Since starting my blog in 2009, I have summarized 97 books. I do this to help you with purchase decisions, and to help people review the key concepts after they have read the book. Today I am posting links to my favorite summaries from 2013. My focus is education, but I find that there are […]
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December 30th, 2013Learning’s Greatest Hits from 2013
December 29th, 2013Thanks to the Internet, teachers and students have access to an unprecedented number of high quality learning resources. Each day I post the best that I find thanks to the people I follow in Twitter. Some of the best from this year are available as part of this post. By far, my best source for […]
Read entire post...Greatest Tweets Without Links of 2013
December 28th, 2013Every day when I post the best links I can find on the Internet, I include a quote. They are chosen to inspire and instruct. This year, many of them dealt with the fact that failure and success go hand in hand. This is a popular concept in current business and education literature. It is […]
Read entire post...Leadership’s Greatest Posts in 2013
December 27th, 2013During 2013 I posted over 300 links to leadership stories and advice for educators and parents. They are all available in the archive section on the left side of my home page. Today I present the best and most basic. They focus on how effective leaders behave along with good and bad examples to learn from. I suggest you read through this list quickly before you start to explore. As reading them all might take a while, consider having students and/or parents help.
Read entire post...You Don’t Have to Be Religious to Embrace the Christmas Season by Elizabeth Reed
December 2nd, 2013You Don’t Have to Be Religious to Embrace the Christmas Season by Elizabeth Reed will help you focus on the real meaning of the season regardless of your religious beliefs. There is a good message here, especially for children who can often be more concerned with what they are going to get than what they […]
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Resources from the people I follow on Twitter, professional emails, and my own surfing