You need a soundbite!

As a school leader, or a leader in any organization, create something you can put on a bumper sticker.  If you don't create a tag line, you can be sucked back into being a manager.  Some ideas include:

• Learning everyday
• All students can lead
• Striving toward the goal
• Meeting objectives
• Loving the process
• Better today than yesterday

What is yours?

5 for Friday 1/14/11

The link is the Twitter Chat schedule.  If you are ever interested in jointing a twitter chat, I'd be happy to meet up with you and show you how it's done so we can tweet together!

Your 5 resources for this week:

How to create self grading quizzes in google docs.  (This is one of those things that makes technology worth it and you see a bright light from above and a light shining down from the heavens while angels sing)

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/12/holiday-edition-how-to-create-self.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+freetech4teachers/cGEY+(Free+Technology+for+Teachers)

Corkboard Me is sort of a Wallwisher-like-page (www.wallwisher.com) that is even simpler to use but has less features. You just paste virtual sticky-notes on a virtual bulletin board. Great for students to collaborate around a topic or interact easily on a topic.  Just give the the URL and watch them interact.

http://corkboard.me/

The best of the best on the web.  Hands down!

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/12/12/all-my-the-best-of-2010-lists-in-one-place/

Convert to Cartoon is a simple little website that takes your photos and adds cartoon effects to them. It's quite similar to service called Be Funky (www.befunky.com Which for some reason is blocked by our firewall) that's previously been reviewed on Free Technology for Teachers (http://www.freetech4teachers.com/). To cartoonize your photos just upload them or provide the url, upload, or take a picture and click "cartoonize now." When the cartoonizing is done you can download your images to reuse anywhere you like.

http://www.converttocartoon.com/

Chinese top in tests but still have lots to learn:  fascinating look from NPR

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/29/132416889/chinese-top-in-tests-but-still-have-lots-to-learn?ps=cprs

Video of the week:

The 3 A’s of Awesome:  Motivational and mind changing discussion of overcoming adversity.  I was really motivated and inspired by this video.  Just A-A-A-AWESOME!

What motivates us?

Daniel Pink's book called Drive is fascinating to really seek to understand the core of what motivates us.  Through numerous interviews I often hear a question about working with a student or teacher who is underperforming.  Truly understanding how motivation works would help all managers, leaders, teachers, etc. get more out of the people we work with.  In other words, check the book out!

Chec out Daniel pink's talk  on motavation as animated by RSAnimate.  I liked the talk  before the animation, I like it even more with it....



Also check out Daniel Pink's TED talk.

Two questions that will change your life

Great video and Post based on Daniel Pink's new book called Drive.

I don't need to ask a question here. But I'd love to hear what is your sentence?

Two questions that can change your life from Daniel Pink on Vimeo.