Literacy practices have changed over the past several years to incorporate modes of representation much broader than language alone, in which the textual is also related to the visual, the audio, the spatial, etc. This book focuses on research and instructional practices necessary for integrating an expanded view of literacy in the classroom that offers multiple points of entry for all students. Projects highlighted in this book incorporate multiple modes of communication (e.g., visual, au...

Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has seemingly burst into public consciousness with sudden vigor. Previously relinquished to computer science journals, it erupted as the unrelenting topic of public media with most of the furor surrounding chatbots, like ChatGPT. Although many educators began worrying about the implications of AI in student learning and creative activity, this book will demonstrate that AI can be harnessed as a source of inspiration and meaningful instruction. With an emphas...

From the big city beat to a blue jean retreat with a true best friend. An echo through a canyon of truth. Circles of lies. Which way can one go when reality is so close to to the razorz edge. Promises are for people who can not keep their word? Grand naivity? To laugh like a child is great for the soul until the heart is broken and one is left crying like a baby. Dreams will not die as long as the desire within burns. Stop for a moment and check this out. Why ask why? Kick your feet up. Do...

The eBook+ version of this book features the following enhancements:Embedded videos of authentic examples of students’ media production on climate changeInteractive links in the chapters to additional audio and video examplesThis timely book provides effective methods and authentic examples of teaching about climate change through digital and multimodal media production in the English Language Arts classroom. The chapters in this edited volu...

How to educate the next generation of college students to invent, to create, and to discover—filling needs that even the most sophisticated robot cannot.Driverless cars are hitting the road, powered by artificial intelligence. Robots can climb stairs, open doors, win Jeopardy, analyze stocks, work in factories, find parking spaces, advise oncologists. In the past, automation was considered a threat to low-skilled labor. Now, many high-skilled functions, in...

All teachers and administrators must know how to educate multilingual students, particularly English language learners!Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners: Research, Theory, Policy, and Practice by Wayne E. Wright is a comprehensive course text on ELL education for pre-service elementary and secondary teachers as well as literacy, special education, English as a second language (ESL), and bilingual specialists. This foundational text also targets educational...

Jokes galore for kids of all ages. Chapter topics include Monsters jokes, Animal jokes, Food jokes and Critter jokes, this hilarious joke book is a rib tickling delight.

This volume was conceived as a "best practices" resource for teachers of ESL listening courses in the way that Vocabulary Myths by Keith S. Folse (and Writing Myths by Joy Reid) is one for reading and vocabulary teachers. It was written to help ensure that teachers of listening are not perpetuating the myths of teaching listening.Both the research and pedagogy in this book are based on the newest research in the field of second language acquisition. Steven Brown i...

My second 5-letter puzzle ebook, "More 5-Letter Word Puzzles", has 320 new words and phrases to test your word knowledge. The challenge? You try to make as many 5-letter words from a word or phrase I give you, then compare your words with the ones I found. Each puzzle has the number of words I found, but sometimes the smaller number of words are the hardest to solve. My 5-letter word puzzles, and my 4-letter word puzzles, really give your brain a good workout while increasing your word kno...

Lucky Fish travels along a lush current — a confluence of leaping vocabulary and startling formal variety, with upwelling gratitude at its source: for love, motherhood, “new hope,” and the fluid and rich possibilities of words themselves. With an exuberant appetite for “my morning song, my scurry-step, my dew,” anchored in complicated human situations, this astounding young poet’s third collection of poems is her strongest yet. "Nezhukumatathil's third book is fascinated with the ...

In this first book-length treatment of collaborative writing in second language (L2) classrooms, Neomy Storch provides a theoretical, pedagogical and empirical rationale for the use of collaborative writing activities in L2 classes, as well as some guidelines about how to best implement such activities in both face-to-face and online mode. The book discusses factors that may impact on the nature and outcomes of collaborative writing, and examines the beliefs about language learning that un...

Watch out, parents!Hilarious jokes are coming your way! This Kid's Joke Book will turn your 9-year-old into a young comedian."Almost all creativity involves purposeful play." – Abraham MaslowThe You Laugh You Lose Challenge is a book designed for both single-player and to be shared and read by everyone in your household.But why not let everyone play? Gather your family around the fire, call...