With culture shifting faster and technology advancing more and more quickly, professional development is more important now than ever before. There are a few recent book releases you may want to pick up this summer if you're an educator who's trying to prepare for the fall. Continue reading to find five new books we think every teacher should read this summer.
Each school year seems to be getting harder and harder for many of us educators. New challenges arise each year that we've never had to face before. A lot has changed since the 2020 pandemic, and many of our students are dealing with trauma because of it. Continue education is our best form of preparing for our students and classrooms this fall. It's truly a necessity for all professions, and there's no better time than summer to pick up some extra reading material.
Do you have questions about AI in your classroom? Want to learn to make math more meaningful to your students? What about improving your productivity? These are common questions we're hearing from educators as we try to adapt to culture changes. If this is your too, then keep reading!
New Book Releases to Check Out
Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education by Salman Khan. This read is at the top of our list for a reason. You are not going to want to miss this new book by the founder of Khan Academy. AI is coming to education whether we want it to or not. This new book includes strategies on how AI will enhance and "customize" modern education instead of criminalizing AI as a whole. This one is recommended to parents as well who are interested in learning how AI can affect their children's education.
The Writing Revolution 2.0 by Judith C Hochman. Hochman has created a new method for building success in our classrooms by focusing on and elevating the writing abilities of our students. In this book, readers find a road map for fostering and strengthening writing skills, which has the potential to improve all areas of study for our students. This second edition includes more specific examples and activities to complete with students.
How to Start Mind Mapping by Wisdom University. This book may help both you and your students find success in your classroom. With this book, you'll find a detailed guide to better focus, potentially helping you stay organized, concentrate more, and inspire more creativity. Find step-by-step guides to solving problems, making choices, and defining your goals. Information can be beneficial for both your day-to-day career as well as can be passed on to students to help improve focus and productivity.
Critical Thinking for Complex Issues by Thinknetic. Critical thinking is one the most importance skills, if not the most important skill, that we can provide our students with. In our last blog post, we even discussed the importance of helping students navigate the danger of the digital age, such as fake news, AI, cyberbullying, and more. This book provides a comprehensive guide to valuing and finding the truth while overcoming biases, fallacies, and extra noise. This book is one that will be helpful for both you and your students.
Math-ish: Finding Creativity, Diversity, and Meaning in Mathematics by Jo Boaler. Stanford professor Jo Boaler has created this detailed guide to making math fun. As we discussed in our previous blog post, math can be quite a challenge to get students excited about, therefore it becomes more of a challenge. With the "Math-ish" mindset, you and your students will see how math isn't about correctness but about using math to learn about ourselves and ourselves to learn about math.
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