First article of business for this post:I made an error on my pod-cast post. The author of The Element is Ken Robinson-not Tom Robbinson. I apologize for this mistake. It was my third attempt at posting the podcast. On the first two I had written much more, by the third attempt I just wanted to get it posted. Poor excuse, but it is the only one I have.
Speaking of podcasts, I was really interested in learning about what everyone had read, so I listened to all of them. I have to admit I was getting a bit sleepy but the Halloween ghost dogs really livened things up for me, Thanks Liz!
Don't get me wrong, I wasn't sleepy due to the podcasts. In fact I found them all very informative. It had more to due with the fact that it was after 8pm. As a result of listening to all of them, I have some new books added to my reading list. Top on the list will be the book Melanie shared. I was intriqued with the comparison of the invention of Google to the invention of electricity. Teaching Outside the Box, How to Grab Your Students By Their Brains is another book I look forward to reading.
A few reoccuring themes presented themselves again. Technology is here to stay and educational systems must catch up. Creative thinking is the future to our success. Teachers and administrators need time for professional development to transform schools. Ben told us about a district in Alaska that give their teachers 30 days a year!
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Impressive that you listened to all of them! I enjoyed them as well. Another interesting way to communicate with each other...I really liked hearing people's voices and feeling their passion and excitement for the ideas in these books.
ReplyDeleteDeb, you make an excellent point about now moving to the book to enjoy reading the whole thing. The podcasts are teasers to get us interested.
BTW, an excellent article in the latest issue (must be May 2010) issue of Phi Delta Kappan magazine (PDK)...about what we require kids to read in schools K-12. Essentially the "classics" that everyone read in 1960 (Jane Eyre, Catcher in the Rye, etc.) and that don't particularly engage our kids. Excellent article.