Advancing professional learning and assessment: these books and materials are helping educators teach more effectively.READERS NOMINATED VARIOUS BOOKS AND CLASSROOM MATERIALS, INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL development resources, electronic learning devices, assessments and intervention programs. In particular, readers noted that professional learning books and resources such as those from Corwin Press, Solution Tree and ISTE ISTE International Society for Technology in Education ISTE Indian Society for Technical Education ISTE International Society for Tropical Ecology ISTE Integrated Services Terminal Equipment have been crucial to the successful implementation of education technology products, and assessments from CTB/McGraw-Hill and the Developmental Math Group have helped many districts gauge the effectiveness of classroom instruction. 2008 Readers' Choice Top 100 Products BOOKS & MATERIALS WINNERS [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Corwin Press Keys to Curriculum Mapping Curriculum Mapping is a procedure for reviewing the operational curriculum as it is entered into an electronic data base at any education setting. It is based largely on the work of Heidi Hayes Jacobs in Mapping the Big Picture: Integrating Curriculum and Assessment K-12 Kit Professional Development Materials, $299 The Keys to Curriculum Mapping kit is designed around Susan Udelhofen's best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best book of the same name and includes a 44-minute VHS (Video Home System) A half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format introduced by JVC in 1976 to compete with Sony's Betamax, introduced a year earlier. videotape videotape Magnetic tape used to record visual images and sound, or the recording itself. There are two types of videotape recorders, the transverse (or quad) and the helical. , DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , facilitator's guide, and companion books. Topics include understanding the role of curriculum mapping, promoting staff development, matching teaching to assessment, adapting curriculum mapping to support other school-based programs, and how curriculum mapping helps to meet No Child Left Behind mandates, www.corwinpress.com CTB/McGraw-Hill Acuity acuity /acu·i·ty/ (ah-ku´i-te) clarity or clearness, especially of vision. a·cu·i·ty n. Sharpness, clearness, and distinctness of perception or vision. Exam Preparation and Assessment Materials, Pricing varies Acuity is a formative assessment Formative assessment is a self-reflective process that intends to promote student attainment [1]. Cowie and Bell [2] define it as the bidirectional process between teacher and student to enhance, recognise and respond to the learning. system that includes a variety of tools to help educators improve student achievement: classroom-friendly assessments, insightful reports, and engaging instruction designed for math (including algebra algebra, branch of mathematics concerned with operations on sets of numbers or other elements that are often represented by symbols. Algebra is a generalization of arithmetic and gains much of its power from dealing symbolically with elements and operations (such as ) and reading for grades 3-8. Available online or in paper-and-pencil versions, Acuity aligns to state standards and delivers targeted instructional content to help prepare students for NCLB NCLB No Child Left Behind (US education initiative) exams, www.ctb.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Developmental Math Group Developmental Math Assessment, $139 The Developmental Math Assessment is a classroom-based pre-K2 mathematics tool. The DMA (1) (Digital Media Adapter) See digital media hub. (2) (Document Management Alliance) A specification that provides a common interface for accessing and searching document databases. helps classroom teachers make important instructional decisions through guided procedures to assess student progress in current standards in prenumber concepts, number concepts, operations, and other foundational math concepts. Each kit includes a teacher's guide, blackline masters for assessment, number concept dots, an activity card book, and a dry erase board and marker. www.develepmentalmathgroup.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Hamilton Electronics Study Buddy Study Aid, $69.75 The Study Buddy allows educators and students to record and play practice lessons with the ease of one-touch operation. Using the battery-operated interactive Study Buddy, educators can create a lesson in minutes for individuals or small groups. Using dry erase pens, photographs, and other graphics, including artwork on reusable electronic cards, educators can also record an accompanying voice instruction that is unique for each study card. www.hamiltonelectronics.com International Society for Technology in Education Transforming Classroom Practice: Professional Development Strategies in Educational Technology $44.95 Edited by professors of education Arlene Borthwick and Melissa Pierson, this book provides an overview of professional development programs that have demonstrated long-term success in implementing technology into curricula. The models described explore approaches that expand educators' knowledge, skill and confidence in using technology tools in teaching and learning environments, and they include discussions of program planning, lessons to be learned, implementation and assessment, www.iste.org [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Leapfrog Enterprises LeapFrog Enterprises Inc NYSE: LF is an educational toy company based in Emeryville, California. LeapFrog is best known for its LeapPad, a paper-based electronic reading toy. Leapster 2 Educational Game System, $69.99 The keapster 2 is the next generation of keapfrog's award-winning handheld educational gaming platform, and it expands upon the original with new features. The Leapster 2 can access online content with Leapfrog Connect software, enabling students to upload artwork they have created on the device to store and share over the Web, or to download new titles. The new model is also backward compatible Refers to hardware or software that is compatible with earlier versions of the product. Also called "downward compatible." Contrast with forward compatible. backward compatible - backward compatibility , so students can play any of the more than 30 educational titles already available from Leapfrog. www.leapfrog.com Lego Early Simple Machines Set III Science Kit, $99.95 While working in teams of two or three with Early Simple Machines Set III, elementary students can exploreenergy, buoyancy buoyancy (boi`ənsē, b  `yən–), upward force exerted by a fluid on any body immersed in it. Buoyant force can be explained in terms of Archimedes' principle. and balance by
manipulating simple models of seesaws, rolling vehicles, spinning tops
and rafts, and by using wheels, axles, pulleys, levers and gears. The
kit comes with a set of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed.See also: Color activity cards with pictorial instructions for eight different models, a plastic punch-out sheet with eyes, sails, scales and wings, and a plastic bin for easy cleanup and storage, www.legoeducation.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] McGraw-Hill Disrupting Class: Hew Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns $32.95 Harvard Business School Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. professor Clayton Christensen applies his concept of "disruptive innovation" described in his previous book, The Innovator's Dilemma, toward a vision for reforming the American educational system. The book describes the disruptive innovations that can solve the flaws in American education: computer-based learning initiatives, student-centered classrooms, customized learning, and a new business system to support such innovations, all with the implementation of technology as a primary focus, www.mcgraw-hill.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pitsco AP Launcher Rocket Kit, $275 Pitsco's air-powered launcher and rocket provide an intermediate activity for aerospace curricula that is safe and relevant. Powered by a pressurized pres·sur·ize tr.v. pres·sur·ized, pres·sur·iz·ing, pres·sur·iz·es 1. To maintain normal air pressure in (an enclosure, as an aircraft or submarine). 2. bottle, the launcher sends tube rockets 100 feet or more into the air while launched at an angle. Featuring an adjustable launch from 0 to 90 degrees, students can experiment with angle, pressure and range using the included tripod and a tire pump. www.pitsco.com Solution Tree Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work: New Insights for Improving Schools, $34.95 This 10th-anniversary sequel to Professional Learning Communities at Work. Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement provides clearer insights regarding the transition from traditional schools to professional learning communities. The authors respond to the work of educators who have unsuccessfully tried to implement or have misunderstood "PLC at Work" concepts and examine organizational development, change processes, leadership and successful practices outside of education to offer fresh perspectives, www.solution-tree.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Voyager Learning Voyager Passport Reading Intervention Program, $1,439 Voyager Learning's Passport reading intervention system strengthens core K5 reading programs. It provides students with 30 to 45 minutes of daily, targeted intervention, with instruction in each of the essential reading components, including phonemic awareness Phonemic Awareness is a subset of phonological awareness in which listeners are able to distinguish phonemes, the smallest units of sound that can differentiate meaning. For example, a listener with phonemic awareness can break the word "Cat" into three separate phonemes: /k/, /a/, , phonics phonics Method of reading instruction that breaks language down into its simplest components. Children learn the sounds of individual letters first, then the sounds of letters in combination and in simple words. , fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Students are assessed three times annually, and the program also features Ticket to Read, a Web site that uses a reward system to promote reading practice at home and school. www.voyagerlearning.com Wright Group/McGraw-Hill eSuite for Everyday Mathematics Online Supplement, $336 annually per class Wright Group/McGraw-Hill has created new online tools for Everyday Mathematics, the third edition of which offers more support for learning differences, extra help for English Language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. Learners, enhanced assessment, and new support for pre-K and kindergarten classrooms. The new eSuite also provides online tools to assist teachers in planning, monitoring students' performance, and improving their school-home connection, www.everydaymathonline.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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