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Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, this modern epic became an instant bestseller upon publication in 1974, transforming a generation and continuing to inspire millions. A narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son, the book becomes a personal and philosophical odyssey into fundamental questions of how to live. The narrator's relationship

Second edition book with practical for small measures of student learning--strengths and weaknesses. Has 3 sections: assessing course-related knowledge and skills; assessing learner attitudes, values and self-awareness; and assessing learner reactions to instruction.

A free resource that delves into Google's lesster known search tools. Google Books, Google Scholar, Google News. How to access Google Books advanced search.

Blog on high school economics and 4th grade collaboration on Lawn Boy book that focuses on economic principles that guide a young boy's lawn mowing practice into a money maker. I like that because it takes sophisticated principles and presents them within an interesting story that grabs 4th graders and high school students. Then through a collaboration online between the two age groups, they discuss the book together through a series of Skype interviews/interactions.

Book on Collaborative Learning Techniques; seems well regarded; already 7 years old

Second edition of Engaging Ideas by John C. Bean

Facebook usage in academic work is going up! Excerpt: "The idea of students wanting professors to integrate more technology use into the classroom was a common takeaway from the survey. After e-mail, learning-management systems and e-textbooks were the two technologies that students wanted instructors to use more frequently, according to the survey. Learning-management systems are used by 73 percent of students, and e-books or e-textbooks by 57 percent."

A series of 4 books by Jim Burke, published by Scholastic, 2009.

Burke's work was mentioned as supporting design of a course to boost college readiness.

Douglas B. Reeves is the founder of the The Leadership and Learning Center and author of 30 books and many articles on leadership and organizational effectiveness, particularly in the school system.

First in the Family: Your College Years is comprised of two products for sale: Audio slideshows that capture the voices of students interviewed by the Next Generation Press and a 124-page book that shares the stories of those interviewed and provides tips for high school graduates. These are intended for first-generation college students and the faculty and staff who guide them.

Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas--business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others--struggle to make their ideas "stick." Why do some ideas thrive while others die? And how do we improve the chances of worthy ideas? Educators and idea collectors Chip and Dan Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and

Lesson study is a professional development strategy that developed in Japan. Teachers study a lesson by collaboratively researching a topic and writing a research lesson. 

This excerpt from an interview with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, PLP founder, captures critical points for PD online. "Will and I agreed that we would only work with teams of school-based educators because the research made it clear that it was collaborative teams within in a school, working together, that really brought about sustainable improvement. That would give us what we needed to anchor the virtual experience in a local context. We also wanted participants to experience a global community of practice-to be able to have conversations with people very different than themselves, with fresh perspectives. Our thinking was that if we put teams of educators who had different ideologies, different geography, different purposes and challenges, all together in the same space, then they could each bring what they did well to the table and people could learn from that. Ultimately that would mean public, private, Catholic, and other kinds of schools; educators teaching well-to-do, middle-class, and poor kids; educators in different states and nations, at different grade levels, and in different content areas and roles. What ultimately grew out of our brainstorming was a three-pronged model of professional development that emphasizes (1) local learning communities at the school/district level; (2) an online community of practice that's both global and deep; and (3) a third prong that is more personal-the idea of a personal learning network that each educator develops as a mega-resource for ideas and information about their particular interests and areas of practice. (These three prongs are described in depth in a new book, The Connected Educator, where PLP community leader Lani Ritter Hall and I tell the story of the evolution of our model and the very solid research base behind it.)

By Daniel T. Willingham, in American Educator, spring 2009, pp 4-13. Excerpted from his book, Why Don't Students Like School, published by John Wiley & Sons, 2009. This article was one of the assigned readings for MCNC's Principals and Directors meeting, Feb 2010.

"A comprehensive introduction to using technology in all K-12 classrooms."

The basis for using digital media for learning on campus and off. The introduction to a book.

Unbelievable!!!!

Book review by Corinne E. Hyde of Writing Assessment and the Revolution in Digital Texts and Technologies. How to assess writing with technology. Having firmly established that the technology is omnipresent, that it can be reductive and inaccurate, and that it shifts the purpose and nature of writing itself, he goes on to describe what he terms "hypertechs," which can have a much more positive effect on the field of teaching writing. He describes hypertechs as consisting of hypertext (in which readers can progress through the text in multiple ways, and in which there are multiple linked connections), hypermedia (which is very similar to "new media" or "multimedia composition"), and hyperattention (which is actually a characteristic of the writer and reader, and could be equated with the short attention span produced by bombardment and integration of digital media in daily life). Neal then provides concrete suggestions for selecting and evaluating the various technologies that are available for assessing writing, advocating the use of both construct validity and writing outcomes in the process of determining which technologies will provide the greatest benefit to writing educators.

The Center partners with schools and is interested in transforming the focus from compliance to engagement. The Center's founder, Phil Schlechty is known for his book, Working on the Work.

Kayne's work studies the connections between poverty and education. She is best known for her book (also a training workshop), A Framework for Understanding Poverty (also bookmarked, follow payne tag).