The Carrot Revolution blog featured this article from the magazine, Educational Leadership. I’m glad M. Anderson did. Luckily, my school subscribes to it and as soon as I read it, I forwarded it onto our staff bulletin board. I’ll agree, it’s an excellent read. More and more we read and hear how creativity, design, story and collaboration are vital for success in the 21st Century. I guess many have read Dan Pink and others these days and are taking note. (I will be touching upon this at a presentation I am making in April)

Now, how many of your schools are ready to crumble the academic hierarchy?

Highlighted summary (the article goes in depth with each number):
Eight Guidelines for Teachers
1. Shift from text centrism to media collage.
2. Value writing and reading now more than ever.
3. Adopt art as the next R.
4. Blend traditional and emerging literacies.
5. Harness report and story.
6. Practice private and participatory social literacy.
7. Develop literacy with digital tools and about digital tools.
8. Pursue fluency.

UPDATE: I just noticed this is my 100th post!

I am really loving Issuu as of late. I have written about it before here. As a teacher, one of the first places I go to look for resources is YouTube and TeacherTube. I like to embed these videos into my class websites. Now the next place I will try is Issuu. There are a lot of great resources there that may be untouched, like this one on Notes on Graphic Design and Visual Communication (thumb below). Teachers and students, SHARE your resources! Everyone is always nervous about putting themselves out there in the open but some of the best feedback I have received has been from strangers. When uploading, you also have the option of making it a downloadable PDF. Give it a try. I am currently pushing it in my school. I am considering using it to store my art units for students and then embed them into our class website.