Hey Colbert, Ecoutez!

My guardian got an unexpected Christmas gift...her own author page at Barnes & Noble! This, of course, is the result of her two new books in press, both available for pre-order!

This one, published by Corwin, a division of SAGE, is for teachers who are interested in remodeling their lessons for the new Common Core State Standards. The Table of Contents is here.

This one, published by University of Toronto Press, is based on her dissertation research about the inner-workings of politics of curriculum production. She hopes to have a few other books about this ready soon :)

Back in 2007, she co-authored a high school textbook for the Canadian market, published by Nelson. It was actually her third! This latest installment in high school textbook writing is titled Business Technology Today, and is the official, Trillium-approved book for grade 9/10 information technology courses in Ontario and beyond.

Of course, I make no secret of my interest in the work of Dr. Stephen T. Colbert - and my influence on her led to the inclusion of not only Colbert's important concept of Wikiality in this textbook, but even his full-color photo in the textbook! The significance of this is that Canadian teens will be exposed to Colbert's innovative commentary on social media!

"Reality has a liberal bias?" Feh!
Nonethless, we have been most disappointed that somehow this groundbreaking curricular inclusion has absolutely fallen through the cracks.
As I contemplate this oversight, I must get back to my holiday reading....

Happy 2012 to all from Humphrey!!!!