Quote and a Book to Read
First, the quote: “belief is the wound that knowledge heals. Second, the book is Ursula Le Guin’s [The Telling](
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Book Review: Making Room for Impact
This past month, I bought a book, Making Room for Impact . I immediately was engaged in the first few chapters. You can watch Corwin's video where the authors discuss the book: [
MyNotes: Making Room for Impact
This past month, I bought a book, Making Room for Impact . I immediately was engaged in the fir
Evening Fireflies: #BookBans in #Texas
Read the news? It paints an unpleasant picture of where we live. Texas isn't only famous for its [false history of The Alamo anymore](
Audible: The 1619 Project
Although I have avoided investing in nonfiction audio books for Audible (nonfiction puts me to sleep while driving), I thought I might listen to nonfiction audio when puttering aro
MyNotes: CRT and the Brain, Chapters 7 and 8
In this entry, I continue sharing my notes of Zaretta Hammond's Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain. In this entry, I share my takeaways from Chapter Seven and Eight.
MyNotes: CRT and the Brain, Chapter 6
In this entry, I continue sharing my notes of Zaretta Hammond's Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain. In this entry, I share my takeaways from Chapter Six. [ connects Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain
Periphery of Memory - MyNotes: How the Word is Passed
Since I read differe
MyNotes: Exploring Humanism, Chapter 4-6
This blog entry continues my exploration of Greg Epstein's book, Good Without God . Be sure to read prior entries for context and links to the book, as well as what kicked this ex
MyNotes: Exploring Humanism, Chapters 1-2
Ok, this blog entry is the first in a series exploring Greg Epstein's book, Good Without God . Before that, though, I thought I'd share how I came to be reading a book about Human
MyNotes: Exploring Humanism, Chapters 3
MyNotes Here are my notes on Greg Epstein's book, Good Without God . It's only Chapter 3. Wow, this is heavy stuff to work through and my notes don't capture all the ideas shar
MyNotes: ListenWise, Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of MyNotes on ListenWise, a fantastic book by Monica Brady Myerov. Her book, [ListenWise: Teach Students to Be Better Listeners](
MyNotes: Learning to ListenWise, Part 1
Earlier this year, I had the chance to meet Monica Brady Myerov, the author of [ListenWise: Teach Students to Be Better Listeners](
MyNotes: Leading High-Performance School Systems Part 4
This blog entry continues the sharing of my notes and takeaways from Marc Tucker's book, [Leading High Performance School Systems](
MyNotes: Leading High-Performance School Systems Part 3
This blog entry continues the sharing of my notes and takeaways from Marc Tucker's book, [Leading High Performance School Systems](
MyNotes: Leading High-Performance School Systems Part 2
Continuing my notes and takeaways from Marc Tucker's book, Leading High Performance School Systems. I have to admit
A Simple Style
This acclaimed book is a master teacher's tested program for turning clumsy prose into clear, powerful, and effective writing. A logical, expert, easy to use plan for achieving e
MyNotes: Checking for Understanding - Oral Language
Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey authored the book, [Checking for Understanding](
Exploring Technology Innovation (Updated)
After following John Hattie's work down the rabbit hole, I purchased a copy of Dr. Sonny Magana's book, [Disrupting Classroom Technology](
Revisiting Crucial Conversations
It's inevitable. Interact with people, and you'll find a need for knowing how to have crucial conversations and/or confrontations. Since it's been awhile, I thought I might share s
MyNotes: Mobile Maker-Technology in Makerspaces
This is the third of several blog entries in which I share my take aways from ALA's The Makerspace Librarian's Sourcebook .
MyNotes: Transdisciplinary Makerspace
This is the second of several blog entries in which I share my take aways from ALA's The Makerspace Librarian's Sourcebook
MyNotes: Digital Media in Today's Classrooms Chapter 6 #edtech
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MyNotes: Digital Media in Today's Classrooms Chapters 5
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MyNotes: Digital Media in Today's Classroom Chaps 3-4
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MyNotes: Digital Media in Today's Classrooms 1 & 2
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MyNotes - Listening to Jonathan Maberry #zombies #rotandruin
"A writer, writes." How funny. Those are the same words I share with my children, both of whom are aspiring writers. Jonathan Maberry attributes them to Ray Bradbury, an author he
MyNotes: Global Achievement Gap
The following are my notes from Chapter 1 of Tony Wagner's The Global Achievement Gap. This is certainly powerful stuff!! [
Book Review: Damned Children of Naor
Looking for a chill tale to get your fear flowin
Book Review: Computers for ESL Students via @LabLearning
In 2014, Judge John Dietz ruled Texas fails to provide sufficient funding for schools to effectively serve a growing population of ELLs and low income students. [See more](http
Blending Real Life with School: Gamification
Games...those frivolous time wasters that distract from REAL learning. When I reflect on my years in the classroom, "playing games" was something I never valued. I didn't value it
Annual Used Book Sale - April 10-12, 2015
One of my favorite events every ye
5 Responses to #EdTech #Coaching Questions #edtechcoach #educoach
Keep up to date on EdTechCoach topics with the Flipboard eZine: [ ](
Living DRM-free: @Smashwords Difference @moellerjonathan @markcoker
Only yesterday, I dropped into a library to visit with a librarian (that's where you can find them, usually). We immediately started discussing ebooks and whether we should invest
Book Review: Deadly Odds (Updated 10/4/2014)
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Make Your Own Book Study eBook! @evernote @postachio #PostachioEd
Earlier this week, a colleague in Texas asked, Does anyone have suggestions for a book study that includes tech integration, instructional practices and is research based? The st
MyNotes - Digital Leadership 8: Professional Growth and Development
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MyNotes - Digital Leadership 6: Public Relations
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MyNotes- Digital Leadership 5: Communication
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MyNotes: Digital Leadership 4: Leading with Technology
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SuperOldster @diben
In my youth, an oldster said to me, "Miguel, you're moving too fast for me! How do you keep up with all this stuff?" As I step over the threshold of middle age, which was unimagina
MyNotes - Digital Leadership 2: Why Schools Must Change
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MyNotes - Leverage Leadership 6: Staff Culture
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My Notes - Digital Leadership: Chapter 1
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MyNotes - Digital Leadership - Foreword
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MyNotes - Leverage Leadership 5: Student Culture
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MyNotes - Leverage Leadership: Chapter 4- Professional Development
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MyNotes - The New Digital Age - Chapter 4: Future of Revolution
About This Series Earlier this week, a copy of Dr. Eric Shmidt's and Jared Cohen's book, [The New Digital Age: Transforming nations, businesses and our lives](
MyNotes - Leverage Leadership - Chapter 1
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MyNotes - Leverage Leadership: Chapter 2
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MyNotes - Leverage Leadership: Chapter 3
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MyNotes - Leverage Leadership: Foreword and Introduction
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MyNotes - The New Digital Age - Chapter 3: The Future of States
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MyNotes - The New Digital Age - Chapter 2: The Future of Identity, Citizenship and Reporting
About This Series Earlier this week, a copy of Dr. Eric Shmidt's and Jared Cohen's book, [The New Digital Age: Transforming nations, businesses and our lives](http://
MyNotes - The New Digital Age - Chapter 1: Our Future Selves
About This Series Earlie
MyNotes - The New Digital Age - Introduction
Earlier this week, a copy of Dr.
MyNotes - The Anti-Education Era (Part 1)
Intelligence = Technology to videotape Stu
$5 #Packt #eBooks (Expires 01/03/13) #Moodle
Here's a deal worth taking a second look at...$5 per eBook from Packt Publishing if you buy two or more. If you're familiar with Packt Publishing, they have some great [Moodle book
#eBook Leadership Engagement on #iPad for #PLCs
Tim's book on my iPad "The network is the learni
MyNotes: Leading for Learning (Chapter 7)
Note: This continues my exploration of Philip Schlechty's book, Leading for Learning. These are my notes on Chapter 7. MyNotes: 1. Teachers are workers whose primary responsibi
Void the Future
Cleaning out old files today, I ran across a yellow piece of paper upon which the following was typed. The source for the wisdom shared is listed as follows: [
Review - Scourge of the Betrayer @jeffsalyards
"A writer without curiosity i
MyNotes - Leading for Learning (Chapter 5)
MyNotes: 1. What is needed are schools that are organized to liberate minds and inspire performance rather than organizations that are designed to ensure compliance with little att
MyNotes - Leading for Learning (Chapter 4)
Note: This continues my series of take aways from Philip Schlechty's work, Leading for Learning . Chapter 4 is about "Bureaucratic Images of Schools." MyNotes: [
MyNotes - Leading for Learning (Chapter 2)
Isn't it ironic that some of the key ideas in this blog post have a negative perception on my part because I happened to see one of the books being used as a monitor stand prop? Ye
The Classroom Teacher's Technology Survival Guide
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#Free Books Worth Reading - Sword and Sorcery #Fantasy
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Transferring Books to #iPad 2 @jrlallo
Joseph Lallo's series comes in 3 books
Engaging Fiction Series for Teens and Adults
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#Moodle for Dummies @moodler_radana
Over the last few weeks,
Book Review - Science Teaching with #Moodle 2.0
Note: These are my reflections on Packt Publishing's Science Teaching with Moodle 2.0 by Vincent Lee Stocker. In the interes
Achieving Transformational Leadership - Wikis for School Leaders #edchat @ssandifer
Amidst a bewildering array of technology too
Enhancing #Moodle #Security #bookreview #book #packt #edchat
Like anyone else responsible for a Mo
Books are a Drug
Love this image sent to me by a student.... [
Free #Moodle Books Available from #HowToMoodle
Thanks to @kristy vincent and Rusty Meyners for sharing this piece of news about free Moodle books you can download in PDF...which is
FISHing for IT
Note: This OLDYBUTGOODY was written after I read the book FISH. I know you have better things to do this weekend than to take some time and do some reflection. We have begun a
MyNotes - Crucial Confrontations
It must be my destiny to read the sequel to the
Pleasure Reading - 5 Zombie Tales
To remind myself that not everything I post in my blog is "on message," I have to share my growing list of must buy zombie tales. I'm not sure how I got hooked on zombie tales, alt
Web 2.0 how-to for educators book #moodle
Back in 2009 (wow, that seems like an eternity now that we're on the eve of 20
#Moodle 2.0 First Look - Final
Note: This is part of a series of blog entries sharing my take aways from [Moodle 2.0 First Look](
Moodle 2.0 First Look - Chapter 5
Note: This is part of a series of blog entries sharing my take aways from [Moodle 2.0 First Look
#Moodle 2.0 First Look - Reflections on Chapter 4
Note: This is part of a series of blog entries sharing my take aways from [Moodle 2.0 First Look
#Moodle 2.0 First Look - Reflections on Chapters 2-3
Note: This is [part of a series of blo
#Moodle 2.0 First Look - Reflections on Preface and Chapter 1
Note: This is part of a series of blog entries sharing my take aways from [Moodle 2.0 First Look
Anticipating #Moodle 2.0 - First Look Book Review
Over the next few days, I'll be sharing my insig
Revisiting Silverlock and Literary Characters
Thanks to [Skip Z via Plurk](
Retool Your School with Google
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Inquiry and Writing
Another summary as I work my way through assigned Abydos Learning Trainee program readings . So
Seeking Diversity
Another summary as I work my way through assigned Abydos Learning Trainee program readings. You may recall I b
Writing as a Mode of Learning
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Framing Young Children's Writings
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We Each Give Something
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In the Middle
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Avoiding Psychic Disequilibrium
One of the neat ideas in this reading for me included the concept of psychic disequilibrium. An Imperfect Summary of Reading 2: Carroll, Joyce Armonstrong and Edward E. Wilson. “P
Respecting Student Errors in Writing
An Imperfect Summary of Reading 26: Romano, Tom. Clearing the Way. [
Book Review: #Moodle 1.9 Theme Design
" Could you design a new Moodle theme for me? " I asked plaintively of To
Eminently Readable - Nancy Willard's Book
Like a beggar at the banquet of cyberbullying wisdom, I was thoroughly impressed by a ne
Reflections 2 - Rewired
Note: As I mentioned in my previous post, I'm working my way through Dr. Larry D. Rosen's book, Rewired . This is the crux of our educational dilemma. Technology is
Reflections on Chapter 4 of Digital MakeOvers
Note: This is the one of several chapter reflections on the excellent book written by Dr. Liz Stephens and Kerry Ballast on "[Using Technology to Improve Adolescent Writing: Digi
Reflections on Chapter 3 of Digital MakeOvers
Note: This is the one of several chapter reflections on the excellent book written by Dr. Liz Stephens and Kerry Ballast on "[Using Technology to Improve Adolescent Writing
Take a Stance - Reflections on Chapter 2 of Digital Makeovers
Note: This is the one of several chapter reflections on the excellent book written by Dr. Liz Stephens and Kerry Ballast on "[Using Technology to Improve Adolescent Writing
Silent Enemy - Reflection on Digital MakeOver for Writing Lessons
Note: This is the one of several chapter reflections on the excellent book written by Dr. Liz Stephens and Kerry Ballast on "[Using Technology to Improve Adolesc
Trust-Building with Transparency
Earlier this year, I had the chance to listen to
Podcast - Wikified Schools Author @ssandifer
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DiigoNotes - The Digital Writing Workshop - Part 2
Considering that Troy Hicks not only left me out of [his book](
Book Reflection: Moodle 1.9 for Second Language Teaching
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Discovery - Scott Sigler
It's not every day I find an author wh
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MyNotes - Skyping Book Authors
Kate Messner, an author herself, shares a list of book authors middle school, teen, adult books who are wiling to Skype into your school for a presentation. Although this may not
MyNotes - 5 eBooks To Teach Yourself GNU/Linux
I wish I'd thought about collecting these! Check out this newbie's guide to GNU/Linux from MakeUseOf.com: [5 Excellent Downloadable eBooks To Teach Yourself Linux](
Book Review - Moodle 1.9 Multimedia
Note: Some time ago, I received an invitation to review Moodle 1.9 Multimedia book. Although offered advertising revenue, I
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Urgency - Useful Questions
As much as I enjoyed Our Iceberg is Melting by John Kotter, I get the sense that I'm not going to have that experience with another book, A Sense of Urgency. It's one of those book
MyNotes - Our Iceberg is Melting
I wrote about this some time ago, but can't find
Free Audio Book Sources
As a reader, I never imagined I'd be loading audio books into my several years old iRi
Languages and Language Settings in Moodle
The following is an article provided by Saalim at Packt Publishing. [Read this blog entry for full disclosure](
Dig Out the Story
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Spend Your Gift Cards Wisely
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Inexhaustible
I have been blogging less of late (you may have noticed), but I have a good excuse. I'm enmeshed in reading fantastical tales. If you see me at the library, I'm that 40ish man who
The Road
I'm not sure why but I enjoy reading post apocalyptic stories. Stephen King's The Stand is my favorite such story, followed by S.M. Stirling's Dies the Fire and the rest of the boo
Alone in the Middle
I've been putting off posting this recording on the web, but I thought I'd share this interview with a teen author