It is unrealistic to expect that all forms of leadership are successful—because they are not. The nature of leadership is such that leaders are going to take risks and fail.
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Evernote is one of the most popular note-taking apps, but it has never worked all that well as a simple to-do list app. That's all changing, as the company has finally added alerts and... Via John Pearce
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I am always looking for that one place where I can take notes AND have reminders. Looks like Evernote is responding to consumer demand and this will continue to be one of my favorite producitivy apps. 
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May 23, 10:20 PM
Gotta love competition, (and Evernote too of course), but it seems like Google have stimulated more innovation from E/note. This looks to be another nice addition to the Evernote stable, (wonder how long before some eyewear comes along). 
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May 24, 10:10 AM
I couldn't agree more about how useful Evernote is, John. I'm glad that they've updated with this feature. Now there's less haggling between iCal and Evernote. Thx for finding this.
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Don't say you agree with me. When People agree with me, I always feel I must be wrong ... Via Susan Bainbridge
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This is a great article....it should remind both the leader and others that it takes open communication. Trust has to be offered by leadership as the first gesture and then respectfully taken up by others in a truly constructive criticism tone in order for this to work. Peter Senge talked about the vital role that dissenting voices provide and how wise organizations make sure they have this input. 
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May 24, 9:41 PM
Love this: " the dissenting voice gets stifled when it is not well received." The dissenting voice often includes divergent pieces that are missing in an otherwise brilliant body of work. Listen carefully. Good could become better . 
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May 25, 5:30 AM
Thought provoking and promotes the idea that leaders need to be brave enough to welcome dissention. 
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May 25, 2:39 PM
It is so important to teach your employees to speak truth to power. If your management team has 10 people and they ALL agree with you ALL of the time, then 9 are redundant. It's the ability to harnass a variety of perspectives that distinguishes a high performing team. Delete the scoop?
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So if Evernote is on your list of things to learn, but you can't quite make time to figure out how to apply it to your work life....try reading RussG's post about using it to get organized at home. I know I could use these techniques right off the bat at my house. Organizing the basement or the attic would be a huge plus. Delete the scoop?
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Inspired by the loss of her thirteen year-old daughter, Candice Lightner founded Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in 1980 to combat drunk driving through education and legislation.
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Love this way of organzing a message so that it allows others to "hear" your message. My fav is "gain critical mass"....OK hiding your idea under covers will never work out. Talk about it, share about it, build a critical mass that is saying the same thing as you. Change will happen. Delete the scoop?
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In life and in leadership, we are constantly dealing with duality. To learn, we need to be curious. To lead, we need to have followers. To be strong, we need to be vulnerable. To give, we need to receive. Via Don Dea, Roy Sheneman, PhD, donhornsby, Kenneth Mikkelsen
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I love the idea of holding two thoughts at once....and how that must help inform our leadership practices. 
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May 20, 11:18 PM
As twenty-first century leaders, we need to understand that we are moving toward a NEW ethic, one that is built on duality. In the OLD way of thinking, we based our leadership on a set of shared values and principles aimed at achieving moral perfection while maintaining social order and well being. What got left behind in the old approach are the things that we are coming to value and seek out in the NEW: authenticity, vulnerability, unity. The old approach was built on the duality of contradictory opposites. In or out. Black or white. Right or wrong. We divided things, labeled them, decided their value. In the new ethics of leadership opposites are about reconciling. 
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May 21, 7:03 AM
(From the article): To learn, we need to be curious. To lead, we need to have followers. To be strong, we need to be vulnerable. To give, we need to receive. 
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May 21, 9:09 AM
Love this post about leadership and duality... Yes, Conscious Leadership comes from within. And, it's about starting with ourselves because we are, first and foremost, the leaders of our own lives... Delete the scoop?
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When I was a student (once upon a time I thought I was to be a clinical psychologist), and broke, and spending time in New York City (when I decided I was not to be a performing artist, choreographer for my career after all), I used to make extra ... Via Susan Bainbridge
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More and more we're seeing how the physical space sets a tone and helps to create culture. With so many of the classrooms and communal spaces fixed and with little $$$ to change those structures, what can we do to make a big change in how the physical space impacts us? 
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May 13, 7:27 AM
How can you make your space a dynamic part of your vision and mission, and a driver of success? Here are 5 habits and how to make this happen: 
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May 14, 2:37 AM
Unusual take on leadership, but worth thinking about... Delete the scoop?
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I love this idea of finding the space between what we know and what we don't know. Delete the scoop?
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Do you share this teachers conerns about the costs, the technology and the training that will be needed to implement the CCSS? Delete the scoop?
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Inquiry learning has great potential when used by a skillful and highly effective teacher. How do we improve our teaching practices so that we have both ingredients for student learning present in all classrooms? Delete the scoop?
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Using tech tools that students are familiar with and already enjoy using is attractive to educators, but getting students focused on the project at hand might (RT @MindShiftKQED: How does multitasking affect the way kids learn? Via Peter Skillen 
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May 3, 10:38 AM
Although this is a very complex issue - and one that is getting a great deal of attention these days - in some ways it is a 'no brainer'. At the risk of simplifying it, each of us has a certain amount of mental energy to allocate. It saddens me when kids, in particular, "have greater difficulty transferring their learning to new contexts".
Instead of 'multitasking' with unused mental effort, I want kids to choose to direct the extra mental effort back into the task itself… evaluating effectiveness, determining better strategies, reflecting on generalizations to other similar, or different, domains. ‘How am I doing?’ ‘What could I do differently next time?’ ‘How can I kick it up a notch?’ Thus they are reinvesting all your efforts into maximizing performance and generalizable skills.
More here in Can Students Multitask? http://theconstructionzone.wordpress.com/2010/01/21/can-students-multitask/ 
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May 21, 9:37 AM
Double-edged sword here. Kids are tied into the need for community so tightly that anxiety can result if they do not have access to their digital devices. I make certain that kids are on-task by frequent walk-throughs, and conversations that promote respect among the student and myself. I also realize that the relevancy of my class becomes paramount, so I encourage the kids to tweet or document moments in the classroom using digital platforms. Students who do not have cell phones need to be tied in as well, using the laptops I have available, or a Kindle or ipod touch. All students have access to digital devices and it creates opportunities to talk about appropriate usage. Delete the scoop?
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Does this poll align with your views? A sample of 800 teachers really can't be representative, but it does line up with what I'm seeing and hearing. Delete the scoop?
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The premise that American students lag behind counterparts in other countries is so widely accepted that it’s casually repeated by just about everyone -- including educators. Here's why it's wrong.
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This is for all of us who have endured and finished a grueling testing season. We can only hope that someone in a position of influence reads this, believes it and helps make sure that high stakes testing doesn't come back. Delete the scoop?
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A number of school leaders across Iowa recently had the opportunity to spend a day with Pam Moran and Ira Socol at the Prairie Lakes AEA office Via Grant Montgomery 
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May 3, 11:04 AM
Questions to think about- When it comes to new forms of student learning and work, what are you willing to tolerate? What are you ready to celebrate? Delete the scoop?
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The QED Transformational Change Model (or TCM) offers a visual map of pathways to transformational learning environments. We aim to build demand and capacity for learning communities to spend more time in the transformational column. Via Stephanie Sandifer
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I think the distinction between traditional, transitional and transformative is useful. I would imagine taking stock of where your organization is every 6-12 months....and comparing it where you were before. It could be an easy way to track where you're making progress and also where you're dragging. Delete the scoop?
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When we read about engaging students in the classroom using technology and social media, authors often leave us with the impression that this work will flow gentle as a stream. Delete the scoop?
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Interesting article....and it speaks to how to go about developing teacher and student expertise in finding "just right" texts. What does the classroom conversations sound like. I wish there was a follow-up article to this that explained how things went after this learning moment. Delete the scoop?
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There is a huge push to embrace PBL...this article does a very nice job of defining how project and problem based learning is different. What are you using in your class?
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May 21, 2:26 PM
This is great, because it talks about the evolution of #pbl, and tells me how I can get better as a teacher. This should be of particular interest to anyone trying to transform their classroom. Delete the scoop?
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Via Darren Burris
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More and more we must look for commonalities between subjects and content. I know elementary school teachers already get this, but middle and high school teachers.....we must begin to teach smart. Find those inter-disciiplinary threads that bind our curriculum together and teach in powerful ways.
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May 21, 9:23 AM
I believe with all my experience that finding these common threads is the only way to help students find powerful connections between their skill sets and the content we (meaning the community we) need them to know in order to take their place in our society.
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May 21, 12:49 PM
Agreed on all fronts. I also find this provides "stickiness" to concepts and ideas and makes them have staying power or endure with students; it does show the power of knowing content (learning stuff) and the ability to use it. I too have high hopes for the big idea this simple diagram holds!
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May 21, 2:19 PM
I think your word "stickiness" is a good one...and one that is familiar in other arenas. It is the way that we'll be able to gain lots of leverage on learning.
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Employees don't leave jobs; they leave bad bosses--and even mediocre ones. Don't be that kind of boss. Via Susan Bainbridge
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Do you think teachers leave situations where things are hard? Or do they hunker down and try to outlast the administrator? 
Nathalie Alsteen-Coach's curator insight,
May 21, 2:06 AM
Les employés ne quittent pas leur jobn ils quittent les mauvais boss. 
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May 21, 7:59 AM
I particularly love the phrase "lead by permission, not authority" that sums up a tru leader to me. Delete the scoop?
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Here's five PD essentials to support teachers in transitioning to close reading and the Common Core.
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These are fantastic PD workshop trainer tips. I think my fav was "Teachers don't want abstract theory. They want ideas they can use in the classroom. Model the strategies, don't just talk about them". Right on. It's not that I don't think we want theories.....I think we don't want a solely theories kind of training.
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May 14, 10:21 AM
This supports our favorite quote- If you are not modeling what you are teaching, then you are teaching something else!
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This week I was able to observe a 4th grade classroom pilot the English Language Arts (ELA) portion of the SMARTER Balanced Assessment that will be in place in 2014 for most of our nation's public schools. Via Kim Muncie
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Anything that we can learn about the tests that are being designed is vital information. We all need to pay attention, so that we don't end up not having a voice in their development. Delete the scoop?
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These connections r very helpful to think about and build bridges between content area teachers. Delete the scoop?
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AFT President Randi Weingarten spoke to the Association for a Better New York, April 30, 2013, Making Common Core Standards Work before Making Them Count
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This will speech will be important to know about.....it doesn't take long to read. A call for a moratorium on high stakes testing???? WOW would it be possible for that to really happen? Delete the scoop?
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Here's a great opp....attend the ASCD conference on teaching the whole child online. Check out the schedule and make plans to attend whatever suits your needs. Delete the scoop?
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