Monday, April 8, 2013

The Brainstorm Plus: Songkran reads

Bookish Stuff

BookRiot recently asked readers to send in fiction titles that address social justice. It's a pretty interesting list. I'm not advocating all the titles on there, but there are many great ones. Social Justice in Fiction: A Reading List. I'm trying to think what I would add... There's a whole wealth of middle grade fiction titles that aren't even touched on here. Like Wonder, Rules, Among the Hidden...yep, this list could take a while.


Here's the Secondary Teacher's Reading Recommendations for Songkran Break:

Among the Hidden (Shadow Children, #1)Goodnight Mister Tom
  Wonder  The Mysterious Howling (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place #1)  Divergent (Divergent, #1)  Insurgent (Divergent, #2)  Unwind (Unwind, #1)  UnWholly (Unwind, #2)  UnStrung (Unwind, #1.5)    The Giver (The Giver, #1)  The Witch of Blackbird Pond  Rules  The Last Dragonslayer  The Song of the Quarkbeast (The Last Dragonslayer, #2)  Cinder (Lunar Chronicles, #1)  Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles, #2)  Elantris  A Voice in the Wind (Mark of the Lion, #1)  An Echo in the Darkness (Mark of the Lion, #2)  As Sure as the Dawn (Mark of the Lion, #3)  Candle in the Darkness (Refiners Fire #1) 

Till We Have FacesOut of the Silent Planet (Space Trilogy, #1)  Fahrenheit 451  The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography  The Reason for God  Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just  Power Evangelism 
The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God  Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud



Education Tools, Resources, Ideas, Etc.

As we move towards BYOD here is a list of 8 Great New Web Tools for Teachers. Probably the most exciting one for teachers is the Presentation.io which allows you to broadcast presentations to anyone, but there are several other great tools in this list.


Teachers, are you looking for word games for your students? Free Technology for Teachers suggests exploring the games available through Dictionary.com. Build a Word Kingdom on Dictionary.com.

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