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Recommended Holiday Reading List
We still have a few more days left of the winter break. May I recommend some interesting reading. These books look at education, organizations, and technology through a disruptive lens.
Bonk, C. J. (2009). The world is open: How Web technology is revolutionizing education. San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass.
Coiné, T., & Babbitt, M. (2014). A world gone social: How companies must adapt to survive. New York: AMACOM.
https://tubarksblog.com/2014/12/29/book-review-a-world-gone-social/
Jantsch, J. (2012). The referral engine: Teaching your business to market itself. New York: Portfolio Penguin.
https://tubarksblog.com/2014/10/21/book-review-the-referral-engine-teaching-your-business-to-market-itself/
Pontefract, D. (2013). Flat army: Creating a connected and engaged organization.
https://tubarksblog.com/2013/09/06/book-review-the-flat-army/
Quinn, C. N. (2014). Revolutionize learning & development: Performance and innovation strategy for the information age. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass & Pfeiffer.
https://tubarksblog.com/2014/08/19/book-review-revolutionize-learning-development/
Richardson, W. (2012). Why school?: How education must change when learning and information are everywhere. TED Conferences.
https://tubarksblog.com/2013/03/18/book-review-why-school-how-education-must-change-when-learning-and-information-are-everywhere/
Schmidt, E., & Rosenberg, J. (2014). How Google Works (First edition.). New York: Business Plus.
https://tubarksblog.com/2014/12/10/book-review-how-google-works/
Semple, E. (2012). Organizations don’t tweet, people do: A manager’s guide to the social web (1st ed.). Wiley.
https://tubarksblog.com/2014/01/22/book-review-organizations-dont-tweet-people-do-a-managers-guide-to-the-social-web/
Sheninger, E. C. (2014). Digital leadership: Changing technology for change-savvy school leaders. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Corwin.
https://tubarksblog.com/2014/05/23/book-review-digital-leadership-changing-technology-for-change-savvy-school-leaders/
Weller, M. (2011). The digital scholar: How technology is transforming scholarly practice. London: Bloomsbury.
https://tubarksblog.com/2014/10/13/book-review-the-digital-scholar-how-technology-is-transforming-scholarly-practice/
These are exciting times in education. There are so many disruptive technologies and methods being introduced and used in the classroom. These books are shaping how I think about communicating, teaching, and learning. This is my list, what are you reading that you think I should be reading?
Make the Hashtag Work for You
I am sure you have seen or heard of the hashtag (#). If you turn on the television, the hashtag is used to support live television shows. Conferences use hashtags to increase engagement even before you arrive. The question is how can you use it in your classroom? Should you even try? Continue reading