Resources

__**Texts, authors, webpages to do further exploring on Wikis, Blogs and Writing:**__ **(not in any particular order...)**
 * 1) //Teaching Middle School Writers// by Laura Robb, 2010, Heinemann. (includes a DVD/CD)
 * 2) //Creating a Digital-rich Classroom// by Meg Ormiston, 2011, Solution Tree.
 * 3) //Literacy 2.0: Reading and Writing in the 21st Century Classrooms// by Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and Alex Gonzalez, 2010, Solution Tree Press.
 * 4) //Teaching Writing Using Blogs, Wikis, and Other Digital Tools// by Richard Beach, Chris Anson, Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch, and Thom Swiss, 2009, Christopher- Gordan Publishers.
 * 5) //Teaching the New Writing: Technology, Change, and Assessment in the 21st Century Classroom// by Anne Herrington, Kevin Hodgson, and Charles Moran, editors, 2009, Teachers College.
 * 6) //Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve the Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High Schools// by Steve Graham and Dolores Perin,//2007.// @http://www.all4ed.org/files/WritingNext.pdf
 * 7) iWrite: Using Blogs, Wikis and Digital Stories in the English Classroom by Dana J. Wilber, Heinemann, 2010.
 * 8) Building Adolescent Literacy in Today's English Classrooms by Randy Bomer, Heinemann, 2011.
 * 9) Reading Today: Informed Content for Literacy Professionals published by the International Reading Association.
 * 10) Middle Ground: The Magazine of Middle Level Education by Association for Middle Level Education.

__**Other Resources Worth Exploring:**__ ASCD has its own blog which you can follow.
 * ASCD - free webinars and other worthwhile materials (ASCD webinar info) sign up for newsletter.
 * MiddleWeb Exploring Middle School email (from Stenhouse) - free signup.
 * RSS Feeds Explained
 * Read Write Think (The IRA portion Thinkfinity) has many resources