{"id":2266,"date":"2010-12-31T05:01:12","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T13:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/?p=2266"},"modified":"2010-12-30T20:00:21","modified_gmt":"2010-12-31T04:00:21","slug":"25-kindle-books-for-catholic-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/25-kindle-books-for-catholic-teachers","title":{"rendered":"25 Kindle Books for Catholic Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, you got a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003FSUDM4?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B003FSUDM4\">Kindle<\/a> for Christmas, and you want to do some professional reading. The following books may be just what you&#8217;re looking for:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catholicism\/Catechesis<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000QEKMV2?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000QEKMV2\"><em>Jesus of Nazareth<\/em><\/a> by Pope Benedict XVI<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002FSTJBQ?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B002FSTJBQ\"><em>Deep Conversion\/Deep Prayer<\/em><\/a> by Fr. Thomas Dubay<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001R4CKK6?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001R4CKK6\"><em>My Life with the Saints<\/em><\/a> by Fr. James Martin, SJ<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001R4CKK6?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001R4CKK6\"><em>The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life<\/em><\/a> by Fr. James Martin, SJ<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001O5945M?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001O5945M\"><em>Summa Theologica<\/em><\/a> by St. Thomas Aquinas (for less than one dollar!)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001O5945M?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001O5945M\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2288\" title=\"Summa Theologica\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/summa.jpg\" alt=\"Summa Theologica\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/summa.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/summa-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000XUBCIG?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=nickslists-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000XUBCIG\"><em>Praying the Rosary<\/em><\/a> by Megan Mckenna<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001UHN5WW?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=nickslists-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001UHN5WW\"><em>The Rosary: A Path into Prayer<\/em><\/a> by Liz Kelly<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003EYUHUM?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B003EYUHUM\"><em>The How-To Book of Catholic Devotions<\/em><\/a> by Mike Aquilina<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002NKN2SC?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B002NKN2SC\"><em>The How-To Book of the Mass<\/em><\/a> by Michael Debruiel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B003C2SPG4?tag=nickslists-20&amp;camp=213381&amp;creative=390973&amp;linkCode=as4&amp;creativeASIN=B003C2SPG4&amp;adid=13W2MYB84H159RQK7A51&amp;\"><em>The Catechist&#8217;s Toolbox: How to Thrive as a Religious Education Teacher<\/em><\/a> by Joe Paprocki<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B000OT8AA4?tag=catholicschool-20&amp;camp=213381&amp;creative=390973&amp;linkCode=as4&amp;creativeASIN=B000OT8AA4&amp;adid=1BSDRMPA4GGVH8D2D6W0&amp;\"><em>Catholic School Leadership<\/em><\/a> by Theodore Wallace<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0027VSQK6?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=nickslists-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0027VSQK6\"><em>My Best Teachers Were Saints: What Every Educator Can Learn from the Heroes of the Church<\/em><\/a> by Susan Swetnam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Technology\/Writing\/Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003Y734XG?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B003Y734XG\"><em>Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms<\/em><\/a> by Will Richardson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003R7KZS0?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B003R7KZS0\"><em>The Digital Writing Workshop<\/em><\/a> by Troy Hicks<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004GJWH84?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B004GJWH84\"><em>Teaching Adolescent Writers<\/em><\/a> by Kelly Gallagher<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0034DGPPE?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0034DGPPE\"><em>The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child<\/em><\/a> by Donalyn Miller<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001C30WZC?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001C30WZC\"><em>Literature Circles<\/em><\/a> by Harvey Daniels<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000SEI172?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000SEI172\"><em>Writing Workshop<\/em><\/a> by Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn\u00a0 Portalupi<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001GNC9ZE?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001GNC9ZE\"><em>Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage and Style into Writer&#8217;s Workshop<\/em><\/a> by Jeff Anderson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001N2ZWNE?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001N2ZWNE\"><em>Socratic Circles: Fostering Critical and Creative Thinking in Middle and High School<\/em><\/a> by Matt Copeland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>General Education\/Productivity<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001D77LZ6?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=nickslists-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001D77LZ6\"><em>The Courage to Teach<\/em><\/a> by Parker Palmer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000N2HCKQ?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000N2HCKQ\"><em>Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die<\/em><\/a> by Chip and Dan Heath<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0041KLCH0?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0041KLCH0\"><em>Brain Rules<\/em><\/a> by John Medina<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000WH7PKY?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=nickslists-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000WH7PKY\"><em>Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity<\/em><\/a> by David Allen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000WJVK26?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=catholicschool-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000WJVK26\"><em>The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People<\/em><\/a> by Stephen Covey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Just this past week, Amazon has implemented a rudimentary lending system for those with Kindles. If the publisher of a book allows, you can lend a Kindle book one time to someone else. They can have the book for no longer than 14 days, and while they have it, you cannot read your copy. It&#8217;s not a perfect lending solution, but it&#8217;s better than nothing.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve noticed that Goodreads has already started a <a href=\"http:\/\/wwww.goodreads.com\/group\/show\/40792.Kindle_Lending\">Kindle Lending group<\/a> for people who want to exchange books. If you&#8217;re not a Goodreads member, I highly recommend it as a place to share with other readers. It&#8217;s free, and integrates easily with Facebook and Twitter. I would love to connect with other educators via Goodreads and compare reading lists, so please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/user\/show\/327675\">feel free to friend me<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, you got a Kindle for Christmas, and you want to do some professional reading. The following books may be just what you&#8217;re looking for: Catholicism\/Catechesis Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVI Deep Conversion\/Deep Prayer by Fr. Thomas Dubay My Life with the Saints by Fr. James Martin, SJ The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/25-kindle-books-for-catholic-teachers\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;25 Kindle Books for Catholic Teachers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[50,72],"class_list":["post-2266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teaching-tips","tag-books","tag-kindle"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prZ8V-Ay","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1256,"url":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/csc\/kindle-books-for-catholic-educators-basics","url_meta":{"origin":2266,"position":0},"title":"Kindle Books for Catholic Educators: Basics","author":"Deacon Nick","date":"August 11, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"This week we feature two books to help you or your students brush up on the essentials of our faith. 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