Summer reading
ASCD has assembled a diverse list of books for educators for summer professional development for educators. These books—organized by how they help educators transform teaching and learning—offer readers the opportunity to dive deep into the hottest topics in education, including using data to focus improvement, project-based learning, child development, and neurodiversity. All books are currently available in paperback and eBook formats. http://www.ascd.org/news-media/Press-Room/News-Releases/Summer-Reading-List.aspx
Atomic Learning is offering a free eBook that investigates the challenges to effectively using technology in the classroom and discusses key points of an effective technology integration program. http://al.atomiclearning.com/LP=26
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has created a summer reading resource list that provides digestible amounts of information so educators can identify important topics, learn and apply the latest research, and collaborate on the best implementation strategies. Topics include curriculum design, school leadership, standards and assessments, and more. http://www.leadandlearn.com/courses/common-core-state-standards/resources
New material for summer
Atomic Learning offers on-demand instructional videos and free resources like eBooks to assist with professional development for educators. For example, Atomic Learning provides El Paso Independent School District with more than 15,000 training videos that are available to all employees, students and families. http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/professional-dev
The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) and the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) have released the “Closing the Gap Professional Development Toolkit,” the latest product of the collaborative Closing the Gap: Turning Data into Action project. Providing educators with a step-by-step curricular plan and a set of professional resources, the Toolkit helps educators use educational data to strengthen instructional practice and improve student achievement. Through a series of reports and resources, Closing the Gap provides schools with best practices for reviewing and implementing student information systems (SIS) and learning management systems (LMS) solutions to become a more data-rich culture. http://turningdataintoaction.org/content/professional-development-toolkit-complete.
ETA hand2mind has designed a new suite of products, Common Core Fractions Solutions, to focus on professional development and training for teachers, while incorporating both digital tools and physical manipulatives to help students see fractions as real numbers. Understanding fractions and division at the elementary level can help predict a student’s overall achievement in math on standardized tests in high school; therefore, the tools were developed to nurture the student’s understanding of the fractions concepts beyond problems and relate them to real-world applications. https://www.hand2mind.com/hos/fractions/
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