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This is where you will share some sort of professional resource that is applicable to your peers, so **not content specific**. Please make sure to add your information prior to class when you will be presenting.

CCBC Choices 2008 This book is an annotated bibliography of all of the children's and adolescent books published in 2007. It divides books up into thematic/genre categories was well as into age levels. This book is available for a small fee to all teachers or you can download it by visiting the CCBC website at http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/.
 * Week 1 - Dr. Elizabeth Alderton**

//The Online Learning Idea Book// Edited by Patti Shank This book gives a multitude of ideas for using computers and technology in the classroom. First they introduce the idea, then they describe what it is. This is followed by how to use it (sometimes very technically described), and then how to adapt or adopt it in your classroom. The anonymous weekly survey is one interesting idea in this book. The sites they suggested are sites in which you must download the software and pay money every month. I found the website [|www.surveymonkey.com] and tried making my own survey to test it out. It worked out pretty well. This one is free, so I would suggest going there. The results are anonymous, and it gives you a wide range of question types you can compose.
 * Week 2- Oriel Boomgarden**

//The Physics Teacher// This journal covers the various topics that are involved in teaching physics. The articles range from content updates from physicists to pedagogy to curriculum and apparatus ideas from current physics teachers. It often tries to pick a topic that will help teachers get students interested in physics; for example this month's feature article is on the physics of ice hockey and a previous issue looked at rollercoasters. It is published by the American Association of Physics Teachers and some articles are available online through their website [|www.aapt.org/tpt]. Articles can also be found at Polk Library and through the library's [|databases].
 * Week 2- Jim Johnson**

//Science Education// This is a journal geared toward science teachers in general. Topics found in //Science Education// can range from a specific research topics in Astronomy, or overall tools that benifit any content area or age range. I liked that many of the articles are research based and have evidence for supporting/refuting a claim. There are articles that touch on topics affecting the way science is taught now in America's education system as wells ideas for enhancing the teaching of science. One issue included topics on prior knowledge, and inquiry based teaching. One inertesting aspect of this journal, is that it allows anyone to submit an article online and get it peer reviewed.
 * Week 3- Chelsie Netzer**

NEA Today This magazine is intended for new teachers. It provides resources to help make the first couple years of teaching more successful. Some topics include; how to manage your classroom, success in the classroom, and there are surveys done and the data collected is included in the magazine, like the article on whether or not teachers should give their cell phone number out to students. This magazine is appropriate for any teaching level and is free along with a paid membership in Student WEA.
 * Week 3- Alisha Brandtmeier**

//Common-Sense Classroom Management for Middle and High School Teachers// This book is intended for new teachers by giving a vast amount of ideas in regards to classroom management. Topics range from how to set up the classroom, to how to handle non-English speaking parents. I liked this book particularly because there was such a variety of topics that I really never thought might effect the optimal learning environment. Classroom management is vital to an enjoyable learning atmosphere, which makes this book a good read, or skim for future teachers.
 * Week 4- Elizabeth Kutzke**

//Women's ways of Knowing the development of self, voice, and Mind// This book was written as a feministic book detailing how women think. However, after reading the book one, realizes that this is not just the way women think, but also the way everyone thinks. The books talks about the how all of our ideals are based on previous experiences. It also spends a lot of time talking about the importances of both procedural knowledge and factodial knowledge. The talks about the inportance of both and how interconected the two are. In summary this book is really pushing constructivism and how it is how people think about topics
 * Week 4-TJ Tersine**

//99 Ideas and Activities for Teaching English Learners with the SIOP Model// This book is full of great ideas and activities to help teachers effectively teach English language learners. It contains lesson plans, step-by-step directions and examples of activities, and content and language objectives that are helpful in teaching English language learners. Since probably all of us will have at least one English language learner in our classroom at some point during our careers, but not all of us will have been trained in how to effectively teach these students, this book is a great resource to help teachers create lesson plans and plan activities that will help English language learning students succeed in the mainstream classroom.
 * Week 5- Ally Peerenboom**

Teacher Magazine This is a magazine which is distriuted nearly weekly. I contains a wide range of information mainly pertaining to a variety of topics which arise around the classroom. Topics for example like technology, intruction, enviorment, and up to date disscuisions that are arrising.
 * Week 5- Nick Katsandonis**

//School & Community// This magazine is great. It talks about current issues in today's educational world. It has some information on how to teach current important events, such as the election. It also gives ways for teachers how to better themselves haelthwise because that will help them in the classroom. It gives ways to be a better teacher in and out of the classroom which is very important to be successfull as a teacher.
 * Week 7- Joshua Korotka**

//Educational Technology: the magazine for managers of change in education// This magazine has numerous articles about how to integrate new technology into the classroom. The magazine does not focus solely on elementary or secondary education but also gives tips on teaching technology in the college-level classroom. All the articles discuss the various applications found in all the technology that can be brought into the classroom, e.g. wikis. http://asianvu.com/bookstoread/etp/
 * Week 7-Jim Krause**

//Educational Leadership// This magazine deals with a specific topic in each issue of the magazine that are designed to improve your classroom. For example, one issue talks about a positive classroom. Then all of the articles in the magazine for that issue have to deal with creating a positive classroom. The magazine gives real life stories of actual teachers and they go in depth about different strategies that can be used to deal with specific issues that may arise in the classroom. Learner-Based Teaching by: Colin Campbell & Hanna Kryszewska This book is based on ELL students, but the activities included in this book could be used for almost any content area since it makes learner-input central to the learning process in the classroom. It first discusses how each lesson needs to be made relevant by connecting the new to the old by tapping into background knowledge and experience. It also asserts that we are on a path away from pre-determined content and each class has their own unique needs and interests. The book states that the teacher should be an active participant, helper, a resource, and monitor of the lesson, but that he/she should not be the center of the instruction. There are plenty of activities mentioned in the following areas: grammar, vocabulary, integrated skills, writing, translation, games, and exam preparation. Most of these activities could be adapted into any content area, as all are key to learning any new information. Also, these activities all seem very fun and interactive as they are all learner-based.
 * Week 8 - Christian Vanseth**
 * Week 9 - Jackie Huebner**

//American Educator// This is a magazine only cost $10 per year and your receive four issues. These issues are brought to us by the American Federation of teachers. This magazine is for teachers from preschool all the way through college. This magazine offers many useful articles in the past they have discussed topics about the achievement gap, teaching understanding of democracy and many other beneficial articles. Teachers at all grade levels can read this article to help them develop as teachers. [|American Educator]
 * Week 9- Casey Robers**

//35 Classroom Management Strategies-Promoting Learning and Building Community by Adrienne Herrell and Michael Jordan// This book would be a great year for new teachers to get basic ideas on how to deal with various types of classroom management. Within each chapter it touched on different ways to handle specific situations and gives teachers an idea of what to expect. I really enjoyed this book because you don't learn a whole lot on classroom management in my methods or education courses and it talked about how to set up your classroom, for example, and how that effects the atmosphere for student learning. It also have multiple example rubrics, charts, etc to use as a guide. The book also came with a video displaying examples of real teachers and how they handle certain situations.
 * Week 10- Brittany Rumphol**

//Education Week Magazine// - This magazine reports on all topics that are essential to teachers that have students within all school ages. The topics are obtained and occur locally, state, and even nationally pertain to information useful to cutting edge technology. The topics will discuss information surrounding technology, textbooks, and new books that came out to help make the teachers classroom more adaptive.http://magazine-directory.com/Education-Week.htm
 * Week 10- Kyle Mannel**

//Rethinking Schools//- This is a nonprofit organization that publishes a quarterly magazine on school reform. Concerned mainly with urban schools and the issues that they face, this magazine focuses on shaping school reform in the public school system. Published in Milwaukee, WI by practicing classroom teachers, the magazine offers the perspectives of educators concerned with issues involving race, charter schools, funding, and more. The organization Rethinking Schools also offers a number of books for sale on critical issues. A one year subscription for the magazine is available for $17.95; however, many of the articles are free to access online. http://www.rethinkingschools.org/index.shtml
 * Week 11- Dan Curran**

//The First Year Teacher's Survival Guide// by Julia G. Thompson - This book serves as an all-encompassing resource for beginning teachers about all kinds of different problems they will face their first year. Topics covered in it include time management, lesson planning, grading, professional development requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, teaching reading and the declining literacy rate among students, technology ideas, ELL and at-risk students, non-traditional school year schedules, graphic organizers, dealing with students who are capable but choose not to work, and many more. On amazon.com, many seasoned teachers and education professionals gave this book stellar reviews, and many said they'd make it required reading for all first-year teachers if they could. The book costs $19.77 on Amazon, which is a reasonable price for a resource that covers so many topics that will give us grief our first year. http://www.amazon.com/First-Teachers-Survival-Guide-Ready/dp/0787994553/ref=pd_sim_b_4
 * Week 11-Brooke Friederichs**

//Instructor// by Scholastic. This magazine is a very useful for teachers in all disciplines. This magazine has articles from lesson plan ideas to classroom management tips. It allows you to search all the articles for free online and sort them by the grade levels or by the subject area. There seems to be more articles dealing with the younger grade levels but there is still some ideas and articles that are related to the secondary level. As I mentioned earlier the articles are free to view online but 16 issues will cost $14.95. http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/
 * Week 11- Mike Riska**

//Current Science// by Weekly Reader. The magazine is geared for grades 6-10 and can be purchased through subscription at $10.15 for 16 which also comes with a teacher guide and planning guide. It contains articles about life, earth, and physical science relevant to current issues such as a look at germs and the human ecosystem. There are also articles covering health and technology. Weekly Reader also offers secondary magazines including //Career World, Current Events, Current Health 2, and Read.// The prices vary on each but are comparable to //Current Science//. The magazines is a great resource for a teacher to get ideas about possible lessons related to current world issues as well a resources to promote reading in a specific content area by the students. http://www.weeklyreader.com/teachers/current_science/
 * Week 12- Josh Pyne**

//journal of Physics Teacher Education Online// http://www.phy.ilstu.edu/jpteo/index.html This journal is intended for teacher educators or people working at universities or high schools who are actively engaged in the education of teacher candidates, and even the teacher candidates themselves. It is a quarterly online journal that presents topics of interest for physics teachers and mentors or teachers of future physics teachers. I like this journal because it is online and free, and it can be downloaded in pdf format. You can also subscribe to get online notifications of updates.
 * Week 12- Steven Fritz**

//Education Week-// edweek.org This journal/magazine is in cahoots with teacher magazine. It has a lot of online stuff too. What I really liked about is takes teacher issues, or issues that are not directly related to teaching and talks about how they affect the teaching world. The election for example. The magazine has articles in the past about the election and what it means etc. It is a just a good general teaching/student magazine. I registered for free and actually have a free copy on its way...yay
 * Week 13- Jake Larsh**

//Diverse// http://www.diverseeducation.com/ This journal/magazine is about diversity in education. This site will be useful to every teacher because it gives news on current issues relating to diversity and education which will help teachers to relate their material to the interests of the students. The site is very user friendly because of it's clean and organized layout. Some of the aspects I like the most is that there is a featured article of the week, which not only grabs the interest of the reader but it also is a testament to how frequently the site is updated. Another part that I liked about this resource is the categorical breakdown of the articles, for example there is a section about technology which links you to articles from various issues relating to the topic of technology all the while maintaining the overarching focus on diversity.
 * Week 14- Jacob Chadderdon**