TypeLink is a Simple but Intuitive Wiki Tool to Store and Relate Concepts

TypeLink is cloud-based computing that allows for relating and storing information via a desktop, iPad or iPhone. I think I'm going to transition much of my process to this tool. I'll be able to:

• Store contact information including names, books they have written  blogs they port to and their Twitter account and websites.
• Store the Units for all course I teach relating one Unit, Chapter or Section to any other.
• Store the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and link them to our curriculum
• All my TypeLink "Pages" can be made Public and a URL automatically created to give others (collegeues, students and parents)  access 
• Any information that is "Private" or not ready to be made "Public" can be hidden
• Access my "Pages" from any browser using the automatically generated intuitive URLs

10 Practices That Drive Innovation

Dave Burkus in his Leadership, Innovation and Strategy blog expounds on the following:

1. Use Technology to Collaborate and Share Knowledge.
2. Promote Innovation as an Organizational Value.
3. Include Innovation as a Leadership Development Competency 
4. Tie Compensation to Innovation
5. Develop an "Idea-finding" Program.
6.  Fund Outside Projects.
7. Train for Creativity.
8. Create a Review Process for Innovative Ideas.
9. Recruit for Creative Talent.
10. Reward Innovation with Engaging Work.

Communication For Other's Benefit

"Never allow your personal agenda to override the (person) you're talking to because his or her soul is more important than your winning the argument for the moment."

"Truth that is not undergirded by love makes the possessor of the truth obnoxious and the dogma itself becomes repulsive."

Ravi Zacharias in an audio Q & A at Oxford.

10 (or 12) Things Every Teacher Needs To Survive

1. Humility
2. Wonder
3. Optimism
4. Service
5. Coffee
6. Introversion
7. Agility
8. Energy
9. Humor
10. Stories

I'd like to add Sleep and Exercise!

See Terry Heick's article. 

10 Ways to Teach Innovation

"The burden of reinvention falls on today's generation of students" says Thom Markham.

What Does "Design Thinking" Look Like in School?

"Design thinking weaves together a lot of standards that need to be taught in ways that students will really need to use them" says Katrina Schwartz.