Talking Today about Teaching Tomorrow

Many of the readers of this blog have taken part in focused conversations in the past with Solution Tree authors, including the Voicethread that I moderated earlier this year around 21st Century Skills.  Well, friend and fellow edublogger Bill Ferriter is at it again.  Over on the Tempered Radical, Bill is running a Voicethread conversation about teaching in the 21st century with his co-author Adam Garry and another fantastic Solution Tree author, Meg Ormiston.

I invite everyone to swing by and check it out today through Saturday.  I’ll be there (as my alter ego, Mister Monkey) chiming in, learning, and asking questions.  I hope to see you there, too!

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My new Barnes & Noble nook has me reading more than ever and finally getting to some of the books that have been on my “to read” list for months.  One example is Superfreakonomics by the two Steves: Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner.  I thoroughly enjoyed the first book (Freakonomics) and am finding the second one to be equally fun to read.  The authors basically use research studies to draw connections between seemingly unrelated forces.  They aren’t without their critics, but one issue piqued my interest and I followed some of their references to learn more.

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