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The Top 50 Best Books for Teachers

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Here are our top fifty best books for teachers for professional development. From inspiration to educational psychology, we've got you covered.
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Books often provide inspiration. This book list provides 50 books listed in five categories:

* Inspiration

* Leadership

* Educational Psychology

* Learning Culture

* Practice

A short description of each book is provided as well as a link to Amazon (at least for the books I checked). And think of this as a list of 50 great books. The post states "Number one is just as great a resource as number fifty."

If you are thinking ahead to some great summer reading that will impact your classroom next year this would be a great place to start.

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A Study of Best Practices for Online Courses based on Marzano

A Study of Best Practices for Online Courses based on Marzano | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
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Many schools are exploring online instruction as a component of education (including K-12). If you are interested in learning how one organization (edmentum) had the Marzano Research Laboratory review "the impact of strategies on student academic outcomes in an online learning environment." The report explores best practices in three areas:

* Marzano Dimension: Strategies Involving Routine Events - This area covers six best practices, including

  * Communicating course /assignment rules and procedures

  * Allowing students to keep track of their learning progress

* Marzano Dimension: Strategies Enacted on the Spot - This area also discusses six best practices, including:

  * Providing help to understand and practice new knowledge

  * Allowing students to ask questions during online course/assignment

* Marzano Dimension: Strategies Addressing Content - This area has only one practice: 

 * Adding external resources to assignments aligned to local objectives

There is a page devoted to each of the best practices. This information may not be new to you, but if teaching online is new to you there are great suggestions to help you design a course (or teach a course) that will lead to a more successful implementation. 

The link to this file is located at:  http://www.edmentum.com/sites/edmentum.com/files/resource/media/0317-01%20Marzano_eBook.pdf 

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Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Planning to teach from A to Z

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Planning to teach from A to Z | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

Are you thinking of next year and your classroom? If so, this post may be just the thing to move you along. Vicki Davis has taken the alphabet and given us 26 tips that span the classroom. With links to many additional resources this resource will provide many ideas.

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Growth vs Fixed Mindset - YouTube

A video that explains the difference between a person who has a growth mindset and person who has a fixed mindset. All design and animation was done by me. A...
Beth Dichter's insight:

This short video does a great job comparing Growth Mindset and Fixed Mindset. You can find additional resources about mindset at a post Musing on Mindsets located at http://insidetheclassroomoutsidethebox.wordpress.com/2014/04/13/musings-on-mindset

LibrarianLand's curator insight, April 24, 2014 2:38 PM

Slick but effective video illustrating the difference between a fixed, less conducive to learning mindset and the more open, growth-oriented type of outlook.

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How to design a digital media assignment

How to design a digital media assignment | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

So you want to have your students create a digital media project...but where to start...which type of project should they do? This posts explores this issue, providing a list of nine Best Practices as well as a variety of project ideas and resources.

The first  Best Practice is "start with the end in mind." In other words, identify learning goal (content and process) and understand what your students should be able to do by the end of the project. Ask yourself if the project aligns with the goals of the course.

Project ideas include digital stories, poster, infographics and more.

This is a great post for those exploring digital media projects for students.

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