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Classroom Publishing: A Practical Guide for Teachers (OpenBook) Review

Classroom Publishing: A Practical Guide for Teachers (OpenBook)
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This book is a wonderful resource for teachers K-12 (and I suspect it might even help some high education teachers). It gives an overview of the different areas of publishing, and it gives real life examples of how teachers have incorporated publishing in their classrooms. This book would also be helpful for those who oversee student publications like yearbooks, school newspapers, or literary magazines. After reading this book, I suspect that using publishing in the classroom would also be helpful in school subjects apart from language arts or English. This book also has a helpful website with some lesson plans and a blog that continues on some of the topics addressed in the book. [..]
To sum it up, I'm really excited about this book!I think this is something that every teacher should add to their library!

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Teen Spaces: The Step-by-Step Library Makeover Review

Teen Spaces: The Step-by-Step Library Makeover
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Now in an updated second edition featuring a companion website with supplemental materials and success stories of YA librarians across the globe, Teen Spaces: The Step-by-Step Library Makeover is a straightforward guide to creating areas sure to appeal to teens in one's library. Black-and-white diagrams offer clear visual layouts and suggested designs; Teen Spaces walks one through designing and proposing a budget, working with architects and designers, visual merchandising ("the effort to make a library attractive and effective in its presentation of materials and services, as a means to increase use and circulation") and much more. Extended appendices, a list of resources, and a recommended vendor list round out this easy-to-use, no-nonsense guide highly recommended for YA librarians. "One important lesson that came out of this research is that, as librarians (and adults), we make the incorrect assumption that kids are web savvy and have the necessary skills to successfully use our websites. Many librarians teach information literacy - helping teens determine so-called bad information, while also assessing resources for high quality information. When working with teenagers in the virtual world, adults must continually focus on the assessment aspect of information literacy because it is consistently where teens fall short. This is especially true of Internet resources."


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The Writing-Rich High School Classroom: Engaging Students in the Writing Workshop Review

The Writing-Rich High School Classroom: Engaging Students in the Writing Workshop
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This has reinforced the idea that writing in a high school classroom can be something that students embrace.
The authors offer a variety of ways to build writing workshop time into a traditional classroom schedule.

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This unique resource gives teachers everything they need to set up and manage a successful writing workshop in a high school classroom. By creating a classroom centered on writing, the workshop approach helps students develop skills and strategies for mastering numerous writing tasks and genres. After introducing the workshop's fundamental principles and methods, the book explains how to guide students through the entire writing process, from planning and drafting to revising, giving and receiving feedback, editing, and publishing their work. Guidelines for valid, reliable assessment and evaluation of student work are included. Enhancing the book's utility are numerous tables, figures, and "How's it done?" boxes that offer classroom-tested tools and tips.

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PBL in the Elementary Grades: Step-by-Step Guidance, Tools and Tips for Standards-Focused K-5 Projects (Project Based Learning Toolkit Series, Volume 2) Review

PBL in the Elementary Grades: Step-by-Step Guidance, Tools and Tips for Standards-Focused K-5 Projects (Project Based Learning Toolkit Series, Volume 2)
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My school has gone PBL and while I have visited schools and had inservices, I have found this book to be the most valuable. It is user friendly and keeps you from having to reinvent the wheel every time you turn around. It was worth every penny ... and they were my pennies not the schools : )

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Reading the Web: Strategies for Internet Inquiry (Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy) Review

Reading the Web: Strategies for Internet Inquiry (Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy)
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I was required to read this book for a class I was taking. At first glance I thought it would be "just another textbook." However, I quickly realized what a goldmine of information and guidance the book delivers. It takes a huge concept and breaks it down into readily usable applications. Too often I will find great theory resources, but they will lack the day-to-day nitty gritty of application. This book has the theory, the steps, the handouts, even the lesson plans. I found the readability engaging and direct. Great resource and great introduction into the miasma of inquiry-based research and 21st literacy skills. Thank you, Drs. Eagleton and Dobler, you have given me a launch into a whole new curriculum!

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Packed with ideas and instructional activities that cut across all content areas, this engaging book provides a comprehensive framework for promoting vital Web literacy skills in grades 3-8. Teacher-friendly special features include helpful graphics, sidebars, practical tips, and nearly 100 reproducibles. Using a research-based, classroom-tested model of Internet inquiry, the authors explain the "whats," "whys," and "how-tos" of helping diverse learners: *Locate useful information sources on the Web*Navigate the contents of a website*Critically evaluate what they read online*Synthesize the results of an Internet inquiry*Express new knowledge in their own words

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