by Scott McLeod | Sep 1, 2023 | Miscellaneous |
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in August 2023…
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by Scott McLeod | Aug 1, 2023 | Miscellaneous |
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in July 2023…
- Assessment of Higher Order Thinking Skills, Gregory Schraw and Daniel Robinson (Eds.) (psychology)
- The Future of Smart, Ulcca Joshi Hansen (education)
- Critical Thinking, Jonathan Haber (education)
- The Song of Significance, Seth Godin (leadership)
- Recalibrate the Culture, Jimmy Casas (education)
- The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch (fantasy)
- Red Seas Under Red Skies, Scott Lynch (fantasy)
- The Republic of Thieves, Scott Lynch (fantasy)
- The Burning God, R. F. Kuang (fantasy)
- Sheepfarmer’s Daughter, Elizabeth Moon (fantasy)
- The Book of Magic, Gardner Dozois (fantasy)
- Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman (mythology)
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by Scott McLeod | Jul 5, 2023 | Miscellaneous |
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in June 2023…
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by Scott McLeod | Jun 1, 2023 | Miscellaneous |
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in May 2023…
- Leaders of Their Own Learning, Ron Berger (education)
- Defiant, Dave Bara (science fiction)
- A Million Open Doors, John Barnes (science fiction)
- Earth Made of Glass, John Barnes (science fiction)
- Tress of the Emerald Sea, Brandon Sanderson (science fiction)
- Crossover, Joel Shepherd (science fiction)
- Rockslide, Michael Wisehart (fantasy)
- Sandstorm, Michael Wisehart (fantasy)
- Wildfire, Michael Wisehart (fantasy)
- Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, Benjamin Stevenson (thriller)
- I Will Find You, Harlan Coben (thriller)
- Zarrella’s Hierarchy of Contagiousness, Dan Zarrella (marketing)
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by Scott McLeod | May 1, 2023 | Miscellaneous |
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in March 2023…
- The EduProtocol Field Guide, Marlena Hebern & Jon Corippo (education)
- The EduProtocol Field Guide Book 2, Marlena Hebern & Jon Corippo (education)
- Deploying EduProtocols, Kimberly Voge, Marlena Hebern, & Jon Corippo (education)
- Desert Star, Michael Connelly (thriller)
- The Fireballer, Mark Stevens (baseball)
- Starbound, Dave Bara (science fiction)
- The White Tower, Michael Wisehart (fantasy)
- Banished, Michael Wisehart (fantasy)
- Hurricane, Michael Wisehart (fantasy)
- Haven, Joel Shepherd (fantasy)
- Killers of a Certain Age, Deanna Raybourn (thriller)
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by Scott McLeod | Apr 8, 2023 | Miscellaneous |
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in March 2023…
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by Scott McLeod | Mar 3, 2023 | Miscellaneous |
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in February 2023…
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by Scott McLeod | Feb 6, 2023 | Miscellaneous |
[I should have written this post a month ago but better late than never…]
I read some great (and not so great) books in 2022! Here are my top few (and why)…
My top book for 2022 was Changing the Subject: Twenty Years of Projects from High Tech High, by Jean Kluver and Jeff Robin.The book is an incredible gift to everyone who cares about deeper learning. Changing the Subject is a coffee table-style book that profiles 50 projects done by students and faculty over the past 20 years across the various schools in the High Tech High system. Each project in the book includes a description, learning outcomes, and vibrant photos of students at work and their learning artifacts. The book captures the enthusiasm of the students as well as the depth, breadth, and rigor of their inquiry- and project-based learning. Changing the Subject is incredibly inspiring because it shows us what young people are capable of if we unleash their creativity and scaffold and structure their learning toward critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, and community contribution. I have shown the projects in this book to a large number of educators. Their inevitable reaction is “WOW, that’s amazing. Kids that age did that?!” This book is a must-own if you are trying to transform schools and facilitate deeper learning experiences by children and adolescents. (FYI, there’s also an online version)
The book that was a strong second for me last year was Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education by Alex Shevrin Venet. I learned a LOT. The book is both thought-provoking and practical as it describes the impacts of structural inequities, how educators respond to struggling children, and what we can do better. I highly recommend this book to anyone who cares about fixing educational systems so that they better serve the young people in their care.
On the fiction front, I picked up The Blacktongue Thief at a random bookstore in Lake Oswego, Oregon. I knew nothing about it, but it was a rollicking, quirky, thrilling read from start to finish. If you like fantasy books, you’ll love this one.
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by Scott McLeod | Feb 1, 2023 | Miscellaneous |
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in January 2023…
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by Scott McLeod | Jan 1, 2023 | Miscellaneous |
Books I finished reading (or rereading) in December 2022…
- AI 2041, Chen Qiufan & Kai-Fu Lee (technology, sci fi)
- The Investigator, John Sandford (thriller)
- The Dark Hours, Michael Connelly (thriller)
- Bottom of the 33rd, Dan Barry (baseball)
- Nightfall and Other Stories, Isaac Asimov (sci fi)
- The Ghost Brigades, John Scalzi (sci fi)
- The Last Colony, John Scalzi (sci fi)
- Zoe’s Tale, John Scalzi (sci fi)
- The Human Division, John Scalzi (sci fi)
- The End of All Things, John Scalzi (sci fi)
- Magician: Apprentice, Raymond Feist (fantasy)
- Magician: Master, Raymond Feist (fantasy)
- Expendable, James Alan Gardner (sci fi)
- The Flaw in All Magic, Ben Dobson (fantasy)
- First Contract, Greg Costikyan (sci fi)
AI 2041 was very interesting. A collection of ten short science fiction stories meant to illustrate how artificial intelligence (AI) might influence society in 20 years, each followed by a more-detailed, technical explanation of the computer science and societal issues illustrated in that story…
TOTAL FOR 2022 = 116 books
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