As Seen On Twitter This Week - October 31, 2013

Each week I send an e-mail out to the teachers in my building with some links that I found on Twitter that week that seemed interesting.  These are the links I shared on 10/31/13.

·         Video : What If Finland’s Great Teachers Taught In Your Schools

http://www.wise-qatar.org/content/what-if-finlands-great-teachers-taught-your-schools-dr-pasi-sahlberg

·         Teachers, Like The Rest of Us, Must Be Salesmen Now

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabriel-sanchez-zinny/teachers-like-the-rest-of_b_4059379.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003&ir=Education

·         Kid Lit Authors Ask The White House to East Standardized Test Mandates

http://www.slj.com/2013/10/advocacy/kid-lit-authors-ask-white-house-to-ease-standardized-testing-mandates/

·         The Five Characteristics of Successful Innovators

http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/10/the-five-characteristics-of-successful-innovators/

·         Survey: For Young Children, Mobile Devices Such as Tablets and SmartPhones are Now the Mainstay

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/survey-for-young-children-mobile-devices-such-as-tablets-smartphones-now-a-mainstay/2013/10/27/7e386f3c-3f1f-11e3-a624-41d661b0bb78_story.html

·         Transforming K-12 Rural Education Through Blended Learning

http://www.inacol.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/iNACOL-Transforming-K-12-Rural-Education-through-Blended-Learning.pdf

·         What Schools Can Do To Help Boys Succeed
http://ideas.time.com/2013/10/28/what-schools-can-do-to-help-boys-succeed/