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April 2009	May 2009	June 2009

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You can join book clubs at the following links:

Book	Dates	Leader	How to Join	Discussion
Tribes by Seth Godin	June 2009	Vinnie Vrotny, North Shore CDS (IL)	How it works	Discussion Here
Infotopia by Cass Sunstein	May 2009	Joel Backon (Choate Rosemary Hall)	How it works	Discussion Here
Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv	April 2009	Kim Barnes, Greenhill School (TX)	How it works	Discussion Here
Save the World on Your Own Time by Stanley Fish	March 2009	Mark Crotty, Greenhill School (TX)	How it works	Discussion Here
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell	February 2009	Vinnie Vrotny, North Shore CDS (IL)	How it works	Discussion Here
Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman	January 2009	Will (TeacherPlaces.com)	How it works	Discussion Here
True Enough by Farhad Manjoo	December 2008	Joel Backon (Choate Rosemary Hall)	How it works	Discussion Here
Can We Talk About Race? by Beverly Daniel Tatum	November 2008	Nishant M (Alexandria Country Day School) and Patrice H-C (Alexandria Country Day School)	How it works	Discussion Here
Cosmopolitanism by Kwame Anthony Appiah	October 2008	Will (TeacherPlaces.com)	How it works	Discussion Here
Disrupting Class by Clayton M. Christensen	September 2008	Will (TeacherPlaces.com)	How it works	Discussion Here
Mindset by Carol Dweck	Ongoing!	Sherry (TeacherPlaces.com)	How it works	Discussion Here
A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink	Ongoing!	Pat B (NAIS)	How it works	Discussion Here
Brain Rules by John Medina	Ongoing!	SherryW (Alexandria Country Day School)	How it works	Discussion Here
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult	July 1-31, 2008	WillD (TeacherPlaces.com)	How it works	Discussion Here
The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki	May 12-31, 2008	Will D (TeacherPlaces.com)	How it works	Discussion Here
Everything Bad is Good for You by Steven Johnson	April 1-30, 2008	Will D (TeacherPlaces.com)	How it works	Discussion Here
You Can't Say You Can't Play by Vivian Paley	March 1-31, 2008	Will D (TeacherPlaces.com)	How it works	Discussion Here
Bit Literacy by Mark Hurst	Recorded Live on January 16, 2008	Pat B (NAIS)	How it works	Chat Transcript Here
The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness by Edward M. Hallowell	November 1-15, 2007	Joel B (Choate) and Patrice H-C (Alexandria Country Day School)	Discussion Guide Here	Discussion Archive Here
Five Minds for the Future by Howard Gardner	October 15-31, 2007	Curt L (U Chicago Lab School)	Discussion Guide Here	Discussion Archive Here
Made to Stick by Chip Heath and Dan Heath	September 15-30, 2007	Will D (TeacherPlaces.com)	Intro Page	Discussion Archive Here
The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer	July 15-31, 2007	Roberta W (Alexandria Country Day School)	Intro Page	Discussion Archive Here
Zapp! by William Byham and Jeff Cox	July 1-15, 2007	SherryW (SchoolAdmin.com)	Intro Page	Discussion Archive Here

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About Us

Welcome to TeacherPlaces Book Clubs. This site is an extension of the professional learning community of educators that is gathering and connecting over at TeacherPlaces.com. Book Clubs is designed to facilitate a special kind of connection, the one that teachers make when they read and discuss books that interest them. This form of online discussion is in its infancy, and we are dedicated to exploring its potential here.

For some, joining an online discussion here is an extension of a real-world group at your school or a library nearby. For others, the group is truly "virtual," meeting and interacting in a fashion peculiar to the rhythms and tools of "asynchronous discussion forums." In fact, the hows and whys of this kind of discussion forum are a topic of interest in and of themselves. If you are interested in reading more about asynchronous discussions, visit our research page.

If you are interested in joining a group, check out two things first. The leader of each group has established a blog for group members to post to; the leader's thoughts about how the group will function can be found there, usually in the first post to the blog, so scroll down if you don't see it.

Next, visit our "How It Works" page for the thinking behind the site and some general suggestions for participation. Oh, and if you have a book in mind for a future club, please go ahead and suggest a book.

In order to participate, you will need to register. Even if you are already a member at TeacherPlaces, a separate registration is required here, and you will find it quick and simple--no emails to confirm or anything!

And if this is your first experience with a TeacherPlaces website, please come visit at TeacherPlaces.com, where teachers can establish a professional home on the web, complete with blog, file storage, and other useful tools. TeacherPlaces also supports groups of teachers who want to come together around topics of shared interest and form professional learning communities. We'd be glad to have your experience and ideas as part of TeacherPlaces, too!