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Wednesday, June 25, 2014
How to share Google Drive files (videos, audio files and documents) with friends and colleagues
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014
What books would you suggest for young people to study (to prepare for the Global Economy)?
This list is found at http://preview.tinyurl.com/QBEBooks
What is an easy way to get your head into the top 20 or 30 books or ideas for the next century?
Here's a suggestion:
Read extracts of the top 20 books.
Look for a place where people have posted extracts of those books.
The Destination: GoodReads.com and Wikipedia.org
Step1: Look up a book
Step 2: Look for the "QUOTES" section of the listing.
Step 3: Focus on the quotes
Step 4: Read the Wikipedia summary.
The following links are what I've collected for the QBE European Leadership School in St. Malo, France. Director Will Sutherland requested a list and (in consultation with Wes Green, Noel Thompson, John Vornle, Enrique Gonzalez, Dennis Littky, Matt Blazek and other mentors) here's a start:
FIRST TIER (one size fits all)
(1) Transparency
Bennis, Goleman and O'Toole
Daniel Goleman
Click here for Goodreads
Read an extract
Biography of Warren Bennis
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(2) Magnificant Brain at any age
Daniel Amen
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Quotes:
whether you hit the gym or sit at the computer to check your Facebook page. If you feel
unchecked, sends stress signals to the rest of your body and wrinkles your skin. And it is
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Thomas Friedman,
Note: These books are not in alphabetical order.
These books are just in the order that I've thought of them. I put the three Daniels (Amen, Pink, Goleman) on top because their work is currently "hot" at my school.
I hope you will contact me with your suggestions to add to this list: VisualAndActive@gmail.com
I have a SECOND TIER list -- I've kept the writings of Jose Marti off the Main List because most people don't see Cuba in their future. If you see yourself in Havana someday, then read some extracts from MartÃ's writings. How about memorizing the first line of Cultivo una rosa blanco en julio como en enero...?
SECOND TIER (for special interests)
The Writings of Jose Marti
Writings of Tom Peters
Write to me: VisualAndActive@gmail.com or text me at +1 954 646 8246
Steve http://preview.tinyurl.com/QBEBooks this list is found easily at this tinyurl link.
What is an easy way to get your head into the top 20 or 30 books or ideas for the next century?
Here's a suggestion:
Read extracts of the top 20 books.
 |
| Look for the QUOTES |
Look for a place where people have posted extracts of those books.
The Destination: GoodReads.com and Wikipedia.org
Step1: Look up a book
Step 2: Look for the "QUOTES" section of the listing.
Step 3: Focus on the quotes
Step 4: Read the Wikipedia summary.
The following links are what I've collected for the QBE European Leadership School in St. Malo, France. Director Will Sutherland requested a list and (in consultation with Wes Green, Noel Thompson, John Vornle, Enrique Gonzalez, Dennis Littky, Matt Blazek and other mentors) here's a start:
FIRST TIER (one size fits all)
“Transformation of education” and “21st Century skills”
What books and questions could inspire teachers to move away from lectures and toward becoming "guides on the side"?
(1) Transparency
Bennis, Goleman and O'Toole
Daniel Goleman
Click here for Goodreads
Read an extract
Biography of Warren Bennis
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(2) Magnificant Brain at any age
Daniel Amen
Click here for Goodreads
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| Click here |
“Your brain is involved in everything you do.
Your brain controls everything you do, feel, and think. When you look in the
mirror, you can thank your brain for what you see. Ultimately, it is your brain that
determines whether your belly bulges over your belt buckle or your waistline is trim and
toned. Your brain plays the central role in whether your skin looks fresh and dewy or is
etched with wrinkles. Whether you wake up feeling energetic or groggy depends on your
brain. When you head to the kitchen to make breakfast, it is your brain that determines
whether you go for the leftover pizza or the low-fat yogurt and fruit. Your brain controls
whether you hit the gym or sit at the computer to check your Facebook page. If you feel
the need to light up a cigarette or drink a couple cups of java, that's also your brain's
doing.ACTION STEP Remember that your brain is involved in everything you do, every
decision you make, every bite of food you take, every cigarette you smoke, every
worrisome thought you have, every workout you skip, every alcoholic beverage you
drink, and more.”
“To feel successful, you must be able to be honest about the things that are really important to you.”
“It is your brain that decides to get you out of bed in the morning to exercise, to
give you a stronger, leaner body, or to cause you to hit the snooze button and
procrastinate your workout. It is your brain that pushes you away from the table telling
you that you have had enough, or that gives you permission to have the second bowl of
Rocky Road ice cream, making you look and feel like a blob. It is your brain that
manages the stress in your life and relaxes you so that you look vibrant, or, when left
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| Visit Dr. Amen's website AmenClinics.com |
your brain that turns away cigarettes, too much caffeine, and alcohol, helping you look
and feel healthy, or that gives you permission to smoke, to have that third cup of coffee,
or to drink that third glass of wine, thus making every system in your body look and feel
older.Your brain is the command and control center of your body. If you want a better
body, the first place to ALWAYS start is by having a better brain.”
“Your brain is the organ of your personality, character, and
intelligence and is heavily involved in making you who you are.”
“Most people throughout the world, not just in
Newport Beach, care more about their faces, their boobs, their bellies, their butts, and
their abs than they do their brains. But it is your brain that is the key to having the face,
the breasts, the belly, the butt, the abs, and the overall health you have always wanted;
and it is brain dysfunction, in large part, that ruins our bodies and causes premature
aging.”
“Dried oregano has thirty times the brain-healing antioxidant power of raw blueberries, forty-six times more than apples, and fifty-six times as much as strawberries, making it one of the most powerful brain cell protectors on the planet.”
“Caffeine restricts blood flow to the brain.”
“Caffeine dehydrates the brain and body.”
“There is rising concern about pesticides, used on plants for food, causing endocrine disruption, meaning that the residual pesticides appear to be changing hormone levels in our populations.”
“Dr. Daniel Amen’s 18, 40, 60 Rule:
“At 18 you worry about what everyone thinks of you. At 40 you don’t care.
At 60 you realise no one was thinking about you anyway!”
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(3) Free
Agent Nation
Key idea: We are all free agents. Even when we are employed, we can
have a website and a business that we are growing.
Click here for Goodreads
Quotes
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(4) A
Whole New Mind
Key idea: To succeed in the future, projects will need to use Asia,
Automation and appeal to Abundance. Pink' quotes include “Designers
give us what we didn't know we were missing.”
Click here for Goodreads
Quotes
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(5) Drive
Key Idea: Money is an incomplete incentive. Motivators include
autonomy, mastery and purpose
Click here for Goodreads
Quotes
“The ultimate freedom for creative groups is the freedom to experiment with new ideas. Some skeptics insist that innovation is expensive. In the long run, innovation is cheap. Mediocrity is expensive—and autonomy can be the antidote.” TOM KELLEY General Manager, IDEO”
“The problem with making an extrinsic reward the only destination that matters is that some people will choose the quickest route there, even if it means taking the low road. Indeed, most of the scandals and misbehavior that have seemed endemic to modern life involve shortcuts.”
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(6) To
Sell is Human
Many of us spend 40 percent of our day doing “non-sales
persuading.” We ask people to alter how they use their time and
energy. Dan Pink gives tips including the “new elevator speech”
and the “question pitch.” See more at www.danpink.com.
Goodreads
Quotes
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Malcolm
Gladwell,
(7) The
Tipping Point
Key
idea: Often a trend emerges and fades because there was not enough
to “tip” the balance. Gladwell helps us detect the point where
there is a change.
Goodreads
Quotes
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(8) Blink
Key idea: We think that more information will lead to better
decisions. In fact, our decision making becomes clouded and we
instead can often find a better decision-making process if we rely on
tips from this book.
Goodreads
Quotes
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Outliers
Key idea: 10,000 hours to become an expert
Goodreads
Quotes
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Thomas Friedman,
(9) The
World is Flat
Key
idea: Do you know why the world is flat? Friedman gives ten
factors, including the 11/9 factor (most people think about the 9/11
factor and asymmetrical conflict).
Goodreads
Quotes
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(10) Hot
Flat and Crowded Key
idea: Energy use and climate change offer opportunities in
Environmental Technologies (ET).
http://www.etmsolar.com/gsuu/gs/friedman/synopsis.pdf
Goodreads
Quotes
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(11) Carol
Dweck, Mindset
Key
idea: Fixed vs. Growth Mindsets and how we can alter our
perspectives.http://mindsetonline.com/whatisit/about/
Goodreads
Quotes
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(12)
Neil
Postman and Weingartner, Teaching
as a Subversive Activity
Chapter
12 offers tips to turn any teaching situation (and we are all
teachers) into a
Goodreads
Quotes
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MORE TO COME... (THIS BLOG ENTRY IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT)
Innovative
teaching methods
www.Transform-Education.com,
a web book by Abraham S. Fischler, former president of Nova
University and a pioneer of distance education.
www.VisualAndActive.com
www.thelearningweb.net
the Learning Revolution, described by Gordon Dryden
www.WhatDoYaKnow.com
managed by Dennis Yuzenas
www.BigPicture.org
and www.MetCenter.org,
managed by Dennis Littky and Elliot Washor
https://sites.google.com/site/networkofeducators
offers translations of key concepts.
The
Flipped Classroom search “Katie Gimbar Why I Flipped my Class”
QBE
Academy uses the technique of “flipping” the class. A
traditional class involves a lecture by an expert followed by
discussion and homework. The Flipped Classroom asks students to (a)
study materials and view lectures before the class meeting
b)
compile some questions and participate in a pre-discussion before the
class meeting
c)
At
the class meeting, the discussion is led by one or two of the
students with the teacher as the “guide on the side.” The
discussion leads to a project (often a poster to summarize what was
raised and agreed to in the discussion).
To
learn about the flipped classroom, the student is encouraged to
search “Why I flipped my class” by Katie Gimbar on Youtube.
http://theindependenteducator.blogspot.com/2013/05/what-books-could-stimulate-lets-put.html
This list of books is expanded from the list that appears at this
blog.
Note: These books are not in alphabetical order.
These books are just in the order that I've thought of them. I put the three Daniels (Amen, Pink, Goleman) on top because their work is currently "hot" at my school.
I hope you will contact me with your suggestions to add to this list: VisualAndActive@gmail.com
I have a SECOND TIER list -- I've kept the writings of Jose Marti off the Main List because most people don't see Cuba in their future. If you see yourself in Havana someday, then read some extracts from MartÃ's writings. How about memorizing the first line of Cultivo una rosa blanco en julio como en enero...?
SECOND TIER (for special interests)
The Writings of Jose Marti
Writings of Tom Peters
Write to me: VisualAndActive@gmail.com or text me at +1 954 646 8246
Steve http://preview.tinyurl.com/QBEBooks this list is found easily at this tinyurl link.
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Saturday, May 25, 2013
What books could stimulate teachers to become "guides on the side"? What are the ideas that students need to wrestle with for the 21st Century? Let's put these books into our classrooms.
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| The Littky Book |
What books could inspire students to ask questions?
Dr. Fischler's book on the web: Transform-Education.com
What books and questions could inspire teachers to move away from lectures and toward becoming "guides on the side"?
Dan Pink Free Agent Nation,
A Whole New Mind
Drive
To Sell is Human
Malcolm Gladwell
The Tipping Point
Blink
Outliers
Thomas Friedman
The World is Flat
Hot Flat and Crowded
Neil Postman Teaching as a Subversive Activity
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| This book is an example |
Books
Brainsmart.org has excellent materials for engaging students... and the tips help their "metacognition" (they will observe better how they think).
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4mmHQzklrA
Websites to inspire teachers
ASCD.org, publishers of The Big Picture: Education Is Everybody’s Business (2004) by Dennis Littky and Samantha Grabelle, ISBN 978-0871209719
EdReform.com, Center for Education Reform
EdReformer.com, Tom vander Ark’s blog
edSpresso.com, newsletter, served hot with a twist
emaginos.com, Jack Taub’s site
RevLearning.com, vander Ark’s investment group
EssentialSchools.org, Coalition of Essential Schools, formed by the late Ted Sizer
GatesFoundation.org, funding for education reform
GuideontheSide.com, Steve McCrea, teacher training workshops
PZ.harvard.edu, Project Zero, Harvard University, teacher training
QBESchool.com, Will Sutherland, innovative curricula
QualifiedByExperience.com, Sutherland's consulting site
Cofradiaschool.com, Ben Udy's English school in Honduras (using John Corlette's educational philosophy, JohnCorlette.com)
Look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4mmHQzklrA&feature=youtu.be
StudentsFirst.org, Michelle Rhee (former superintendent of Washington, DC schools)
theLearningWeb.net, Gordon Dryden, New Zealand, author of The Learning Web with Jeannette Vos: How to quit school at 14 and eventually write a top-selling book about learning.
JohnCorlette.com for some philosophy of education |
TheStudentIstheClass.com, Dr. Abraham Fischler
2mminutes.com, Two Million Minutes, Robert A. Compton’s project
WhatDoYaKNow.com, Dennis Yuzenas, master teacher and trainer, developer of workshops integrating digital portfolios
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| Let's look at this blog |
Videos
TED Talks
Maria Andersen Learn this button
Maria Andersen Free Range Learning
Youtube.com/channelname
YouTube.com/AGuideOntheSide
Why is Dan Pink's work so useful? Visit these sites and see why his work connects the reader to the the world of work...
4 more emotionally intelligent signs | Daniel Pink
www.danpink.com/2012/10/4-more-emotionally-intelligent-signs
Oct 26, 2012 – I haven't been blogging much the last few weeks because I've been putting the finishing touches on a new book, which will be out at the end of ...You visited this page on 5/22/13.
4 emotionally intelligent signs from the road | Daniel Pink
www.danpink.com/2012/.../4-emotionally-intelligent-signs-from-the-roa...
Aug 16, 2012 – As I mentioned in the last post, summer is a great time for emotionally intelligent signs. One reason is that more people are traveling, camera ...
4 diverse emotionally intelligent signs | Daniel Pink
www.danpink.com/2011/11/3-diverse-emotionally-intelligent-signs
Nov 2, 2011 – Each week PinkBlog readers send us lots of examples of emotionally intelligent signage they've spotted in their communities. Here are four ...
4 emotionally intelligent (and psychologically ... - Dan Pink
www.danpink.com/.../4-emotionally-intelligent-and-psychologically-sop...
Jul 30, 2012 – Summers always bring a bountiful harvest of emotionally intelligent signs -- and the steamy summer of 2012 has been no exception. Over the ...
Textbook example of emotionally intelligent signage | Daniel Pink
www.danpink.com/.../textbook-example-of-emotionally-intelligent-signa...
Apr 13, 2012 – I've seen a couple recently that probably aren't emotionally intelligent, but they do seem to work: school zone signs with a reminder that fines ...
Emotionally intelligent signage in action | Daniel Pink
www.danpink.com/2008/11/emotionally-intelligent-signage-in-action
Nov 9, 2008 – Browse Similar Posts: Emotionally intelligent signage ... Currie sends this photo of an emotionally intelligent sign, which he snapped at Toronto ...
3 more emotionally intelligent ways to keep streets safe | Daniel Pink
www.danpink.com/.../3-more-emotionally-intelligent-ways-to-keep-stree...
May 16, 2012 – As always, the mailbag of emotionally intelligent signage is brimming with ... A homemade sign from a tough-minded (but not litigious) parent: ...
Emotionally intelligent signage amid the meatballs | Daniel Pink
www.danpink.com/.../emotionally-intelligent-signage-amid-the-meatballs
Jun 18, 2012 – Browse Similar Posts: Emotionally intelligent signage ... a nice place to have a coffee and do some writing), I've seen that sign several times.
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