Winter break gives many of us time to slow down, catch up, and recharge. If you are like me, it also gives you time to read that ever-growing stack of books that you keep ordering!
While I probably should be cleaning, organizing, or engaging in other baby preparations, I can't resist perusing the pages of books that my PLN has recommended. Seriously. I am on my third book.
The Four O'Clock Faculty: A Rogue Guide to Revolutionizing Professional Development by Rich Czyz has been on my wishlist for a few weeks. So when it arrived, it naturally skipped to the front of the line as we are currently working on revamping our professional development structure for the coming year.
The book did not disappoint with plenty of suggested activities you can implement tomorrow to supercharge your professional learning. Unfortunately, we know there are schools and administrators out there who are not supportive of revolutionizing professional learning, so the book also includes suggested learning activities that you can engage in on your own.
There is also a pretty healthy Twitter chat and feed around #4OCF and an accompanying website that is full of additional resources and ideas. I can definitely see myself referring back to the book, hashtag, and website in the coming months.
Happy reading!
While I probably should be cleaning, organizing, or engaging in other baby preparations, I can't resist perusing the pages of books that my PLN has recommended. Seriously. I am on my third book.
The Four O'Clock Faculty: A Rogue Guide to Revolutionizing Professional Development by Rich Czyz has been on my wishlist for a few weeks. So when it arrived, it naturally skipped to the front of the line as we are currently working on revamping our professional development structure for the coming year.
The book did not disappoint with plenty of suggested activities you can implement tomorrow to supercharge your professional learning. Unfortunately, we know there are schools and administrators out there who are not supportive of revolutionizing professional learning, so the book also includes suggested learning activities that you can engage in on your own.
There is also a pretty healthy Twitter chat and feed around #4OCF and an accompanying website that is full of additional resources and ideas. I can definitely see myself referring back to the book, hashtag, and website in the coming months.
Code Breaker by Brian Aspinall was my second #winterbreakread. It was a short read, but packed full of ideas for incorporating computational thinking in the classroom. Aspinall also writes a blog where he shares many more ideas related to coding and critical thinking activities.
If you are interested in adding more of these activities to your lesson plans, I highly recommend you check out this book.
I literally ordered the third book on my #winterbreakread list a few days into break due to the positive buzz being shared on Twitter (#culturize). I was familiar with Jimmy Casas through Twitter and school culture is my absolute favorite topic so choosing Culturize: Every Student, Every Day. Whatever It Takes. to round out the break was a no-brainer.
Although I am currently still reading the book (only because I am highlighting every other sentence!), I highly recommend it to anyone in education. I foresee a book study for our administrative team and lots of quotes on our Monday Memo from this gem. Do yourself a favor and GET THIS BOOK!
Happy reading!
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