready to thrive.