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Snapshots!
Educational Insights from the Thornburg Center
"A brand new book co-authored by David Thornburg,
Gary Stager, Lynell Burmark, Bernajean Porter, Ferdi
Serim, Sara Armstrong, Lou Fournier, Ted McCain and Bonnie
Bracey.
This volume provides snapshots of the current thinking
of each Thornburg Center associate on educational topics
of concern to any K-12 educator. The topics in this book
are as varied as the people who wrote them. But as you
dig to the core of our group one thing becomes clear:
we are united in our passion for children and the educators
charged with preparing future generations for a dynamic
world. Toward this end, we have harvested the results
of our research and/or experiences in the classroom and
bring our insights to you in a form that is both visionary
and practical." - Dr. David Thornburg
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The best book of 2004 (thus far)!
The new book by legendary author and educator, Herbert Kohl.
Stupidity and Tears: Teaching and Learning in Troubled Times
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A terrific new book by Seymour Sarason
What Do YOU Mean by Learning?
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A useful new book on literacy across the curriculum by the authors of Rethinking High School
Subjects Matter : Every Teacher's Guide to Content-Area Reading
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The best book of 2003!
There is a no more timely or thoughtful book on educational theory and practice than Frank Smith's
Unspeakable Acts - Unnatural Practices: Flaws and Fallacies in "Scientific" Reading Instruction
It's always an exciting day when
Frank Smith publishes a new book. After numerous books about
literacy, reading and language, Smith turns his attention
to mathematics learning.
The
Glass Wall: Why Mathematics Can Seem Difficult
by Frank
Smith
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The new book by the author of The
Power of Their Ideas
Arguably the best book of 2002...
In
Schools We Trust: Creating Communities
of Learning in an Era of Testing
and Standardization
by Deborah
Meier
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What
Happened to Recess and Why are Our Children Struggling
in Kindergarten?
by Susan
Ohanian |
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A fantastic new book! A must read!
On the Death of Childhood and the Destruction of Public Schools : The Folly of Today's Education Policies and Practices
by Gerald Bracey |
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Testing
Is Not Teaching: What Should Count in Education
by Donald Graves |
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Big
Brother and the National Reading Curriculum: How Ideology
Trumped Evidence
by Richard L. Allington (Editor) |
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Resisting
Reading Mandates: How to Triumph with the Truth
by Elaine M. Garan |
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The
Energy to Teach
by Donald Graves |
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Educational
Reform: A Self-Scrutinizing Memoir
by Seymour Sarason |
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This remarkable book
should be read and re-read by every American educator.
It seems to contain solutions to all of education's
problems. While the city of Reggio Emilia focuses on
early childhood education, there are numerous lessons
to be learned by teachers at all levels.
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Delve
into the jazz community of practice and learn how
great jazz musicians learn on the bandstand.
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This is a new well-reviewed
book chronicling the successful implementation of innovative
school reforms at the high school level.
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Understanding
by Design
by Grant P. Wiggins & Jay McTighe
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The
Students Are Watching : Schools and the Moral Contract
by Theodore R. Sizer, Nancy Faust Sizer
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Rethinking
Schools : An Agenda for Change
by David
P. Levine (Editor), Robert
Lowe, Robert
Peterson, Rita
Tenorio
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Garbage
Pizza, Patchwork Quilts, and Math Magic : Stories About
Teachers Who Love to Teach and Children Who Love to Learn
by Susan
Ohanian |
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Experience
and Education
by John Dewey |
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Ordinary
Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope
by Jonathan
Kozol
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Myles
Horton's Highlander Folk School taught folks like
Rosa Parks to be activists and gave birth to the
song, We Shall Overcome. This autobiography details
the life and work of an important and unsung hero
in American history while including lessons on community
organizing and adult education.
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Selling
the Dream : How to Promote
Your Product, Company, or Ideas-And Make a Difference-Using
Everyday Evangelism
by Guy Kawasaki
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Scrooge
Meets Dick and Jane
by Roger
Schank |
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Starting
Strong : A Different Look at Children, Schools, and Standards
by Patricia F. Carin |
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Susan Ohanian does it
again with great humor and insight. This book addresses
the kids left out by a one-size-fits-all curriculum,
specifically middle school kids.
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What
Happened to Recess and Why are Our Children Struggling
in Kindergarten?
by Susan
Ohanian |
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Raising
Standards or Raising Barriers?: Inequality and High Stakes
Testing in Public Education
by Gary Orfield & Mindy Kornhaber |
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Mac
OS X The Missing Manual
by David Pogue
This is a MUST have book for every OS X user
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50 Fast Mac OS X Techniques
by Joe Kissell
Really cool tips and tricks for using Jaguar |
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iMovie
3 Solutions: Tips, Tricks, and Special Effects
by Erica Sadun
A fantastic source of incredibly clever
ways to use iMovie, QuickTime Pro and Adobe Photoshop
Elements to create sophisticated video productions. |
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How
to Photograph Your Life: Capturing Everyday Moments with
Your Camera and Your Heart
by Nick Kelsh
An incredibly beautiful, practical and easy-to-use source
of inspiration for anyone interested in snapping great photos. |
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The Photoshop Elements Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby
Want to know how to make someone look slimmer, loose freckels or fix red-eye automatically? How about simple color correction, photo repair or adding a watermark? if you answered, "yes," to any of these questions, then this book is for you. The book is organized around "how-to" topics with crisp clean photos detailing each step. It is an excellent reference for non-experts. |
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Digital
Photography Pocket Guide by Derrick Story
The Digital Photography Pocket Guide gives you the tools, the knowledge, to take
the kind of pictures you've always wanted. Consider it your quick-reference photo
mentor that explains each of the camera's components, shows you what they do,
then helps you choose the right settings to accomplish your goal. |
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Photoshop
Elements 2 Solutions: The Art of Digital Photography
by Mikkel Aaland |
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Digital
Photography Essentials: Point, Shoot, Enhance, Share
By Erica Sadun |
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The
Macintosh iLife: An Interactive Guide to iTunes, iPhoto,
iMovie, and iDVD
By Jim Heid
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iLife
Bible
By Dennis R. Cohen & Bob LeVitus |
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iLife
Zero to Hero: iMovie 3, iPhoto 2, iTunes 3 and iDVD 3 |
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iMovie
3 for Mac OS X (Visual QuickStart Guide)
by Jeff Carlson |
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Revolutionary
QuickTime Pro 5 & 6
by Bradley Ford, Andy Grogan , Frank Lowney, Manuel Minut, Jonathan Puckey, Jurgen
Schaub , Francesco Schiavon, Barb Roeder |
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iMovie
Fast & Easy
by Kevin Harreld
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Complete
Idiot's Guide to iMovie
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Photoshop
Elements 2 Solutions: The Art of Digital Photography
by Mikkel Aaland
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QuickTime
for the Web : A Hands-On Guide for Webmasters, Site
Designers, and HTML Authors
by Steven W. Gulie
This expansive volume contains a great deal of information
needed by folks planning to produce QuickTime movies
for the web and other forms of mass distribution. It's
the bible of QuickTime on the video-based web publishing.
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Final
Cut Express Editing Workshop
by Tom Wolsky |
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Making
Movies with Final Cut Express
by Michael Rubin |
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Beginner's
Final Cut Pro: Learn to Edit Digital Video
by Michael Rubin |
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Final
Cut Pro 3 and the Art of Filmmaking
by Jason Cranford Teague, David Teague |
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The
Little Digital Video Book
by Michael Rubin |
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Producing
Great Sound for Digital Video
by Jay Rose |
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The
Non-Designer's Web Book : An Easy Guide to Creating,
Designing, and Posting Your Own Web Site
by Robin
Williams
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Radio:
An Illustrated Guide
by Ira Glass
This short comic book by the host of NPR's This
American Life somehow manages to inspire children
of all ages to conduct great interviews and produce radio
programs for the web and traditional radio. This is the
best $4 you will ever spend!
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Additional book info available here
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Gary Stager's role in the
history of classroom-based "laptop learning" is
documented in the new book, Never
Mind the Laptops: Kids, Computers and the Transformation
of Learning, by Bob Johnstone.
You may also purchase the book from Schoolkit
International by clicking here.
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Constructionism
in Practice: Designing, Thinking, and Learning in a Digital
World
by Mitchel
Resnick and Yasmin
Kafai
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Children
Designers : Interdisciplinary Constructions for Learning
and Knowing Mathematics in a Computer-Rich School (Cognition
and Computing Series)
by Idit Harel |
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Minds
in Play : Computer Game Design As a Context for Children's
Learning
by Yasmin Kafai |
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The
Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph
and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers
by Tom Standage
A really cool book comparing the hype, hysteria
and promise of the Internet to an oddly similar time when
the telegraph was invented. This book provides interesting
historical perspectives and helps you separate reality
from Internet hype.
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The
Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility: The Ideas
Behind the World's Slowest Computer
by Stewart Brand
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When
Things Start to Think
by Neil Gershenfeld
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Robot
Invasion: 7 Cool and Easy Robot Projects
by Dave Johnson |
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JunkBots,
Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels: Building Simple Robots With
BEAM Technology
by by Dave Hrynkiw & Mark W. Tilden
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Robot
Building for Beginners
by David Cook |
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BattleBots(R):
The Official Guide
by Mark Clarkson, Bill Dwyer |
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Robot
Sumo: The Official Guide (The Official Guide)
by Pete Miles |
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This terrific book was written by two urban
kids from Chicago who after given a microphone and tape
recorder by a NPR reporter documented their life, including
a Pullitzer-prize winning report on the murder of one little
boy by anothe
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Civil
Rights pioneer Bob Moses, the founder of Mississippi's
Freedom Summer, details how he came to understand
algebra as a gatekeeper to poor children's future
and what he did about it. This book is as much about
empowering communities as it is about his successful
Algebra Project.
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At
the Schoolhouse Gate: Lessons in Intellectual Freedom
by Gloria Pipkin & Releah Cossett Lent |
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