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**[|The Teacher Movie]**
= = =**[|Learning by Design]** Julia Atkin's Website= =Recommended Reading=
 * From Values and Beliefs about Learning to Principles and Practice**

//**'Why do schools operate the way they do?** It's because of TTWWADI - That's The Way We've Always Done It.//
==//It amazing how we can embrace doing things the way they have always been done. It seems that once a decision has been made for a course of action, it is much easier to just continue going in the same direction than it is to reexamine the situation and re-evaluate the decision. With all of the effort required to think your way through an issue, it is all too easy to just slip into a preexisting mind set. Often we have no idea where the mindset came from or how the original decision was made. We just accept things as they are because it is the path of least resistance. Here’s an example of what we are talking about.'//== = =

**[|Infosavvy]- Ian Jukes and Ted McCain**
=Recommended Reading= =**Dancing on Quicksand**= =**Windows on the Future (Quite long but well worth it) Extracts useful for teachers too.**= If you ever get the opportunity to hear Ian Jukes, he is an engaging, entertaining and thought provoking speaker.

Time for real Change -

 * **STRATEGY PLANNING/VISION/VALUES**
 * **FIVE POINTS OF A POWERFUL VISION**
 * **THE 'ART' OF TEACHING**
 * **THE 'CRAFT' OF TEACHING**

[|Marc Prensky] coined the phrase "Digital Native, Digital Immigrant." His readings are freely available at his website. Recommended Reading
=**Digital native, digital immigrant.**= =**Adopt and Adapt**= =**Engage me or enrage me.**=

=//**"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare."**//=