HIT: Professional Reading "Hot Picks" for 1998

[gszeliga <gszeliga@STNY.LRUN.COM>]

Dear LM_Net members:

There were many requests for a HIT, but only two suggestions for Professional 
Reading: "Hot
Picks" for 1998.  Also only one person responded with a review source for Prof. 
reading - School
Library Journal.  I personally prefer Booklist which also has a search engine to 
find online
book reviews at http://www.ala.org/booklist/007.html#ALL

Educational Leadership also reviews prof. books in every issue.

Teachers Magazine http://www.edweek.org/tm/ has book reviews online accessed by 
clicking the
books link.  Reviewed in this month's issue:

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A CLASSROOM . . . and Other Essays,
by Alfie Kohn. Oct. 1998 (Jossey-Bass, $25.)

THE REAL EBONICS DEBATE: Power, Language, and the Education of African American 
Children, edited
by Theresa Perry and Lisa Delpit. May 1998 (Beacon Press, $12.)

FINANCING SCHOOLS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Strategies for Improving the Use of 
Educational
Resources, by Allan Odden and Carolyn Busch March 1998 (Jossey-Bass, $31.95.)

Teacher Magazine  is part of the Education Week on the Web site  
http://www.edweek.org/ -- very
worthwhile. Full text articles.

I am considering ordering the following three 1998 prof. books:

Paradise Lost : California's Experience, America's Future
by Peter Schrag
List Price: $25.00
Hardcover - 344 pages (April 1998)
New Press; ISBN: 1565843576
Reviewed in Booklist , February 15, 1998

United in Diversity: Using Multicultural Young Adult Literature in
the Classroom, edited by Jean E. Brown and Elaine C. Stephens
(National Council of Teachers of English, 1111 W. Kenyon Rd.,
Urbana, IL 61801-1096; 221 pp., $22.95 original paperback, list price;
NCTE member price $16.95).

Part of the Classroom Practices in Teaching
English series, this book contains contemplative essays on
multi cultural young-adult literature by award-winning young-adult
writers, practical ideas from educators, and a resource section
describing more than 200 literary works and 50 reference tools for
teachers.

Rubenstein, Susanne  Go Public! Encouraging Student Writers to Publish.
NCTE, 1998  $26.00
ISBN 0-8141-1862-3
Available from:
National Council of Teachers of English
1111 W. Kenyon Rd.
Urbana, IL  61801-1096

It is written by a high school teacher.It also lists places to submit student work 
(giving
information like the Writer's Market provides)for writers K-12.



Here are the four responses I received:
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I am reading _The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to
Choose Between Privacy and Freedom_, by David Brin, and as suggested by another 
LM_NET member.
With few exceptions, Brin's analysis is VERY well considered, as he contemplates 
how we may
learn to practically and respectfully live together as a society, with technology 
compelling us
to accept (perhaps belatedly) that we will each need to learn to hold ourselves 
reasonably
accountable, if simply because others will have the means to do so, otherwise!  
(Somewhat
mirroring the notion of M.A.D.--Mutually Assured Destruction--the fact that we will 
all have the
ability to watchdog one another may serve to keep us in check from abusing this 
potential.  But
there's MUCH more to Brin's work than my simple synopsis, here, and many issues 
raised directly
touch on issues of concern for library professionals.)
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I just received Power Tools  by Joyce Valenza,  published by ALA.  It
is $40.00 and includes a guide and  117 loose-leaf forms, reproducible
and ready-to-use.  It includes forms for Public Relations, Day-to-Day
Stuff, Information Skills, Graphic Organizers, and forms for Internet
related activities.  As a K-6 librarian, I feel it is better suited for high school 
librarians
and students. Power Tools includes such things as teacher and student surveys,  MLA 
Style guides
for traditional and electronic sources, the Colorado Information Literacy 
Guidelines, AUP
organizer, etc.  Power point transparencies are included.  A CD is is also included 
for use on
Mac or Windows so that forms can be personalized for your local setting.
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The title I am anxious to add to our professional collection (and to
encourage our staff members to read) is

        A Tribe Apart  by Patricia Hersch

WOW!!  Those of us who work with middle and high school students can see *what* 
they do but we
often can't understand *why* they do what they do.  This book really opened my eyes 
to the
working of teens and preteens!!  In it I saw my students, my own children, myself, 
and my
colleagues. 'Should be on everyone's reading list!
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I use the reviews in School Library Journal for professional materials. I see 
reviews in several
other professional magazines (Creative Classroom, Teaching PreK-8, etc.), but I 
think I'm
prejudiced towards those from librarians.

I am still interested in comments on theses titles and other suggestions.

Gail

Name: Gail Szeliga
Librarian
Union Endicott High School
E-mail: gszeliga@szeliga.stny.lrun.com (Gail Szeliga)
Date: 10/30/98
Time: 2:41:46 PM

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