Prufrock Press

As technology revolutionizes the way the world operates, it’s more important than ever that students understand how to think critically about information. These books will help teachers and students create meaningful experiences and develop effective communication skills in increasingly tech-based environments. 

• Coding, Robotics, and Engineering for Young Students: A Tech Beginnings Curriculum (Grades Pre-K–2) builds foundational computer science and robotics skills and knowledge in bright Pre-K–grade 2 students. Students are challenged to learn computer science content, such as coding, and robotics and engineering concepts, as well as practice high-level academic skills, such as creative problem solving, computational thinking, and critical thinking. 

• Genius Hour: Passion Projects That Ignite Innovation and Student Inquiry provides educators with the tools that they need to successfully implement Genius Hour, or passion projects, in the classroom. Students will experience personalized learning through these self-driven projects, application of standards and real-world skills, and opportunities to learn through failure and reflection. 

• Makerspaces in School: A Month-by-Month Schoolwide Model for Building Meaningful Makerspaces. Organized into an easy-to-follow, month-by-month plan for implementation, this book provides field-tested and research-based knowledge that will serve educators as they create and maintain a meaningful Makerspace. Through Makerspaces, project-based learning provides opportunities for credible, legitimate, and authentic growth and development. 

• Inspiring Innovation and Creativity in Young Learners: Transforming STEAM Education for Pre-K–Grade 3 helps teachers and other educational stakeholders to promote innovative thinking in children in Pre-K through grade 3. This book features STEAM mini-lessons, specific strategies, organizers, and thinking starters teachers can use to address growth mindset, building empathy, making inferences, curiosity, developing meaningful connections with previous learning, self-reflection, and revision.

• Fighting Fake News! Teaching Critical Thinking and Media Literacy in a Digital Age (Grades 4–6) focuses on applying critical thinking skills in digital environments while also helping students and teachers to avoid information overload. Now more than ever, teachers need the instruction in Fighting Fake News! to teach students how to locate, evaluate, synthesize, and communicate information.

• Using the Schoolwide Enrichment Model With Technology recognizes that digital technologies are changing and evolving at lightning speeds. Focusing on the skills that support critical thinking and problem solving, decision making, and communication, the authors seamlessly merge technology to launch students toward independent productivity.