Annotated Bibliography

 

Burgess, D. (2012). Teach like a pirate: Increase student engagement, boost your creativity, and transform               your life as an educator. San Diego, CA: Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.

           The school librarian loaned me this one from her teacher’s corner. It really promotes giving students             more ownership, which I think is important.

 

Couros, G. (2015). The innovator’s mindset: empower learning, unleash talent, and lead a culture of                           creativity. San Diego, CA: Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.

           I’m hoping this book will help me to see myself as an innovator. 

 

Covey, S., McChesney, C., & Huling, J. (2012). The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving your wildly i  i                      important goals. Simon and Schuster. (Read 2nd)                  

          *This book is required reading for 5304, Organizational Change. I’m ready to achieve those wildly                    important goals.

Dweck, C. S. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York, NY: Random House

          * Required reading for 5302. I have read this one before for a book study at my campus. However, I                  am looking forward to revisiting it.

 

Friedman, E. H. (2007). A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the age of the quick fix. Church Publishing, Inc.                    Not required, but recommended. This is a maybe. I can’t find the audio version of it at my library.

 

Martin, Catie, (2021) Evolving education: Shifting to a learner centered paradigm, IMPress

           A learner centered classroom is important to both a project based learning model and a blended l               learning model. Looks like it would be a beneficial read for creating a significant learning                                 environment.

 

Patterson, K., Grenny, J., & Swizler, A. (2012). Crucial conversations: tools for talking when stakes are high.              (2nd ed.). McGraw-Hill New York, NY. (Read 3rd).         

          *Required for 5304. I’m looking forward to reading this for help with pitching my innovation plan.

 

Pink, D. H. (2011). Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us. Penguin.       

            Not required, but recommended. The carrot and sticks approach is really prevalent in classrooms.                  I’m sure there is a better way to motivate yourself and others and understand the psychology                          behind it. 

 

Reich, J. (2020). Failure to disrupt: Why technology alone can’t transform education. Cambridge,                               Massachusetts and London, England. Harvard University Press.               

           We touched upon this concept in our learning modules and I would like to dive deeper.

 

Sinek, S. (2019). Start with why: How great leaders inspire everyone to take action.London: Portfolio                          Penguin.

            Not required, but recommended. I’m looking forward to reading this one. Also, I think it will help                  with pitching my innovation plan.

 

Tucker, C. (2020).  Balance with blended learning: partner with your students to reimagine learning and                     reclaim your life. Corwin.

           I read Blended Learning in Action by Tucker. It really helped to organize my thoughts around                         planning for the pilot and implementation plan. Now, I am looking to find some balance.