Resources from the people I follow on Twitter, professional emails, and my own surfingIt is truly amazing how many ways Facebook impacts our culture. It causes fear for many organizations, results in real people losing real jobs, and less driving by teens, which sounds good to me. Page two suggests live streaming school events, tips for customizing learning, ignorance as a weapon, and a player piano that picks […]
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July 22nd, 2012The World Is Flat Release 3.0 Summary
July 8th, 2012If you haven’t read The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century Release 3.0 by Thomas L. Friedman (© 2007, Farrar, Strauss, & Giroux: New York, NY) it is time. If you have read it, it’s time to review the ten forces that have converged to flatten the world as far as […]
Read entire post...Flip Your Classroom – Great Book Summary
June 27th, 2012Flip Your Classroom: Reach Every Student in Every Classroom Every Day by Jonathan Bergmann and Arron Sams (©2012, International Society for Technology in Education: Washington, D.C.) is a must read for anyone interested in flipping their classroom. It provides a window into a flipped classroom led by two educators who were driven by a simple […]
Read entire post...The School Mission Statement – My 70th Book Summary
June 6th, 2012The School Mission Statement: Values, Goals, & Identities in American Education by Steven E. Stemler and Damian J. Bebell (©2012, Eye On Education: Larchmont, NY) is a must-have resource for any school or district creating or reevaluating their mission statement. If you would like your educational outcomes to align with your statements of purpose, this […]
Read entire post...Teachers Gone Wild – Female Teachers in Sex Cases
June 6th, 2012Let’s face it. The fact that it is very difficult or impossible to fire really bad teachers is a black eye for all educators. Even if you can get rid of a bad apple, it will probably come at a high cost to the tax payers. Here are stories from this week’s (6/4/2012) newspapers on […]
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