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Brain Rules

Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina My review rating: 4 of 5 starsBrain rules i…

Started by Sarah Hanawald

5 Aug 6, 2009
Reply by Gillian Goodman

"A Whole New Mind" Wiki site

a new wiki that will enable schools and teachers that have read the book to collaborate: http://awnm4schools.wikispaces.com/

Started by Paul Miller

1 Aug 5, 2009
Reply by Amy Barto

Global Achievement Gap

This book is so unfortunately named. It is NOT about the difference in test scores between American students and those in other, higher a…

Started by Sarah Hanawald

2 Jul 21, 2009
Reply by Green

Active Assessment for Active Science (Hein & Price, 1994)

For professional development over the summer, this text was suggested by my Supervisor. I teach an inquiry-based curriculum where we do ple…

Started by Tanya Kurjaninow

0 Jun 23, 2009

Tribes - Seth Godin

For those who are interested, I am beginning a discussion of the book Tribes on the Book Clubs at TeacherPlaces (http://tpbookclubs.com/tik

Started by Vinnie Vrotny

1 Jun 5, 2009
Reply by Allison Williams

Book for Middle School Faculty

Our middle school will be focusing next year's professional development on "Technology and Adolescence" - on the brain/social development o…

Started by Page Lennig

0 May 14, 2009

Five Minds for the Future, Howard Gardner

Five Minds for the Future by Howard Gardner My review Still reading--not done yet. But, taking a break. I like this, but it isn't anywhere…

Started by Sarah Hanawald

10 Apr 27, 2009
Reply by Sarah Hanawald

The Element

The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson My review rating: 4 of 5 starsI've just finished this. I'm at the…

Started by Sarah Hanawald

0 Apr 27, 2009

What are you reading?

We recently added "Books" as a category of discussion topics on this network. The "Discussions" tab now has a sub-category that links to th…

Started by Demetri Orlando

18 Mar 30, 2009
Reply by Justin Dover

Turning Learning Right Side Up Book Discussion

I have just started reading this book by Russell L. Ackoff and Daniel Greenberg. It is blowing my mind. Has anyone read it. Does anyone wan…

Started by Liz Davis

9 Mar 30, 2009
Reply by Kerri Richardson-Redding

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