Here are some books I highly recommend.  Many of these books were required reading for the Digital Learning & Leading program through Lamar, but some are books I found relevant for designing learning environments, influencing others, encouraging creativity, collaborative workspace design, and more.

Rebecca's bookshelf: teaching-and-learning

How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum

by Keri Smith

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teaching-and-learning

Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change, Second Edition

by Kerry Patterson

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teaching-and-learning

Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

by Kerry Patterson

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teaching-and-learning

The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals

by Chris McChesney

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teaching-and-learning

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action

by Simon Sinek

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teaching-and-learning

Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered

by Austin Kleon

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The Together Teacher: Plan Ahead, Get Organized, and Save Time!

by Norman Atkins

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Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools

by Michael B. Horn

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Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play

by Mitchel Resnick

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Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying

by Sameer Hinduja

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Studio Thinking 2: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education, Second Edition

by Lois Hetland

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teaching-and-learning

Digital Citizenship in Schools: Nine Elements All Students Should Know

by Mike Ribble

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teaching-and-learning

50 Things to Go Further with Google Classroom: A Student-Centered Approach

by Alice Keeler

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Action Research: Improving Schools and Empowering Educators

by Craig A. Mertler

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digital-learning and teaching-and-learning

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

by Daniel H. Pink

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teaching-and-learning

The Learner-Directed Classroom: Developing Creative Thinking Skills Through Art

by Diane B. Jaquith

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Choice Without Chaos

by Anne Bedrick

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Engaging Learners Through Artmaking: Choice-Based Art Education in the Classroom

by Katherine M. Douglas

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Understanding by Design, Expanded 2nd Edition

by Grant P. Wiggins

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teaching-and-learning

A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change

by Douglas Thomas

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teaching-and-learning

WordPress Web Design For Dummies

by Lisa Sabin-Wilson

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teaching-and-learning

Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education

by Ken Robinson

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teaching-and-learning

Mindset: The New Psychology Of Success

by Carol S. Dweck

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teaching-and-learning

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

by Elizabeth Gilbert

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Teach Like a Pirate: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator

by Dave Burgess

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digital-learning and teaching-and-learning

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

by Malala Yousafzai

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teaching-and-learning

The Impact Of Early Art Experiences On Literacy Development

by Kathy Danko-mcghee

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teaching-and-learning

Reaching and Teaching Students With Special Needs Through Art

by Beverly Levett Gerber

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teaching-and-learning

The Classroom Management Secret: And 45 Other Keys to a Well-Behaved Class

by Michael Linsin

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teaching-and-learning

The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

by Ken Robinson

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teaching-and-learning

Learning By Choice: 10 Ways Choice and Differentiation Create An Engaged Learning Experience for Every Student

by A.J. Juliani

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teaching-and-learning

Sketchnotes Field Guide for the Busy Yet Inspired Professional

by Binaebi Akah

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teaching-and-learning

The Artist’s Way

by Julia Cameron

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teaching-and-learning

Make Space: How to Set the Stage for Creative Collaboration

by David Kelley

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digital-learning and teaching-and-learning

Making Learning Whole: How Seven Principles of Teaching Can Transform Education

by David N. Perkins

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teaching-and-learning

How to Assess Authentic Learning

by Kay Burke

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