Spread this list: www.TINYURL.com/SteveMyDigitalLibrary

Welcome to my library.

I got the idea of the “Personal Digital Library” for every student when I realized that some documents are expensive for students to purchase… but we all can get exposed to something from many books in ebooks and pdfs. Two of the chapters from Littky’s book The Big Picture are free. Here are the links:

www.TINYURL.com/LittkyChapter1

www.TINYURL.com/LittkyChapter4

Go ahead. Stop ready here, click and experience a remarkable books about schools that exist in Rhode Island (see the website)…

This collection is more than a list of links…. It’s the actual books. NO MORE 404 (broken links). You can see what I have read. You can find sentences that I have overlooked.

My friend John Vornle called this “sharing a mindset.” What have you read? Make notes about each book and article and then make a list and share that list.

Here is a link to John’s list of books. If you look at some of the books, if you read his notes, then you have a point for starting a conversation with him. He died in September 2013, but I still look up some of these books, read them, and imagine what John would say. His notes give me a start in reading the books and articles.

That’s what I offer in this Personal Digital Library. I’m giving you access -- easy access -- to the books and articles that surprised and motivated me.

Here are the top five books on my list:

Neil Postman

Teaching as a Subversive Activity. www.TINYURL.com/50TAASA Join the ongoing eternal, online conference: http://50yearsofsubversiveteaching.blogspot.com

https://50yearsofsubversiveteaching.blogspot.com/2016/11/what-can-teachers-do-today-to-bring.html external link to the list of posters that might be used. www.TINYURL.com/PostmanQuestions

Dan Pink

A Whole New Mind You should pick up these books. I mention them here with notes. The actual books are available online. The article “School’s out” is the heart of the Free Agent Nation book. Drive, Free Agent Nation, To Sell is Human

Pink is on the board of directors of the Big Picture Learning schools...as an advisor, I think. Pink is worth visiting. www.DanPink.com. Get his free ebook FLIP Manifesto https://www.danpink.com/resource/flip-manifesto/

Summary of the five books

You can find a good summary of TO SELL IS HUMAN on the Internet and Pink offers the first chapter. Perhaps in four or five years it will be generally recognized that this book is REQUIRED READING FOR EDUCATORS.

Free Agent Nation: Pink described in 2001 the rise of the independent contractor.

The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The last career guide that you'll ever need (a manga comic book). (2008)

Here's the publisher's description: Meet Johnny Bunko. He's probably a lot like you. He did what everybody - parents, teachers, careers advisors - told him to do. But now, stuck in a dead-end job, he's begun to suspect that what he thought he knew is just plain wrong. One bizarre night, Johnny meets Diana, the unlikeliest career advisor he's ever seen. She reveals to Johnny the six essential lessons for thriving in the world of work. Packed with smart, counter-intuitive and potentially life-changing advice, it's the first and last career guide you'll ever need.

A Whole New Mind: Pink described the capacity that we all (especially independent contractors) need to develop in ourselves to compete with Asia. (2005)...He described the work (the niche) that automation and abundance offer us to grow into.

Drive: "How to motivate ourselves and others" is what we independent contractors need to understand... Dick Clark claims that Pink is overgeneralizing about "what motivates others" beyond money, but I like the idea that we can move people by appealing to Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose. Published in 2009

To Sell is Human: It is clear that we independent contractors can create business for our skills. (2013) We need to prepare people to persuade others to part with time, attention and effort to do something else (which is the heart of selling).

In other words, these five books are part of a curriculum. Dennis Yuzenas gets it. His focus on "building skills" at Oxbridge Academy has resulted in dozens of students who are focused on the Tony Wagner list of skills.

Dennis Littky.

See page 66-70 Small schools The size of the school matters, not the number of kids in the classroom.

Here are some quotes that matter to me about this book

P. 34 The curriculum (a quote from Robert Reich, the former secretary of Labor)

P. 1 The goals of education

P. 162-166 Tests or Exhibitions?

P. 154-161 Grades or narratives? Grades are so meaningless

John Vornle’s list https://jpvlibrary.blogspot.com/

That list: TinyURL.com/JPVList his list of books with notes about why he recommends the book.

Abraham S Fischler

Building More-Resilient Schools “Learning should be fun for the learner.” page 26 That’s a good place to start. www.TINYURL.com/FischlerFreeEbook spread this. www.TINYURL.com/FischlerPosters

Psychology Today Eternal Curves. A remarkable article that explains why the human brain is so large and how the human brain, while developing in the womb, can absorb more omega-3 oil than the mother can ingest daily. The secret is where the omega-3 is stored in the body of the mother. External link: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201207/eternal-curves

Well, that’s a start. I hope you have fun looking at these articles and books. I’ll add more items in the future. This gives you an idea about how to create a Personal Digital Library

1. Notes about excellent books and articles

2. Actual copies of the excellent books and articles

3. Links to share the books with other people (so that you can go and give hits to the authors).

4. Let’s give Neil Postman more views on youtube…

5. Visit www.TINYURL.com/DemingBlueBook to get some quotes from Dr. Deming.

Go to the Digital Library .