the growing biblio
The following is a list of books, some known, some not, that may be of interest today or tomorrow.
PERSONAL rating system :
1-3 (3 being best)= theoretical presentation
A-C (A being best)= practical application to life/teaching
NA (not available) = I’m not familiar enough to rate the book. It has been recommended to me by someone.
TEACHING WRITING (K12):
Blasingame, J. 7 Bushman, J. (2005) Teaching Writing in Middle and Secondary Schools. (rating=NA)
Burkhardt, R. (2003) Writing for Real: Strategies for Engaging Adolescent Writers. (rating=NA)
Olson, C. B. (2003) The Reading/Writing Connection: Strategies for teaching and learning in the Secondary Classroom.
DIGITAL WRITING:
Wysocki, Anne Francis; Self, Cynthia; Sirc, Geoffrey. (2004). Writing New Media
Aimed for college composition instructors. Theoretical chapters with practical, sequenced lesson plans for application. (rating=3A)
TECHNOLOGY AND COGNTION:
Clark, Andy. (2003). Natural Born Cyborgs
A fun read that explores how technology expands our traditional sense of intelligence. The book's central premise is to complicate thinking as occurring only within the mind, or what Clark calls the "skin skull sac." (rating=4C)
Hayles, Kathrine. Writing Machines & My Mother Was a Computer (rating=NA)
I have yet to read these books. They were both recommended to me by Thom Swiss because of my interest in digital writing/literacies. I look forward to the opportunity to read them perhaps this summer.