Recommended+Reading

This list represents a collection of the books that various group members have recommended during our discussions this year.


 * //Boys of Few Words// by Adam J. Cox, Phd.(Recommended by Jill Hoort)
 * //T////he Dialogic Curriculum// by Patti Stock (Recommended by Janet Swenson)
 * //Even Hockey Players Read// by ? Brooks (Recommended by Beth McBride)
 * //Facts, Artifacts, & Counterfacts// by ? (Recommended by ?)
 * //Family Literacy// by Denny Taylor (Recommended by Arlene Sharkey)
 * //The Greatest Catch// by Marilyn? Kittle (Recommended by Kristine Brickey)
 * //I Won't Read and You Can't Make Me!// by Marilyn Reynolds (Recommended by Kristine Brickey)
 * //Lifers// by ? (Recommended by Janet Swenson)
 * //More Than Bake Sales// by James Vopat (Recommended by Melissa Brooks)
 * //The Parent Project// by James Vopat (Recommended by Melissa Brooks)
 * //Parent to Parent: Our Children and Their Literacy// by Gerald R. Oglan & Averil Elcombe (Recommended by Arlene Sharkey)
 * //Reading, Writing, & Rising Up// by Linda Christensen (Recommended by Janet Swenson)
 * //The Tipping Point// by Malcolm Gladwell (Recommended by Cherice Montgomery)
 * //Writing to Change the World// by Mary Pipher (Recommended by Beth McBride)
 * [|Writing for a Change] (Recommended by Beth McBride)

Leu, D.J., Jr., Kinzer, C.K., Coiro, J., & Cammack, D.W. (2004). **Toward a theory of new literacies emerging from the Internet and other information and communication technologies.** In R.B. Ruddell, & N. Unrau (Eds.), Theoretical models and processes of reading (5th ed., pp. 1570-1613). Newark, DE: International Reading Association. Retrieved October 2005, from[| http://www.readingonline.org/newliteracies/lit_index.asp?HREF=leu/] Discusses how new technologies are changing the literacy skills students need.

[|Planet Book Club: Professional Development] - This page contains links to research-based articles regarding book clubs and teacher-based action research on literacy

Wilhelm, Jeff. (2000, March). Literacy by design: Why is all this technology so important anyhow? **//Voices from the Middle, 7//(3),** pp. 4-14. Retrieved January 2, 2006 from http://mwp.cla.umn.edu/techtraining/wilhelm.pdf Also available at: http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/Schrader/plugarticles.htm A stellar article written in a very conversational style that examines the role of technology in society, in education, and the issues of literacy that surround it. It also advocates for using design as a means of engaging students deeply in interdisciplinary experiences that promote the development of higher order thinking skills.