Resources from the people I follow on Twitter, professional emails, and my own surfingThe Rise Of the New Groupthink by Susan Cain (New York Times, January, 15, 2012, pp. 1, 6 Business Section) explains how there might be an overemphasis on collaboration in business and school settings that is hurting creativity. Working together is fine, but you need to provide for quiet time for people to work alone […]
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January 24th, 2012Information on iBooks 2, iBook Author, & iTunes U
January 21st, 2012In case you missed this on Jan 20, 2012 Apple roles out iBooks 2. Try starting at the ten minute point. iBook author comes next. Skip to 49 minute point for new iTunes U app. Here is a comment on the iBooks concept. You can’t afford Apple’s education revolution but it is the future. @zecool […]
Read entire post...Kindergarten: A book for teachers and parents
January 17th, 2012KINDERGARTEN: Tattle-Tales, Tools, Tactics, Triumphs, and Tasty Treats for Teachers and Parents by Susan Case(©2011, AWOC.Com Publishing: Denton, TX) is full of great advice for educators and parents dealing with this critical age group. If you believe that getting preschool and kindergarten right is important, this book is for you. It has many endearing stories […]
Read entire post...Improving Your School One Week at a Time – Jeffrey Zoul
January 10th, 2012Improving Your School One Week at a Time: Building the Foundation for Professional Teaching and Learning by Jeffrey Zoul (© 2006, Eye On Education: Larchmont, NY) offers a year’s worth of practical and specific advice one Friday at a time. It is the kind of book that lets a principal provide the type of leadership […]
Read entire post...Finnish Lessons – What We Can Learn
December 28th, 2011Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland by Pasi Sahlberg (© 2010, Teachers College Press: New York, NY) is the story of Finland’s extraordinary reforms and one that should inform policymakers and educators around the world, most of whom are on the wrong track. Sahlberg has lived and studied these […]
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