Authentic Education: What is Understanding by Design?: The Authentic Education Web site by Wiggins and McTighe offers a powerful model for lesson design that incorporates adult learning theory and Bloom's taxonomy. Utilizing Understanding by Design when designing learning experiences will ensure alignment between assessment, student data and lesson design.
Center for Adaptive Schools: This Web site provides information about Adaptive Schools: what they are, why they affect student learning, and how they develop essential capacities for sustained growth in achievement. This site also provides information about who are the educators associated with the Center for Adaptive Schools and what services and products are available through the Center for Adaptive Schools.
Christopher-Gordon Publishers: Christopher-Gordon Publishers provides teachers with professional development materials that bridge theory and practice in the classroom.
Corwin Press: A publisher with a focus on education, Corwin Press offers a broad range of excellent publications on leadership, administration, classroom education and more. A rich resource for contemporary publications.
Critical Thinking Community: A must-see site to visit and explore. To have the responsibility of designing and delivering effective learning experiences without a model of critical thinking is a very present deficit. Exlplore this site and journey though the elements of critical thinking, critical thinking questions, and structures for planning.
DanielGoleman.info: Become familiar with emotional intelligence. Goleman's work is applicable and understandable. His insights into the uses and applications of emotional intelligence in your personal and professional life will offer you great benefits.
Dialogos: This is the Web site for William Isaacs, author of Dialogue and the Art of Thinking Together, one of the most useful books out on the elements and skills for dialogue. His book is one of the "desert island 10" for facilitation and dialogue.
Howard Gardner: Howard Gardner's site is a useful starting place to begin understanding his theory and model of multiple intelligences (MI). His model of multiple intelligences was used to derive our model of nonverbal intelligence using his criteria for MI identification.
Michael Grinder & Associates: This site is the source of nonverbal classroom management, the science of group dynamics and more. Michael is a mentor, a colleague and a personal friend. To understand the roots of nonverbal communication and the current directions of application, visit this site.
Robert B. Dilts: This Web site introduces you to neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) through Robert Dilts. His applications of NLP are very useful. His writings are informative and can give you a view of how to apply NLP technologies to your work.