You can tell I’m a teacher, because one of the things I love about the holidays is being able to share the gift of reading. Yup, I’m the aunt that always sends books, the Mom that makes the Christmas Eve gift a book and the wife that points her husband in the direction of the book store as a hint.
Twitter Teacher Reader Recommendations
This week I asked on twitter what book they would buy for their teacher colleagues, I am convinced that all teachers are readers because they responded and I got a wonderful list to add to my own personal reading list on shelfari, and to share here.
@jackiegerstein The Passionate Teacher by Robert L. Fried
@paulbogush The Courage to Teach by Parker J. Palmer
@irasocol Borderlines by Peter Hoeg
@whatedsaid Intellectual Character by Ron Ritchhart
@quirkytech The Art of Possibiity by Ben Zander & Why don’t kids like school by Dan Willingham
@simplysuzy Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse
@mbteach Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
@snappity The Case Against Homework by Sara Bennett and Nancy Kalish
@kellyhines Wooden by John R Wooden
My Recommendations
A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
Mindset by Carol Dweck
What the best college teachers do by Ken Bain
I heard Kathy Sierra recommend this book in a math webinar I attended and wrote about in October of this year.
5 dysfunctions of a team by Patrick Lenconi
Really important to read this if you are involved in PLC’s in your school.
Teach like your hair’s on Fire by Rafe Esquith
I haven’t read this yet, it is on deck. I have heard many recommend this book this year.
Please add your own recommendations for educator reads in the comments.
FYI: I now run small (2-4 people) classes and individual online tech sessions
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2 comments
Rachael0205 says:
November 23, 2009 at 7:48 pm (UTC -5 )
Mindset and Five Dysfunctions of Team are must-reads for teachers
judypdrsn says:
November 24, 2009 at 8:44 am (UTC -5 )
I would add:
“Understanding Creativity,” & “Group Genius”
both by Keith Sawyer