Michael+Cook

**Books on Teaching**
For those of you interested, I've provided information below on the books Ivan suggested you familiarize yourselves with. Consider these as you prepare to enter the classroom full-time. From my experience, it never hurts (and quite often helps) to have many more resources than you will ever or can ever use. If you want to save a little money, look on Amazon for used copies--I do this with all my textbooks. This may help because unfortunately, your student teaching paycheck tends to get lost in the mail.
 * Esquith, R. (2007). Teach Like Your Hair's On fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56. New York, NY: Viking.
 * Anderson, L. W. & Krathwohl, D. R. (Eds.). (2001). A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. New York, NY: Longman.
 * Jones, F. (2000). Tools for Teaching. Hong Kong: Fredric H. Jones & Associates, Inc.
 * Clark, R. (2004). The Essential 55: An Award-Winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child. New York, NY: Hyperion.

**Professional Organizations and Continuing to Learn**
Because of a request at the end of class Friday, I wanted to share a few professional organizations/resources for you to consider as you enter the classroom. One way to stay up to date with research, teaching methods, technology, etc. in the teaching of English is to join high-quality professional organizations. Each offers publications, hosts yearly conferences, and provides resource and support to practitioners. I am a member of each of these (with the exception of SCCTE) and have attended their conferences as both a participant and a presenter. They have each proven very helpful throughout my career, and I believe they can for you as well. So take a look and consider what they have to offer. Feel free to chat with me about any of them before or after class.

1. The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 2. The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents at NCTE (ALAN) 3. The International Reading Association (IRA) 4. The South Carolina Council of Teachers of English (SCCTE) 5. Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
 * probably the most highly regarded organization in the country for English teachers
 * follow this link to their secondary page
 * their most useful journal for high school English teachers is the English Journal
 * this is an outstanding resource and conference dedicated to using Young Adult Literature in the classroom. And if you attend their conference, they send you home with a HUGE box of new books (which we all love), and the authors are more than happy to autograph them for you.
 * follow this link to their Home Page
 * their journal is the ALAN Review, where they review new YA publications, share teaching ideas, and foster a love of teaching with YA lit. It's one of my favorite subscriptions.
 * this is one of the top literacy organizations in the world
 * they offer more resources than you'll know what to do with
 * follow this link to their Home Page
 * while they offer several journals, I would suggest (and I subscribe to) the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy and Reading Research Quarterly.
 * JAAL is a more practitioner oriented journal
 * RRQ is the most well-respected journal of literacy research in the country (and the editor is a Clemson University, School of Education professor--Dr. Linda Gambrell. Stop by and introduce yourself one day. She is an amazing person, teacher, and scholar. The former editor works here as well--Dr. David Reinking, another outstanding person and highly published researcher).
 * the SC affiliate of NCTE. Although I know little about SCCTE, I am a member of NCETA, the NC affiliate, and it has been a worthwhile organization to be a part of.
 * follow this link to their Home Page
 * their main journal is the South Carolina English Teacher (SCET), which focuses on teaching ELA and literacy throughout the state
 * wonderful resource for using Young Adult Literature in the classroom
 * they provide support, suggestions, conferences, symposia, etc.
 * follow this link to their Book Lists: I get tons of ideas of books to ready myself and books to use with my students from this site.
 * In my opinion, this resource is the best their is (followed by a close second in ALAN) Young Adult Literature for all ages and all content areas.

6. Consider pursuing a graduate degree: In my experience, this is the best way to keep yourself immersed in the current trends and issues of secondary English education. As teachers, we should be life-long learners, demonstrating for our students a passion for knowledge acquisition. If for no other reason, think about the raise that comes with a Master Teaching License--more money is always a good thing!!

**Technological Tools for Education**
To access the Technology in Education wiki I manage, use the link below. On it you'll find information on various technologies to use in the English classroom, tutorials, resources, rubrics and more. Take a few minutes and see if you find anything that will work for you.

The New Literacy Landscape

If you're interested in exploring the technological tools I shared in class, I've provided information for each below.


 * Creating Time-Lines:**
 * Capzles.com: create multimedia-rich, interactive timelines using photos, videos, music and documents.
 * OurStory.com: create media-rich collaborative timelines in groups or individually.
 * Tiki-toki.com: create interactive Web-based timelines.
 * Timelinr: create PowerPoint timelines.
 * TimeToast.com: create simple, sharable timelines of the past, present or future.
 * Graphic Organizers and Thinking Maps**
 * Exploratree.org.uk: a huge library of thinking guides and graphic organizers
 * CoolToolsforSchools: a comprehensive wiki of mindmapping and graphic organizer tools. You'll also find a variety of other Web 2.0 tools on this site, so take a few minutes and peruse.
 * Tools for Diagramming**
 * Gliffy.com
 * Tool for creating user-friendly, collaborative diagrams
 * can make anything from flowcharts to organizational charts to Vinn Diagrams, and tons more
 * Movie Posters**
 * BigHugeLabs.com
 * students can create movie posters to advertise and advocate for short stories, novels, plays, etc.
 * these can be part of a larger project (e.g., video project), as a prop for a book talk, or to share individual reading choices.
 * Collaborative Brainstorming**
 * Linoit.com
 * Edistorm.com
 * online sticky notes to promote and foster students brainstorming in groups
 * Edistorm allows users to vote on stickies, which can further encourage engagement and thought.
 * Global Communities**
 * Epals.com
 * Create a global classroom community
 * connect with other classrooms around the country or the world in collaborative projects
 * it's free, and they'll help you find a classroom match (in any language)
 * Online Journaling**
 * Penzu.com
 * the most realistic recreation of the private paper journal on the Web
 * students can write and post from anywhere in the world (i.e., anywhere they have internet access)
 * works with smartphones, tablets, etc.
 * can create reminders
 * best of all, it can be set as private and can be shared with the teacher or classmates
 * Online, Interactive Whiteboard**
 * Skribl.com
 * multi-user online whiteboard
 * share your URL and begin collaborating
 * promotes brainstorming by allowing students to sketch, text, share files, upload pictures, etc.
 * all users can view the same screen
 * Wikis for Education**
 * wikihost.org
 * educational.blogs.com
 * pbworks for education
 * wikispaces.com
 * Time and Productivity**
 * Rescuetime.com
 * allows users to track their time management and productivity
 * spot inefficiencies and become better self-managers
 * make good choices about how to spend your time
 * Keeping Time in Class**
 * Online-stopwatch.com
 * there are tons of these; just Google online stopwatch and find one you like

**Videos**
Here's an interesting video about the Web and the myriad ways it has changed our lives. media type="youtube" key="mxOSk0VYy28" height="315" width="560"

**Downloadable Resources**
The linked file below is a detailed outline for integrating video production into your classroom. I hope you find it helpful.